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Associated Press UPDATE BELOW Everyone except for the humorless Roger Federer enjoyed Joker’s player impersonations, that’s why I thought it was a shame when he stopped doing them. Stopped until Monday night, that is. After his surprisingly easy win over Radek Stepanek, a mischievous Nolle tried to lure coach and NY fan favorite Todd Martin onto […]
January 28, 2009
A.O. Lacks a Coherent Policy on Extreme Heat I am a traditionalist when it comes to tennis and Mother Nature. Cold, hot, dry, humid, wind, snow, whatever. You play. It’s a great test. I don’t like indoor tennis because tennis wasn’t meant to be played in perfect conditions. It’s like watching football in a dome. […]
January 27, 2009
Defending champ Novak Djokovic quit in the middle of his QF match against Andy Roddick yesterday, handing Roddick the victory, 6-7, 6-4, 6-2, 2-1 ret. Joker wilted in the 140 degree court temperature. He was being closely monitored by trainers, but I still thought the decision to play on was borderline reckless. Joker staggered around […]
January 23, 2009
The match between Delic and Joker was an entertaining, hard-fought four-setter played in the spirit of competition and sportsmanship. Joker won in four sets, the two men shook hands and embraced. Unfortunately that was not the dynamic outside the stadium. Moments after the match ended, the Serbian and Bosnian fans clashed in the garden area […]
January 21, 2009
Ethnic tensions between the Serbs and Croats seem to be a permanent fixture on the tennis circuit. I touched on it earlier this week in my post about Monica Seles inspiring a generation of Balkan tennis players from Serbia, Bosnia and Croatia. I discussed my fascination with the Powder Keg of Europe. Australia has a […]
January 18, 2009
Joker switched from Wilson to Head racquets just two weeks before his Aussie Open title defense. Is that a good idea?
July 7, 2008
And the Great London Circus. There was a moment today, right before the rains came (the first time), when I had to take a deep breath to realize what we were witnessing. Rafa, who was favored by many to win Wimbledon, was taking out Roger like so much trash. And Roger – normally so brilliant […]
January 31, 2008
Oz has come and gone but I didn’t want to forget about Joker’s victory over Tsonga to win the title. Tsonga has all the tools. Now comes the hard part: dealing with sudden fame, learning about consistency, figuring out how to use all those tools to win matches, and staying healthy. To be fair we […]
January 29, 2008
The 2008 Australian Open is over and Dodo was unusually quiet, for two reasons. First, no one paid for him to fly his sorry ass to Oz. Second, he is writing a book with Pete Sampras. Yes, I’ve known about it for a while now. It will be interesting to see how it turns out. […]
Passing Shots 
September 8, 2009
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