2015 Washington, D.C. photos

Originally posted on The Grandstand:
Photos from the 2015 Citi Open, including Kei Nishikori, Marin Cilic, John Isner, Mardy Fish, Grigor Dimitrov, Lleyton Hewitt, Bernard Tomic, Alexander Zverev, and many more.

Press Conference Don’ts

I did consider asking Andy Murray if he would consider hoping freight trains to get from Canada to Cincinnati in 2010 after many questions were asked of his 2009 drive from Montreal to Cincinnati.  Wisdom won out, but these mistakes actually happened.  Rippa.com put out a compilation of the 5 worst press conference fails.  They…

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2015 Atlanta photos

Originally posted on The Grandstand:
Photos from the 2015 BB&T Atlanta Open, featuring John Isner, Marcos Baghdatis, the Bryan brothers, Vasek Pospisil, Jack Sock, Gilles Muller, and more:

Tennis Abides Update 8-4-2015

Dear readers, The previous two weeks were busy for me from a work perspective.  I also have a major graduate school deadline coming up next week.  Therefore, I have been recently reposting some of the best content on tennis I can find, but I have not been adding a lot of my own content.  I…

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Why Fognini is the bad boy of tennis: Top 5 angry outbursts

Originally posted on The LondonY:
Fognini is the bad boy of tennis today. He is hugely talented but you never know what is coming next. He seldom has a good relationship with a referee. He goes from shouting at himself to shouting at the chair umpire to playing a genius point followed by an unforced…