Time to re-shuffle the deck. After five years on the web, we’ve decided to make some changes in BudCollinsTennis.com – in appearance, incorporating new technology, making dialogue between readers and me easier. Rather than a daily who-beat-whom-and-won-what, I’ll offer my observations and welcome yours.
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 »
Bud wrote this column after his experince living through 9/11 in NYC. It is being reprieved in honor of the 10th anniversary:
New York, NY — The ghosts of New York’s Third Avenue will stay with me.It was Black Tuesday, 12 days ago, and the ghosts were easily identified: those survivors able to walk away from the shambles of the World Trade Center – ashen apparitions, dirty-faced, smudged by debris, coated with the grime of tragedy. They were among those surging northward on clotted sidewalks, refugees marching to the unending threnody of sirens and the barking horns of fire trucks headed way downtown. continue reading »
Tags: 9/11, New York City
September 11 2011 | United States | No Comments »
Bud and Anita in the South Plaza US Open
NEW YORK – An abrupt end to our US Open -
Bud had a small fall Sunday, suffering a complete rupture of his quad tendon.
After being cared for attentively by the medical team at the US Open, headed by Brian Hainline, it was determined that he needed surgery as soon as possible.
And so we headed back to Boston for that surgery, at the New England Baptist Hospital. We will miss being at the second week of the US Championships, the 57th Bud has covered.
While the US Open was being rained out, Bud’s team at the New England Baptist Hospital was taking great care of Bud. Dr. Sumon Nandi operated for more than two and a half hours on Bud’s ruptured quad tendon and now it is as good as new, or at least we hope it will be …..
They kept Bud 24 hours in the ICU for “observation.” He is now back in a comfortable room and is looking forward to the HARD work , all that physical therapy lies ahead.
He will miss writing about the second week of the US Open and hopes the rains stop so some tennis can be played. He sends warm wishes and will be back with you soon.
Tags: Bud Collins, New England Baptist Hospital, Rupture quad tendon, US Open
September 07 2011 | Misc. Articles | 13 Comments »
Serena warming up
NEW YORK – Sister Serena is back. Bold, blasting and bell-ringing – a woman with a cause to turn the world upside down as her property once again.
But how far back is she on arriving in the fourth round of the US Open, aiming at her fourth title, the first since 2008.
Having chased away two earlier hapless foes on the loss of three games, she was past scrimmaging. It was all changed yesterday, a warm breezy afternoon with about 15,000 witnesses in Ashe Stadium. It was time for the real, bygone Sister Serena to go to work devastatingly in a blood raspberry frock. continue reading »
Tags: Serena Williams, US Open 2011, Victoria Azarenka
September 03 2011 | US Open | 1 Comment »
Bud on Bloomberg radio with Tennis Channel CEO, Ken Solomon
NEW YORK – The name is Young, whose story was old and nearly forgotten. Until yesterday.
Until he awakened a sleepy tennis tournament called the US Open.
Until he looked like a left-handed version of the Matterhorn that avalanched his victim from the Alps.
Until he laughed as happily as the full-house throng of 2800 at Court 17 as the last point fell – and the husky Swiss, Stanislas Wawrinka, fell with it. continue reading »
Tags: Donald Young, Stanilas Wawrinka, US Open 2011
September 02 2011 | US Open | No Comments »
Gael Monfils
NEW YORK – If a wild-looking carefree guy swinging a tennis racket leaps your fence and dives into the backyard, don’t be alarmed. It’s probably the cool Frenchman from the Caribbean isle of Guadeloupe displaying his do-or-die brand of big league tennis.
Gael Monfils won’t give up on any ball within the ballpark, and some that have bounced beyond. These tactics put him on the floor more often than a punch-drunk pugilist. You hold your breath and wonder if the scrawny Monfils will get up. Usually he does, but… continue reading »
Tags: Gael Monfils, Juan Carlos Ferrero, US Open 2011
September 01 2011 | US Open | No Comments »
Ivan Ljubicic with Bud
NEW YORK – Were weeping and wailing heard throughout the streets of South Boston yesterday?
Possibly. But maybe the word hadn’t gotten around yet about the gallant failure of two Irishmen trying to break into the US Open, and create some tennis history. According to tournament officials, no Irishman had ever pushed beyond the first round of the 130- year-old US Championship, so somebody had to be the bearer of sad tidings to Southie, the Irish capital beyond the Emerald Isle. continue reading »
Tags: Conor Niland, Louk Sorensen
August 31 2011 | US Open | No Comments »
In a surprise announcement, Venus Williams withdrew from the 2011 US Open due to a diagnosis of Sjogren’s Syndrome, an autoimmune disease characterized by dryness of the mouth and eyes. The exact cause of Sjogren’s Syndrome is not known, although there is a growing support for genetic factors. It is most commonly (90%) found in women.
In her statement, Venus said: “I’m really disappointed to have to withdraw from this year’s US Open. I have been recently diagnosed with Sjogren’s Syndrome, an autoimmune disease which is an ongoing medical condition that affects my energy level and causes fatigue and joint pain.”
I enjoyed playing my first match here and wish I could continue but right now I am unable to. I am thankful I finally have a diagnosis and am now focused on getting better and returning to the court soon.”
Tags: Sjogren's Syndrome, US Open 2011, Venus Williams
August 31 2011 | US Open | No Comments »
Garden next to Press Center
NEW YORK – Caroline Wozniacki is chasing a tennis ball far to her right. But with three quick-steps the All-Danish girl catches up and delivers a stiff forehand to her foe’s ankles.
Show over.
Wozniacki, she of the golden smile and plenty of gold in the piggy bank (over $ 10 million in prize money) is 21, has won 18 tournaments and intends to seize the US Open as the 19th. continue reading »
Tags: Caroline Wozniacki, Nuria Llagostera Vives, Rory Mcilroy, US Open 2011
August 30 2011 | US Open | 1 Comment »
Folding the flag
NEW YORK – Ever wonder how Billy the Kid would have done with a tennis racket instead of a shotgun? The Kid, known as a withdrawal artist to the bankers of Lincoln County, New Mexico, showed his quick, greedy hands to advantage in practicing his craft in the neighborhood of the Tombstone’s infamous OK Corral. continue reading »
Tags: 2011 US Open, Billy the Kid, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Serena Williams, US Open
August 29 2011 | US Open | 1 Comment »
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