McEnroes Continue Growing Tennis from the Ground Up

It is a stifling summer night on the east side of New York City, but Gabby Price isn’t worried.  The pixie-sized nine-year-old is belting returns to Martina Hingis, one after the next, as the near-sellout crowd of over 2,500 watches and cheers every shot.  Off to the side, Serena Williams and John McEnroe watch attentively and cheer and high-five Gabby and some of the other young kids... 

Juan Ignacio Chela Reigns, Fabio Fognini Falls for Bet-at-Home Cup Quarterfinals

 On Wednesday, first seed Juan Ignacio Chela was pushed to three sets by Spanish player Daniel Gimeno-Traver in a match that lasted two hours, 14 minutes in Kitzbuhel, Austria. The Argentine won 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, despite the World No. 80 having stronger statistics in the serving department. Gimeno-Traver hit eight aces, one double fault and won 70 percent of first-serve points while... 

Rory McIlory: The US Open Champion Eyeing a Return to the PGA Tour in 2012?

Although most of the golfing world media has been focused on the return of Tiger Woods to the links. Rory McIlroy has stirred the media pot recently by suggesting he may take back up his PGA Tour card for the 2012 season. The Northern Irishman went on record recently saying he did not like playing in such bad weather as they had this year at The Open Championship at Royal St. George’s. A statement... 

WGC Bridgestone Invitational: Some Funny Numbers in Golf

What’s in a number? 121 is the number of titles—including majors since 1999—that American players have won on the European Tour after last week’s 2011 Irish Open. English players have won 265, while Spanish players have won 159 (50 by Seve Ballesteros) and Scottish players have taken 127 titles (31 by Colin Montgomerie). 38 is the number of titles that Tiger Woods has won on... 

Formula One TV Rights: The Baby-Like Innocence of Bernie Ecclestone

When F1 fans get angry about the sport their ire is quite often focused on Bernard Charles Ecclestone, known to everyone except his employees as Bernie. So when it was announced that UK TV rights for the sport had been partially transferred from public broadcaster the BBC to subscription TV company Sky TV it was to be expected that much invective would be directed at Bernie. But in this case, Bernie... 

Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic Are 2 Sides of the Same Ungracious Coin

Roger Federer is gracious in victory but ungracious in defeat. Novak Djokovic is gracious in defeat but ungracious in victory. They are two sides of the same coin. No wonder they have the same type of fans. Roger Federer was fortunate that when he reached his prime in 2003, there were no other great players. Those who read my articles regularly know what I mean by “great” and “prime”.... 

Bojana Jovanovski Faces Travel Mix-Up

There was a misunderstanding of epic proportions for Serbian Bojana Jovanovski this past Saturday. She booked a trip to Carlsbad this week for the Mercury Insurance Open, but to her surprise, the travel agent put her on the wrong flight to the Carlsbad in New Mexico—not California. The world No. 53 spent the day traveling from Washington D.C. to Dallas to Albuquerque to Carlsbad, New... 

US Open Tennis Countdown: Andy Murray Defends the Rogers Cup

The Rogers Cup is the first of two major hard-court surface tournaments that lead up to the fourth and final Grand Slam, the US Open. The ATP Masters 1000 competition, also known as the Canadian Masters, will provide players with an opportunity to capture more ranking points as well as form ahead of the US Open, which kicks off at the end of August. The Rogers Cup itself, due to start on Aug. 8, will... 

2011 US Open: Serena Williams Is Back with a Vengeance

Whether you like Serena Williams or not, there is no disputing her dominance in women’s tennis. Serena, along with sister Venus, changed the landscape of women’s tennis when they hit the WTA in September 1995. Women’s tennis has always enjoyed a competitive spirit with the likes of Stephi Graf, Chris Everett and Martina Navratilova, to name a few. When the Williams sisters turned... 

Gstaad-Winner Marcel Granollers Wins First Match in Austria

Last week’s Gstaad-clay-court champion, Marcel Granollers, took a strong start in Austria by beating Italian Filippo Volandri, who had defeated him earlier this year in Belgrade, 6-4, 6-2. The seventh seed won 70 percent of points on his service games while breaking the Italian’s serve four times out of five attempts. At a career high in the world rankings, No. 33 Granollers won his second... 

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