The year 2008 has brought about some funny things on the tennis circuit. The latest in a long line is the upset of Novak Djokovic by Kevin Anderson at the Sony Ericsson Open.
Kevin Anderson? I faintly remember hearing his name awhile back but it’s kind of a common name. Nothing really stands out about it. Maybe […]
I’m not exactly sure when Novak Djokovic was on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno but he was, at some point, fairly recently. I’m not a big fan of Jay Leno and it’s nothing personal - I don’t like any late night television. Maybe that makes me inhuman - I have no idea nor do […]
The Pacific Life Open played out like a Grand Slam and Novak Djokovic was the final man standing after defeating Mardy Fish in three sets 6-2, 5-7, 6-3. Sad. Fish would have been the Cinderella story of March.
The Serbians continued to represent well with Ana Ivanovic dumping Svetlana Kuznetsova in straight sets to win the […]
Several others did what Roger Federer could not: they advanced at the Dubai Tennis Championships.
Andy Roddick defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero handily in two sets (6-2, 6-4). Rafael Nadal had to come from a set down to defeat Philipp Kohlschreiber and Novak Djokovic easily worked over Marin Cilic in straight sets.
Djokovic voiced what so many others […]
Sporting events are such a funny thing. They’re hyped up. People look forward to them. People speculate. And then they fall apart when a vital piece of the puzzle falls off the wagon. I think it’s something a lot of people don’t realize. Sports are a finely-tuned machine and when one of the cogs on […]
Sports. We love them, right? I know I wrote earlier about how I fell in love with the game of tennis and this time, I want to speak a little more broadly about my relationship with sports. It’s a love/hate relationship. It’s up, and it’s down. When you’re winning (or your team or person is winning), you’re […]
The chips are in and the cards are down. The fortnight at the Australian Open is a closed book, but there are 10 moments from Down Under that were pretty special.
10. No Americans at the Australian Open past the quarterfinals.
I should take that back. There was one American who lost in the semifinals and that […]
I wasn’t planning on watching any of the Australian Open final live. Well - I take that back. Yesterday morning, I had every good intention of taking a nap and then staying up for it. Pacific Coast time is nice for matters such as that. But I went to bed and, after getting woke up […]
When Rafael Nadal was drop-kicked out of the Australian Open by a relative unknown, I thought - Hmm - wasn’t expecting that but a little bit of upheaval will be good for the tennis world.
So if a little bit is good, does that mean a lot is great?
Novak Djokovic punched Roger Federer’s ticket on the […]
Roger Federer isn’t going to be dethroned easily as the king of the courts waved good-bye to James Blake in three sets to set up a semi-final match with Novak Djokovic.
After shutting out Blake to the tune of 7-5, 7-6, 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, Roger will be one step away from […]
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Written by Erica Beck [email] for b5media.
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