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Mondays With Bob Greene: I Still Have 21 Spots To Go
Bob Greene, the esteemed former Associated Press tennis writer, wraps up the week that was in international tennis with his “Monday’s With Bob Greene” column – a revival of his popular weekly feature at the AP. This week Bob summarizes the Pilot Pen Tennis tournament and the Forest Hills Classic.
Mondays With Bob Greene: All That Glitter Is Gold
Bob Greene, the esteemed former Associated Press tennis writer, wraps up the week that was in international tennis with his “Monday’s With Bob Greene” column – a revival of his popular weekly feature at the AP. This week Bob summarizes the Olympics and the Legg Mason Tennis Classic.
Bill Mountford: Olympic Tennis - Citius, Altius, Fortius!
The Russian women have their 3rd, 4th, and 6th ranked players in the semi-final round (Safina, Dementieva, and Zvonareva respectively). This is unprecedented since the Olympics were reinstated in 1988.
Weekly Links: Things That Make You Go Hmm…
This week in Weekly Links:Mary Pierce drops out of the Olympics, Boris Becker speaks, Roger Federer is in Toronto, Jelena Jankovic is spoken for, Monica Seles got interviewed.
The Rogers Cup Update: Boris Becker Inducted into Rogers Cup Hall of Fame
The weather provided to be less challenging than expected Monday in Toronto which allowed a full schedule of main draw matches to be completed along with the remaining batch of qualifiers as well.
On This Day In Tennis History
This week is a big week in tennis with week No. 2 of the U.S. Open Series and Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal’s return to the court in Canada following their epic Wimbledon final. This week has also been a one of epic matches and unusual circumstances in the history of the sport, as documented in the soon-to-be released book ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY ($19.95, New Chapter Press). The following is an excerpt from the ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY compilation that features entertaining anecdotes and match summaries featuring John McEnroe, Boris Becker, Andre Agassi, Monica Seles, Martina Navratilova among others.
Lived up to the hype!
Sports Illustrated’s Jon Wertheim previewed the Rafael Nadal vs. Roger Federer Wimbledon final by suggesting that it was the most anticipated championship final in the history of our sport. High praise indeed, but when does the competition outdistance the hype in this day and age? Practically never is when.
Ana’s Epic
Let’s put Ana Ivanovic’s epic 6-7 (2), 7-6 (3), 10-8 second-round win over Nathalie Dechy of France at Wimbledon in perspective. The world No. 1 and top-seed at Wimbledon saved two match points - the second with a ripped forehand “winner” that struck the top of the tape of the net and trickled over - while serving at 4-5, 30-40 in the second set.
The Journeyman: Hamburg Memories
This week’s Masters Series tournament at the Tennis Club am Rothenbaum in Hamburg brings back some awfully good memories for me.
The Journeyman: Player Spotlight on Jeff Coetzee
Jeff Coetzee is slowly becoming one of the biggest sporting icon’s in the history of South Africa. The black right-handed professional tennis player from the town of Okiep in the northern cape of South Africa began playing tennis when he was nine years old.
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