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Novak Djokovic is one of them now. It’s a Novak Slam? No, that sounds awkward. Djoker Slam. I’m going with that. There was never a Fed Slam or a Rafa Slam. Djokovic was already the best men’s tennis player in the world, but with his French Open win Sunday over Andy Murray, his first French title, he now has won all four majors. In fact, he has won all four in a row. He holds all four...
Published: June 4, 2016
This is the hard truth: Serena Williams is not the dominant force in women’s tennis anymore. She’s the best player, but she isn’t dominant. You saw it Saturday in the French Open final—the last point. That’s when you saw Williams’ hopelessness and a little panic. She had a lob go over her head and turned to start running back to get it. Serena of five years ago could...
Published: June 3, 2016
So now, Novak Djokovic gets to stare down the beast one more time. He is already the best tennis player in the world, as he just keeps proving again and again. On Friday in the semifinals of the French Open, he crushed the new leader of tennis’ Generation Next, Dominic Thiem, 6-2, 6-1, 6-4. He’ll face his rival from this generation, Andy Murray, in Sunday’s final. Roger Federer and...
Published: May 20, 2016
A meniscus tear in the knee and now a sore back. These are minor injuries that Roger Federer is suffering from, minor issues that have knocked him out of the French Open. He announced Thursday that he’s skipping it next week, the first time he has missed a major this century. Individually, Federer’s little injuries wouldn’t amount to much. But combined and on a player who’s...
Published: April 11, 2016
He was going to stay home in England and blow off the Masters entirely so he wouldn’t miss the birth of his first kid. And then, Zachariah James Willett was born on March 30, so what the heck? Danny Willett decided he might as well come play the Masters after all. Willett grew up in England playing golf in a sheep pasture that looked not one bit like Augusta National. And during Willett’s...
Published: April 7, 2016
When Jordan Spieth‘s name went to the top of the leaderboard early Thursday at the Masters, it performed the same magic trick that Tiger Woods‘ name used to do: It made all the other names sort of blur together and become indecipherable. Spieth is back, having shot a six-under 66 for the early lead. After dominating golf last year, he had struggled some early this year. You probably didn’t...
Published: August 28, 2015
John McEnroe says he “can’t condone” the behavior of tennis’ new bad boy, Nick Kyrgios. He says Kyrgios has gone “too far,” that his bad behavior had diminishing returns and he’d like to offer Kyrgios some advice. Two things immediately come to mind: 1) Exactly when did John McEnroe become tennis’ mother hen? 2) In the world of bad boys, McEnroe’s...