Although the French Open has long since concluded and the US Open is looming, the clay court season continues rolling.Two events were concluded on Sunday, July 26. The International German Open held in Hamburg was won by Nikolay Davydenko. Davydenko's ranking had slipped out of the top 10 due to an injury he sustained in
Some have speculated whether Mirka Vavrinec's pregnancy was planned or not. Regardless, the birth of twin daughters couldn't have been better planned. Falling two weeks after Wimbledon, and two weeks before a Masters 1000, Federer had a break that he could use to witness the birth of two daughters.The daughters are named Myla Rose and
Tennis fans can be pretty avid, but many of them would be hard-pressed to recognize players that don't show up on TV much. The ATP Tour has more than a thousand participants, many who are far from household names. India has produced its share of very good players: the Amritraj brothers, Ramesh Krishnan, his father,
There's a lull now between the end of Wimbledon and the start of the hardcourt season proper. In this interim, attention has focused to another sport--cycling, and the start of the Tour de France. Cycling has always brought with it charges of doping. Performance enhancing drugs that allow the top cyclists in the world to
It's true. Tennis fans are generally obsessed about the best. People care about Federer and Nadal, and then maybe Djokovic and Murray. Andy Roddick and James Blake are considered failures for failing to contend for Slams. This is unfair, we all know. Roddick and Blake's careers are really just outside of stardom, especially Roddick, who
Perhaps no other sport has experienced the kinds of changes that tennis has in the last 30-40 years. If someone were to have taken a time machine from the 1970s and modern day, they'd see a sport that follows the same rules as the one they knew, but the play would be completely foreign.Let's take
It's the dream of many players to reach number one in the world, to be the best at something. Tennis, fortunately, has a system in place that allows players to achieve this goal (say, unlike being the best cook in the world). But what does it take to be the best in the world? If
Remember when we had this discussion last? Oh yes, that was four weeks ago, when Federer won the French Open for the very first time. Let's look at some criteria for discussing the "best ever". One common criteria, but rarely used, is "how would they play if they were all in the same tournament". Tennis,
Wimbledon is the only one major that gives a day of rest in the middle Sunday. Most majors find Sunday a great opportunity for the public to watch top-flight tennis, but then Wimbledon has always been about tradition, hasn't it. As Wimbledon takes this day off, let's look at the draw and how things currently
With two weeks between the end of the French and the start of Wimbledon, there's barely a grass court season. Certainly, there's no Masters 1000 series tournament played on grass. The men either enter Queen's Club, now called the AEGON Championships (formerly the Stella Artois Championships) or Halle, more properly called the Gerry Weber Open.
