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Take Your Pick: Who’s the Favourite?

– All active American men’s tennis players have a combined ONE major title.  – The highest ranked American is 9th in the world, and he is a 29-year old that no one has ever heard of (Mardy Fish).  – The … Continue reading

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Wait, What Year is This, Again?

Juan-Carlos Ferrero?  Tommy Haas?  Lleyton Hewitt?  Andy Roddick?  Roger Federer?  Ivo Karlovic? This sounds like a run-down of 1995’s Future Stars of Tennis.   Or the quarterfinals of a major in, say 2003.  But, 2009???  No chance.  Well, that is the case, as … Continue reading

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And, It Just Got Interesting

For the casual tennis fan, the appeal of the French Open took a serious hit, if not was eliminated altogether, on Sunday when 4-time defending champion, Rafael Nadal lost to big-hitting Swede, Robin Soderling.  To the serious tennis fan (all … Continue reading

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Yes, I Care…A Lot

I know I’m one of only 17 people in this country not named McEnroe who care about professional tennis, but it is certainly in my “Big Four” sports (MLB, NFL, NCAA basketball, and the ATP).  The Australian Open is always so … Continue reading

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