RELENTLESS ROGERMANIA – Federer Frenzy at His Practice Session
Where’s the most frenzy on Middle Saturday at the BNP Paribas Open? At a tight match on Center Court? At the height of a feisty comeback on Stadium 1? Or maybe at the line to squeeze into Nobu...
View ArticleTHE FUTURE IS NOW: A Look at the Next Gen ATP Finals and Its New Rules
By Michael Mewshaw Here in Italy it’s difficult to escape the hype for the Next Gen ATP Finals, to be held Nov. 7-11 in Milan. Billboards, TV commercials and breathless press releases relentlessly plug...
View ArticleWTA TOURNEY SLATED TO STAY IN BAY AREA
NEW SITE AND SPONSOR FOR BANK OF THE WEST CLASSIC? Los Angeles’ Farmers Classic tennis tournament landed up in distant Columbia. Similarly, San Jose’s SAP Open found its way to Brazil. And a while back...
View Article2017 IN REVIEW: For Some, It Was a Very Good Year – Others, Not So Much
By David Renteria It seems reductive to wrap a player’s entire season in a box and slap a “Winner” or “Loser” label on it – because it is. But “Players Who Left Us With an Overall Feeling of Positivity...
View ArticleBUZZ: Old Man Federer Rolls Into California
OLD MAN FEDERER: Hobbled by a hip, Andy Murray didn’t even play the AO. Stan Wawrinka was a shell of himself and lost early to Tennys Sandgren. Novak Djokovic’s elbow let him down in the fourth round...
View ArticleTHUS SPAKE FEDERER – Roger Holds Forth at the BNP Paribas Open
As the BNP Paribas Open got underway, defending champion and world No. 1 Roger Federer sat down with the press for his first round of questions: Q. You’ve talked about how someday there’s going to come...
View ArticleJUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO – BIG MAN, BIG HEART, BIG WIN
From 1939 to 1941, legendary boxer Joe Louis defended his heavyweight title 13 times in 29 months. His hapless foes, including “Two-Ton” Tony Galento and Tony “Baby-Tank” Musto, were called “the bums...
View ArticleTHE INTEGRITY UNIT FINALLY SPEAKS
By Michael Mewshaw In January 2016, Buzzfeed and BBC reported that 16 competitors in the Australian Open men’s draw had been flagged in the past for playing matches marked by suspicious betting...
View ArticleDAWNING OF THE AGE OF TSITSIPAS?
Bill Simons and Douglas Hochmuth THE DAWNING OF THE AGE OF TSITSIPAS?: Tennis gives and tennis takes away. Federer is in his twilight, but this could be the dawning of the age of Tsitsipas. He has it...
View ArticleENOUGH IS ENOUGH – TENNIS MUST STAND UP TO JUSTIN GIMELSTOB
Bill Simons “I’m rich and she’s the best attorney in the world and will get me out of anything.” – Justin Gimelstob’s comment to his victim Randy Kaplan Justin Gimelstob is a charismatic presence who’s...
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