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…

2011 Was a Good Year for the WTA

The Sky is Falling? Those who follow tennis have often made complaining about the admittedly convoluted leadership structures in professional tennis into an art from.  Beyond that, the ATP Tour has enjoyed a lot of continuity among top contenders since 2004.  This continuity has allowed for  Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic to be…

Youtube Tennis 10-2-11 through 10-8-11

Youtube Clips for the Week 1. Pete Sampras vs. Guga Kuerten Miami 2000 A lot of the clay court videos for Guga were grainy so I went with a hardcourt video. 2. Roger Federer vs. Marat Safin Masters Cup 2004  Two of the most talented players ever going head-to-head. 3.  Novak Djokovic vs. Carlos Berlocq…

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…

Is Djokovic’s 2011 the Best Year Ever?

Wait Until the Year Ends or Did 2011 End in NY? There may be wisdom in letting the rest of 2011 play out before selecting Novak Djokovic’s  awesome season as the best ever single season.  Novak won the season ending championship in 2008 and adding a second season ending title would be a significant achievement….

Davis Cup Semifinal Predicitons

Preface – Who Put the Puritans in Charge of ITF Scheduling? Tennis has the best sense of scheduling of any global sport as fans can build up to big events and then ease off for a few weeks before building up again  How can we be less than one week removed from one of the…