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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 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 Illustrated February 28, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Lendl doesn't quite measure up Your tennis questions |
Sports Illustrated March 6, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Anna, Anna everywhere Tennis Q & A. |
Sports Illustrated July 16, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
The good and bad of Ivanisevic I was happy to see Goran Ivanisevic finally win Wimbledon until I saw his post-match news conference, during which he referred to a linesman as a "faggot." Why doesn't the press call him on his bigotry? |
Sports Illustrated June 10, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Capriati is at a loss There are a million cheap shots I'll avoid making at J-Cap's expense (being in Paris makes one softer than brie). But let's just say that she hasn't exactly grasped the nuances of the rankings system. |
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 Illustrated September 11, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Safin has a good shot at No. 1 Rating the courts of the Slam venues... Prognosticating on the future rivalries in tennis... |
Sports Illustrated November 12, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Still railing on rankings Is it possible that tennis could adopt something similar to golf's World Ranking? Golf's system is based on results over the last two years and uses average points per event, not total points... |
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... |
Sports Illustrated January 30, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Wrapping up Australia All credit to Jennifer Capriati for authoring such a great story -- and easing the guilt of so many. Lost amid the Cinderella hype: Her tennis was unparalleled... |
Sports Illustrated May 27, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Remembered in song There are many tunes devoted to tennis stars... |
Sports Illustrated September 24, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Grand it ain't Olympic tennis fever isn't contagious |
Sports Illustrated August 20, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Solving the rankings riddle As a USTA poster boy, rest assured Andy Roddick will be playing every match on a show court. He's popping serves, bludgeoning his groundies and moving well. More impressive, he's been showing poise that belies his age... |
Sports Illustrated June 26, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
London calling Questions answered: Has Martina Hingis created her own worst enemy in Mary Pierce? Will Pete Sampras choke? Is Arvind Parmar the real deal?... |
Sports Illustrated July 8, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Wrapping up Wimbledon Some random ruminations from a random Wimbledon. |
Sports Illustrated June 25, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
It's all about grass It is completely counterintuitive that tennis' "magical fortnight," as some put it, its most esteemed event, is played on the most anomalous and rare surface. But that's the way it goes: Wimbledon is the Rose Bowl of tennis... |
Sports Illustrated July 9, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Venus, Goran come through I haven't watched too much tennis until this year, but after following the French Open and the first two days of Wimbledon, I can truly say how ugly the game of men's tennis is when it's played on grass... |
Sports Illustrated September 24, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Back to our show How on earth could the WTA not have canceled the Big Island Open in Hawaii?... |
Sports Illustrated August 14, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Back with some bite Are you a tennis junkie?... Eric Van Harpen is out as Anna Kournikova's coach... 10 suggested ATP Tour slogans that were rejected in favor of New Balls, Please... etc. |
Sports Illustrated August 21, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Visitors' guide to the U.S. Open Must-dos and must-sees for those attending their first US Open... Plus, Why not move the Australian Open to October?... Anna Kournikova's coldness to the press... etc. |
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 Illustrated October 29, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Reasonable doubt Don't blame U.S. for withdrawing from Fed Cup... |
Sports Illustrated March 20, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
On Agassi, mags and Hernan Gumy Tennis Q&A |
Sports Illustrated June 5, 2001 S.L. Price |
Venus Falling As the star-starved French Open showed, the women's game is suddenly in a swoon... |
Sports Illustrated May 22, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
From movies to poems Tennis Q&A: Tennis related movies... Is Nathalie Tauziat's "controversial" book going to be available in English in the U.S.?... Juan Carlos Ferrero... who are the shortest successful players on both tours?... etc. |
Sports Illustrated July 1, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Missing in action What keeps young guns from consistent Slam performances. |
Sports Illustrated February 12, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Johnny Mac to the rescue? I believe John McEnroe should have been selected to play Davis Cup to generate some interest from viewers like me. It would have been great. Big names are what the event needs, right? |
Sports Illustrated August 6, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Mac needs to cede some of spotlight John McEnroe, along with many others, has complained about the lack of interest in the ATP Tour and the related lack of personality of its top stars. Is it possible he's part of the problem? |
Sports Illustrated January 8, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Breaking out all over Women (and men) on the verge of a breakout year ought to include: Juan Carlos Ferrero, Kim Clijsters, Nathalie Dechy, Justine Henin, Roger Federer... |
Sports Illustrated September 23, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Compare and contrast Comparing tennis players from different vintages is the most inexact of sciences. A million variables come into play. |
Sports Illustrated May 7, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Roddick excites American fans Pretty soon, seats on the Andy Roddick bandwagon are going to be available through scalpers only... |
Sports Illustrated April 30, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Sowing the seeds of a controversy What do you make of the Wimbledon seeding controversy?... Sampras's loss to Andy Roddick maybe wasn't such an upset after all... etc. |
Sports Central February 20, 2004 Tom Kosinski |
Marat Safin a Force Again Maybe the biggest story of the Aussie Open was Marat Safin. A perennial critics' favorite, Safin has the physical size, speed, power, and talent to be a multi-Grand Slam champion |
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 March 19, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Williamses' antics undermine the tour The episode hurts the Williamses' credibility and only fuels the widespread speculation that they treat the sport as something of a lark... Hicham Arazi, Younes El Aynaoui and Karim Alami... Elena Bovina... etc. |
Sports Illustrated March 26, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
More on the Williams controversy As one would expect, the Mailbag remains stuffed with questions about l'affaire Williams, a controversy that, for any number of reasons, has struck a deep and resonant chord. Your various takes were all over the map... |
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 Illustrated October 9, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Overdue accolades Congrats to all those tennis players who had the mettle to medal... |
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 Illustrated April 1, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Wrapping up the Nasdaq-100 Why isn't the Nasdaq-100 officially elevated to Grand Slam No. 5 status? Unlike all other non-Grand Slams, it has the same number of rounds as the other four major tournaments... |
Sports Illustrated July 15, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Saving American tennis Demanding more accountability from the good folks in White Plains. |
Sports Illustrated May 2, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Pioline is worth watching Tennis Q&A: Cedric Pioline... Mary Pierce... chances of Lindsay Davenport winning the French Open?... etc. |
Sports Illustrated June 11, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
French Open fallout Some leftover dust particles from Roland Garros... |
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 Illustrated January 29, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
ATP needs new marketing strategy The tour tries desperately to cultivate "stars" and "personalities," yet the first major was won by a Swedish veteran who repeatedly described himself as bland and who reacted to the biggest win of his life by grinning and approaching the net to shake his opponent's hand... |
Sports Illustrated January 22, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
No rest for the best While the women's game overall has improved immensely, I'm consistently frustrated by the fact that the top players (with the exception of the amazing yet annoying Wiliams sisters) have failed to round out their games... |
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 Illustrated February 26, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Building the perfect player If you were to build the perfect tennis players (male and female), whose forehands, backhands, serve, net game, mental toughness, etc., would you duplicate -- i.e., who has the greatest strengths ever? |
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. |