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What to Watch in the ATP This Week: Previews of Dubai, Acapulco, and Delray Beach

February 25, 2013 By 1 Comment

One of the strongest  ATP 500 tournaments on the calendar, Dubai follows its Premier women’s event by hosting six of the top ten men in the first significant outdoor hard-court tournament since the Australian Open.  This tournament claims pride of place in our weekly preview, although events in Acapulco and Delray Beach also feature key [...]

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The Week Ahead in the ATP: Rotterdam, San Jose, Sao Paulo

February 11, 2013 By 1 Comment

Like last week, the upcoming ATP slate features two European tournaments on indoor hard courts and a South American tournament on outdoor red clay.  Only one of the Big Four participated in last week’s action, but this week his archrival returns to the spotlight as well. Rotterdam:  Back in action for the first time since [...]

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Wizards of Oz (III): Stosur, Venus, Sharapova, Djokovic, and More on Australian Open Day 3

January 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment

The first day of the second round looks rather sparse in general, but we picked out a few potential diamonds in the rough.  Let’s start with the ladies for a change. WTA: Zheng vs. Stosur (Rod Laver Arena):  When they met a week ago in Sydney, the Aussie suffered from a slow start, rallied to [...]

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Australian Open Grounds Pass: Beatlemania with Federer and “Team” Dimitrov

January 14, 2013 By 4 Comments

Jesse Pentecost is on the grounds of the Australian Open, covering matches and practice sessions and giving you an intimate behind-the-scenes look of the tennis season’s first Slam. By Jesse Pentecost I would be overstating the case to say that more than a minority believed Grigor Dimitrov to defeat Julien Benneteau. Even among those of [...]

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Mark Knowles teams up with Querrey, Lisicki, and Davenport for weekend of tennis

December 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Dec 12, 2012 — One of tennis’ most respected doubles players in history and former world No. 1, Mark Knowles brought professional tennis back to his home country of the Bahamas for one incredible tennis invitational, that included a Pro-Am and exhibition. (Gallery and video at bottom) The recently retired 41-year-old welcomed Lindsay Davenport, Sam [...]

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Mark Knowles as a Tennis Player and Father

March 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment

  By Matt Fitzgerald, Special for Tennis Grandstand On a crisp January morning in Texas, four-time Grand Slam champion Mark Knowles found himself in an elementary school classroom in Southlake. Accompanying his eldest child Graham to a breakfast function, “Donuts For Dads”, Knowles spent the morning with his son’s classmates and fellow fathers in the [...]

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Understanding the Tennis Fan

February 17, 2012 By 2 Comments

There’s always a point of no return. For Brad, it was seeing Steffi Graf’s ponytail fly up and hit her in the face when she hit her forehand in a 1990 match against Jennifer Capriati. For Chris, it was watching a teenage Andy Murray at the 2005 Wimbledon stand up to then 14th seed Radek [...]

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Around The Corner: Sydney, Auckland and the Kooyong Classic

January 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment

With just over a week until the start of the Australian Open, there is little time to tinker with one’s game for the first Grand Slam of the year. While the top four players in the world will be taking the week to rest themselves in anticipation for a deep-run in Melbourne, there are plenty [...]

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Xavier Malisse on playing U.S. Open with Mark Knowles, update on Anti-Doping court case

August 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment

After defeating #4 doubles’ seeds Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi with partner Mark Knowles at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic, I was able to sit down with world #42 singles’ player Xavier Malisse and discuss his busy summer as well as plans to double up with Knowles for the U.S. Open. Malisse had a breakthrough [...]

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Surprise doubles champs in Indian Wells

March 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Roger Federer called it a “rough day at the office” after losing his singles semifinal against Novak Djokovic and losing the doubles final at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. Federer and his partner Stanislas Wawrinka last teamed up to play doubles in the 2008 Olympics, where they took home the gold medal. This [...]

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