I don't think Andy Roddick saw this coming. When Sampras retired after the 2002 US Open and when Agassi retired after the 2006 US Open, we were left with the very serious questions: who's the next great American? Andy sometimes gets a bad rap. There are those dedicated to Andy because Andy is our best
Many people ask about the indoor sport of real tennis, also called court tennis, which is closely-related to today's modern game of tennis, and often considered it's forerunner. Two hundred years before soccer was dubbed "the beautiful game", real tennis or court tennis was called "the first beautiful game"...It went by different names in different
Ah, the rankings. How did Rafael Nadal go from number 4 to number 3 without playing? Last we say, Nadal was retiring from his quarterfinal encounter with Andy Murray at the Australian Open. As the defending champion, Nadal lost a ton of points when his results from last year fell off. For those who don't
Digital video has revolutionized so many aspects of our lives in the past decade, including how we learn and interact as tennis enthusiasts. It wasn't so long ago that the only way we could view video of tennis players was either on TV or by checking out tapes at your local library. Nationally recognized tennis
(*or the Ten Minute Tennis Time Capsule) *Tennis in Ancient History - Some historians trace the origins of tennis before the year 1000 to the Egyptian town of Tinnis on the river Nile, and the origin of the word "racquet" to the Arabic word for palm - rahat. Stronger historical evidence tracks tennis to the
Today I answer two great questions having to do with singles strategy. The first question has to do with changing up your strategy once you realize that your A Game isn’t cutting the mustard. Learn how to mix up your strategy and try something new during competition. Secondly I talk about the Wardlaw Directionals and
No. 1 seed, Elena Dementieva of Russia, defeated unseeded Czech, Lucie Safarova, in a close 3-set match to win the championship of the GDF Suez tennis tournament. No. 7 ranked Dementieva dropped a close first set in a tie-break, 6-7 (5-7), but rallied to take the final two sets 6-1, 6-4 over No. 39 ranked
Robin Soderling had requested a wildcard from tournament director and former player, Richard Krajicek. Krajicek said he was having a difficult time deciding which low-ranked Dutch player should get one of the wildcards left for Rotterdam, so he was relieved when Soderling called him up. It was a no-brainer to give Soderling a wildcard, especially
No. 1 seed, Vera Zvonareva of Russia, successfully defended her WTA Tour Pattaya Open title in Pattaya City, Thailand, by defeating local favorite, 32 year-old 87th ranked Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand. Zvonareva won the match in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4, and gave Zvonareva her 10th career title. It was sweet revenge for her second-round loss
With Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray, last year's finalists, not playing, there were hopes that the top two seeds might meet each other once again, namely, Nikolay Davydenko and Novak Djokovic. So tournament organizers probably cringed a bit when neither made the final. If there's a player that Davydenko doesn't like playing, it must be
