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It was the middle of the 2011 French Open and Rafael Nadal was in a press conference, talking at length about something that I couldn’t quite follow. I knew that winning this title meant a lot to him. It would be his sixth at Roland Garros, tying him with Bjorn Borg, and it would stop the slide that had begun...
Grant me one tennis wish with the year’s first Grand Slam tournament looming, and there would be no hesitation: The game is in need of a compelling women’s rivalry, any compelling women’s rivalry. A... more »
On his way to winning the first of his six French Open titles, Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer in the semifinals of the 2005 tournament, their first meeting in a Grand Slam event. Since then the participants in tennis'... more »
Tennis has a new ball and it's making a lot of kids, parents and coaches angry. The ball is the same size as a regular tennis ball, but it's half yellow, half green and softer, and doesn't bounce as high. It's tough to hit... more »
Though he has won only one of the last nine Grand Slam titles and will soon be 31 and ensconced in tennis old age, Roger Federer is still one of the favorites in any tournament he enters. Many are forecasting another major... more »
For a few seconds, just an instant, I thought I was suspended in the most powerful, lucid dream I had yet experienced. And it occurred in the filtered winter light of day. It was late Friday morning, and I had turned on the... more »
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