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Sports Central March 9, 2005 Mert Ertunga |
Heroism, Failure, Redemption in Davis Cup Dramatic! Sensational! Stunning! Call it what you will, there is nothing like it. The Davis Cup is not your everyday tennis tournament type of excitement, as this past weekend proved once again. |
Sports Central November 18, 2008 Mert Ertunga |
One Player Can Make the Difference Does one player, like Rafael Nadal, really mean that much to a team? |
Sports Central March 10, 2009 Mert Ertunga |
Valuable Lessons From Davis Cup Weekend This weekend's Davis Cup ties provided some valuable lessons to the federations, coaches, fans, and players. |
Sports Central December 11, 2011 Angus Saul |
The Davis World Cup? Rumors have been circulating for a while now. Among the fans. Among the players. The Davis Cup has lost meaning! The format is redundant, even irrelevant in today's world. The tennis world is calling out for change! |
Sports Central October 5, 2010 Mert Ertunga |
Guy Forget and France Face Big Challenge On the first weekend of December, Serbia and France will meet in Belgrade Arena for a showdown to determine the winner of 2010 Davis Cup. |
Sports Central July 12, 2006 Ricky Dimon |
Bryan Brothers Shine On and Off Court The Bryan Brothers have now won the Australian Open, French Open, U.S. Open, and Wimbledon in doubles, a part of professional tennis of whose existence most sports fans - and even some tennis fans - are probably unaware. |
Sports Central April 11, 2012 Mert Ertunga |
U.S. Marching on Against All Odds When USA Davis Cup team began last Friday their encounter against the French, it was almost like a flashback to two months ago. |
Sports Central December 3, 2014 Mert Ertunga |
In Defense of Arnaud Clement Clement did carry them to the finals and the French need to understand that for one weekend in November, they faced a Swiss team that had superior skills. |
Sports Central November 17, 2005 Mert Ertunga |
Best and Worst of ATP Tour in 2005 Withe the top men battling it out for the year-end Masters Cup title in Shanghai, it is time to look at the ins and outs of 2005 on the men's tour. |
Sports Central May 25, 2006 Ricky Dimon |
French Open Preview: Nadal Repeat? The ingredients are there for a miracle of Kuertenian and Verkerkian proportions to take place once again on the hallowed grounds of Roland Garros. |
Sports Central June 26, 2006 Ricky Dimon |
Wimbledon Preview: Who'll Stop the Reign? Should the All-England Lawn and Tennis Club even bother hosting Wimbledon for the men this year? Many athletes say that it's not worth showing up if they don't have a chance to win. |
Sports Central September 26, 2006 Ricky Dimon |
If Not For Agassi... What more can be said about Andre Agassi, the American tennis legend who finally called it quits after his third-round loss in the U.S. Open? Quite frankly, nothing. |
Sports Central May 17, 2006 Ricky Dimon |
Nadal and Federer Enough for ATP? There's a heated rivalry at the top of the men's tennis world -- the 'Swashbuckling Spaniard' Rafael Nadal versus the ever-dominant Roger Federer. |
Sports Illustrated July 4, 2000 S.L. Price |
Inside Tennis Vladimir Voltchkov, ranked No. 237, fought his way into the second week of Wimbledon |
Sports Central November 23, 2010 Mert Ertunga |
Once Upon a Time on Fast Courts Is the plug being pulled too soon on fast courts? |
Sports Central April 25, 2011 Mert Ertunga |
Is Home Court Advantage in the Davis Cup Gone? One of Davis Cup's traditions is its format that allows one team to play at home and modify certain conditions within the rules in order to maximize its home court advantage. |
Sports Central November 28, 2012 Mert Ertunga |
Stellar 2012 Season Had a Few Low Points 2012 will go down as one of the best tennis seasons in the history of the game. On the men's side, we witnessed the confirmation of what many have accurately predicted back at the end of the previous decade: the next Golden Age of Men's Tennis is here. |
Sports Central January 17, 2007 Ricky Dimon |
2007 ATP Season Has Major Shoes to Fill With the Australian Open, the unofficial grand opening of the professional tennis season, suddenly upon us, it's time to recap the best of the best of 2006 and look ahead to 2007. |
Sports Central August 20, 2012 Mert Ertunga |
Upsets in Cincinnati: Few of Many in 2012 Now that the last big test before the last Slam of the calendar year has ended in Cincinnati with Roger Federer winning the men's draw and Li Na winning the women's draw, we have finally arrived to the week preceding the U.S. Open. |
Sports Central January 11, 2008 Ricky Dimon |
Will Federer Finally Sink Down Under? Tennis fans want see someone other than Nadal or Federer win. |
Sports Central May 25, 2007 George Soules |
Why Federer Still Has Something to Prove Is Roger Federer as great as they say? Or is the competition these days not what it once was? |
Sports Central June 23, 2008 Ricky Dimon |
Wimbledon Preview: Has the Reign Stopped? When Wimbledon begins on Monday, something's got to give. Will it be Bjorn Borg's record-tying five straight titles, or will it be Federer giving way to a new champion and perhaps even a new world No. 1? |
Sports Central August 21, 2007 Ricky Dimon |
Will Agassi's U.S. Open Torch Flame Out? If Andre Agassi had ideas of passing his U.S. Open torch to a fellow American when he retired last year inside Arthur Ashe Stadium, his compatriot successors are not reciprocating. |
Sports Central May 3, 2007 Ricky Dimon |
Sizzling Summer in Store For ATP It's hard to imagine a clay-court season as enthralling as the last, but all the makings are in place for yet another fantastic ride on the red stuff. |
Sports Illustrated April 10, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
The Hot List Who's hot and who's not in the tennis world: Australia... U.S... Jiri Novak... Mary Joe Fernandez and Tony Godsick... U.S. organizers... Chilean fans... Jared Palmer and Alex O'Brien... etc. |
Sports Central August 25, 2006 Ricky Dimon |
Previewing a Potentially Thrilling U.S. Open The U.S. Open Draw Ceremony recently took place, producing a 128-man bracket laced with potential matchups to salivate over and script-defying storylines. |
Sports Central August 14, 2006 Mert Ertunga |
Top 10 Men's Tennis Matches of 21st Century Of course, these picks are very much open to debate. |
Sports Central March 2, 2012 Kevin Beane |
Trying Times For American Tennis I've been following tennis since I was a kid, but mostly as a passive observer. Then I came to realize that tennis is a good sport for someone who likes sports gluttony. |
Sports Central March 6, 2014 Mert Ertunga |
Early Tennis Season Notes of 2014 The 2014 season has begun with several unexpected events that set the stage for a terrific year in tennis. |
Sports Illustrated January 11, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Breaking down the Aussie Open draw The author peers into his crystal ball to reveal the fate of the top 16 men's seeds for the Australian Open... |
Sports Central November 26, 2004 Mert Ertunga |
ATP and WTA Tours Reversing Trends This is a good moment to reflect back on some major trend changes in the worlds of professional tennis in terms of rankings. |
Sports Central April 20, 2006 Tom Kosinski |
Was This the Davis Cup or Maybe Cup? A review of the Davis Cup tournament, plus Gene Scott memorialized. |
Sports Illustrated July 25, 2000 L. Jon Wertheim |
Scorecard McEnroe's outsized ego proves no match for U.S. apathy |
Sports Central July 7, 2009 Mert Ertunga |
A Poetic Sunday in London Here we are, unable to find fitting words to describe Roger Federer's greatness. But his final victory against Andy Roddick on Sunday was more than a simple victory. |
Salon.com August 10, 2000 Diane Seo |
The tennis world's new cover boys With Sampras and Agassi aging, men's tennis hopes to excite fans with a fresh crop of young men and a ballsy new ad campaign. |
Sports Illustrated September 16, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Pat Mac talks Davis Cup Afflicted by Davis Cup fever? We didn't think so. But Patrick McEnroe believes tennis fans might be if there were some rhyme or reason to the competition's time and season. |
Sports Central July 8, 2011 Tom Kosinski |
To High Tides From Green Grass Novak Djokovic, the 2011 men's champion, returned to Serbia and was greeted with a party the likes of only Goran Ivanisevic has ever seen. |
Sports Central August 20, 2015 Luke Broadbent |
The Healthy State of Great British Tennis Britain has dominated track cycling, three of the last four Tour de France winners have been British and we exceeded all expectations at the London 2012 Olympics. And now, it seems, we are successful at tennis. |
Sports Illustrated December 10, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
En francais It's been a good month for Guy Forget. A week after captaining France to a Davis Cup triumph against Australia, Forget collected another title of his own on Sunday when he served 21 aces on the way to a 7-5, 6-7 (5), 11-9 victory over Petr Korda in a seniors tournament in London... |
Sports Central December 26, 2013 Mert Ertunga |
The Greatest Player of All-Time Debate Is it Rod Laver, Pete Sampras, Bjorn Borg, Rafael Nadal, or Roger Federer? Will Novak Djokovic soon be added to the list? In any case, the Greatest of All-Time debate has been alive since the mid-1990s. |
Sports Central September 5, 2007 Mert Ertunga |
Showtime at the U.S. Open! One look at the U.S. Open and you can't help but get excited about some of the upcoming matches and some of the possible semifinals and finals matches. |
Salon.com May 30, 2002 Andrew O'Hehir |
Get your World Cup scorecard! Everything you need to know about the players and teams... |
Sports Illustrated September 9, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
An Open to remember Some random notes on a pretty fair U.S. Open |
Sports Central April 12, 2012 Kevin Beane |
Euro 2012 Preview It's getting close to time for the second-biggest global soccer spectacle, the Euros. Spain are the defending champions, and solidified their hold as the best team in the world by following that up by winning the World Cup. |
Sports Central June 2, 2009 Tom Kosinski |
Federer About to Be the Greatest Ever? I never thought I would find myself saying this, but an Englishman has a very good chance of winning the French Open. |
Sports Central June 22, 2011 Mert Ertunga |
Breaking Down Wimbledon 2011 Get ready for some top quality tennis among four excellent players. |
Sports Central April 9, 2013 Mert Ertunga |
The U.S. vs. Serbia Davis Cup Tie Aftermath It's not unthinkable that Serbia would defeat the U.S.A, but that the world's number one ranked doubles team Bob and Mike Bryan twins, would lose on Saturday to a doubles tandem composed of Nenad Zimonjic and some guy named Ilija Bozoljac. |
Sports Central February 2, 2009 Luke Broadbent |
Rafa Wins an Eventful Australian Open The standard of tennis throughout the Melbourne major has been of an extremely high quality, but the tournament wasn't without some controversy. |
Sports Central March 28, 2007 Mert Ertunga |
The Strangest Oddities in Tennis Certain oddities in tennis do not get much media space or time. Here are a few examples. |
Sports Central July 6, 2006 Mert Ertunga |
Wimbledon and All Else Unfortunately for Wimbledon, the World Cup has taken center stage in the world of sports, despite some of the best weather the courts at SW19 have seen in years, some high-quality tennis, and contested matches. |