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The first big tournament of the US Open Series is just a week away and the top players in the world will have had their opportunities to relax, rethink and work on their games. A lot of talking will be done and a lot of walking may well be done—but for certain players, actions will have to speak louder than words. Here are the top 10 players that will need to improve their games or risk dropping...
Published: July 23, 2011
Tennis fans all over the world experience—at one point or another—the typical hope and despair cycle of witnessing a favorite player of theirs rise in hype then fall flat on their face with a whimper. These underachievers are and were players we loved to love. Why and where it went wrong, no one really knows. The best consolation, I guess, is that they still get a mention in tennis...
Published: July 16, 2011
World No. 3 and 16-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer stated prior to the start of the clay court Masters Series event in Rome in May of this year that he wanted to challenge the soon-to-materialize domination of men’s tennis by Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. So far, he hasn’t managed that. He failed to defend his Australian Open title at the start of the year, he failed to...
Published: May 28, 2011
World number one, Rafael Nadal, hasn’t been at the top of his game recently and it’s been plain for all to see. Unconvincing wins over John Isner in the first round and his fellow countryman Pablo Andujar in the second round, would’ve hardly done much to lift his hopes—certainly, it couldn’t have done much to allay the fears of his own fans. Roland Garros, known to...
Published: May 27, 2011
A French Open Grand Slam tournament rarely ever goes by without scheduling mistakes, upsets in each round and intriguing play all day long—and this year’s tournament hasn’t disappointed. The day has ended, and we are left on tenterhooks—the Novak Djokovic-Juan Martin del Potro match is still in the balance, and it is both players’ to lose. Novak Djokovic’s...
Published: May 20, 2011
Three weeks ago, after Rafael Nadal‘s first loss on clay in a little over a year to Novak Djokovic, some pundits felt that the defeat was a sign of the times—a poignant reminder of the fickle nature of success. That everyone was gunning for his spot at the top of the tennis world should have come as no surprise—in fact, what was surprising was that everyone was surprised. Apparently,...
Published: May 20, 2011
HUMOR. In what is destined to be one of the most tightly contested Grand Slam events in recent history, the 2011 French Open is set to leave tempers flying, hopes dashed and emotions running high. 256 singles players will take part in the tournament and 254 will lose. There will be excuses—some will be funny, some will be strange and some will just be downright ridiculous. Here are some of the excuses...