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Tennis Stories I’m Sick Of

September 7, 2009

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1. Roger’s hypothetical faux-slam. Seriously people, he hasn’t won three in a row yet, but you’re already hyping him up for Australia and four in a row, which is being called the completion of a Grand Slam? Some nerve. Martina Navratilova completed the faux-slam but didn’t get credit for it… because it isn’t a grand […]

Oudin: Believe the Hype (Sort Of)

September 6, 2009

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Melanie Oudin has a legitimate chance to make the top ten. Notice I didn’t say she would win grand slam titles or become #1. It is far, far to soon for anyone to make those predictions. So media people, just calm down! For now focus on one key component of this story:  at 17, Oudin’s […]

Justine Henin Returns

August 31, 2009

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Rumor has it that Justine Henin will return to competitive tennis in January. Do I feel the need to qualify my headline with a hedge? Uhm.. Hell no! I told you in January this day would come. I felt it even more when Serena started dominating the slams. And when Kim Clijsters returned three weeks […]

Jelena, Venus, Ana… Going, going, gone

January 25, 2009

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One of the reasons I started blogging about tennis was because of the persistent myth that men’s tennis is pathetic and women’s tennis is scintillating, when nothing could be further from the truth. Oh yes, believe me, I know Sharapova and Ivanovic are babes, but so what? Can’t we get over that? Can they play […]

UK v. Argentina: Jamie Murray Attacks Kid Brother

February 8, 2008

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Left: Andy Murray. Right:  Jamie Murray Andy Murray, the McEnroe-in-Waiting, is skipping the British Davis Cup tie against Argentina. The thinking is that he’s just coming off an injury-plagued year and after a rocky start to 2008 he wants to avoid a flight halfway around the world to play on clay against some of the […]

Pam Shriver is Hilarious / Maria’s Dad is a Jerk

January 24, 2008

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Good to see that famous old sense of humor again. So far tonight, Shriver said the tournament director was going to keep the roof closed “to keep my hair from frizzing out.” She blamed him for retaliating against her for something she said 15 years ago when he was an umpire. Earlier she interviewed the […]

Typical Women’s Match

January 22, 2008

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I see we’ve settled into a fairly typical women’s match, circa 2008: Deuce, deuce, deuce. Error, error, error. Grunt, scream, grunt, scream, grunt, scream. Real injury? Fake injury? Real injury? Fake injury. Drama.