It’s nice to have your opinion reinforced by the respected coach and confidante of Rafael Nadal, when in an exclusive interview this past week Uncle Tony, the man who continues to guide Nadal’s career, confirmed that it was his contention that playing on US hard courts is detrimental to a player’s health. He went on [...]
David Nalabandian is the holder of numerous sporting records, most of which have come on the tennis courts of the world where he has shown since he began as a junior player that he has the skill to be nicknamed the ‘King’ of Argentine tennis. He was born on New Year’s Day in 1982, a [...]
Don’t you hate it when some know-it-all keeps coming up with the right predictions. I’ve written about Nadal’s problems for 4 months now, and the gut feeling I had that something was not right with him. Now unfortunately he has been forced to withdraw from the Paris event with a painful knee injury, and will [...]
Controversy has surrounded the ‘Iron Man’ of tennis for a few years. Twice he has been warned or given a code violation by an umpire for not performing at his best, or giving his best effort. He almost never complains, a trait of his tough Russian upbringing, but it has been obvious to many of [...]
An insulting gift of tennis balls offered to King Henry V, according to William Shakespeare, was the final straw that led to the re-igniting of the 100 years war. This is the bard’s reference to the insult, “When we have match’d our rackets to these balls, we will, in France, by God’s grace, play a [...]
