Wimbledon 2010: Women’s Power Rankings Highlight Challengers To Williams Duopoly

The Wimbledon seedings have been announced and, with the same predictability as day following night, Venus and Serena Williams dominated the proceedings. And that’s taking into account Wimbledon’s unique application of ‘special measures’ that don’t slavishly follow the rankings. No, they are the top two seeds because of their overall record and, more particularly, their... 

Scowling Nadal, Joking Djokovic, And The Rain: That’s Tennis In London

June, and it’s time for British tennis fans to celebrate! It’s the grass season, and that means the best tennis players in the world are on their way to London for the wonderful month when tennis returns—literally—to its roots. The oldest, most prestigious and—for this openly biased Brit—the best Grand Slam beckons: Wimbledon. Few of us, though, even those who live... 

Tennis Returns To Its Grass Roots: The Magic Is All in the Green Stuff

Check antiMatter’s complementary piece here It’s where lawn tennis began. It takes loving care, and ideally an English climate, to perfect it. But when it’s right, the sappy, greasy, springy grass can offer the swiftest, most subtle, most sensuous tennis of all. The Wimbledon lawns are the best-known patches of turf in the world, but it’s the grass of the historic Queens Club... 

Heat of Rafael Nadal’s Sun Melts Robin Soderling’s Icy Determination

Fire and ice. Smoldering passion and steel-hard determination. The heat of the Mediterranean and the temperate coolness of northern latitudes. The bookies’ favorite versus the dark horse. Rafael Nadal and Robin Soderling, Spain and Sweden. The final of the 2010 French Open had a wonderful symmetry to it. Last year’s finalist was playing the four-time champion. If Soderling won, it... 

French Open Highlights: Some Sunshine Moments Amid the Cloudy Days

The 128 are down to just four. Four men and four women who have each fought off five opponents on their way to the semifinals of the most important tournament on clay. They are the very best, who have to fight off just two more to lift the ultimate trophy. On the men’s side, only one of the final four is seeded or ranked in the top four. Rafael Nadal flies the flag for the best in the world,... 

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal: The Top 10 Milestones at Roland Garros

The talk has all been of their rivalry, of the 21 matches they have played, of the 17 finals they have contested, of the balance of power on clay and on grass, and of the hopes for a fourth final at Roland Garros. The debates have raged about whether Roger Federer, though now with a French title to his name, can ever hope to beat Rafael Nadal in the crucible of Philippe Chatrier. Until their careers... 

Preparing for the French Open: From Low-Key Federer To Flat-Out Verdasco

We watched the Madrid Masters avidly for the last clues to who will be hot in Paris. We’ve pored over clay-court stats, Roland Garros records, and recent head-to-heads to make some sense of where the sensible money will be by the time the French Open kicks off tomorrow. There have been injuries to check out, illnesses to monitor, last-minute headlines to absorb. But if we thought there was... 

From Ice Maiden to Ice Borg: Top 10 French Open Players Span the Globe

Ever since the French National Championship opened its doors to the world beyond its borders in 1925, it has challenged the weak, rewarded the durable, and cut its own unique path through the tennis history books. In 1968, it was the first Slam to open to amateurs and professionals. In 1981, it introduced its own additional awards: the Prix Orange for sportsmanship and the Prix Citron for strength... 

ATP Tennis Power Rankings: Madrid Master Rafael Nadal Eyes French Open

Who would have thought it would be a year to the day before the tennis world saw another Rafael Nadal vs. Roger Federer face-off? And who could have predicted that it would, as it was 12 months ago, be in the final of the last clay Masters of the year, in Madrid? The balance of power as they entered the home straight this year has, though, looked a little different. 2009 began with Nadal as world No.... 

Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid: Roger Federer Isn’t Planning To Go Anywhere

Rumors of Roger Federer’s demise in tennis have peppered the media since the early days of 2008. For that was when he failed to reach his first Grand Slam final in almost three years. It was the Australian Open, and he fell short—in the semifinals. He would go on to win just four games in the French Open final, would lose his Wimbledon crown, and would not win a Masters title throughout... 

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