The original 5th Cent BC she wolf suckling Romulus and Remus
ROME – Just when you thought it was against the rules of women’s tennis to serve and charge the net, a who-she? senorita with a boxcar length name landed amid the pines at Il Foro Italico to smack holes in the accepted wisdom.
Apparently nobody told Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez out of Barcelona that the first commandment of the women’s game is: Thou shalt not volley. continue reading »
May 08 2010 | Rome Masters | No Comments »
Ivan Ljubicic, 2010 winner of the Indian Wells tournament, the BNP Paribas Open.
INDIAN WELLS, CA – It wasn’t Lawrence of Arabia riding a camel across the desert sands to victory. No, the name was Ivan Ljubicic, but he did a pretty fair imitation in a desert setting, bounding about the asphalt rectangle in sneakers while overcoming a high-powered favorite. continue reading »
March 21 2010 | Indian Wells | No Comments »
Bud filming a piece for ESPN
NEW YORK – Jelena “Jelly” Jankovic didn’t throw in the towel when she fell behind. But she knew how to use it to rattle her foe.
Jelly, the tennis player from Belgrade – a superb Serb – is no dummy. She had begun university, and was despairingly planning to go back for a degree in dramatic arts when her mom talked her out of that scenario and back onto the court — also out of a slump. After all there’s usually more money in tennis, if you’re a winner, than acting (aka waiting on tables), although the dark-haired zesty 23-year-old ain’t a bad thespian.
A few million dollars later, Jelly is on the largest stage in tennis, sharing the lead in her first major final, the U.S. Open, with Sister Serena, and one win away from queen bee status (temporarily anyway). That skinny but beloved figure, No. 1, is at stake today.
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September 05 2008 | US Open | No Comments »
