Historical Difficulty with Repeating Rafael Nadal won nearly everything of importance from the onset of the clay court season of 2010 through the conclusion of the US Open 2010. Nadal’s 2011 did not feature the same level of success. The same could be said for Nadal’s 2008 French Open, Wimbledon, and Olympic Gold trifecta was…
Category: Jimmy Connors
Youtube Tennis for the Week of 3-12-2012 through 3-18-2012
With Indian Wells Underway this Week will be all Vintage Highlights – The video quality is not great, but two legends in a stakes match is worth a view. – 1994 Australian Open quarterfinal – Edberg puts on a paralyzing display of serve and volley tennis – 1995 Australian Open quarterfinal – Safin and…
Youtube Tennis for 3-6-2012 through 3-10-2012
1. Video from the 2012 Dubai Semifinal Matches Novak Djokovic vs. Andy Murray & Roger Federer vs. Juan Martin del Potro 2. Guillermo Vilas vs. Jimmy Connors at the 1977 US Open 3. Roger Federer vs. Andy Murray in the Dubai Championship 4. Steffi Graf vs. Martin Hingis at the 1999 French Open
Youtube Tennis for 2-27-2012 through 3-3-2012
1. Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic in Dubai 2. David Ferrer vs. Nicolas Almagro in Mexico 3. Milos Raonic’s Serve in SloMo 4. Jimmy Connors vs. Ivan Lendl at Wimbledon 1984
Men Who Stare at Tennis GOATS Part 3 – The Usual Suspects: Pete Sampras
Part 1 – Laid Out Key Questions Part 2 – Discussed the Difficulties of Naming a GOAT while Examining Bjorn Borg’s Case Men Who Stare at Tennis GOATS Part 3 Pete Sampras Why Pete Sampras Might be the GOAT – Pete Sampras holds fourteen Grand Slam singles titles and seven Wimbledon titles. Pete Sampras spent…
Youtube Tennis for 11-14-2011 through 11-19-2011
3 Good Tennis Videos 1. Roger Federer d. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-1, 7-6 (3) to win the Paris Indoor – Highlights of Federer winning his 18th Masters Series Shield. 2. Roger Federer vs. Andy Roddick Wimbledon 2004 – Roddick won the set featured in this video, but this video focuses on Roger’s shot-making skills. 3. Jimmy…
Youtube Tennis for 10-24-2011 through 10-30-2011
Three Good Tennis Videos 1. Pan-Slavic Tennis: An All-Serbian Final of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow Jannko Tipsarevic continues his climb in the rankings with a win over Viktor Troicki 6-4, 6-2. 2. Gael Monfils won in Stockholm: Here is a US Open Highlight Monfils, much like Murray, has seen his career hampered by playing…
Creating Frankenstein’s Monsters of Tennis
The Inspiration Every October James Rolfe reviews one monster movie per day in his Monster Madness feature. This year he started off with Frankenstein. I thought it would be fun to stitch together the best shots in tennis and imagine animating these amalgamation players. The Rules Four tennis monsters will be created. Only one stroke/aspect can…
Youtube Tennis for September 25 – October 1
Youtube Tennis: Here is a New Feature 3-5 Good Youtube Videos on Tennis Each Week Novak Djokovic vs. Rafael Nadal 2011 US Open Final (Best Points) – Great stuff Federer vs. Roddick (Early Career) – Always a Classic Pete Sampras wins the 1st set versus Andre Agassi 1995 US Open Final – Sorry about the…
Tennis Abides: Dan Martin on Tennis and Life 