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The 50 best. How does one compare Old Tom Morris to Tiger Woods? Ben Hogan to Babe Zaharias? Jack and Arnold to anybody? It’s a tough task until you just do the numbers. How many professional majors, how many pro tour victories, how many world wide victories even if it’s the Legends of Golf or The Skins Game? Those were our measuring sticks. Amateur championships,...
Published: December 17, 2010
Get the latest tennis news from www.TennisNow.com (December 17, 2010) American sweetheart, Melanie Oudin encouraged herself to “Believe” and have “Courage” with her customized Adidas Barricade shoes at the 2009 and 2010 US Open. In 2011, she will begin wearing all new Wilson apparel and footwear. Oudin currently uses the Wilson K Factor KBlade Tour racquet and will...
Published: December 17, 2010
Get all the latest tennis news from www.TennisNow.com (December 17, 2010)— A rejuvenated Ana Ivanovic is looking more like the player fans cheered for in 2008. Despite clinching her first title, after a two year dry spell, at the Commonwealth Championship in Bali, the former No.1 has hired Coach Antonio van Grichen to get through the Australian hard courts. Van Grichen is most famous...
Published: December 17, 2010
Mention of the WTF to all but the most ardent tennis followers will likely produce blank stares. This indoor event comes at the end of a long, gruelling season and is seen by many tennis fans almost as an imposition. How can yet another tournament be added after the four Grand Slams, and the important events that lead up to them? The casual follower simply doesn’t know of its existence. Roger...
Published: December 17, 2010
Sepp Blatter has admitted that he is willing to change the timing of the 2022 FIFA World Cup to winter. He states that his reason is that Qatar could be from 45 to 50 degrees Celsius in the summer. The idea was also supported by Michel Platini and Franz Beckenbauer. Jerome Valcke (the General Secretary of FIFA) responded that allowing such a change could be an opportunity for all nations...
Published: December 17, 2010
It is a shame that Ivan “The Terminator” Lendl does not get more praise for what he achieved in tennis. He is hardly, if ever, mentioned in the same breath of some of the tennis greats. However, looking closer to what Ivan Lendl did for tennis, and how he played, the evolution from him to Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer is noticeable. Athleticism Although Bjorn Borg was a great athlete...
Published: December 17, 2010
FC Barcelona’s midfield maestro Xavi Hernandez has been voted the 2010 World Player of the Year by World Soccer Magazine. Xavi, a vital part of Spain’s World Cup-winning team, won the award ahead of Barcelona teammate Lionel Messi and Inter’s Dutch midfielder Wesley Sneijder in a very tight race. The Spanish national team received almost two-thirds of the vote for the World Team of...
Published: December 17, 2010
Joel Huiqui was formally presented as part of Morelia Monarcas after Cruz Azul released him. The historical event occurred after months of negotiations between the two teams. During the presentation, Huiqui announced that he was happy to be part of Monarcas and promised to make a positive contribution to the team. I consider it an irony that he signed with Monarcas taking into account that accusations...
Published: December 16, 2010
When Tiger Woods crashed his SUV, at 2:30 a.m. in the morning on Nov. 27, 2009, it completely changed the lives of two professional golfers: Tiger himself, and Graeme McDowell. By now, everyone knows the Tiger story of infidelity, sex addiction rehab, lost endorsements, divorce and the apparent loss of the unbelievable talent that has allowed him to win 14 majors and 71 PGA Tour events. However, not...
Published: December 16, 2010
Recently, there has been a lot of discussion about surface speeds, clay courts and the rise of one-dimensional players. This was set off by remarks made by Roger Federer at different interviews. The current conditions and surfaces obviously favor Federer. He has won 16 Grand Slam titles within the ridiculously short period of six-and-a-half years. Just imagine if two of the surfaces had been clay....