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TWITTER TENNIS UPDATE: TRENDING TOPIC IS “POOR RODDICK”

July 5, 2009

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Reaction to the Roddick/Federer match is all over twitter. Trending topics include Wimbledon, Roger Federer, Grand Slam, Pete Sampras and sadly, “Poor Roddick.” Since Andy is a twitter star we hope he sees the messages later this evening.  Bob & Mike Bryan, who lost the doubles final yesterday to Zimonjic and Nestor, tweeted: BryanbrosUnbelievable match. […]

KING OF SMUG: ROGER FEDERER HAS NO CLASS

July 5, 2009

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Those are words I thought I’d never type. But his post-match speech was revealing. Pretty pathetic praise for Andy. I heard no words about how great Andy played, nor did I hear much respect for Pete Sampras. Just a few words about wishing Pete would show up at Wimbledon more? Shame on you Roger. Shame, […]

NBC Sucks, What Else is New?

July 3, 2009

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It’s a sad day when NBC, which used to be the gold standard in tennis broadcasting, now chops up the greatest event in tennis so that it is unrecognizable and unenjoyable to tennis fans and causal fans alike. This network pioneered Breakfast at Wimbledon, but as I’ve discussed before in this space, Dick Ebersol hates […]

“IRRESPONSIBLE” RODDICK BEATS HEWITT IN MATCH OF TOURNAMENT

July 1, 2009

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Say one thing for Andy Roddick, he sure has been in some of the most incredible matches of the decade. Today’s five set victory over Lleyton Hewitt was emblematic of those other occasions, because usually they are five setters Roddick shoudl’ve wrapped up. Today was no exception. I can’t say enough about Hewitt’s resurgence in […]