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Sports Central October 28, 2008 Tom Kosinski |
Jankovic Finishes No. 1, But Should She? Several of the tennis elite feel Jelena Jankovic's No. 1 ranking is wrong. |
Sports Central January 26, 2009 Tom Kosinski |
Has Change Come to Tennis in 2009? In 2009, change has come. In America, maybe. In tennis, maybe not. But maybe that's a good thing. |
Sports Central April 16, 2007 Tom Kosinski |
U.S. Women's Tennis: Venus or Serena? Venus and Serena Williams seem to be the U.S.' only hope on the women's tour for consistent U.S. appearances in tournament finals. |
Sports Central June 20, 2007 Mert Ertunga |
Wimbledon, Save Us! A flip of a coin would have been more exciting than guessing the outcomes of tournaments and matches so far. |
Sports Central September 6, 2005 Mert Ertunga |
Are Women Playing at the U.S. Open? The women's draw so far has consisted of bunch of matches, under an hour long, without much excitement. The big names have consistently outplayed their opponents, only stopping short of collecting an hourly fee for a tennis lesson, when they shake their hapless opponents' hands at the end of the matches. |
Sports Central February 2, 2010 Brad Oremland |
Tennis is More Competitive Than Ever At no other period in history have we seen so many different winners, and so many players capable of stringing together two weeks of wins. |
Sports Central April 7, 2010 Mert Ertunga |
Clay Court Season is Here! The European clay court circuit is kicking off and based on past years' patterns, a good advice would be to expect different names, and some new ones, to emerge in the earlier rounds |
Sports Central December 28, 2005 Mert Ertunga |
Best and Worst of WTA Tour in 2005 One final look at the 2005 season, especially considering the ATP version published on Sports Central last month turned out to draw so much reader feedback. |
Sports Central January 22, 2008 Tom Kosinski |
End of an Era, Beginning of Another? Tennis is truly the international game, and as the political and financial climate has changed, so too the top of the game of tennis. |
Sports Illustrated January 12, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Breaking down the Aussie Open draw Analysis of the women players. |
Sports Central September 5, 2007 Mert Ertunga |
Showtime at the U.S. Open! One look at the U.S. Open and you can't help but get excited about some of the upcoming matches and some of the possible semifinals and finals matches. |
Sports Central June 29, 2011 Luke Broadbent |
Tennis Has No Need For a Leading Lady A lot is made of the fact that women's tennis lacks big names that consistently come to the fore. |
Sports Illustrated August 29, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Tapping her potential Best is yet to come for Serena Williams... |
Sports Illustrated August 25, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Breaking down the U.S. Open Womens' draw SI staff writer Jon Wertheim peers into his crystal ball to reveal the fate of all 32 seeds for the U.S. Open. See the first-round matches you shouldn't miss, some darkhorse candidates to advance to Week 2, and his championship predictions. |
Sports Central July 5, 2010 Mert Ertunga |
Reflections on Wimbledon 2010 Wimbledon 2010 will be remembered as one of the most remarkable Slam tournaments ever in its entirety. |
Sports Central March 6, 2014 Mert Ertunga |
Early Tennis Season Notes of 2014 The 2014 season has begun with several unexpected events that set the stage for a terrific year in tennis. |
Sports Central March 9, 2010 Tom Kosinski |
Tennis, Economic, or Player Recession? I've discussed the current world economic situation and its effect on the professional tennis industry here many times. |
Sports Illustrated September 11, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
The Hot List Hot: Venus Williams, Marat Safin, Lleyton Hewitt, Elena Dementieva... Not: Serena Williams, Mary Pierce, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Magnus Norman... |
Sports Central June 11, 2013 Brad Oremland |
Who is the Best Female Tennis Player of All-Time? In my mind, there are three players who merit serious consideration as the Greatest Of All Time: Serena Williams, Martina Navratilova, and Steffi Graf. |
Sports Central July 27, 2010 Brad Oremland |
Why Serena Williams is Not the Best Ever It would be ludicrous to pretend that Serena Williams is not a great player, among the greatest ever. It is equally absurd, though, to pretend that she has surpassed the likes of Graf and Navratilova to lay claim to the title of best ever. |
Sports Central August 20, 2012 Mert Ertunga |
Upsets in Cincinnati: Few of Many in 2012 Now that the last big test before the last Slam of the calendar year has ended in Cincinnati with Roger Federer winning the men's draw and Li Na winning the women's draw, we have finally arrived to the week preceding the U.S. Open. |
Sports Central May 23, 2005 Tom Kosinski |
And So it Begins: The End For Serena? Serena Williams has withdrawn from the French Open. |
Sports Central November 30, 2010 Tom Kosinski |
2010 Tennis Comes To an End, Finally With a thunder of applause, and a bit of ale-driven cheers, the 2010 professional tennis year came to an end yesterday. |
Sports Illustrated June 20, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Breaking down the Wimbledon draw Our writer peers into his crystal ball to reveal the fate of the top 16 women's seeds for Wimbledon. Scroll down to see the first-round matches you shouldn't miss, some darkhorse candidates to advance to Week 2, and his championship predictions... |
Sports Central February 2, 2009 Luke Broadbent |
Rafa Wins an Eventful Australian Open The standard of tennis throughout the Melbourne major has been of an extremely high quality, but the tournament wasn't without some controversy. |
Sports Central September 14, 2010 Luke Broadbent |
Wozniacki's U.S. Open in Perspective The absence of Serena Williams at this year's U.S. Open meant that Caroline Wozniacki, the world No. 2, was installed as the No. 1 seed. |
Sports Central November 25, 2003 Tom Kosinski |
Tennis Not a Top Priority For Williams Sisters Now that Serena has her Aneres clothing line (it's Serena spelled backwards, if you didn't already get it) and Venus has been seen on the runway modeling clothing inspired by her ideas, it's clear that the Williams' time on the tour is very quickly coming to an end. |
Sports Central December 16, 2008 Tom Kosinski |
2008 Tennis Christmas Wish List Dear Santa, I have been relatively good this year, even though Venus and Serena are mad at me. |
Sports Central April 29, 2004 Tom Kosinski |
Apathy is Killing Women's Tennis The two week, joint ATP-WTA tour stop is one of the few events that rivals the grand slams and has simultaneous men's and women's tournaments. |
Sports Central October 21, 2012 Mert Ertunga |
WTA and Best-of-Five Sets in Slams The women's finals are continuously overshadowed by the men's finals. It is time for WTA to seriously consider implementing some formula that includes a five-set format in the Slams. |
Sports Illustrated August 23, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Breaking down the U.S. Open draw The author predicts the fate of the top 16 men's and women's seeds for the U.S. Open. See the first-round matches you shouldn't miss, some darkhorse candidates to advance to Week 2, and his championship predictions. |
Sports Central September 7, 2009 Mert Ertunga |
Super Saturday Saves the Day This year's U.S. Open has already had its version of a Super Saturday and it took place in the first week. |
Sports Central October 30, 2003 Mert Ertunga |
"Hitters and Missers" of 2003 Looking back on the 2003 tennis season. |
Sports Central December 18, 2009 Tom Kosinski |
2009 Tennis Christmas Wish List Other than the couple of charity events that go on during this time, professional tennis has taken a break. For tennis fans, this is about the loneliest time of the year. |
Sports Illustrated June 18, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Sampras may be spent A few of you asked what I make of Sampras' epochal collapse, and I honestly don't know. It's not as though he is losing to elite players and simply relinquishing his grip to Generation Next. |
Sports Central July 25, 2008 Tom Kosinski |
U.S. Open Series, Who Cares? The only tennis tournaments that truly matter to the sports watching public at large are the big four -- the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and the U.S. Open. |
Sports Illustrated March 28, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Williams sisters need better advice ...What's behind Serena's slow start and Venus's no start? The Williams camp takes great pride in keeping the rest of the world off-balance but here are a few explanations... |
Sports Central August 20, 2015 Luke Broadbent |
The Healthy State of Great British Tennis Britain has dominated track cycling, three of the last four Tour de France winners have been British and we exceeded all expectations at the London 2012 Olympics. And now, it seems, we are successful at tennis. |
Sports Illustrated July 6, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Sisterly slugfest signals tennis' future In a match that will make the front page of all the newspapers, Venus Williams beat her little sister, Serena, 6-2, 7-6 Thursday to reach her first Wimbledon final. One had the feeling this was one of those epochal matches that will be remembered for years. |
Sports Central May 12, 2009 Luke Broadbent |
Safina Proving Why She is No. 1 Can Dinara Safina prove that she deserves to be at the top of the WTA rankings? |
Sports Central June 13, 2008 Mert Ertunga |
Tennis' Unforgettable One-Hit Wonders I decided to write about one of the ultimate clubhouse chatter subjects: one-hit wonders of the tennis world. |
Sports Central August 12, 2009 Mert Ertunga |
Istanbul Cup, Five Years Later Istanbul Cup has excelled in many ways, perhaps enough to be considered in one of the factors influencing Istanbul's success in bidding and winning the privilege to host the year-ending WTA Championships for three years, beginning with the year 2011. |
ifeminists July 3, 2007 Carey Roberts |
Equal Pay for Equal Work at Wimbledon? If women's tennis is bringing in far less revenue but taking home just as much money as men's, where is their money coming from? You guessed it -- from the men. |
Sports Central January 26, 2005 Mert Ertunga |
Home Cooking Adds Spice to Melbourne Park Aussies have provided the tennis world with a top quality tournament for many years. It is time for them to enjoy the tournament with a little added adrenaline factor by proudly supporting one of their own to the very end. |
Sports Illustrated May 27, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Breaking down the French Open draw The author peers into his crystal ball to reveal the fate of the top 16 men's and women's seeds for the French Open... |
Sports Illustrated April 2, 2003 L. Jon Wertheim |
Venus Eclipsed While Serena Williams dominates, her big sister no longer intimidates. |
Sports Illustrated September 13, 2001 S.L. Price |
American Revolution The battle for supremacy in the women's game seemed over after the Williams sisters dominated the U.S. Open as never before... |
Sports Central August 14, 2007 Tom Kosinski |
U.S. Open Series: Is it Serious? This is turning out to be the summer of Serbs. |
Sports Illustrated June 26, 2002 Frank Deford |
Sisters superior Venus and Serena -- alone and together atop their sport. |
Sports Illustrated November 5, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
WTA soap opera continues Even by women's tennis' impossibly high standards for absurdity, it was a bizarre week on the WTA Tour... |