Madrid, Why So Blue?
Who doesn’t love the vibrant look of the US or Australian Open? The bright yellow of ball contrasting against the vivid blue plexicushion courts. And who doesn’t love the French Open? The long intense...
View ArticleChasing 286: Can Federer get back to Number 1
Roger Federer – the new World Number One? What may have seemed impossible just a few short months ago could now be a distinct possibility. After winning the Mutua Madrid Open title on the...
View ArticleGroth breaks World Record…..wait, who?
While the tennis world was busy debating the merits and flaws of Madrid’s new blue clay courts, one of the game’s most prestigious and coveted records was being broken. Correction: smashed. Samuel...
View ArticleUpset Alert: No Upsets Likely
Rafael Nadal very nearly got an unexpected Birthday present, as his only two legitimate challengers in his way to an unprecedented seventh French Open Men’s Singles title, teased the Spaniard by...
View ArticleMaria Slamapova
By winning the French Open, Maria Sharapova added the Roland Garros title to her Wimbledon, Australian and US crowns, thus completing the Career Grand Slam, and in doing so becoming a member of one of...
View ArticleMurray’s Mountain to Climb
It’s that time of year again. Cue the miserable rainy English mid-summer weather, the strawberries and cream and more importantly, the over-hyped unrealistic expectations towards a certain Brit....
View ArticleJubilation: Is History on Murray’s Side?
While Britain eagerly awaits their first homegrown finalist in the Gentlemen’s singles since before the second World War, those of us who do not ascribe to the ironic sense of entitlement those in the...
View Article7 Things We Learned from Wimbledon
After two weeks of almost non-stop rain and two singles Champions so familiar, that they’re almost a cliché, the Wimbledon’s ground crew now begins scrambling to get the grass ready for the Olympic...
View ArticleCongratulations Roger Federer! 287 and Counting
It wasn’t inevitable, certainly wasn’t guaranteed, and at times seemed downright impossible. Having climbed back to the top of the ATP World Rankings, for what can surely be a last hurrah (but maybe...
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