Rafael Nadal Nearly Forfeits? On the same day that news breaks that Rafael Nadal expressed disdain for Roger Federer’s approach to dealing with the ATP on scheduling issues, Nadal also maintains that he nearly forfeited his first round Australian Open match due to knee issues. Earlier this week Nadal said that he was finally healthy…
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Australian Open Day 1 Thoughts
Youngsters Dig Deep or Tomic is Houdini Bernard Tomic failed to convert 3 set points, including a forehand sitter, late in the 2nd set of his match vs. Fernando Verdasco. Tomic looked exhausted and dumped the 2nd set tiebreak. Darren Cahill was discussing Tomic’s need for more fitness and this being a lesson for the…
Who Will Win the 2012 Men’s Australian Open? (Poll)
I made my picks – your turn.
Previewing the Men’s Australian Open
Interesting Potential Early Matches 8 Mardy Fish vs. Gilles Muller 1st Round 4 Andy Murray vs. Ryan Harrison 1st Round Andy Roddick vs. Robin Hasse 1st Round Andy Roddick vs. Lleyton Hewitt 2nd Round Andy Roddick vs. Milos Raonic 3rd Round (If the first two don’t get Andy, I think Raonic will) Juan Monaco vs….
Previewing the Women’s Australian Open
Interesting Potential Early Matches Kim Clijsters vs. Li Na could be a great re-match in the round of 16. Maria Sharapova could have a nice match with Serena Williams, but I don’t think Sharapova will get there without having a reliable serve. My gut says Sabine Lisicki clips Sharapova. Final 8 Picks 1 Caroline Wozniacki…
2011 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 27,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 10 sold-out performances for that many…
Milos Raonic Leads a New Wave
Historical Waves Tennis players tend to arrive in waves. Pete Sampras was so dominant that his generation, including Andre Agassi, Jim Courier, Sergi Bruguera, Goran Ivanisevic, Thomas Muster, Michael Chang, and Richard Krajicek, more or less eclipsed the next group of promising players. To be sure, Gustavo Kuerten, Patrick Rafter and Yevgeny Kafelnikov made marks…
Happy New Year and Links to My 2012 Predictions
Tennis Abides Community, I’d like to wish all of you a happy new year and a great start to 2012. I am looking forward to the Australian Open starting soon. Big news with Andy Murray hiring Ivan Lendl. I am not sure what to make of it, but it is an interesting hire. Here are…
Should Mixed Doubles be an Olympic Event?
I have not watched mixed doubles in years, but I did watch at the 2011 Wimbledon and saw Jurgen Melzer destroy the doubles specialist male player on the other side of the net. What do you think about the 2012 Olympics having mixed doubles as a medal sport?
