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Murray Hires Lendl as Coach; Serena Williams Doesn’t Love Tennis — The Friday Five

January 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment

by Maud Watson Key to Victory One of the biggest stories going into the 2012 season was that Andy Murray has finally ended his search for a coach. In his decision to hire tennis great Ivan Lendl, Murray may have just found the missing piece to his success at the majors. Lendl has a personality [...]

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Andy Murray Could Open the Floodgates With a Slam Win in 2012

December 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Though his 2011 campaign didn’t end exactly as he hoped, the year was still a successful one for world number four Andy Murray: five titles won (including two Masters Series 1000 victories); advancing to the semifinals or better at all four Grand Slams; and a period spent back in third place in the rankings. Now [...]

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Roger Federer meets Rafael Nadal in semis of Mutua Madrid Open: A final before the final

May 6, 2011 By 1 Comment

I actually consider all the Rafael Nadal vs Roger Federer match ups on any surface at any time a final. Even if Novak Djokovic is now officially on a 30 match unbeaten run. The final before the final will take place at the Mutua Madrid Open for the third straight year and it is something [...]

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For the man who wins everything: A Novak Djokovic pictorial

May 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment

It is one of the strongest starts in the history of tennis and Novak Djokovic is doing it! He has won 29 matches in a row and 31 if you include his Davis Cup winnings in November, 2010. It equals the best start in men’s tennis in 25 years. Back then it was Ivan Lendl [...]

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Djokovic and Azarenka triumph, Clijsters out again and Rafa being sensible over clay season

April 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Djokovic Continues Amazing Run: Novak Djokovic continued his unbeaten start to the year to pick up the Miami Open title, coming back from a set down against Rafael Nadal to secure his 24th straight win. The Serbian won 4-6 6-3 7-6 (7-4) on a tie-breaker, with the first five points of the decider all going [...]

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Kim Clijsters’ Houdini act – The Friday Five

April 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment

By Maud Watson Flip-Flop It’s been an exciting week and a half of tennis in Key Biscayne as the second Masters event of the season draws to a close, and for Mardy Fish, there’s been even more to be excited about than his good form. The veteran’s run to the semis will not only take [...]

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It’s getting hot at the Sony Ericsson Open

March 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment

By Thomas Swick swickt@bellsouth.net For my first match of the day Friday – Agnieszka Radwanska vs. Barbara Zahlavova Strycova – I found a shady spot in the top row of Court 1. Two young women in hats, Louise and Helen, told me that they’d come from Salisbury, England. Soon a middle-aged woman in a pink [...]

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Navratilova Edges Evert to win Australian Title – On this day in Tennis History

December 7, 2010 By 1 Comment

With tennis being in its off-season – wait, tennis has an off-season? – we thought we would give you daily content courtesy of Randy Walker’s book ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY, so you can have your daily tennis fix. ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY ($19.95, New Chapter Press, www.TennisHistoryBook.com), makes for an ideal companion [...]

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Have Tennis in Your Life 365 Days a Year

December 4, 2010 By 1 Comment

Compiling information for more than 15 years, former U.S. Tennis Association press officer Randy Walker has published a compilation of significant anniversaries, summaries and anecdotes from the world of tennis in his book On This Day In Tennis History. Presented in a day-by-day format, the entries into this mini-encyclopedia include major tournament victory dates, summaries of [...]

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Cahill Turns Down Murray, Lendl To Return And Bryan Bros. Make History

August 4, 2010 By 1 Comment

*The Aussie former coach of Andre Agassi and Lleyton Hewitt, Darren Cahill, has ruled himself out of the running to become Andy Murray’s latest coach. The Scot had hoped to land the former US Open semifinalist following his recent split with Miles Maclagen but Cahill has intimated he would rather concentrate on his work with [...]

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