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Mondays With Bob Greene: Doubles is like Marriage
http://www.tennisgrandstand.com/ archives/ 2024STARS Jelena Jankovic beat Nadia Petrova 6-4 6-3 to win the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany Tomas Berdych won the AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships men’s singles, defeating Juan Martin del Potro 6-1 6-4 in Tokyo, Japan Caroline Wozniacki beat Kala Kanepi 6-2 3-6 6-1 to win the
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7/06/2008 - Nadal beats Federer at Wimbledon
http://www.inhistoric.com/ 2008/ 10/ 7062008-nadal-beats-federer-at.htmlStepping in place of the retired Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi, Roger Federer was dominating tennis at an historic level. This Swiss superstar had been the No. 1 ranked player in the world for over four years, had won a dozen Grand Slams, appeared in ten straight singles finals, and set records for consecutive hard court and grass victories.
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Tennis-X Weekend Wrap: Jankovic Wins, Sampras Touts McCain
http://www.tennis-x.com/ xblog/ 2008-10-05/ 625.phpFor some reason Pete Sampras recently spoke to a TMZ gossip site cameraman harassing him as he came out of a restaurant.
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Boris Becker has his say on the elite of men’s tennis
http://mvn.com/ tennis/ 2008/ 10/ 05/ boris-becker-has-his-say-on-the-elite-of-m…Please welcome our newest writer, Thomas Rooney. Thomas has been a tennis fan all his life and is now a sportwriter with a degree in sports journalism. He regularly attends Wimbledon and can “think of nothing better than watching a competitive game of tennis.” He should fit right in with the rest of us tennis fanatics here at Tennis Diary.
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Is Rossi the world’s best sportsman?
http://www.theroar.com.au/ 2008/ 10/ 05/ is-rossi-the-words-best-sportsman/Few athletes have dominated their sports, enthralled fans worldwide, and attained cult status like Valentino Rossi. Having sown up his eighth world title a week ago in Japan, his sixth premier class crown, there are few within the sport that question his right to the title of world’s greatest ever rider.
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American Tennis: USTA, Fans Asking ‘Who’s Next?’ and ‘When?’
http://www.tennis-x.com/ xblog/ 2008-10-03/ 624.phpIf the Williams sisters were to retire with Davenport as of this writing, the U.S. would have no women in the Top 40, and three players in the Top 100 (including the 30+ Jill Craybas, and Ashley Harkleroad who is pregnant). In other words, by the time the Williams retire, U.S.
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Kelly takes his ninth world title at Mundaka
http://www.huckmagazine.com/ blog/ kelly-takes-ninth-title/This morning Kelly Slater won his third round heat to secure enough points for his incredible 9th world title. Despite the inclement weather in Mundaka at the Billabong Pro, the crowds are currently out in force to help Slater celebrate his march to this year’s title. He got beat in the final at the Quiksilver Pro last month, so had to wait until now to make sure.
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Why is Tsonga Injured Again?
http://mvn.com/ tennis/ 2008/ 10/ 02/ why-is-tsonga-injured-again/Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is injured again and thus we enter into a discussion on biomechanics. This summer I read an article about baseball pitcher ”Tiny” Tim Lincecum, a stringbean body who regularly throws a baseball at 98 mph (158kph) for the San Francisco Giants.
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Kim Kardashian Ousted from Dancing With the Stars, Now Needs Reality Check
http://www.gossiponsports.com/ kim-kardashian-ousted-from-dancing-with-the-stars…Does anyone else find it nothing short of . . . what’s the word? Oh that’s right stupid. Yeah, OK, take two: Does anyone else find it nothing short of stupid that ”inconsolable bombshell” and “Dancing with the Stars” appear in the same sentence?
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Two Hotels: One reaches up, one reaches out
http://www.tennisgrandstand.com/ archives/ 1988A tale of two cities: On one end, Shanghai, who’s ready to step out of Beijing’s architectural shadow with some record-breaking structures of its own. The showcase: the completion, after 14 (!) years, of the Shanghai World Financial Center — standing at 1,600 feet as the tallest building in China and the third tallest in the world.
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