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…
Category: Rafael Nadal
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 for 10-9-2011 through 10-15-2011
1. Andy Murray d. Rafael Nadal 3-6, 6-2, 6-0 Some highlights from their final encounter in Tokyo. A good sign for Murray who looks poised to rise to #3 in the world. Still, 3 Grand Slam semifinal losses to Nadal keep the edge in Rafa’s corner in big matches until Murray proves otherwise. Andy Murray…
Best One-Handed Backhand Ever (Poll)
Some Backhand Videos: Stefan Edberg – A series of great backhands from Edberg against Lendl Roger Federer – Saving match point at Wimbledon 2008 Petr Korda – Korda passing Sampras at the 1997 US Open Rod Laver – Laver vs. Bjorn Borg in 1976 Ivan Lendl – Nice backhands by Lendl vs. Becker Gustavo “Guga”…
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….
Roger Federer Ranked Second … Most Trusted and Respected Public Figure?
Roger Federer: Platonic Form and Trusted Man I know Roger Federer would like to get one more run at #1 to tie or break Pete Sampras’ record 286 weeks as the top player in the world. Somehow, I think Roger must be excited about being the second most respected person in the world!?!?! Nelson Mandela…
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…
Tennis Abides: Dan Martin on Tennis and Life 