Serena Wins Aussie Open for Grand Slam Title #12

This time Serena Williams spoiled a Belgian’s return to tennis. Last year Williams walked off the court during the semifinals of the U.S. Open while playing Belgian Kim Clijsters after an altercation with an lines person. Clijsters returned to the tour after retiring and having a child. Now Serena faced former world number one women’s player Justine Henin who was playing [read more...]

Serena Never Had A Chance at This Year’s U.S. Open

Serena Williams explaining that she never told the lines woman she would kill her. At 5-7, 4-5 and 15-30 in the 10th game Serena Williams was clearly frustrated with the position she was in. This semifinal match against Kim Clijsters was supposed to be yet another dominant win her run to a U.S. Open championship and her 11th Grand Slam [read more...]

Today’s Tennis is Shameful (and Roger Federer is under-valued)

Sampras and Federer played one of the greatest Wimbledon matches ever in 2001. Tennis has reached its low point. There is little thought on the court and even less technically sound play. The volley is a lost art, as is the approach shot. Serve and volley? Not on your life! Today tennis consists of big serves and big groundstrokes, all hit [read more...]

U.S. Open Upset Picks on-going…)

It’s time for “America’s Grand Slam,” U.S. Open. It’s also time to pick some upsets and predict the tournament winners. 1st Round potential upsets: Youzhny over #26 Mathieu (Youzhny wins, 2-6, 7-5, 6-0, 6-2) Isner over #29 Hanescu (Isner wins, 6-1, 7-6 (16-14), 7-6 (7-5) Chardy over #13 Monfils (Tuesday play) Sugiyama over #15 Stosur (Stosur wins, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4) Safrova over #19 Schnyder (Tuesday play) Plus, [read more...]

The Milk Carton Women: Diana, Nicole, Martina, and Jenny

Martina turned out to be a little snow bunny. Former U.S. champion and Olympic ice skater Nicole Bobek, was recently busted for distribution of methamphetamine. But at 17 and near the height of her skating career, Bobek was also arrested for first degree home invasion, for which she received probation. Diana Taurasi, of the Phoenix Mercury and Olympic gold medalist, was cited [read more...]

What I Missed While I Was Gone…

Okay, I’ve been away fro nearly one month. In that time, much has happened in the world and the world of sports. In my first post back on the grind I decided to chronicle some of the events I missed: Terence Moore wrote his final column for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (I know that was April 27, but what the hell, I [read more...]

Short Note: Serena Faces Yet Another Racist French Open Slight, Loses In Quarterfinals

Today Serena Williams is playing Svetlana Kuznetsova in her continuing pursuit of an 11th Grand Slam tournament win. The Fend Federation, which puts on the event, is responsible for showing up to matches involving top or all-time great players, which Serena is both. While Serena is in her third set, Roger Federer and French player Gael Monfils took the court [read more...]

*Breaking* Nadal Upset by Soderling - Nadal Press Conference Quotes; Notes on Soderling and Nadal

Robin Soderling, the French Open #23-seed, has had a war of words with Rafael Nadal since Wimbledon two years ago. Today Soderling took his venom to the court and defeated the number one player in the world at Roland Garros in a monumental upset, 6-2, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6. Until Sunday, Nadal had never lost at Roland Garros, had a 31-match winning [read more...]

Short Note: Williams Ousted at French Open

Venus Williams was unceremoniously bounced from the French Open today by Agnes Szavay 6-0, 6-4: The third-seeded Williams, who reached the 2002 final at Roland Garros, lost to No. 29 Agnes Szavay of Hungary 6-0, 6-4. The seven-time Grand Slam champion was playing for the third straight day. She lost the first set of her second-round match against Lucie Safarova on Wednesday before play was suspended [read more...]

French Open: First Post on Roland Garros…. U.S. Players Fade As Usual; Murray, Federer Battle Through

Ahhh, yes it’s time to write a bit about the second grand slam of the season, the French Open. Already Roger Federer had a close rush with tennis death Jaime Acasuso was playing Fed even for the first two sets. Federer fought off four set points in the first set to win 7-6. After going up quickly 2-0 with a [read more...]

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