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Nole the Defender 20 Nov 2012 | 09:08 pm
Pete Sampras spoke to TENNIS.com's Peter Bodo at Madison Square Garden, where he played in this year's PowerShares Series, about the event and the 2012 Player of the Year in men's tennis: Andy Murray...
Davis Cup Final: Ferrer d. Stepanek 17 Nov 2012 | 12:04 am
For a while there, David Ferrer looked like a man chasing his wind-driven fedora down the street. A guy trying to poke a bolt through a hole that he can’t see. A hipster struggling to get into a pair ...
The Floodgates of Dynasty 16 Nov 2012 | 06:25 am
Yesterday I described the Czech Republic as “the little nation that could” because of the steady stream of blue-chip players it has produced throughout tennis history. The Czech men hope to join the v...
The Little Nation that Could 15 Nov 2012 | 01:04 am
This weekend, the Czech Republic is hoping to become the first team to win both the Fed Cup and Davis Cup competitions in the same year since the United States did it in 1990. The population of the U...
In Praise of Jimmy Boy 14 Nov 2012 | 01:50 am
Delving into just what makes a good tennis television commentator might seem a complicated subject, but for me it’s pretty easy. It’s the same thing that distinguishes a good writer from a mediocre on...
Saved By Grit 13 Nov 2012 | 08:47 am
If the signal attribute of the early stage of Novak Djokovic’s career was mercurial talent, and the outstanding quality of his sublime 2011 was bottomless determination, the striking characteristic of...
World Tour Finals: Murray d. Tsonga 10 Nov 2012 | 03:53 am
On the brief changeover after Andy Murray took the first set from Jo-Wilfried Tsonga today at the Urch (a.k.a. the O2 arena, which resembles a giant sea urchin), the Scot asked chair umpire Mohamed Le...
ATP World Tour Finals Previews: Day 5 9 Nov 2012 | 06:12 am
Novak Djokovic vs. Tomas Berdych Head-to-head: Djokovic leads 10-1 Berdych’s lone win over Djokovic occurred at Wimbledon in 2010, and if you didn’t know better, you might think the Czech is still be...
World Tour Finals: Federer d. Ferrer 8 Nov 2012 | 09:52 pm
The other day during a press conference in London, David Ferrer ticked off the ways his game doesn’t match up very well with that of Roger Federer (hence, the 0-13 record Ferrer carried into today’s m...
ATP World Tour Finals Previews: Day 4 8 Nov 2012 | 04:58 am
Roger Federer vs. David Ferrer Head-to-head: Federer leads 13-0 Don’t believe the hype. Nor the ugly head-to-head record. Instead, be a person of true, pure, white-hot faith (which, no matter how har...
