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Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2009
I was pleased Andy won and thought he was gracious in his post-match comments, especially following last year's US Open.
Not too long ago, one of the criticisms of Roddick was that he stood too far back to be able to fire forehand winners past opponents. Now that he's improved his speed and backhand he can get away with playing in the shadows the way he did much of last night. He won a...
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Date: Monday, November 24, 2008
Got bored at work one day and tabulated from the ATP website how many points Nadal, Federer, Djokovic and Murray had to defend in early 2009. Between now and the Miami tournament in early April, Djokovic has more points to defend - 1,655 than anyone else. Federer and Murray had lackluster early results last year and only have to defend 800 and 610 points, respectively.
Djokovic could just as easily be #4 as #2...
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Date: Monday, November 17, 2008
Players: Nadal and Serena
Coach: Toni Nadal and Richard/Oracene Williams
Most Improved: Murray and Safina
Breakthrough: Del Potro and Safina
Disappointment: Chakvetadze and Blake
Match: Men's Wimbledon final
Tournament: Wimbledon, because of the finals
Moment: McEnroe's creepy Federer hug after the Wimbledon final
Fork: Safin, Berdych, Davenport, Blake
Upset: Either Sharapova's or Ivanovic's loss at Wimbledon
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Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008
Regardless of what happens in Doha, this one is over - it's Serena. As you noted last week, both Serena and Jankovic have won 4 titles this year. 3 of Jankovic's titles have come in the "silly season" between the US Open and the year-end championships. It took Jankovic 80 matches to win 4 titles, it took Serena only 50. Serena bagged a major and leads Jank 2 to 1 in...
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