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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 Central June 16, 2014 Mert Ertunga	2014 French Open: Parting Thoughts Roland Garros ended with two usual characters holding the winning trophies. Ironically, it will remain as one of the most upset-filled Slams in recent memory.
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 November 30, 2010 Tom Kosinski	2010 Tennis Comes To an End, Finally With a thunder of applause, and a bit of ale-driven cheers, the 2010 professional tennis year came to an end yesterday.
Sports Central August 21, 2013 Mert Ertunga	Recapping Cincinnati and Previewing NY The string of tennis tournaments leading up to the U.S. Open and the many hours of practice on hard courts for the last few weeks no doubt prove to be physically taxing on most of the champions.
Sports Central August 18, 2014 Mert Ertunga	U.S. Open: Top ATP Players Out of Form The two Masters 1000 tournaments that take place in Canada and Cincinnati often give a solid indication of what is likely to take place in the U.S. Open.
Sports Central July 5, 2010 Mert Ertunga	Reflections on Wimbledon 2010 Wimbledon 2010 will be remembered as one of the most remarkable Slam tournaments ever in its entirety.
Sports Central December 28, 2005 Mert Ertunga	Best and Worst of WTA Tour in 2005 One final look at the 2005 season, especially considering the ATP version published on Sports Central last month turned out to draw so much reader feedback.
Sports Central June 29, 2011 Luke Broadbent	Tennis Has No Need For a Leading Lady A lot is made of the fact that women's tennis lacks big names that consistently come to the fore.
Sports Central October 26, 2010 Tom Kosinski	Is the Tennis Season Too Long? The tennis season is way too long. Just like basketball, hockey, and baseball (the World Series hasn't even started yet and it's the end of October) tennis has become just another drawn out non-spectacle.
Sports Central September 7, 2009 Mert Ertunga	Super Saturday Saves the Day This year's U.S. Open has already had its version of a Super Saturday and it took place in the first week.
Sports Central March 9, 2010 Tom Kosinski	Tennis, Economic, or Player Recession? I've discussed the current world economic situation and its effect on the professional tennis industry here many times.
Sports Central October 21, 2012 Mert Ertunga	WTA and Best-of-Five Sets in Slams The women's finals are continuously overshadowed by the men's finals. It is time for WTA to seriously consider implementing some formula that includes a five-set format in the Slams.
Sports Central June 20, 2007 Mert Ertunga	Wimbledon, Save Us! A flip of a coin would have been more exciting than guessing the outcomes of tournaments and matches so far.
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.
Sports Central December 18, 2009 Tom Kosinski	2009 Tennis Christmas Wish List Other than the couple of charity events that go on during this time, professional tennis has taken a break. For tennis fans, this is about the loneliest time of the year.
Sports Central February 3, 2015 Mert Ertunga	Leaving the Australian Open Behind The Australian Open provided enough thrills throughout the two-week long tennis festival, and concluded with Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic confirming their statuses as the best players on their respective tours.
Sports Illustrated March 26, 2001 Jon Wertheim	More on the Williams controversy As one would expect, the Mailbag remains stuffed with questions about l'affaire Williams, a controversy that, for any number of reasons, has struck a deep and resonant chord. Your various takes were all over the map...
Sports Central June 13, 2012 Brad Oremland	Sharapova, Errani, and the French Open Maria Sharapova completed a career Grand Slam on Saturday. Two or three years ago, I never would have believed it.
Sports Central January 22, 2008 Tom Kosinski	End of an Era, Beginning of Another? Tennis is truly the international game, and as the political and financial climate has changed, so too the top of the game of tennis.
Sports Central April 2, 2015 Mert Ertunga	Novak Djokovic and Being Third Novak Djokovic has a unique challenge, one with which no other great player in the modern times had to deal. He has been, is, and will remain to be, the "third best" of his times.
Sports Central June 11, 2013 Brad Oremland	Who is the Best Female Tennis Player of All-Time? In my mind, there are three players who merit serious consideration as the Greatest Of All Time: Serena Williams, Martina Navratilova, and Steffi Graf.
Sports Central October 22, 2007 Tom Kosinski	The USTA ... Made in China? The popularity of foreign tennis players and the great games they currently have accounts for the growth in USTA membership and record-setting U.S. Open attendance.
Sports Central July 30, 2004 Mert Ertunga	Mixed Soup: Around the Tennis World While the after-Wimbledon minor clay court tournaments are winding down in Europe and the hard-court season is in full-gear in preparation for the U.S. Open, let's take a closer look at what is happening in and around the ATP and WTA tours.
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 July 14, 2014 Mert Ertunga	Roland Garros vs. Wimbledon Fans Here is a closer look at the contrast between the fans of the two majors, Roland Garros and Wimbledon, through a few dialogues that I had at both locations.
Sports Central August 4, 2011 Luke Broadbent	Who Can Challenge in the U.S. Open Series? Given the dominance at the major tournaments by Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, and Andy Murray, it's a surprise when anyone outside this quartet makes a run at a tournament.
Sports Central September 8, 2014 Mert Ertunga	Changing of the Guard in Men's Tennis? The fact that there is nobody called Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, or Roger Federer in the finals of a Slam tournament for the first time since the 2005 Australian Open does not necessarily point to the end of an era.
Sports Central January 22, 2014 Mert Ertunga	Interesting First Week at Australian Open Some players, such as Maria Sharapova and Andy Roddick, argued that it was inhumane to play the matches at these levels of heat, while some other players like, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, and Serena Williams, felt that it was part of the game.
Sports Central February 2, 2010 Brad Oremland	Tennis is More Competitive Than Ever At no other period in history have we seen so many different winners, and so many players capable of stringing together two weeks of wins.
Sports Central October 3, 2011 Tom Kosinski	Fall is Here, So is the End of Tennis Season Here's to hoping the fall will mean better things for us all in tennis next year.
Sports Central October 20, 2008 Mert Ertunga	Radical Rule Changes For Tennis Suggestions for changing the rules for tennis include letting fans yell after a good shot and moving the service line closer to the net by an inch.
Sports Central March 25, 2008 Mert Ertunga	Could 12 Slams Be it For Federer? Even the most biased Federer fan should be able to discern these danger signs.
Sports Central August 24, 2010 Tom Kosinski	2010 U.S. Open Prequel With the qualifiers starting today, the U.S. Open has officially started.
Sports Central June 22, 2011 Mert Ertunga	Breaking Down Wimbledon 2011 Get ready for some top quality tennis among four excellent players.
Sports Central January 26, 2009 Tom Kosinski	Has Change Come to Tennis in 2009? In 2009, change has come. In America, maybe. In tennis, maybe not. But maybe that's a good thing.
Sports Central September 12, 2011 Angus Saul	Race For the Finals The final slam of the year has crowned its champion once more, and your average tennis fan breathes a sigh of relief. The season is over. Bring on the Australian Open.
Sports Central March 19, 2015 Mert Ertunga	Notes From Indian Wells and the Pro Tour As the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells approaches its final weekend, the first quarter of the 2015 tennis season is coming to its conclusion.
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 September 10, 2008 Tom Kosinski	Smile, Mirka, Roger Won the U.S. Open! A recap of stories surrounding the the 2008 U.S. Open.
AskMen.com August 12, 2013 Gray Miles	Rafael Nadal At The 2013 Rogers Cup Despite his history of severe knee injury, he is amassing the stats that give certain tennis fans a leg to stand on when they claim he's the greatest ever.
Sports Central October 19, 2007 Tom Kosinski	A True Champion, Finally It's time to take a look at what Maria Sharapova's loss really demonstrated.
Sports Central August 22, 2005 Dave Golokhov	I Hate Mondays: Tennis in Toronto Belgium is a country known for charming chocolates and bewitching beers. Now you can add women's tennis to that list. The final match of the Sony Ericsson WTA tournament featured the only two Belgian females entered in the women's singles draw.
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 Central January 4, 2010 Mert Ertunga	Tennis' Decade of Recovery This past decade was not only a decade of recovery, but also a decade that put forth solid foundation for what could possibly be the second golden age of tennis.
Sports Central May 11, 2011 Tom Kosinski	Where Did All the Americans Go? This week, the tennis headline on most major sports news outlets is that for the first time ever there are not American players in the top 10 of both the ATP Tour and the WTA Tour.
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 January 26, 2005 Mert Ertunga	Home Cooking Adds Spice to Melbourne Park Aussies have provided the tennis world with a top quality tournament for many years. It is time for them to enjoy the tournament with a little added adrenaline factor by proudly supporting one of their own to the very end.
Sports Central April 7, 2010 Mert Ertunga	Clay Court Season is Here! The European clay court circuit is kicking off and based on past years' patterns, a good advice would be to expect different names, and some new ones, to emerge in the earlier rounds
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.