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Novak Djokovic Wins Big; Questionable Rafael Nadal Skit — The Friday Five

February 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment

by Maud Watson Trend Continues In a field that contained among others the fastest man in the world, an international soccer star, and a 7’0” German NBA power forward, it was Novak Djokovic who took home the top honor as he was named the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year.   The award represented hard-earned recognition [...]

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Standout Performances by Federer, Ferrer, Tsonga; Yannick Noah Should be Punished – The Friday Five

November 25, 2011 By 1 Comment

by Maud Watson Say What?! Despite the enthralling tennis that has been taking place in London, one of the biggest stories of the week has been Yannick Noah’s accusations that Spanish athletes are doping.  Put bluntly, Noah’s comments couldn’t have been more idiotic for a multitude of reasons.  First, if you’re going to accuse someone [...]

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Noah Drug Comments Cause Spanish Uproar, Djokovic Honoured for Incredible Year and Murray Withdraws from ATP Finals

November 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Noah Infuriates Spain with Drug Cheat Comments: 1983 French Open winner Yannick Noah and Spanish ten-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal have clashed over claims the former made about performance enhancing drug use mainly being behind Spain’s recent dominance of world sport. Both Nadal and David Ferrer have made this year’s ATP World Tour Finals, [...]

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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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NOVAK DJOKOVIC IS ALWAYS UP FOR A DJOKE

May 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Some tennis players have a great sense of humor on and off the court.  Anyone remember Henri Leconte’s jokes? They were hilarious. So was Yannick Noah. Now we got Novak Djokovic. Always funny with his imitations of fellow tennis players. This time Nole parodies Nadal and Shakira from the Shakira video “Gypsy”. Enjoy!

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YOUZHNY BEATS GASQUET IN NO. 5 LONGEST AUSSIE OPEN MEN’S SINGLES MATCH

January 19, 2010 By 1 Comment

In the longest match of the 2010 Australian Open far (4 hours, 53 minutes), Mikhail Youzhny ousted Richard Gasquet 6-7(9), 4-6, 7-6(2), 7-6(4), 6-4, trailing 0:3 in the fourth and 2:4 in the fifth set. The Russian also saved double match point on serve at 5:6 in the fourth set. What’s more interesting, Gasquet, playing [...]

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Federer’s Basel Debut

November 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Roger Federer hits the courts this week in his hometown of Basel, Switzerland for the Swiss Indoor Championships. Roger is the three-time defending champion at the event, but it was, at one time, an elusive title for him as it was not until 2006 that he won his first “hometown” title.

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Mondays With Bob Greene: You just try to first get the ball back

August 24, 2009 By 4 Comments

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 Rogers Cup and the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters.

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One Week On Top – 10 Years Ago This Week

July 28, 2009 By 1 Comment

Ten years ago this week, Patrick Rafter was on top of the world. On July 26, 1999 the Aussie hunk and two-time U.S. Open champion reached the career pinnacle by earning the No. 1 ranking on the ATP computer. Rafter’s reign, however, last only one week and he never again attained the top spot in the computer rankings, marking the shortest ever reign as a world’s top ranked player.

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Epic matches and major upsets at Roland Garros

May 31, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Epic matches and major upsets highlight the May 31 landscape at Roland Garros through the years. The following excerpt from the book ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY summarizes the excitement.

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