Wednesday at Court Philippe Chatrier, on the grounds of the Roland Garros tennis complex, a fortunate French crowd gathered to witness one of the greatest accomplishments in the history of professional sports. Roger Federer isn’t just rewriting the history of tennis. The 27-year-old from Switzerland is achieving the kinds of feats that casual sports fans [...]
When Roger Federer took a 5-1 lead in the first set of Friday afternoon’s men’s semifinal at the Sony Ericsson Open, Novak Djokovic had the look of a man bereft of confidence. Less than two hours later, however, the beaten man in Miami stood on the opposite side of the net. In a collapse of [...]
Overshadowed by his older brother’s world class performances on the tennis courts of the world, Patrick has settled into a niche that John could not hope to fill, even on his most placid day. Patrick McEnroe has become more than a coach, more than a motivator for Davis Cup players, and more than a TV [...]
The 2008 finals of the World Team Tennis championships were held in Georgia this past weekend, with Sir Elton’s team evening the series at 8-8 with a win over Billy Jean King’s team. The real winner was Elton’s AID Foundation and the Atlanta AID’s Partnership which received over $400,000 in donations. For more than 28 [...]
I have to ask the question of all athletes, whether they’re tennis players or golfers, soccer players or wrestlers. How much is enough? The reason this has come to the forefront of my mind today is because I just read about Venus Williams reaching the semi final in Zürich where she is expected to win [...]
Only a select few tennis teenage phenomenons have achieved a similar result to that of Juan del Potro by winning 4 tournaments in their first full year on the tour. Those four are Rafael Nadal, Leyton Hewitt, Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras. Not bad company for this 6’6†Argentinian who climbed from 81 to 13 [...]
