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Rafael Nadal broke Monfils’ glass jaw tonight, knocking him out shortly after Monfils won the first set in a tiebreak. Nadal won the next set 6-1 and had Monfils bent over in exhaustion and pain after extended rallies. Wait, I thought Nadal was the one coming off a two month layoff? See what I mean […]
July 5, 2009
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, […]
June 30, 2009
Too Ugly? “Looks Are A Factor” Sexism never quite goes out of style at SW19 does it? They’re still dragging their feet on equal prize money and now they’ve admitted to scheduling hot chicks for center court, regardless of whether they are any good. The Daily Mail reports: And last night, the All England Club […]
June 2, 2009
There’s always been something that bothered me about Rafa’s dear Uncle Toni. Something sinister goes on beyond those dark sunglasses. He’s as controlling as one of those women’s tennis dads. There are times when I want to tell Rafa to move out from mom and dad’s roof. There are times that I wonder what kind […]
June 1, 2009
Rafael Nadal lost to Robin Soderling in four sets, his first defeat at the French Open. That makes Roger Federer the happiest man in Paris and the odds on favorite to win his first French Open. Before we hand him the trophy, remember that Roger isn’t without cracks on this surface. He was humiliated by […]
February 3, 2009
At the end of 2008 I thought Roger was ok with his status as world #2. I thought the fall had been jarring to him, but that he ultimately was embracing the less-pressure inherent in the second spot. But from the moment he showed up in Australia I knew he was still in deep denial. […]
January 27, 2009
As we all know, there is no shortage of idiocy in tennis media. Calling it out is one of the founding principles of this blog. Thus, we must deal with Michael Wilbon, even though we know he is more tennis friendly that just about every other American writer today. We also like Bill Rhoden, but […]
January 21, 2009
The Melbourne Herald Sun will have exclusive chats with Rafael Nadal for as long as he’s in the draw at the Australian Open. You can send your questions to Rafa here. These are mine. Question 1. How can you allow Nike to put you out there in such a hideous outfit? The way your biceps […]
July 13, 2008
Above: The Reebok pump shoe. Chang’s Reebok ad slams Nike and “those rock and roll” tennis guys. Hmm wonder who that referred to? Chang was inducted into the Hall of Fame today. It made at least one blogger scratch his head and wonder why. Sean Randall wants to know why Thomas Muster and Sergi Brugera […]
July 10, 2008
Bodo wrote a book with Pete Sampras that was published last month. Today he published a short interview with Pete on his blog for Tennis magazine about Pete’s reaction to Nadal-Federer. Two all-time greats, at their prime, playing great on the best court on earth. if you wrote a script it couldn’t have been any […]
July 10, 2008
You know men’s tennis achieved something truly epic when the match transcends the court and spills over onto… The Gossip Pages. That’s right, Nadal hit both TMZ and gossip guru Ted Casablanca on E! (who judged Rafa as a hottie on the do-me meter). So Rafa apparently has a “secret” girlfriend (yeah, we all wondered […]
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 […]
June 3, 2008
Today’s nominee is NBC. The Peacock network, the former gold standard for tennis coverage, which has been in freefall for a decade, has now entered a phase of steep decline. (Does it have anything to do with firing Bud Collins last summer?) Now the coverage is all but unwatchable. ESPN and The Tennis Network are […]
May 28, 2008
This year’s French is so far more about who isn’t here than who is. Justine Henin quit. Andy Roddick, who has been on a roll and actually had a good clay court showing, pulled out with a shoulder problem. Lindsay Davenport isn’t playing for personal reasons (probably, why schlep the baby to Europe for the […]
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 25, 2008
This brief video shows Tsonga’s Samprasian tendencies. His instinct is to follow huge groundstrokes into the net. This aggression is important against Nadal. In fact, last year Sampras said he didn’t understand why Roger stayed at the baseline during his clashes with Nadal, since the way to neutralize him was to blast him off the […]
Passing Shots 
September 9, 2009
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