Andy Murray will be enshrined in the International Tennis Hall of Fame. However, I think being part of a winning Davis Cup Team would do 4 things for him. 1. One More “Not Since Fred Perry” Drought Erased Andy Murray’s place in tennis history is pretty secure. He won a gold medal in singles and…
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US Open 2015: Novak Claims his Second Title in the Big Apple
Novak Djokovic Wins his 2nd US Open Crown & 10th Major Title Novak Djokovic capped off his second truly dominating Grand Slam season by claiming 3 of the 4 major titles of 2015. Novak beat the defending champion Stan Wawrinka and Andy Murray en route to his 5th Australian Open title earlier this year. He…
US Open 2015: Rain Forces a Super Friday on the US Open
Stupor Saturday In 1984, the US Open adopted a model known as Super Saturday that was supposed to showcase a full day of tennis. Ivan Lendl led off the inaugural super Saturday with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7, 7-6 win over Pat Cash. Martina Navratilova then defeated Chris Evert 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 to win the…
US Open 2015: Serena Williams vs. Venus Williams Quarterfinal Prediction
Djokovic on the #WilliamsSisters rivalry: “I would not be able to handle [playing my brother] on the court.” http://t.co/iXu210HiE6 #USOpen — Jonathan Scott (@jonscott9) September 8, 2015 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Venus Williams vs. Serena Williams I think the dynamics of this match-up may be one of the least understood stories in all of sports. Martina Navratilova recently…
Remembering Lleyton Hewitt – New York State of Mind
Hewitt waves goodbye pic.twitter.com/Be8q3ej0BA — Stroppa Del (@stroppadel) September 4, 2015 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsLleyton Hewitt still has several things to play for before his career ends in January 2016. Australia is alive in the 2015 Davis Cup competition in no small part due to Hewitt and Sam Groth rescuing the Aussies in July. Hewitt has his home…
Sampras, Edberg, & Becker on their Struggles at the French Open
This is a fun video, but I am guessing some of the more technical tennis talk ended up on the cutting room floor. The raw footage might be more insightful.
Serena Reaches 20 with 3rd Roland Garros Title
Serena Williams Makes History and Sets up Possibilities #Serena Williams: 20 Grand Slams 👏👏👏 Australian Open : 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 French Open: 🏆🏆🏆 Wimbledon: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 US Open: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 pic.twitter.com/yEEDMhtFrk — Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) June 6, 2015 Serena Williams won her 3rd consecutive Grand Slam title and stands in a class of her own on the WTA…
Roland Garros 2015: Reflections on Djokovic Dethroning Nadal
The streak is over for #Nadal as #Djokovic, the No.1 seed de-thrones the King Of Clay: http://t.co/adebXTpbcx #RG15 pic.twitter.com/gv7VEFbOuS — Roland Garros (@rolandgarros) June 3, 2015 A Match of Runs In basketball, sometimes a team gets on a run. Today’s collision was characterized by several runs. Run #1 saw Novak dominate the first four games….
French Open 2015: Is this the Biggest Quarterfinal Ever?
Is this the Biggest Quarterfinal Ever? Due to a lot of top talents producing outstanding and consistent results, tennis has had a lot of best ever and GOAT descriptions thrown around. This certainly is a big quarterfinal, but there have been others: 1985 and 1986 Wimbledon champion Boris Becker defeated 1987 Wimbledon champion Pat Cash…
Falling Stock: Bouchard, Dimitrov, and Halep
If we rewind over the past 52 weeks, things looked much brighter for Eugenie Bouchard, Grigor Dimitrov, and Simona Halep. To be sure, I don’t think it is time to put eulogies on any of their young careers. However, their results in Paris raise many questions. Bouchard did not laugh last or best here Eugenie…
Tennis Abides: Dan Martin on Tennis and Life 