Not a bad way to celebrate a 31st birthday. The most prominent bald man in tennis is now Ivan Ljubicic. Sometimes, having been on the tour a long time helps you get through a tough match like this. Nadal was playing aggressive tennis as usual and engineered a break in the first set and eventually
Burn your spare time on the court and amaze your friends after practising the tennis trick in this video. Bouncing the ball on top of your frame may look easy, but it's definitely a challenge!
Wilson has recently come out with their newest line of racquets, which they are calling the BLX series. This line of racquets is already generating tremendous hype. A lot of this hype is because of the tour's newest young star, Juan Martin del Potro. Del Potro has been seen playing with one of the new
If you were told that Andy Roddick and Andy Murray were playing today, and one lost, which might you pick? Of course, the answer would depend on who they were playing, but minus that information, you might say Andy Murray, since he's ranked higher than Andy Roddick. OK, so let's look at the opponents. Andy
Arthur Ashe on Tennis: Strokes, Strategy, Traditions, Players, Psychology and Wisdom, with Alexander McNab (Knopf, Inc., 1995) (143 Pages, with Foreword, 4 Introductory Articles, 6 Chapters) "Arthur Ashe motivated. He taught. We listened when he spoke. He used tennis for a greater good. Many players don't. He made a difference." The Player, by Billie Jean
If you were to look at head to head records between Rafael Nadal and Tomas Berdych, you would see Nadal has won the last five times they've met. At 6'5", Berdych has a bit of power off the ground. Indeed, in his last match against Viktor Troicki, he won 6-1, 6-3. More impressively, against Fernando
The seeds, they keep a falling. It was already something of a miracle that Djokovic got this far. After watching his game spiral out of control in the second set in the previous around against Philipp Kohlschreiber, Djokovic had to scrap to fight off match points, get a break of serve back and eventually win
Before we delve into this controversial topic, it behooves us to ask what it means to "play like a woman"? In it's most generic meaning, to play like a woman is to play without athletic talent. If you find a guy that's never thrown a football or a baseball, who prefers tango to tackles, saxophones
For about a set and a half, Federer looked like he was in control, at least on his own serve. When Fed would serve, he'd win quick points usually at 15, and be ready for his opponent. When Baghdatis was serving, Fed would make errors, as he is wont to do. Fed then had a
As Indian Wells heads to the later rounds, most of the remaining matches are scheduled on Stadium 1, the main stadium. The organizers wanted Americans, Sam Querrey and John Isner, to be the evening highlight. Little did they know that there would be two tense three set women's matches that would push the start of
