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On Andy Roddick

Our collective attention has turned, appropriately so, to baseball playoffs and football. But if you’ll allow me to interject with my first post here, a story that has not yet received its due attention on this space is the retirement … Continue reading

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Two Rounds in the Books in Melbourne

Well, the first two round of the 2010 major tennis season have been completed and it is shaping up to be another great season on the men’s tour.  Let’s take a look at the goings-on in Melbourne so far with … 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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Quarterfinals – The Second Half

Continuing from yesterday’s post, here is the rest of the Quarterfinal preview at the 2009 French Open. The Djokovic (4) Quadrant: QUARTERFINAL WEDNESDAY – #5 Del Potro vs. #16 Robredo The top half of this quadrant showed continued dominance by … 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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