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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 […]
January 25, 2009
Above: tennis fans rejoice after Dokic victory. Jelena Dokic continues to be the best story on the women’s side. She’s into the quarters after a three-set thriller over Alisa Kleybanova 7-5 5-7 8-6. This reminds me of Jennifer Capriati’s stunning victory in the AO. Even though Capriati spent years out of tennis, I was confident […]
February 18, 2008
A week late with this, however, it’s worth mentioning that the first round of the Davis Cup is history. The defending champs, the USA, took on Austria in Vienna and won easily. All the guys who have played so faithfully for seven years showed up. Kudos to Blake, Roddick and the Bryans for making 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 31, 2008
Sun and Nenad defeated Indians Mahesh Bupathi and Sania Mirza to win the mixed doubles title. This is a little bit of an upset since Mahesh has been ranked number 1 in doubles and has several grand slam titles under his belt, while Mirza is a top 20 singles player. Sun is one of a […]
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. […]
January 18, 2008
When I first started following tennis all those many years ago, part of its appeal was that it was an international game that taught me a lot about geopolitical issues. Boris Becker, for example, burst onto the scene in 1984 at an interesting time in German (then West German) history. It seems like ancient history […]
Passing Shots 
September 7, 2009
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