Asides
Andy Murray Drops to #5
For the first time in almost 1.5 years, Britian’s Andy Murray is out of the ATP top 4 as his decision not to attempt to defend his Qatar Open title this past week in Doha saw him lose 250 ranking points and so slide down to #5 behind Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro who moves [...]
Fantastic Nikolay does it again!
Congrats to veteran Russian slugger Nikolay Davydenko as he pulls off what only one other man (that is David Nalbandian) has ever done before – beat Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in back to back tournaments. His win today at Doha in the Qatar Open over Rafa in the finals (beating Fed in the semis, [...]
Rosewall Over Borg As A Top 4 All-Time Great?
ESPN’s Joel Drucker writes today to make a case for Aussie tennis legend Ken Rosewall to be considered one of the 4 all-time greats who should belong on the “Mount Rushmore” of tennis – the other three being Rod Laver, Pete Sampras, and Roger Federer. So who’s missing from the list? Right, Swedish great Bjorn [...]
Soderling Wins Swedish Open
Happy to see Swede Robin Soderling back up his excellent runs at the French and Wimbledon (only getting stopped on both occasions by who else but Roger Federer!) by bagging his 4th career title on home soil at the Catella Swedish Open today. He’s been portrayed in the past as unsportsmanlike and rude, but whatever [...]
Serena Meets Obama at White House
Is ESPN trying to make top tennis star Serena Williams look vacuous and silly? Or is she really that? You decide. In this ESPN report from 2 days ago, choice Serena quotes include: “…and he noticed my shoes. I think that was the highlight of the whole day, was he liked my shoes … And [...]
