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January '08 Awards
All good things must come to an end. Every journey begins with a single step.AP Photo/Mark BakerOr maybe we're just at a natural pause.So much happened in January, but we won't know how much it REALLY meant until the balance of the 2008 season is complete.**TOP PLAYERS**1. Novak Djokovic, SRB...... Read more...
Published 4 months ago
The Velvet Revolution
Rainer Schuettler. Martin Verkerk. Mariano Puerta. Gaston Gaudio.We won't know for some time if Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's name will be added to the list of recent slam finalists who shined brightly for two weeks only to come up short most every week in the months that followed.We do know that Novak... Read more...
Published 4 months ago
Taming the Monster?
Has the course of Roger Federer's career changed forever, or is that just "the monster" talking?Novak Djokovic defeated Federer in the Men's Singles semifinals on Day 12, 7-5/6-3/7-6. It was the world #1's first straight sets loss in a hard court slam since he was victimized by Max Mirnyi in the... Read more...
Published 4 months ago
Mama Said There'd Be Days Like This
Day 6 was precisely why it's wise to invest in Starbucks Double Shot and Red Bull. For, when it can be a ridiculously late night in BOTH Australia and the U.S. -- at the same time -- you know some very extreme happenings are taking place.And, boy, did they ever.With rain finally threatening to... Read more...
Published 4 months ago
The Pursuit of Perfection... on a Grand Scale
Even when Roger Federer gets sick, it works to his advantage... or so it would appear after two brilliant matches in Melbourne.Even food poisoning, while it may have made him appear mortal for about a week earlier this month, can't allow the men's field to catch a break with the world's best... Read more...
Published 4 months ago
2008 Australian Open Picks
Roger is sick! Rafa just isn't right! Novak has the pressure pushing down on him from every angle! Andy Roddick always plays well in Melbourne... so we might be two weeks away from the American recapturing the spirit of... uh, nevermind.**ROUND OF 16**#1 Federer def. #21 Monaco#7 Gonzalez def.... Read more...
Published 4 months ago
2008 ATP Top 10 Predictions
2008 could present us with a virtual front row seat for so many historical moments:...Roger Federer could surpass Pete Sampras to become the all-time slam king...Novak Djokovic could become the first Serbian grand slam winner...Rafael Nadal could finally topple a tired Federer from the #1 spot in... Read more...
Published 4 months ago
Top 10 Modern Olympic Tennis Moments
Before you know it (well, eight months or so, to be inexact), the tennis world will rotate on an Olympic axis once again when the Beijing Summer Games roll around in 2008.It'll be the sixth straight Olympiad in which tennis will be a full medal sport, after having been reinstated as such in 1988... Read more...
Published 5 months ago
ATP 2007 Review
It's time to stack up the year's accomplishments for further inspection. (Not that a magnifying glass is needed to determine who 2007's Player of the Year was. Nor 2006's, for that matter. Or 2005's...)==PLAYERS OF THE YEAR==1.ROGER FEDERER, SUI.......The Great One's coup d'etat against the... Read more...
Published 6 months ago
The Dark Before the Dawn?
The Masters Cup is on, and the 2007 ATP season is nearly over... but could Roger Federer actually be "coming back to the field?"Yeah, it's likely a pipe dream designed to give unwarrented hope to anyone not named Nadal or Djokovic (or, I suppose, Nalbandian) for the 2008 season. The season's... Read more...
Published 6 months ago
ATP Backspin 3Q Awards
""It's important that people respect what I do, and I think over the past couple years that has happened. There were times I felt people were like... (shrug). It was a bit strange. But now I almost have the feeling (they know) they're watching greatness. Especially after that fifth Wimbledon,... Read more...
Published 8 months ago
The Reign of the Bodysnatcher
It's still the same old story. The fight for New York glory. A case of do or die. The fundamental things apply... as time goes by.Career grand slam title #12 came like clockwork to Switzerland's Roger Federer at the US Open on Sunday, moving him to within two of matching Pete Sampras' all-time... Read more...
Published 8 months ago
