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Russia’s Maria Sharapova applauds during a news conference at the draw for Russia’s forthcoming Federation Cup tennis match against Spain in Moscow February 3, 2012. REUTERS/Grigory Dukor (RUSSIA – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) GTT contributor Van Sias isn’t surprised that the stars are coming out in force to play Fed Cup and Davis Cup this year, [...]
Continue Reading →Roger Federer of Switzerland hits a return to Novak Djokovic of Serbia during their Mubadala World Tennis Championship match at Zayed Sports City in Abu Dhabi December 30, 2011. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) x A new year, a new tennis season, a new Major title for Roger Federer? GTT contributor [...]
Continue Reading →Serena (L) and Venus Williams of the U.S. slaps hands during a doubles exhibition tennis match against Flavia Pennetta and Francesca Schiavone of Italy in Milan December 3, 2011. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo (ITALY – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) Depending on how you think about it, this season’s WTA Tour has been 1. a senseless mess, 2. an [...]
Continue Reading →Davis Cup dreams. . .AP photo via Yahoo! After watching the emotional Davis Cup final between Spain and Argentina this weekend, Van Sias wonders what a Davis Cup title means to a player’s legacy. Serves and Returns: Does the Davis Cup Still Matter to a Player’s Legacy? By Van Sias When it’s all said [...]
Continue Reading →Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga holds the runner-up trophy after being defeated by Roger Federer of Switzerland in the BNP Paribas Masters final in Paris on November 13, 2011. Federer defeated Tsonga 6-1, 7-6 (3) to win the tournament for the first time in his career. UPI/David Silpa In his latest Serves and Returns, GTT contributor Van [...]
Continue Reading →Switzerland’s Roger Federer poses with the trophy of the Number 1 History Award at the Swiss Indoors ATP tennis tournament in Basel November 1, 2011. Federer was awarded as most successful tennis player in the history of the tournament. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) In his latest Serves and Returns, GTT contributor Van [...]
Continue Reading →Photo via WTATennis.com Being out of town this week on business and quite a bit of pleasure (congrats, Nadia and Rick!) made it difficult to keep up with the WTA year end action in Istanbul. Reading up on the final, it sounds like an exciting and fitting ending to a wild season: two established yet [...]
Continue Reading →Hey everyone, it’s Van here with another S&R–Indian Wells-style! This is the first of the under-Slam-status tournaments on the calendar, and the defending singles champs are Ivan Ljubicic on the men’s side and Jelena Jankovic for the women. Probably the biggest news heading into this year’s tournament is the battle for the number-two spot in [...]
Continue Reading →Andy Roddick of the U.S. reacts during his match against Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne in this January 23, 2011 file photo. American tennis has less depth than in any previous era and while strides are being made to address the situation, finding new champions is dependent on [...]
Continue Reading →Photo by Sandra Mu/Getty Images via Daylife Hello, and a happy belated new year to you, GTT readers! It’s Van with the first S&R for 2011. It seems like only yesterday we were talking about ’10: Man, that quote-unquote offseason is short! Some players, though, had a lengthier break, particularly on the WTA Tour as [...]
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