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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 Central July 28, 2009 Tom Kosinski |
Is Professional Tennis Dying? What is going on behind the scenes of the professional tours and the professional tennis industry? |
Sports Central July 27, 2005 Tom Kosinski |
The Williams Effect, or Lack Thereof... The public parks tennis program, once a thriving portion of the industry, has been looked to of late as the savior of the United States Tennis Association and the impetus for a whole new generation of tennis players nationwide. |
Sports Central January 27, 2010 Tom Kosinski |
What Tennis is Missing Overall, the tennis industry is in a slump, with all the major manufacturers looking for ways to increase sales. |
Sports Central March 28, 2007 Mert Ertunga |
The Strangest Oddities in Tennis Certain oddities in tennis do not get much media space or time. Here are a few examples. |
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 Central August 28, 2007 Tom Kosinski |
U.S. Open: What a Difference a Year Makes Everything at this year's Open seems more polished. |
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 October 22, 2007 Tom Kosinski |
The USTA ... Made in China? The popularity of foreign tennis players and the great games they currently have accounts for the growth in USTA membership and record-setting U.S. Open attendance. |
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 Central July 10, 2007 Tom Kosinski |
Wimbledon '07: More Than Meets the Eye For the first time in 20 years, a local comes home with a title. |
Sports Central March 13, 2007 Tom Kosinski |
WTA Tour Faces Grave Challenges in U.S. The WTA Tour has done an amazing job of bringing in good sponsors and partners, all who have helped make the tour a worthwhile entertainment venture. But is the picture as rosey as it might seem? |
Sports Central April 14, 2011 Tom Kosinski |
Tennis Has Gone to the Clones The game needs more unique players, and more individual, unique games. Johnny Mac is on the right track. |
Sports Central January 4, 2010 Mert Ertunga |
Tennis' Decade of Recovery This past decade was not only a decade of recovery, but also a decade that put forth solid foundation for what could possibly be the second golden age of tennis. |
Sports Central May 11, 2011 Tom Kosinski |
Where Did All the Americans Go? This week, the tennis headline on most major sports news outlets is that for the first time ever there are not American players in the top 10 of both the ATP Tour and the WTA Tour. |
Sports Illustrated October 15, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Tennis? What tennis? Why the sport has disappeared off U.S. radar screens... |
Sports Central August 23, 2007 Tom Kosinski |
Is WTA in Middle East a Mistake? The WTA Tour's gamble on moving the championships to where the money is is a low-risk move. |
Sports Central October 16, 2004 Tom Kosinski |
Tennis: A Year (Almost) in Review The best (and worst) of the 2004 tennis season. |
Sports Central April 27, 2005 Tom Kosinski |
What Were They Thinking? Few really care who the official clothing sponsor of the U.S. Open Championships is. Recent additions and changes in the tennis industry, however, have made me wonder, "What were they thinking?" |
BusinessWeek March 10, 2011 Danielle Rossingh |
Women's Tennis Changes Its Game By allowing multiple sponsors, WTA aims to boost revenue. |
Sports Illustrated July 29, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Incentive plan What motivates the Williams sisters? |
Sports Central October 26, 2010 Tom Kosinski |
Is the Tennis Season Too Long? The tennis season is way too long. Just like basketball, hockey, and baseball (the World Series hasn't even started yet and it's the end of October) tennis has become just another drawn out non-spectacle. |
Sports Central December 21, 2006 Tom Kosinski |
Fifth Annual Tennis Christmas Wish List Saint Nick was pretty good to me last year, and most of my wish list materialized. Hopefully, he'll be just as generous this year. |
Sports Illustrated August 7, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Getting blitzed by Venus Well, last week yours truly got an earful from Venus Williams, who chastised me -- good naturedly, with a smile on her face, I hasten to add -- for being "too negative" and "too sarcastic." |
Sports Illustrated July 23, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
A tennis-book wish list My friend and I were checking out the WTA Tour message boards the other day and came across a thread on the "World's Shortest Tennis Books"... |
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 November 28, 2012 Mert Ertunga |
Stellar 2012 Season Had a Few Low Points 2012 will go down as one of the best tennis seasons in the history of the game. On the men's side, we witnessed the confirmation of what many have accurately predicted back at the end of the previous decade: the next Golden Age of Men's Tennis is here. |
Sports Central December 12, 2007 Tom Kosinski |
The Annual Tennis Holiday Wish List With the allegations of match-fixing looming, the professional tennis game has a lot of work ahead in 2008. |
Sports Illustrated April 3, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Hitting some turbulence Tennis Q&A: Why do you think players do so well one tournament and then do terribly in the next?... the "next Steffi"... Magnus Norman... USTA "budget shortfall"... Martina Navratilova considering competing in doubles... etc. |
Sports Central February 28, 2008 Tom Kosinski |
Globalization or De-Americanization? Some tennis fans may think that globalization is ruining the sport, but not all. |
Sports Illustrated December 31, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
The current Williams legacy Here's a hypo for you: If Venus and Serena Williams were to quit tennis today, what would their legacy be? Would either make the Hall of Fame? Would they be seen as real pioneers or just as talented black players who had a lot of athleticism? |
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. |
Salon.com August 10, 2000 Diane Seo |
The tennis world's new cover boys With Sampras and Agassi aging, men's tennis hopes to excite fans with a fresh crop of young men and a ballsy new ad campaign. |
Sports Central October 7, 2004 Mert Ertunga |
Tennis Offseason Reading Picks No tennis to watch? Then read about the game. Tennis books are secret gems that most tennis fans choose to ignore. Here are four worth a trip to the bookstore or library. |
Sports Central September 23, 2003 Tom Kosinski |
The Tennis Sky is Gray I never would have guessed that as I sat on the north practice court watching Andy Roddick with coach Brad Gilbert that I would be watching American tennis history in the making. |
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 8, 2005 Mert Ertunga |
The Never-Ending Sagas Are Back So, it's that time of the year -- things are slow around the tennis world. Really slow! |
Sports Central November 26, 2004 Mert Ertunga |
ATP and WTA Tours Reversing Trends This is a good moment to reflect back on some major trend changes in the worlds of professional tennis in terms of rankings. |
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 Illustrated July 22, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Hardly an epidemic Steroid use is not a huge problem in tennis. |
Sports Central September 1, 2009 Tom Kosinski |
Tennis and Parenthood: Perfect Together? The return of Kim Clijsters to high level, professional tennis after having a child is not unheard of, and her return has been in keeping with her recent contemporaries. |
Sports Central September 10, 2008 Tom Kosinski |
Smile, Mirka, Roger Won the U.S. Open! A recap of stories surrounding the the 2008 U.S. Open. |
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 November 20, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Tag-team tennis? With all apologies to the traditionalists at Wimbledon, I'm all for a WWF-style version of tennis, at least for promotional purposes. Matches would be played as singles, but tag-team style, with players able to bail out and switch with their partners when in need of "help"... |
Sports Central October 30, 2003 Mert Ertunga |
"Hitters and Missers" of 2003 Looking back on the 2003 tennis season. |
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 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 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 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 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. |