Tennis from Fingers to Toes: Federer, Nadal, Clijsters and the Rest Look to 2011

It’s the slack patch in the tennis year—at least that’s what the media would have you believe. Sure enough, a quick look at the calendar shows that the men do not begin competition until the first week in January. And in theory, they all hung up their rackets after the Paris Masters on 14th November. So a healthy six weeks to lie back on that beach and soak up the rays. The women... 

Australian Open: Finding the Next Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal

The Australian Open looms and the season begins. Nadal is poised to make history, and a reinvigorated Federer is ready to thwart him. Del Porto is returning, Murray and Djokovic are healthy, Roddick has kicked his kissing disease, and Soderling, Ferrer and Berdych are healthy and motivated. It looks to be a stellar year in men’s tennis.   The Australian Open has often been a tournament where... 

Lee Westwood Needs To Place Some Urgency On Winning a Major

Lee Westwood has been the most consistent player on the face of the planet over the past two years, which is why he has recently supplanted Tiger Woods as the new No. 1 ranked player in the world. Westwood has finished T-3 or better at four of his last five major championships, and gave himself an excellent chance to win this year’s Player Championship, which is regarded by some as golf’s... 

The Top 10 Tennis Performances of 2010

2010 proved to be an exceptional year in tennis, as the No. 1 mantle changed owners in the men’s and the women’s game.  Roger Federer and Serena Williams who both entered 2010 ranked No. 1 dropped out of the top spot––Roger will end the year with the No. 2 ATP ranking while Serena will end her year as No. 4 in the WTA. But many significant performances––some... 

Tiger Woods: His Top 10 Moments of 2010

In a year that seemed to be one bad headline after the next for Tiger Woods, he is probably glad that 2010 is almost over. And although Tiger Woods failed to win a tournament this year, his year was not all doom and gloom. In fact, Tiger actually played some fairly good golf this year. And off the course, he seems to be heading in the right direction. Here is a quick look at his top moments of the... 

Tiger Woods: His Highs and Lows of the Year

Tiger Woods may be ready to ring in the new year. 2010 certainly hasn’t been kind. He finished the year without a single PGA Tour victory, lost his No.1 ranking and also got divorced from his wife Elin following his much publicized affairs with numerous women. A nightmarish year didn’t end there, however. Amid the pain and scrutiny he faced, Woods had flashes of hope and positive things... 

South Africa Outperforms Europe and USA in 2010

Sometimes we get all caught up in the hoopla and forget to check the underlying facts, and then build our conclusions upon them. Yes, it is a Ryder Cup year and yes, the Euros beat the Americans in tantalizing fashion. But watching the 100th edition of the South African Open Championship on the Golf Channel started me thinking a little more objectively about who really outperformed who in 2010. Yes,... 

Of Sania Mirza, Almost a Swiss Miss and Four Consecutive Slams (Maybe)

The WTA Tour may have shut down shop for the year. But the International Tennis Federation show rolls on. And doesn’t Sania Mirza know it. The 24-year-old won the $75,000 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge knocking over Bojana Jovanovski in the final 4-6, 6-3, 6-0. Jovanovski, a little-known Serb, is her nation’s No. 3. Her favourite book: The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari. This is Mirza’s first... 

How the Humble Tennis Ball Has Helped Change the Game

Recently I was alerted to an interesting article that was published in the Independent Newspaper in September 2001.  The article was entitled ITF introduces three types of balls to counter power game.  It is interesting to look back to 2001 to see how the game has changed since then and the International Tennis Federation’s direct influence on that evolution.  Certainly a lot... 

Rafael Nadal: There’s an ATP Conspiracy against Me Too!

This article is a response to Vijaylakshmi Shetty’s most recent article. So, there’s a conspiracy in the ATP tour, says Roger Federer. Or at least, that’s what Shetty wants us to believe. I mean, because he gave his own honest opinion to a question asked by the interviewer, he must believe that there’s some clandestine ATP conspiracy against him. Right? I think we’re... 

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