Photos Courtesy of William Lewis (Kentucky’s 2024 Mr. Tennis and Future Member of Sewanee’s Men’s Tennis Team)
Category: Wimbledon
Wimbledon 2024: Photos of Carlos Alcaraz Part 1
Photos Courtesy of William Lewis (2024 Kentucky Mr. Tennis)
Wimbledon 2024: Paolini vs. Krejcikova Prediction
7 Jasmine Paolini vs. 31 Barbora Krejcikova The BIG Question How much does Wimbledon 2024 grass play like grass from 2002 and earlier? If the grass is generally low bouncing, I think the match is largely on Barbora Krejcikova’s racquet despite having a worse seed than Jasmine Paolini. If the grass is amenable to grinding…
Tennis in Five Minutes or Less: Djokovic vs. Norrie
Check out my new podcast. I will get better at integrating these into the site, but I look forward to adding a new method for engaging all topics related to tennis.
Wimbledon Shutting Down: Not Unexpected
I know tennis fans love Wimbledon. Still, I think the event made the wisest decision it could make today. This pandemic has changed many things. It will continue to do so. Some day, and hopefully that day is in 2021, Wimbledon will be back, but for now, Wimbledon and other non-essential public events need to…
Wimbledon 2019: All Hail Queen Simona the 1st and King Novak the 5th
#Wimbledon champions. pic.twitter.com/LErVDutNdm — José Morgado (@josemorgado) July 15, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js It has been quite a Wimbledon. It was hard on the nerves of this viewer at least. I won’t do 50 Parting Shots like Jon Wertheim because 50 is a lot and I don’t need SI’s lawyers giving me a hard time. Coco…
Wimbledon 2019: Djokovic vs. Federer Prediction
Federer vs Djokovic – a match-up that has provided so much entertainment in the past… Tomorrow, they go head-to-head once more 🍿#Wimbledon | @rogerfederer | @DjokerNole pic.twitter.com/47dY1F42of — Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 13, 2019 Novak Djokovic vs. Roger Federer A 4-time defending champion and #1 player in the world facing an 8-time former champion and…
Wimbledon 2019: Serena Williams vs. Simona Halep Championship Prediction
Serena Williams vs. Simona Halep Both players have a lot riding on this match. Serena Williams can tie Margaret Court by taking a 24th major home. She can also move within one of Martina Navratilova’s all-time record of 9 Wimbledon singles titles. Simona Halep can take her second major title at a venue that would…
Wimbledon 2019: Federer and Nadal’s Wimbledon Tiebreaks
Earlier in the event, I noticed that Nick Kyrgios had won all 5 tiebreaks played against Rafael Nadal. Rafa reversed this trend winning vs. Kyrgios 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3). Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal contested their 4th Wimbledon clash today. While only one set today went to a tiebreak, Roger Federer added to…
Wimbledon 2019: Djokovic & Federer set up Blockbuster Final
Novak Djokovic fought through a game challenge from Roberto Bautista Agut to reach his 6th Wimbledon final. RBA confirmed that his 5 wins at Wimbledon to reach the semifinal round as well as his wins over Djokovic at Qatar and Miami were not mere luck. Djokovic proved his metal by regrouping quickly and taking over…
Tennis Abides: Dan Martin on Tennis and Life 