Title: Federer's Fifth Flameout Date: Thursday, February 05, 2009 NEPHEW A very well constructed and argued Aussie Open Final discourse written by Todd, obviously ghost written by his apparently very intelligent nephew (the grammar was too good). However, naturally, it is my duty to carpet bomb some of Todd's arguments into a pile of rubble resembling 1945 Berlin. VERDASCO I will ignore the fact that Todd did not discuss the fact that Verdasco, despite his two double faults at the end, exhibited more heart and guts in his... continue __________________________________________________________ Title: Move the Australian to MARCH!!!!!!! Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 Real quick on the plus side, terrific tournaments for Dokic, Zvonareva and Simon. Given the weakness of the WTA, Dokic may join Zvonareva on a gallop into the Top 10. And I can’t believe Simon has worked himself from a Top 200 player to a Top 10er. Awesome stuff. On to the sad state of affairs in the tennis game. Exactly why aren’t they moving the Australian Open to March??? 141... continue __________________________________________________________ Title: Disgraceful TV Coverage Date: Saturday, January 24, 2009 The disgraceful tennis television coverage continues at the Australian Open on ESPN2 and Tennis Channel. I am writing this on the middle Saturday of the tournament - last evening the networks showed a Murray/Melzer blowout, including a 6-0 second set, and only after that excruciating match ended, switched to a Dementieva/Stosur straight setter, while almost totally ignoring a 5 set thriller between Gonzalez and Gasquet. I had the Gonzalez/Gasquet match circled early on Friday as the one... continue __________________________________________________________ Title: 2008 Awards Date: Monday, November 24, 2008 PLAYERS OF THE YEAR ATP: Rafa Nadal WTA: Justine Henin - she had the most impact on the 2008 WTA Tour of any player with her retirement, and after watching the other pretenders to her throne, I believe she remains the world's best by quite a bit COACH Thierry Tulasne (Gilles Simon) Samuel Sumyk (Zvonareva) IMPROVED Gilles Simon (by a landslide!!!) Vera Zvonareva (although this was predicted, on Marat Safin's horse) BREAKTHROUGH JM Del Potro (by a landslide) Agnieska Radwanska DISAPPOINTMENT Nemesis (also predicted) Azarenka (huge disappointment) Wimbledon... continue __________________________________________________________

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