I’ve been fortunate in being whisked across the globe for decades by this game, and I’ll be sharing some of the fascinating experiences and destinations.
Meanwhile, keep on hacking. While your own game may not take you to Wimbledon, it’s more important than Nadal or Federer’s because it keeps you moving (in whatever manner) and, for a valuable while, rescues you from the cares of the day.
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June 23 2008 | Messages | No Comments »
“I wanted to win more than anything in the world at the time,” Ryan Harrison, now 18, is saying after causing the first real shakeup in the young US Open. “My dad who had been a good college player, put a good beating on me, and I took it well. I finally beat him when I was 12.”
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Tags: Donald Young, Gilles Simon
September 01 2010 | US Open | 1 Comment »
It isn’t easy, and some might say it takes guts, and the ability to stand up when you’d just as soon lie down and take a 10 count.
You never know when the whim-whams will strike, but yesterday they did on the 14th anniversary of Pete Sampras’s historic US Open spill. A Frenchman named Beneteau joined Pete’s exclusive club by emptying his insides on Court 13, then woozily closed out an opening round victory. Of course it was in Flushing. continue reading »
Tags: Julien Benneteau, Radek Stepanek
September 01 2010 | US Open | No Comments »
August 30 2010 | US Open | No Comments »
It was in a day when something amusingly labeled as “amateurism” held sway, and room-and-board was a prized goal on the tournament circuit. That was prior to 1968 when the U.S. Championships were divided into separate tournaments: the Doubles in Boston at Longwood Cricket Club, followed by the Singles at Forest Hills (the West Side Tennis Club in New York). continue reading »
Tags: Flushing Meadows, Longwood Cricket Club, US Championships vs. Open
August 29 2010 | US Open | No Comments »
You really couldn’t dislike this teddy bear of a tennis player, 5-foot-5, 140 pound Ollie. However, he was rocking the cradle of American tennis, the Casino, and almost ran circles around the crowd’s man, a US citizen, Mardy Fish. Smallest laborer on the pro tour, Ollie Rochus out of a small Belgian town called Namur, has the legs to keep up with and often surpass the big guys in his business. His shotmaking is a collection of spins that keeps the ball low, and he’s a sharp volleyer, the main man of Belgium’s Davis Cup team. continue reading »
Tags: international tennis hall of fame, Mardy Fish, Olivier Rochus
July 12 2010 | International Tennis Hall of Fame | No Comments »
Caught up in the most incredible upset of the fortnight was none other than that veteran performer – Jupiter Pluvius. continue reading »
Tags: Men's singles winner, Rafa Nadal, Tomas Berdych, Wimbledon
July 04 2010 | Wimbledon | 3 Comments »
They stand out in their occupations, symbols of the fact that anything is possible in the USA. Lady Liberty is a one-woman welcoming committee in New York. Sister Serena travels the world as the best female tennis player in creation. continue reading »
Tags: Serena Williams, Vera Zvanoreva
July 03 2010 | Wimbledon | No Comments »
It was merely the last groan raised throughout Great Britain as the last of the Brits at Wimbledon hit the last shot and lasted no longer in the oldest lasting tournament.
That was a Scottish lad named Andrew Baron Murray who stalled in the semifinals for a second straight year, and the long-lasting Curse of Fred Perry continues for a 75th year. Way back in the age of schoolboys wearing knickers and Model A Fords with rumble seats, a Brit named Fred Perry won the singles championship. He did it in 1934-35-36. None of his countrymen has imitated Fred since. continue reading »
Tags: Berdych, Djokovic, Men's semis, Murray, Nadal
July 02 2010 | Wimbledon | 1 Comment »
Maybe.
But one thing is clear. Roger Federer, the man who owned the green room – Centre Court at Wimbledon – will not be the centerpiece Sunday. After seven straight years of believing that this tennis court belonged to him, he was rudely evicted by a guy born in the Czech Republic village of Vallasske Mezerici and lives in Prostejov. Anybody who can spell or pronounce them should get a prize. (Like many other athletes, Tomas Berdych visits his money in Monte Carlo.) continue reading »
Tags: Roger Federer, Tomas Berdych
June 30 2010 | Wimbledon | 3 Comments »
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