Category: Maria Sharapova
10 Olympic Takeaways
Serena Williams adds to her sublime legacy with decisive gold medals in singles and doubles. Serena has career Golden Slams in singles and doubles now. Fodder for a GOAT debate? Speed Kills – Andy Murray took a huge step by winning 5 straight sets over Djokovic and Federer en route to a gold medal in…
Serena Williams Nears Perfection in Gold Medal Win
Serena Shines in 6-0, 6-1 Win Serena Williams demolished Maria Sharapova. There really is not much else to say about today’s match. Both players like to dictate play and take control of a point early. Serena was better at dictating play and that made Sharapova a defensive player. Maria Sharapova is not a defensive player. …
Wimbledon Ladies’ Quarterfinal Predictions
Predicted Winner in BOLD QUARTERFINAL MATCH-UPS (Listed in order of seeds) TAMIRA PASZEK (AUT #37) vs. [2] VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #2) Azarenka leads 2-0 I like Vika to win this match and maybe the tournament. Off of clay, Vika has been the most consistent player on the WTA Tour this year. [3] AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #3)…
Wimbledon Ladies’ Round of 16 Predictions
My Projected Winner will be placed in BOLD ROUND OF 16 MATCH-UPS (Listed in order of seeds) [1] MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #1) vs. [15] SABINE LISICKI (GER #15) Sharapova leads 3-0 Lisicki is capable of winning, but Sharapova is on a great roll and should win this match. [14] ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #14) vs. [2]…
WTA Benefiting from Continuity
I wrote last year that 2011 was a good year for the WTA. I felt this way because Petra Kvitova looked like she would be a contender for multiple years, Na Li helped tennis expand into a market of over 1 billion people, Sam Stosur added a Grand Slam champion to the great Aussie tradition,…
Tennis History: Nadal and Sharapova
A Trip Inside my Unofficial Historical Tennis Rankings The 2012 French Open is in the books. Sadly, the quick transition to grass rarely allows for the full impact of this event to be appreciated until later in the year. Still, Rafael Nadal and Maria Sharapova made a great deal of history. Here is a quick…
Update – Women’s Final Breakdown & Men’s Final Preview
I will have both of these up later today. As an aside, my 23 month old son is quite captivated by tennis. He is mimicking the Sharapova and Errani as I type.
Who Will Win Sharapova or Errani? (POLL)
I hope my technical difficulties are over and I can post more pertinent information during the final weekend at Roland Garros
French Open Predictions for June 4, 2012
My men’s predictions have been pretty accurate (14-4 or nearly 78% accurate) My women’s predictions have been poor (1-3 or 25% accurate) Projected winner in BOLD 5 Jo-Wilfriend Tsonga and 9 Juan Martin del Potro were my picks yesterday, and I have to stick with those picks. 2 Rafael Nadal vs. 13 Juan Monaco –…
Tennis Abides: Dan Martin on Tennis and Life 