Well, now I’m pissed. Yesterday, Justine Henin retired. I wasn’t mad or upset - maybe a little disappointed, but I wasn’t ticked. Now I am. I’ll be the first to say that I didn’t know how rankings worked when someone abruptly retired. Let me see - when was the last time a world number one […]
Well, did we ever have any doubt? I’m actually a little surprised the WTA compromised with Maria Sharapova about the photo shoot before the Italian Open which began yesterday. Obviously this should be a lesson to all of us: don’t underestimate the negotiating powers of a Russian raised in America.
Sharapova haggled with the WTA until […]
Well, the Rome Masters finally saw a complete match played after several of the tour’s top players withdrew because of injuries. Novak Djokovic came from a set down (4-6, 6-3, 6-3) to beat Stanislas Wawrinka in the Rome Masters final.
The victory was Djoko’s 10th career title It also puts him 310 points behind second-ranked Rafael […]
Apparently Rafa was only the first in a string of toppled giants. Roger Federer lost a tightly-contested two-set match to Radek Stepanek in the Rome Masters quarterfinals 7-6(4), 7-6(7). I don’t know which type of loss is harder: the one where you get completely blown off the court or the one where you’re so incredibly […]
Her hope of using the German Open to get ready for the French didn’t materialize for Justine Henin after Dinara Safina used three sets to send Henin packing in the third round.
Henin had been to the last six German Open finals and won three of them. Two of those victories preluded her first two French […]
That’s kind of a scary title, isn’t it? Justine Henin has been one of my favorite players on the women’s tour for a long time. To hear Henin is ruminating retirement gave me pause. Seriously? How could she? Now I’ll have to pick a new favorite women’s player!
Thankfully for all of us Henin fans, it […]
Jelena Jankovic is one of my favorite players on the women’s circuit. She’s got a great backhand (an aspect of the game I love), she’s got charisma and energy. Granted, her serve needs a lot of improvement and her lack of mental strength costs her some matches. But I love her game.
ESPN did a story […]
The year-end rankings are always a point of conversation, and since I’ve been giving so much attention to the men’s side of the game, I thought I should give the women’s tour a little love as well.
Justine Henin finished the year at No. 1 of course, but what I didn’t realize was that she wrapped […]
I think it is easy for the men’s game to dwarf the women’s. It is faster, more powerful, more court-hitting moves. It’s understandable really - we are action junkies. But all that aside, the women’s game of tennis deserves recognition and thus, I am here to do so.
At the season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships, Justine Henin […]
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