Originally posted on The Emmerson Papers:
To the strains of The Proclaimers and the cheers of the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Great Britain reached the Davis Cup final this weekend with a 3-2 win over Australia. Commentator Andrew Castle was excited, and rightly: it’s an achievement of world-historical magnitude. Not since 1936 have GB won…

Originally posted on The Grandstand:
Milos Raonic and Dominic Thiem will continue their St. Petersburg campaigns on Friday. They are set for respective quarterfinal meetings with Tommy Robredo and Denis Istomin. (5) Tommy Robredo vs. (2) Milos Raonic Raonic has mostly been an afterthought on tour since a foot injury began troubling him after the…

Originally posted on The Grandstand:
The top two seeds in Metz may have their hands full when they take the court for quarterfinal action on Friday. Stan Wawrinka is facing Philipp Kohlschreiber and Gilles Simon is going up against Gilles Muller. (1) Stan Wawrinka vs. (5) Philipp Kohlschreiber Wawrinka and Kohlschreiber will be going head-to-head…

An interesting take on Andy Murray’s value to the tennis tour

Originally posted on The Grandstand:
Until the U.S. Open, this year’s World Tour Finals race was a snoozer. The top eight spots in the race were in a stranglehold, owned by Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Stan Wawrinka, Tomas Berdych, Kei Nishikori, Rafael Nadal, and David Ferrer. In the tenuous eighth place, however, Ferrer…

Originally posted on IF I ONLY HAD A TIME MACHINE:
The women’s liberation movement was beginning and on May 13, 1973, tennis stars Bobby Riggs and Margaret Court faced off in a $10,000 winner-take-all challenge match. Bobby Riggs was 55-years-old and a tennis champion from the late 1930s and 40s.  He was known to be skeptical of women’s talents on the…

Originally posted on The Tennis Island:
The dust of the US Open is slowly starting to settle and we’re heading towards the finish line of men’s and women’s tennis in 2015. The year has seen improvements for some, but has also proven to be difficult for a couple of big names in the game —…

Originally posted on Tennis Abides: Dan Martin on Tennis and Life:
NetJets is making strides to go carbon neutral – perhaps they could sponsor this effort The professional tennis tours are fairly carbon intensive.  The miles of airline flights and driving (in the case of Murray’s 2009 road trip from Montreal to Cincinnati) add up to a…