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Tsonga unleashes inner diva, Vika Victorious, Serena Williams joins X-men and Andrea Petkovic plays soccer
Caroline Wozniacki makes Jo-Wilfried Tsonga unleash is inner diva I was browsing Twitter last night and I found a very funny photo that was posted by Caroline Wozniacki on Twitter. She wrote “Guess who?” I actually stared at the photo for five minutes trying to figure out who it was. Ofcourse I kept getting distracted [...]
Winners Walk: Kim “Aussie Kim” Clijsters and Novak Djokovic win Aussie Open 2011
So everyone enjoyed the last couple of weeks of tennis from Australia? I know I have. I have to admit that it felt a little strange that there was no Federer or Nadal in the finals but Novak Djokovic showed a strong display on the courts and was the deserved winner. At the women’s there [...]
Kim Clijsters On the Mend – The Friday Five
By Maud Watson Parting Ways – The Globe and Mail reported earlier this week that the doubles pairing of Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic will be calling it a day on their partnership at the end of this year. Though Zimonjic initiated the change, Nestor admitted he had been contemplating of doing the same, so [...]
Caroline Wozniaki has Reached the Pinnacle of the WTA Rankings
By Maud Watson At the Apex – Dane Caroline Wozniaki has reached the pinnacle of the WTA Rankings, and it will be interesting to see how she is perceived in the weeks to come. Like some of the other recent No. 1’s such as Safina and Jankovic, she has reached the top without a Slam [...]
Looking Back on John McEnroe’s Davis Cup Captaincy
While the U.S. Tennis Association prepares to choose and name a new U.S. Davis Cup captain to replace Patrick McEnroe, it is interesting to look back 11 years at the start of the U.S. captaincy of Patrick’s older brother John. Arguably the greatest American Davis Cupper in the history of the competition, John McEnroe was [...]
Hingis Plays First WTA Match, Federer Plays First Match in Japan, Koubek DQed – On This Day in Tennis History
HINGIS PLAYS FIRST WTA MATCH, FEDERER PLAYS FIRST MATCH IN JAPAN, KOUBEK DQed
Tennis Set to Dazzle the Commonwealth
Regular readers of TennisGrandstand will know that my first steps in this esteemed company were tracking the progress of players from the former Commonwealth countries as they did battle the world over in search of fame, success and prize money. Now, starting October 4, all that changes for these players who bare the colours of [...]
Kimiko Date-Krumm’s Fairy Tale Run at Toray Pacific Open – The Friday Five
By Maud Watson Comeback Cut Short – The much-anticipated return of Juan Martin del Potro and his potential third-round clash with Rafael Nadal were quickly derailed as little Ollie Rochus cut down the big Argentine (who stands a foot taller than the Belgian) in straight sets in the opening round of the PTT Thailand Open [...]
The ATP’s Aging, Like a Fine Wine
Tennis has been and always will be a sport for the young. Not only is the sport physically grueling, but 12-15 years of bouncing around from hotel room to hotel room can really take a toll on a player. Doubles players can usually eek out a few extra years, but it’s still extremely rare to [...]
Clijsters Sidelined, Baltacha out of Commonwealth Games but Mirza Boost for Organisers
*Current Queen of the US Open Kim Clijsters has been forced to pull out of next month’s China Open with an infected foot. The Belgian star recently had a mole removed from the base of the foot but the wound has become infected. “I’m very sorry to have to cancel,” said the 27-year-old. “The wound [...]
Like we Needed More Reasons to Love Grigor Dimitrov
Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov has given us plenty of reasons to love him (we count six, maybe eight), but here’s the nail on the coffin: His favorite designer? Alexander McQueen. (See the Q&A here.) BTW, congrats to Grigor for cracking the ATP Top 150 — he’s now at 136 — after winning back-to-back-to-back Challengers this year. [...]
Maria Sharapova’s Stay in Tokyo is Short but Sweet
Even though it’s still early in the tournament , the Toray Pan Pacific has been very surprising already so far. Before this tournament started I had high hopes for a good series in Tokyo but Sharapova never really launched at this year’s Toray Pan Pacific. She lost in the first round to WTA Tour veteran [...]
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Will They Ever Win…Again?
October 7, 2010 By Andrea Lubinsky 5 Comments
A tennis player’s career is defined by Grand Slam competition. Whether it’s fair or not, even players who win tons of titles or attain the world number one ranking will go down in history beneath those who are talented or lucky enough to win one of the coveted Slam titles. This means that an entire [...]