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NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images via Daylife Incredible. Really. How on earth did Novak Djokovic pull this off? I’m not saying the win was a surprise – as they say, Nole now “owns” Rafa in finals on all surfaces – but it sure was surprising how he did it: 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7(5), 7-5. The two had [...]
Continue Reading →AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill via Daylife Ahhhhh. . . .for the first few games it was all so sweet for Fed fans. Roger was playing flawless tennis. Rafa was shanking, playing a bit tentatively. Then, at 4-2 up, Roger hit a few funny shots – netted a volley, hit an inside in forehand a bit wide, [...]
Continue Reading →GREG WOOD/AFP/Getty Images via Daylife We just watched the women semifinalists play six sets of nervy, dramatic, up and down tennis. Sharapova finally took the match from Petra Kvitova, overcoming the usual double faults and streaky tennis to get to that final victory shriek. As a late-blooming Masha fan (love the clenched fist, love the [...]
Continue Reading →AFP PHOTO / NICOLAS ASFOURI via Daylife.com Discord at the top! Players’ Council Coup! Tennis strike! In a rare show of public disagreement, Player Council Vice President Rafael Nadal has vented his frustrations with President and Gentleman-in-Chief, Roger Federer to the press Down Under. The evergreen complaint about the schedule, uproar over Slam prize money, [...]
Continue Reading →Rafael Nadal’s 2012 Australian Open Nike outfit. Rafa’s definitely matching the Oz Open’s color palette. Probably Nike’s best attempt so far. Still Team Freaky gives it a “meh” via Nike
Continue Reading →Photo by QTF/Paul Zimmer via the ATP Happy New Year! 2012 begins today, as does the new tennis season. I love the new year’s holiday for the optimistic, clean slate feeling it brings, whether we’re talking the arbitrary end to holiday indulgences (did I really need to finish that second bottle of champagne last night?) [...]
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 →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 →That’s the way. GLYN KIRK/AFP/Getty Images via Daylife.com Roger Federer admitted to being “a little bit” stunned after routing Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-0 in Tuesday’s round robin match at the World Tour finals. Not as stunned as I was. We all knew he had a great chance, this being the one that favors him most [...]
Continue Reading →Andy Murray feels the pain. . .Photo by REUTERS/Toby Melville via Daylife.com While watching the WTF action unfold this week, GTT contributor Van Sias finds himself worrying about the long term prospects of the ATP’s current Top 3. Serves and Returns: Will the Top Three Be Playing North of 30? By Van Sias Perhaps [...]
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