Caroline Wozniacki: Girl With a Keen Fashion Sense
So what do you do if you are the top seeded player at the women’s at the US Open 2010 tournament and you have overcome some of your biggest foes on court by playing well and working hard? Yes, you take a break and attend the “Fashion’s Night Out” in New York City. The largest [...]
Caroline Wozniacki Beats Maria Sharapova in Fourth Round of US Open
Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki beat former US Open champion Maria Sharapova in straight sets 6-3, 6-4 Monday in the fourth round of the U.S. Open. Sharapova, who won the 2006 title at Flushing Meadows, hurt herself with nine double-faults and a total of 36 unforced errors – 26 more than 2009 U.S. Open runner-up Wozniacki. It’s [...]
US Open Fourth Round Preview
The final week of Grand Slam play for 2010 is about to begin and there are sixteen players left in the men’s draw. Noticeable absentees include the Andy’s (Murray and Roddick) and Tomas Berdych. Other than that I suppose David Nalbandian and Marcos Baghdatis bowed out slightly earlier than we had thought, but there are [...]
Rafael Nadal’s Biggest Canine Fan
Rafael Nadal made it through the first week of the US Open. The top seed was never troubled against France’s Gilles Simon, winning 6-4, 6-4, 6-2, and he has yet to drop a set in three matches. “I am in fourth round. That’s good news for me – without losing a set – but there [...]
Arthur Ashe: A Remembrance of Things Past
The largest tennis stadium in the world is named after him. The last major of the year is decided on his surface. Nothing could be more appropriate than to commend the efforts of a man, who not only changed the game, but changed the way we see things. One book does it better than the [...]
The Women Who Hit Hard: The Making of…
One of the things that I like about the US Open is the media buzz and thanks to one of my Facebook friends I found a great article created especially for the Open. You can find it here: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/08/29/magazine/womens-tennis.html The video features Victoria Azarenka, Serena Williams, Elena Dementieva, Kim Clijsters, Jelena Jankovic, Samantha Stosur and [...]
US Open: Why Top Players Lose
At the start of every tournament, a player’s slate is cleaned. Whether they’ve won the previous week’s tournament or failed to even qualify, in tennis, everything can change in a week. Player’s go on hot-streaks as well as cold-runs, losing to lower-ranked opponents who simply took advantage of the opportunity to play a big name [...]
Novak Djokovic Makes Funny Analogies at the US Open; Fan Fight During Djokovic Match
I was going to write about the Meaning of Life today, but I put it aside when I got a hot tip to write about Novak Djokovic’ match versus Viktor Troicki that went down on the opening days of the last major tournament of the year 2010. Novak Djokovic had a hard time earlier this [...]
Paul Annacone Joins Team Roger Federer Full Time – The Friday Five
Player Down – In one of the scarier moments at the US Open in recent memory, Belarusian Victoria Azarenka collapsed on court near the tail end of the first set during her match encounter with Gisela Dulko. Heat was initially deemed the culprit behind the collapse (and it probably did add to the situation), but [...]
ATP Tidbits: Djokovic’s Humor, Ryan Harrison as Role Model, and the ‘Worst Job in Sports’
Posted by Romi Cadenza on September 7, 2010 · 1 Comment
Since coverage of the US Open has been quite extensive this year, I’ll stick to the lighter side of tennis for this week and bring you the fun off-court moments. I’ll take a look at Novak Djokovic’s humorous ways, talk about the ‘worst job in sports,’ bring you tennis’ newest role model teenager Ryan Harrison, [...]
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