On Tuesday night, professional tennis performed its version of a beauty pageant. Some of the game’s most luminous stars took center stage. Blonde prom queen, Maria Sharapova, showed she could play tennis while 11th seeded brunette eye-candy queen Ana Ivanovic simply ran out of gas. It has been a disappointing year for the Serbian former [...]
The number one seed is vulnerable. That may not surprise too many fans. Russian top gun Dinara Safina hung on against lightly regarded 18-year old Australian string bean Olivia Rogowska and squeezed out a tense 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4 war of attrition. The 2.5-hour slop-fest did not resemble what Flushing Meadows fans have come to [...]
America’s Devin Britton may be the best collegiate player in the land, but he received a rare lesson yesterday from the best tennis player to ever grace the courts. Roger Federer did his thing in an 88-minute 6-1, 6-3, 7-5 taming of the NCAA Champion. Federer shook off the cobwebs and let his supporters see [...]
US Open 2009 – Day 1 – Women’s Matches – Venus Escapes, Clijsters, Azarenka Tough A packed house and huge television audience watched one of America’s biggest stars wind up day one at the 2009 US Open. Third seeded Venus Williams was lucky to escape her first round match as day one proceeded without incident [...]
The planet’s best tennis player sits in his rightful place atop the 2009 U.S. Open Draw. Roger Federer will endure some disappointment at this U.S. Open, but it will not diminish the status of the tennis Master of the Universe. With 15 Grand Slam Championships including two of three in 2009 and with 5 consecutive [...]
