1992 Fallout Tennis in 1996 suffered despite being a logical tune-up for the US Open as the tennis events were held on hard courts in Atlanta, Georgia. Still, 7 of the top 10 men did not play the event. Andre Agassi was the #1 seed, but he was fresh off of a Wimbledon loss to…
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Graf and Agassi Among Many Athletes and Celebs at Kentucky Derby Party
Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi along with Tom Brady, many University of Kentucky athletes including NCAA POY Anthony Davis, Aasron Rodgers, Bode Miller, and Terry O’Quinn from Lost (John Locke).
Youtube Tennis for March 20 – March 24
1. Steffi Graf’s 1988 Golden Slam 2. Jim Courier vs. Andre Agassi at the 1991 French Open 3. Guga Kuerten vs. Pete Sampras at Miami 2000 4. Guga vs. Agassi – 2000 Year End Championships
Youtube Tennis for the Week of 3-12-2012 through 3-18-2012
With Indian Wells Underway this Week will be all Vintage Highlights – The video quality is not great, but two legends in a stakes match is worth a view. – 1994 Australian Open quarterfinal – Edberg puts on a paralyzing display of serve and volley tennis – 1995 Australian Open quarterfinal – Safin and…
3rd War of Independence for Argentina? Davis Cup Final (Poll Included)
I opened my trusty copy of Independence in Latin America: A Comparative Approach by Richard Graham and re-learned a fact about Argentina. Argentina fought two wars of independence against Spain. These wars revolved around Argentina’s relationship to the deposed and later restored King Ferdinand VII of Spain. Interesting reading. For Juan Martin del Potro, David Nalbandian and company…
Andy Murray’s Next Big Move?
What We Should Expect 3 of the 4 matches have gone deep into the 3rd set. 2 of those matches went to 3rd set tiebreaks. The player with the better ranking won 3 of 4 matches to this point. World #1 Novak Djokovic struggled with Thomas Berdych, but held up under pressure better than the…
Federer since 2008
2004-2007 Roger Federer’s results from 2004-2007 are the most remarkable 4 year period any male player has compiled. The accomplishments for these 4 years are too numerous to name in a single column, but 3 top highlights are Federer winning 11 Grand Slam titles, 3 Year End Championships and 41 total tournament titles. This…
Thomas Muster Retires Again
Thomas “Coach” Muster? A lot of good can be said about how hard Thomas Muster worked on and off of the tennis court. Muster is best know for his perseverance to overcome a freak knee injury and his amazing clay court play in 1995. Muster played a sort of visceral tennis that often looked like…
Creating Frankenstein’s Monsters of Tennis
The Inspiration Every October James Rolfe reviews one monster movie per day in his Monster Madness feature. This year he started off with Frankenstein. I thought it would be fun to stitch together the best shots in tennis and imagine animating these amalgamation players. The Rules Four tennis monsters will be created. Only one stroke/aspect can…
Tennis Abides: Dan Martin on Tennis and Life 