Dan Martin on Tennis, Life and Occassionally Other Sports
Originally posted on grandslamgrumblings:
? The first major of the tennis season followed a familiar, reassuring course for the duration of the men’s tournament. Novak Djokovic has cemented himself as the man to take tennis to a completely new level and he will now be looking to eclipse more legends with his trophy haul, and…
Tennis Power Ranking 2016: Australian Open Novak Djokovic – Novak takes the 2016 year by the throat by winning his 6th Australian Open title and by winning Qatar. He has 2250 ranking points in the bank for 2016. More importantly, his 8 hard court Grand Slam titles have him sitting ahead of Sampras’ 7 and…
Originally posted on ellpoen:
Tomáš Berdych, a power-hitter from the Czech Republic and a consistent featured presence among the ATP World Tour’s elite Top 10 since 2010…has not quite managed to convince many unsympathetic Tennis minds that he will lift a Grand Slam trophy one day; one day being sooner than much later. At 28,…
Originally posted on ellpoen:
By defending his Australian Open title and continuing his fairy tale with Melbourne, Djokovic is now tied with Rod Laver and Björn Borg on 11 Grand Slam titles. His colleagues are just about to run out of words to say about his level: ‘Technically, tactically, mentally, he’s better than everybody. There’s…
The Value of the Regular Tour Angelique Kerber posted a lot of solid results in the 12 months prior to the 2016 Australian Open. Kerber won 4 WTA Tour titles in 2015. She was runner-up at one 2015 event and runner-up at the 2016 Brisbane International. To have 6 strong tournament results in the previous…
“My career is better.” “I beg to differ and watch this overhead smash.” GOATs on Our Minds since 1999 Tennis fans have been involved in many all-time great discussions on the men’s side of the ledger since 1999. That year Andre Agassi completed a career Golden Slam by winning Roland Garros in June only to…
I am not an expert on clothing, but I am pleased to report that my Bones Brit Flag Crew Neck Technodry tennis shirt is the nicest tennis shirt I own. This shirt is tennis wear that has an artistic edge to it. The Technodry fabric feels great, and the design harkens back to the 1960s British…
Ground Hog Day? Novak hopes so and Murray Hopes Not #1 vs #2: Oceans in between Us? Normally when the world #1 meets the world #2 the expectation is that the match could go either way. Novak Djokovic is so far ahead in the computer rankings, and he has beaten Andy Murray 3 times in…
Tennis Abides: Dan Martin on Tennis and Life 