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Big John Isner v. Fabrice Santoro. One is 6’7, American, power tennis. The other is French, stylish, crafty and has all the mental tricks in the book. Just ask James Blake and Roger Federer. Le Magician is so creative and retains incredible foot-speed for the oldest guy out there. If Isner serves Fabrice off the court […]
January 15, 2008
American Amer Delic (left) won his first round and got a studio interview with ESPN. The Bosnian-born Delic moved to the US when he was 14 and played college tennis for Illinois. Don’t worry Pat Buchanan, Delic speaks English better than your average redneck and does it without an accent. Also, he ain’t ugly. Lindsay […]
January 15, 2008
Great exchange earlier between Mary Carillo and Mary Jo Fernandez during the Sveta Kuznetsova match. Noting that Sveta is ranked #2, Carillo asked Mary Jo if she thought the Russian was ready to win her second grand slam title. “No.” said Mary Jo F. Well played, MJF. This blog, minus the Russian Blue half of […]
January 15, 2008
Bud Collins is back on television, six months after being unceremoniously dumped by NBC. ESPN wisely brought Bud on board and he got more screen time on the tournament’s first day than he got in years with NBC. Bud’s opening salvo was that it was good to see Serena Williams, although there’s less of her […]
Passing Shots 
January 15, 2008
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