ESPN’s The Last Dance may have caused me to technically violate my NO GOAT POSTS Pledge, but this is across sports and I don’t think many currently view Pete Sampras as the Men’s Tennis GOAT. He did finish 6 Years at #1, win 12 majors, win the ATP World Championships 5 times, and was part…
Author: Dan Martin
I am a proud husband and father. I have my PhD from the University of Dayton and love theology, philosophy, ecology, and tennis among other things.
Memories of the 1988 Women’s US Open – Steffi Graf Slams the Competition
Okay, I need to shave. I have a lot of gray coming in that makes it look like my COVID-19 stubble is in some weird pattern.
Does Tennis Need Inspirational Speeches?
Originally posted on Tennis Abides: Dan Martin on Tennis and Life:
Does Tennis Need Inspirational Speeches? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rFx6OFooCs Autobiographical Note Growing up in Kentucky, I have had the chance to see two quite demonstrative and intense coaches in John Calipari and Rick Pitino. Each man can sell snake oil quite well. Pitino was even called “the…
Wimbledon Shutting Down: Not Unexpected
I know tennis fans love Wimbledon. Still, I think the event made the wisest decision it could make today. This pandemic has changed many things. It will continue to do so. Some day, and hopefully that day is in 2021, Wimbledon will be back, but for now, Wimbledon and other non-essential public events need to…
Martina Navratilova Abides!
I was not going to post this until I had a column to go with it. With all of the talks about most this or greatest that, if doubles and mixed doubles are considered Martina Navratilova is the most decorated tennis player ever.* Getting a tweet from her was a thrill. Not at all…and with…
5 Songs to Listen to and 3 to Avoid during Social Distancing and Covid-19
Stayin’ Alive by the Bee Gees is an obvious way to make days of boredom feel more heroic. Avoid – Eve of Destruction by Barry McGuire – It is a good song and not about pandemics, but the chorus is not going to leave you in a good place. Instead, listen to I…
Yevgeny Kafelnikov Abides
Yevgeny Kafelnikov responded to a non-sensical, social distancing induced question I asked him on Twitter. YK, the 1996 French Open, 1999 Australian Open, 2000 Olympic gold medalist in singles, and former world #1, has not seen the Soviet produced version of The Hobbit (1985). I didn’t 🤷♂️ — Kafelnikov Yevgeny (@KYevgeni) March 26, 2020
Don’t Call it a Comeback or Time to Hang it Up?
Can these bones live? Wake up call … I got my brains beaten out in both singles and doubles when I played in during a high school tennis practice this past Saturday. To add injury to insult, I lunged/dove for a ball when trailing and lost my balance falling on my left knee and hand. …
Tennis Power Ranking 2020: Australia Shakes Things Up
Novak Djokovic – Winning the first major of 2020 makes Djokovic the easy choice for the first #1 in Tennis Abides’ power rankings. Dominic Thiem – The Austrian is getting closer to claim his first major. At 26, he is no youngster, but he is taking the ball earlier on hard courts and this should…
Australian Open 2020: All Hail King Novak VIII and Queen Sofia I
Five. Straight. Points! Kenin blasts three consecutive winners on break point and escapes her way out from 0-40 to hold for 3-2.#AO2020 | #AusOpen pic.twitter.com/gVsNdr6sjO — #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) February 1, 2020 NOTE from the Tennis Abides Legal Team*: Whatever fond memories I have of watching Sofia the First with my children when they were younger,…
