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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 February 2, 2011 Tom Kosinski |
Another Upside Down Down Under Championship Novak Djokovic man-handled Andy Murray in straight sets and took home his second Australian Open title. |
Sports Central June 16, 2011 Tom Kosinski |
Will Wimbledon Determine Who is Greatest Ever? Immediately following the French Open final, the debate began in earnest again about Roger Federer being declared the best tennis player of all-time. |
Sports Central June 13, 2012 Brad Oremland |
Sharapova, Errani, and the French Open Maria Sharapova completed a career Grand Slam on Saturday. Two or three years ago, I never would have believed it. |
Sports Central July 12, 2006 Ricky Dimon |
Bryan Brothers Shine On and Off Court The Bryan Brothers have now won the Australian Open, French Open, U.S. Open, and Wimbledon in doubles, a part of professional tennis of whose existence most sports fans - and even some tennis fans - are probably unaware. |
Sports Central June 9, 2010 Luke Broadbent |
What's Next For French Open Finalists? The two participants in the women's final at Roland Garros were somewhat of a surprise. |
AskMen.com June 25, 2012 Van Sias |
Roger Federer At Wimbledon If there was ever a sure thing in tennis, it was Roger Federer seeing his name etched on the side of the big gold trophy. |
Sports Central May 15, 2012 Mert Ertunga |
Hard Road Ahead For Top Seeds at French Until a few months ago, any tennis enthusiast would have predicted that the winner of Roland Garros in 2012 would be either Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic -- sorry, Roger Federer fans, but if you picked him, you were being partial. |
Sports Central July 8, 2011 Tom Kosinski |
To High Tides From Green Grass Novak Djokovic, the 2011 men's champion, returned to Serbia and was greeted with a party the likes of only Goran Ivanisevic has ever seen. |
Sports Central October 21, 2011 Luke Broadbent |
WTA Tour Championships Preview Caroline Wozniacki and Maria Sharapova became the first players to book their place in the Tour Championships. Being the first to secure a spot is always impressive, but even more so considering neither of them won a slam in 2011. |
Sports Central March 30, 2004 Mert Ertunga |
Tennis Needs to Eliminate "Dull Season" What does this so-called "dull season" offer the average sports fan? Unfortunately, very little to nothing! |
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. |
AskMen.com August 31, 2015 Van Sias |
The State Of Tennis Much like New York -- the home of the last Grand Slam of the season, the U.S. Open -- the men's professional game right now is both exciting and unpredictable. |
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 November 15, 2012 Angus Saul |
Tennis 2012 in Review Novak Djokovic end the year as No. 1 as he won the ATP World Tour Finals earlier this week. He also has his Australian Open crown to add to that, with a further four titles along the way. |
Sports Central September 8, 2014 Mert Ertunga |
Changing of the Guard in Men's Tennis? The fact that there is nobody called Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, or Roger Federer in the finals of a Slam tournament for the first time since the 2005 Australian Open does not necessarily point to the end of an era. |
Sports Central July 3, 2004 Mert Ertunga |
Federer is One of a Kind Whether you are a fan of baseliners, serve-and-volley style, or an all-court style of tennis, one thing is certain: you will enjoy watching Roger Federer. |
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 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 Central September 12, 2011 Angus Saul |
Race For the Finals The final slam of the year has crowned its champion once more, and your average tennis fan breathes a sigh of relief. The season is over. Bring on the Australian Open. |
Sports Central July 4, 2006 Tom Kosinski |
Cinderella and Cinderfella at Wimbledon Severine Bremond rose from a ranking of 100 to take out the three top seeds this year and Marcus Baghdatis has had a great, albeit surprising, run thus far in 2006. |
Sports Central July 7, 2009 Mert Ertunga |
A Poetic Sunday in London Here we are, unable to find fitting words to describe Roger Federer's greatness. But his final victory against Andy Roddick on Sunday was more than a simple victory. |
Sports Central August 9, 2010 Mert Ertunga |
Eyes on Doubles This Week in Toronto This week will be the first time since the summer of 1976 when Jimmy Connors and Arthur Ashe played as a doubles team twice, that the number one and two singles players in the world, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, will team together to play doubles in Rogers Cup in Toronto. |
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. |
AskMen.com August 12, 2013 Gray Miles |
Rafael Nadal At The 2013 Rogers Cup Despite his history of severe knee injury, he is amassing the stats that give certain tennis fans a leg to stand on when they claim he's the greatest ever. |
Sports Central January 21, 2013 Angus Saul |
Tennis' Late Bloomers Tennis is a sport where you have to be young to succeed, or so we are always told. You need to start learning very young and make the transition to the bigger stage as quickly as you can if you are ever going to reach the top. |
Sports Central June 7, 2010 Mert Ertunga |
Why Tennis Media Needs a Reality Check When a commentator like John McEnroe gets caught up in the moment and makes a "far out there" remark, it shows that everyone is prey to the seduction of exaggeration. |
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 February 3, 2010 Tom Kosinski |
Was it Down Under, or Upside Down? In tennis, why is it that older players now dominate where younger players seemed to control the game? |
Sports Central August 18, 2014 Mert Ertunga |
U.S. Open: Top ATP Players Out of Form The two Masters 1000 tournaments that take place in Canada and Cincinnati often give a solid indication of what is likely to take place in the U.S. Open. |
Sports Central March 25, 2008 Mert Ertunga |
Could 12 Slams Be it For Federer? Even the most biased Federer fan should be able to discern these danger signs. |
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 Central September 14, 2011 Luke Broadbent |
Serena Williams and a Great Set of Tennis Of course we all watch for the tennis, but tennis, and sports in general, is nothing more than live non-scripted theater. |
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 Central September 26, 2006 Ricky Dimon |
If Not For Agassi... What more can be said about Andre Agassi, the American tennis legend who finally called it quits after his third-round loss in the U.S. Open? Quite frankly, nothing. |
Sports Central February 9, 2012 Angus Saul |
2012 a Record Year For Djokovic? As for 2012 being a record-breaking year for Djokovic? I don't think he'll break any records -- other than the longest Australian Open final -- but he's certain on having another great year. |
Sports Central May 25, 2007 George Soules |
Why Federer Still Has Something to Prove Is Roger Federer as great as they say? Or is the competition these days not what it once was? |
Sports Central July 15, 2013 Mert Ertunga |
Prize Money Increase, Century of Tennis Pioneers One of the many surprises during Wimbledon's first week was the defeat of the defending champion Roger Federer at the hands of the Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky. |
Sports Central October 2, 2009 Luke Broadbent |
Is India an Emerging Tennis Force? India may well become a superpower on the political scene, but it's also a real possibility that India could soon be amongst tennis' elite. |
Sports Central November 17, 2005 Mert Ertunga |
Best and Worst of ATP Tour in 2005 Withe the top men battling it out for the year-end Masters Cup title in Shanghai, it is time to look at the ins and outs of 2005 on the men's tour. |
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 July 17, 2007 Mert Ertunga |
Debunking Tennis' Biggest Myths In tennis, facts often become distorted, certain players undeservingly become failures, and what starts out as a harmless exaggeration turns into a "well-known fact." |
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 July 6, 2011 Ross Lancaster |
The New Dominant Duo in Men's Tennis If you've been following men's tennis throughout 2011, the fact that Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic met in the finals of Wimbledon was no great surprise. |
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 June 16, 2014 Mert Ertunga |
2014 French Open: Parting Thoughts Roland Garros ended with two usual characters holding the winning trophies. Ironically, it will remain as one of the most upset-filled Slams in recent memory. |
Sports Central December 26, 2013 Mert Ertunga |
The Greatest Player of All-Time Debate Is it Rod Laver, Pete Sampras, Bjorn Borg, Rafael Nadal, or Roger Federer? Will Novak Djokovic soon be added to the list? In any case, the Greatest of All-Time debate has been alive since the mid-1990s. |
AskMen.com June 29, 2015 Van Sias |
How Tennis Has Changed In The Past 20 Years What has happened to men's tennis in the last 20 years? Wimbledon gives us a chance to reflect. |
Sports Central March 2, 2012 Kevin Beane |
Trying Times For American Tennis I've been following tennis since I was a kid, but mostly as a passive observer. Then I came to realize that tennis is a good sport for someone who likes sports gluttony. |
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. |