Month: June 2024

Tennis Abides on Jerry Eaves Sports Radio

I talked tennis with a Louisville Legend on Tuesday, June 11, 2024. The whole show is worth a listen. Tennis and I are on with Jerry Eaves from 14:55-24:10. Give Jerry Eaves a follow on the platform formerly known as Twitter: @JerryEaves5 Jerry Eaves grew up in Louisville and played basketball for the great Denny…

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Roland Garros 2024: All Hail Queen Iga IV and King Carlos I

History Made by Both Champions Iga Swiatek won her 5th major title, capped off a great clay court season*, demonstrated why she is ranked #1, and won her 4th French Open title in 5 years by claiming the title in pretty routine fashion during the final 5 rounds of the tournament. Her 2nd round win…

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Roland Garros 2024: Andy Roddick’s Insights on the Men’s Final

Not that Andy Roddick needs my support or publicity, but his insights on the match give any tennis player and any tennis fan an idea of all that is happening on the court. His granular analysis is an education. My retrospective on the women’s and men’s finals will be up later tonight.

2024 KHSAA Boys Team State Championship Day 2 – Dealing with Defeat

We entered this season knowing we were among the better high school teams in Kentucky and that the defending champions were the strongest team in the state on paper. We and they love that sports are not played on paper. We lost two spirited dual matches to them in the regular season (including one singles…

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2024 KHSAA Kentucky Boys Team State Championship Day 1 in the Books

The Newish Format For the first time in several years, Kentucky has separated its high school singles and doubles state tournaments from the team championship. I’ve been fortunate enough to be an assistant coach at a school that has won its past 4 regional titles. In recent previous seasons, regional and state titles were awarded…

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