Djokovic on the #WilliamsSisters rivalry: “I would not be able to handle [playing my brother] on the court.” http://t.co/iXu210HiE6 #USOpen — Jonathan Scott (@jonscott9) September 8, 2015 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Venus Williams vs. Serena Williams I think the dynamics of this match-up may be one of the least understood stories in all of sports. Martina Navratilova recently…
Tag: Tennis History
Remembering Lleyton Hewitt – New York State of Mind
Hewitt waves goodbye pic.twitter.com/Be8q3ej0BA — Stroppa Del (@stroppadel) September 4, 2015 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsLleyton Hewitt still has several things to play for before his career ends in January 2016. Australia is alive in the 2015 Davis Cup competition in no small part due to Hewitt and Sam Groth rescuing the Aussies in July. Hewitt has his home…
Sampras, Edberg, & Becker on their Struggles at the French Open
This is a fun video, but I am guessing some of the more technical tennis talk ended up on the cutting room floor. The raw footage might be more insightful.
Serena Reaches 20 with 3rd Roland Garros Title
Serena Williams Makes History and Sets up Possibilities #Serena Williams: 20 Grand Slams 👏👏👏 Australian Open : 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 French Open: 🏆🏆🏆 Wimbledon: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 US Open: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 pic.twitter.com/yEEDMhtFrk — Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) June 6, 2015 Serena Williams won her 3rd consecutive Grand Slam title and stands in a class of her own on the WTA…
Roland Garros 2015: Reflections on Djokovic Dethroning Nadal
The streak is over for #Nadal as #Djokovic, the No.1 seed de-thrones the King Of Clay: http://t.co/adebXTpbcx #RG15 pic.twitter.com/gv7VEFbOuS — Roland Garros (@rolandgarros) June 3, 2015 A Match of Runs In basketball, sometimes a team gets on a run. Today’s collision was characterized by several runs. Run #1 saw Novak dominate the first four games….
French Open 2015: Is this the Biggest Quarterfinal Ever?
Is this the Biggest Quarterfinal Ever? Due to a lot of top talents producing outstanding and consistent results, tennis has had a lot of best ever and GOAT descriptions thrown around. This certainly is a big quarterfinal, but there have been others: 1985 and 1986 Wimbledon champion Boris Becker defeated 1987 Wimbledon champion Pat Cash…
Falling Stock: Bouchard, Dimitrov, and Halep
If we rewind over the past 52 weeks, things looked much brighter for Eugenie Bouchard, Grigor Dimitrov, and Simona Halep. To be sure, I don’t think it is time to put eulogies on any of their young careers. However, their results in Paris raise many questions. Bouchard did not laugh last or best here Eugenie…
Is Tennis More Physical Than Ever?
Prologue: History in Flux A lot of record breaking events have come in tennis ever since Andre Agassi won his Career Grand Slam in 1999 and Pete Sampras won his then record 13th Grand Slam singles title in 2000. Sampras of course took a 14th major in 2002. Since then, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and…
How to assess Tomas Berdych’s 2015?
If at first you don’t succeed Tomas Berdych has been a model of consistency in 2015. Berdych was runner-up at Doha and at Rotterdam. He was a semifinalist at the Australian Open, at Dubai, and at Masters Miami. He was a quarterfinalist at Indian Wells. The Big Czech finds himself in the semifinal round of…
Andy Murray’s 5 Most Clutch Victories
Andy Murray left Melbourne with a 2-6 record in Grand Slam championship matches. Strangely, he’s played all 8 of these matches against 2 men: Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. Federer throttled Murray in 2008 when Federer looked vulnerable most of that summer after losing an epic 5 set clash with Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon. Murray’s…
Tennis Abides: Dan Martin on Tennis and Life 