LONDON – Jimmy Van Alen would not be amused. Though Jimmy, who used to run the Newport tournament, is no longer with us, his baby is: the tie-breaker (not tiebreak as many incorrectly call it today). Alive and well in a fifth set at the US Open – but not at Wimbledon or the other two major championships, Australian and French. Thus, when John Isner (US) and Nicolas Mahut … [Read more...] about REFLECTIONS ON RECORD BREAKING MARATHON MATCH
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“KID BUTTERFLY” RETURNS TO WIMBLEDON AFTER ALL THESE YEARS TO DELIGHT A CROWD AND SCARE No. 9 WOZNIACKI
It was as though she had stepped out of 1996. Or emerged from a dream. Yes, there was none other than Kimiko Date on Court 2, trading blows with a girl who wasn’t even born when Kimiko first graced Wimbledon in 1989. Honest, that was “Kid Butterfly,” the slight, quick Japanese whose shotmaking could be as sweet as a Puccini aria. She had been a Top Ten inhabitant in … [Read more...] about “KID BUTTERFLY” RETURNS TO WIMBLEDON AFTER ALL THESE YEARS TO DELIGHT A CROWD AND SCARE No. 9 WOZNIACKI
QUEASY KNEES REMOVE THE CHAMPION RELIEVING EX-CHAMP ROGER
LONDON – Rafa has sore knees; Roger’s spirit soars. Maybe because the guy who stole his Wimbledon crown is absent? “There’s a lot of weight off my shoulders since Paris,” he says. It’s an 180 pound weight named Nadal. And so another Big W commences, bigger than ever, where the T-word (tendonitis) is a TKO to Rafa and his faithful, lamenting his inability to even make … [Read more...] about QUEASY KNEES REMOVE THE CHAMPION RELIEVING EX-CHAMP ROGER
Wimbledon 2008
Sorry for the delay, but here, at long last, is my Wimbledon resume. . OFF TO LONDON TO WATCH FEDERER TRYING TO BREAK RECORDS…HOWEVER Roger Federer is worried. That is the diagnosis of the eminent Belgrade psychologist, who also plays some tennis, Novak Djokovic. Considering his most recent egg laid in a significant nest, the … [Read more...] about Wimbledon 2008