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Pressure flakes: The roller-coaster ride of highs and lows in pro tennis
Aug. 24 | The U.S. Open is the last of the four majors in the calendar year, but only three-quarters of the roller coaster ride of professional tennis. Each day, players lose, players win and experience a wide variety of emotions in a sport where many of...
THE MORNING ROD LAVER WOKE UP IN A BATH TUB WEARING A TUXEDO
Jun. 17 | It was 41 years ago at Wimbledon in 1969 that Rod Laver won leg No. 3 of his historic second Grand Slam. John Newcombe was his final-round victim in his fourth – and final – Wimbledon singles title. In this excerpt from Laver’s newly re-released...
ROGER FEDERER’S FITNESS GURU
Apr. 14 | Why has Roger Federer been able to achieve such incredible feats in tennis? Of course, his immense talent is a large reason, but his health and fitness is another major factor. Federer has been without serious injury for most of his career and his...
VENUS AND SERENA’S LAST STAND IN INDIAN WELLS: NINE YEARS AGO TODAY
Mar. 17 | By Randy Walker It was nine years ago on March 17, 2001 where the Williams sisters were last seen on court in Indian Wells, Calif. Serena won the tournament presently known as the BNP Paribas Open when she defeated Kim Clijsters 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 in...
WHAT IF THE THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN FINAL WAS TODAY??!!
Mar. 14 | By Randy Walker How would you feel – and how would the tennis world be better or worse – if the finals of the Australian Open were played today? Well that was the case 39 years ago when the men’s and women’s singles finals...
50 YEARS AGO: THE ROCKET REFLECTS ON WINNING FIRST MAJOR DOWN UNDER
Jan. 29 | It will be 50 years ago on Monday, February 1 that Rod Laver won his first major championship – the Australian Open. The man whose name now graces the Center Court at the national championship of his homeland finally broke through and won the 1960...
1983: WILANDER WINS GRASS COURT MAJOR DOWN UNDER
Dec. 11 | It is a full six weeks before the start of the 2010 Grand Slam tennis season with the start of the Australian Open in mid-January. Many may have forgotten that the Australian Open used to be played in December, sometimes over the Christmas holidays...
Federer’s First Season-Ending Championship
Nov. 24 | Roger Federer Roger Federer is playing in the ATP World Tour’s season-ending championship for an eighth time in 2009 at the O2 Arena in London. It was in 2002 when Federer first qualified for the ATP World Tour finale as a xx-year-old. Rene Stauffer,...
