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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: July 28, 2010
Ana Ivanovic wears a heavy cloak of vulnerability every time she steps onto the court; an aura of breathless anxiety as tennis fans everywhere wish for the dark-haired beauty to find the game that has seemingly deserted her. Early on in her career she was able to build on her game and climb the ladder of success. From 2007 through 2008 Ivanovic was regarded as one of the world’s best female tennis...
Published: July 26, 2010
One of the tennis world’s stunning beauties, the long-legged Russian Maria Sharapova, found her on-court fortunes faded as she struggled to rebuild her fractured career a year ago. Sharapova will resume her continued climb back to the top of the game this week in the tournament held at Stanford on hard courts. She comes into Stanford as the No. 5 seed and will meet Jie Zheng in the first round....
Published: July 17, 2010
From the tenor of the most recent debates—the controversy over who is ascending and who is falling in men’s professional tennis goes on and on. For the sake of allowing a new perspective to shift through the ATP upper realms, let us assume that Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer have been transported to an alien space ship and whisked off to Pluto where they will be forced to teach Plutonians...
Published: July 9, 2010
Put them in a line up, shoulder to shoulder. At first glance, these two men appear to have nothing in common. Swede Bjorn Borg—the legendary clay court artist of the 70s and 80s—possessed rock star looks that made him a fan favorite enhanced by long blond hair, deep blue eyes, and an icy-cool demeanor. In contrast, Spain’s Rafael Nadal, the current clay court king,...
Published: July 6, 2010
I could not help but notice the buzzards circling and swooping down on the scarred lawns of Centre Court as the media began to pick apart the skin and sinew of Roger Federer’s career. Eulogies sprayed the airwaves after Federer lost to Tomas Berdych in the quarterfinals. I especially enjoyed the barely contained but obvious gloat of former-players-turned commentators whose views of tennis...