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Sports Illustrated June 26, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
London calling Questions answered: Has Martina Hingis created her own worst enemy in Mary Pierce? Will Pete Sampras choke? Is Arvind Parmar the real deal?... |
Sports Illustrated June 18, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Sampras may be spent A few of you asked what I make of Sampras' epochal collapse, and I honestly don't know. It's not as though he is losing to elite players and simply relinquishing his grip to Generation Next. |
Sports Illustrated February 12, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Johnny Mac to the rescue? I believe John McEnroe should have been selected to play Davis Cup to generate some interest from viewers like me. It would have been great. Big names are what the event needs, right? |
Sports Illustrated September 11, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Safin has a good shot at No. 1 Rating the courts of the Slam venues... Prognosticating on the future rivalries in tennis... |
Sports Illustrated April 3, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Hitting some turbulence Tennis Q&A: Why do you think players do so well one tournament and then do terribly in the next?... the "next Steffi"... Magnus Norman... USTA "budget shortfall"... Martina Navratilova considering competing in doubles... etc. |
Sports Illustrated January 8, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Breaking out all over Women (and men) on the verge of a breakout year ought to include: Juan Carlos Ferrero, Kim Clijsters, Nathalie Dechy, Justine Henin, Roger Federer... |
Sports Illustrated October 23, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
How to beat the Williamses Why aren't other players following up on Lindsay Davenport's style of beating the Williams sisters? I thought that her technique revealed a weakness in their games... Plus, many other tennis questions... |
Sports Illustrated June 10, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Capriati is at a loss There are a million cheap shots I'll avoid making at J-Cap's expense (being in Paris makes one softer than brie). But let's just say that she hasn't exactly grasped the nuances of the rankings system. |
Sports Illustrated January 22, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
No rest for the best While the women's game overall has improved immensely, I'm consistently frustrated by the fact that the top players (with the exception of the amazing yet annoying Wiliams sisters) have failed to round out their games... |
Sports Illustrated August 7, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Getting blitzed by Venus Well, last week yours truly got an earful from Venus Williams, who chastised me -- good naturedly, with a smile on her face, I hasten to add -- for being "too negative" and "too sarcastic." |
Sports Illustrated May 20, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Safin doesn't have killer instinct Until Marat Safin learns to hate losing in the way that others do -- Lleyton Hewitt being the most obvious example -- he will underachieve on the court... |
Sports Illustrated July 9, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Venus, Goran come through I haven't watched too much tennis until this year, but after following the French Open and the first two days of Wimbledon, I can truly say how ugly the game of men's tennis is when it's played on grass... |
Sports Illustrated July 16, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
The good and bad of Ivanisevic I was happy to see Goran Ivanisevic finally win Wimbledon until I saw his post-match news conference, during which he referred to a linesman as a "faggot." Why doesn't the press call him on his bigotry? |
Sports Illustrated April 22, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Will Agassi play Davis Cup? Pat McEnroe is going to try his best to make sure this fantasy is realized. Agassi swore off Davis Cup like a bad habit after the 2000 fiasco... |
Sports Illustrated June 11, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
French Open fallout Some leftover dust particles from Roland Garros... |
Sports Illustrated October 1, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Is Roddick fragile? Is it too soon for American men's tennis fans to worry about The Franchise? Also, am I the only one who winces watching him skid and dive on hard courts? |
Sports Illustrated July 24, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Stuck in a circle No easy solution to U.S. Davis Cup problems |
Sports Illustrated February 28, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Lendl doesn't quite measure up Your tennis questions |
Sports Illustrated January 29, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
ATP needs new marketing strategy The tour tries desperately to cultivate "stars" and "personalities," yet the first major was won by a Swedish veteran who repeatedly described himself as bland and who reacted to the biggest win of his life by grinning and approaching the net to shake his opponent's hand... |
Sports Illustrated April 30, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Sowing the seeds of a controversy What do you make of the Wimbledon seeding controversy?... Sampras's loss to Andy Roddick maybe wasn't such an upset after all... etc. |
Sports Illustrated February 26, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Building the perfect player If you were to build the perfect tennis players (male and female), whose forehands, backhands, serve, net game, mental toughness, etc., would you duplicate -- i.e., who has the greatest strengths ever? |
Sports Illustrated August 6, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Mac needs to cede some of spotlight John McEnroe, along with many others, has complained about the lack of interest in the ATP Tour and the related lack of personality of its top stars. Is it possible he's part of the problem? |
Sports Illustrated February 19, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Agassi vs. Mac Would John McEnroe have beaten Andre Agassi if they played when both were in their primes? |
Sports Illustrated November 6, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Venus speeds past Marion Jones From the Mailbag: Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Sports Illustrated has declared Venus Williams Sportswoman of the Year. This award belongs to Marion Jones. No one even comes close. Of course I could be wrong... |
Sports Illustrated June 25, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
It's all about grass It is completely counterintuitive that tennis' "magical fortnight," as some put it, its most esteemed event, is played on the most anomalous and rare surface. But that's the way it goes: Wimbledon is the Rose Bowl of tennis... |
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 Illustrated November 5, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
WTA soap opera continues Even by women's tennis' impossibly high standards for absurdity, it was a bizarre week on the WTA Tour... |
Sports Illustrated September 24, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Back to our show How on earth could the WTA not have canceled the Big Island Open in Hawaii?... |
Sports Illustrated January 14, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Australia field is ailing We hear legislation will soon be afoot to include a Surgeon General's warning: Playing professional tennis can be hazardous to your health. Here we are, the first month of the season and the Australian Open field has been denuded like an Oregon forest... |
Sports Illustrated March 18, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Slovak uprising How can such a relatively small country produce so many consistent tennis players? |
Sports Illustrated August 14, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Back with some bite Are you a tennis junkie?... Eric Van Harpen is out as Anna Kournikova's coach... 10 suggested ATP Tour slogans that were rejected in favor of New Balls, Please... etc. |
Sports Illustrated March 6, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Anna, Anna everywhere Tennis Q & A. |
Sports Illustrated July 1, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Missing in action What keeps young guns from consistent Slam performances. |
Sports Illustrated August 20, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Solving the rankings riddle As a USTA poster boy, rest assured Andy Roddick will be playing every match on a show court. He's popping serves, bludgeoning his groundies and moving well. More impressive, he's been showing poise that belies his age... |
Sports Illustrated October 29, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Reasonable doubt Don't blame U.S. for withdrawing from Fed Cup... |
Sports Illustrated July 8, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Wrapping up Wimbledon Some random ruminations from a random Wimbledon. |
Sports Illustrated July 17, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
It's the Williamses' mailbag ... The Williams Show seems to have been given a second season. What are the chances that Serena and Venus will seek out proper coaching now and fine-tune their games so that their father's prediction of them ranking 1 and 2 really can come true? |
Sports Illustrated September 3, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Hingis' comments taken out of context What does it say about our society that Martina Hingis is vilified for stupid comments about the Williams sisters' endorsements, but Goran Ivanisevic, who fires off derogatory terms for homosexuals during press conferences, is as popular as ever? |
Sports Illustrated April 9, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
A tale of tennis' bard What Bud Collins is really like... |
Sports Illustrated March 19, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Williamses' antics undermine the tour The episode hurts the Williamses' credibility and only fuels the widespread speculation that they treat the sport as something of a lark... Hicham Arazi, Younes El Aynaoui and Karim Alami... Elena Bovina... etc. |
Sports Illustrated June 5, 2001 S.L. Price |
Venus Falling As the star-starved French Open showed, the women's game is suddenly in a swoon... |
Sports Illustrated May 2, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Pioline is worth watching Tennis Q&A: Cedric Pioline... Mary Pierce... chances of Lindsay Davenport winning the French Open?... etc. |
Sports Illustrated November 20, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Tag-team tennis? With all apologies to the traditionalists at Wimbledon, I'm all for a WWF-style version of tennis, at least for promotional purposes. Matches would be played as singles, but tag-team style, with players able to bail out and switch with their partners when in need of "help"... |
Sports Illustrated April 11, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Davis Cup on the mind Tennis Q&A: Pete Sampras... clay court?... cheerleaders and music added to the sport of tennis... etc. |
Sports Illustrated May 22, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
From movies to poems Tennis Q&A: Tennis related movies... Is Nathalie Tauziat's "controversial" book going to be available in English in the U.S.?... Juan Carlos Ferrero... who are the shortest successful players on both tours?... etc. |
Sports Illustrated March 27, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Most memorable matches of the '90s Tennis Q&A: five best matches of the 1990s... least amount of talent?... etc. |
Sports Illustrated May 9, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Me, myself and tennis What is this attitude about Martina Navratilova playing doubles again?... Lindsay Davenport or Martina Hingis?... Jensen brothers... etc. |
Sports Illustrated November 26, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Warming up the crystal ball Coetzer can still make some good cake despite her faltering results... Agassi has made a career out of making tennis prognosticators look like Henry Blodget... My three favorite women players are in flux... etc. |
Sports Illustrated July 22, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Hardly an epidemic Steroid use is not a huge problem in tennis. |
Sports Illustrated August 19, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Near the top Jelena Dokic's path to te.nnis stardom is chock full of obstacles |