Career High 18 John Isner is the #18 player in the world. This is his highest career ranking. Isner followed a disappointing Wimbledon with titles in Newport and Winston-Salem. Isner was also runner-up in Atlanta and a semifinalist in Washington, DC. Those four events alone netted Isner 830 points. He garnered 360 points from his…
Category: US Open
Review of ‘Unmatched’ ESPN’s 30 for 30
ESPN’s 30 for 30 Takes on Navratilova and Evert Review of Unmatched Directed and Produced by Lisa Lax and Nancy Sterm Winters It was by accident that I got to watch this great sports documentary. Considering that Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova won 36 combined singles Grand Slam titles and faced one another 80 times,…
Sam Stosur and the GOAT Debate (Steffi and Serena)
Graf-esque (esque and fjord need more uses) Samantha Stosur put together a comprehensive win against the most dominant female player since the Graf-Seles Era. She did it by hitting big forehands and serves, moving well, being fit, and slicing her backhand. Sound like anyone else? Sure Sam can hit a two handed topspin drive, but…
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…
#2 Rafael Nadal vs. #1 Novak Djokovic
The Final 128 players and 6 single elimination matches later to get to this point and form should not hold so neatly should it? At Wimbledon and now the US Open we are treated to a #1 versus #2 showdown. In 2006 through 2008 we got these matches between Federer and Nadal in Paris and…
Are you rooting for Nadal or Djokovic?
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Running Commentary for the US Open Women’s Final
Running Commentary – S. Stosur vs. S. Williams 5:15 Serena seems to be showing some bad body language. As if to say, I should not be playing this poorly. Fact is for 5 games her power has been matched. No need to feign shock just dig in (if I was Serena’s coach). 5:18 Mac saying…
2011 Men’s US Open Final Poll – Who Wins?
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Stosur vs. Williams: 2011 Women’s Final Preview
Samantha Stosur versus Serena Williams Both players are among the most powerful on the women’s tour. Stosur beat Serena at the 2010 French Open. I can give a lot of reasons to try to make this sound like a close match on paper, but to be honest Serena Williams looks like a heavy favorite. Here…
Tennis Abides: Dan Martin on Tennis and Life 