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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 →On top of the world, and his head. Photo by Paul Zimmer via DavisCup.com Davis Cup finals weekend put Argentina on Spanish clay and Rafael Nadal in his happy place. It was no surprise that it ended in tears for Del Potro & Co., given how passionately they wanted to bring the cup home [...]
Continue Reading →Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images via Daylife.com Another weekend, another title for Andy Murray in Asia. He beat David Ferrer 7-5, 6-4 in the Shanghai Masters final. This win guarantees that he’ll overtake Roger Federer for the No. 3 ranking – at least for now. It’s with not just a little bit of nostalgia and [...]
Continue Reading →Photo: AP Photo/Eric Gay via Daylife Well, it was one hell of a tie, I’ll give it that. But why, oh why, did Mardy Fish have to lose the fourth rubber? And in such valiant style, too, rallying to win the third set off the Feisty Ferrer, breaking back almost in time in the fourth, [...]
Continue Reading →GettyImages via Daylife Yay! Though the Bryan Brothers suffered a historic loss today in Austin – losing a first set in DC competition for the first time ever - they still managed to pull out the must-win victory against the very game pairing of Verdasco/Granollers: 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. I got a lump in my [...]
Continue Reading →Rafael Nadal of Spain poses with his trophy after winning the final of the Monte Carlo Masters tennis tournament in Monaco April 17, 2011. REUTERS/Olivier Anrigo (MONACO – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) “To win seven times in a row any where is almost impossible I think. But to win Monte Carlo, all the best players in [...]
Continue Reading →I was cruising through Men’s Tennis Forum recently and came across an old interview with David Ferrer where he admits to being a huge bookworm (and perhaps a mama’s boy): But your favourite hobby remains reading? Yes, I love it. My mother who is a school teacher has always stressed on the importance of reading. [...]
Continue Reading →Spain’s Davis Cup team players Rafael Nadal (L) and Fernando Verdasco address a news conference in Charleroi March 1, 2011. Spain will face Belgium during their Davis Cup World Group 1st round match from Friday till Sunday. REUTERS/Thierry Roge (BELGIUM – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) I’d be seriously remiss if I let the weekend go by [...]
Continue Reading →AP Photo/Nousha Salimi It was the weekend of cool tennis trophies! Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer won the very impressive dhow (sailboat) and jambiya (dagger) trophies at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships this Saturday. You miffed Fed fans out there may find comfort in the fact that Roger’s runner’s up trophy is every bit [...]
Continue Reading →Roger Federer of Switzerland waves after winning his semi-final match against Richard Gasquet of France at the ATP Dubai Tennis Championships, February 25, 2011. REUTERS/Saleh Salem (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) A rematch, already? The stakes are different – the finals of an ATP 500 tournament vs. a Major semifinal – but the [...]
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