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Roberto Bautista Agut is twenty-eight years old and ranked 17th in the world of professional tennis. Breaking from the Armada mold, he’s a flat hitter from Spain who happened to draw the world’s number one, Novak Djokovic in today’s round of 16 at the Mutua Madrid Open.
Yesterday I discussed Thiem versus Del Potro and some of the intricacies going on in professional tennis. Today, the world #1 Djokovic squared off against an extremely talented nineteen year-old, Borna Coric...
Caja Magica “The Magic Box” sits in the Southeast Corner of Madrid, Spain. 3.1 million Spaniards surround the place, along with a melting pot of non-Spanish Europeans who secretly want Rafa to lose.
Before he sold the tournament to Larry Ellison, I had the opportunity to sit with owner Charlie Pasarell at Indian Wells.
The Mutua Madrid Tournament started this week and 10sballs.com has tasked me to provide daily reports.
I grew up on the hard courts of Southern California, Over time, the sun-drenched paint starts to flake, the grain turns skating-rink slick and the surface fades like an old man after three gin and tonics.
The Australian Open is over and we’re in that waiting period between Melbourne and Paris. Joints are bending and twisting all over the hardcourt and we’ve seen some serious headlines in the tennis world.
Thank you Dear Easter Bunny. Thank You Tennis Fairy's. Thank you Tennis Gods. Thanks Bud. Thanks Judge Robert J. Kelleher, Thank You Gene SCOTT, Thanks Dear Gussy MORAN, Althea, Pancho & GLADYS. (our site was inspired by you all)
About thirteen years ago, I was sitting in Charlie Pasarell’s front row box at Indian Wells. He’d been kind enough to offer me the seats for a couple of hours because, well, that’s the kind of tournament host Charlie was. On the stadium, Roger Federer was wearing baby blue and having a rough go of it, so I had a few moments to observe the crowd.
Happy Leap Year Day! Its nice to be able to say that. Global Chick checked in with us briefly. She was at the OSCARS (when Leo calls....) She was at the Vanity Fair party. She would have been the belle of the ball but Maria sharapova took that honor.
Spread out across the globe from Marseille to Delray Beach and all the way down to Rio, the sixth week of the year on the ATP tour was always going to offer some interesting tennis played out by sparkling seas but what we got was exceptional – a week to remember.
Yes, it's my Birthday! I guess maybe if you are born on February 14 you might end up being named or called LOVEY. And with a last name like Jergens you better have soft skin that's not dry.
To find the great lion in his lair towards the end of a memorable life, you needed to take the coast road from the Lew Hoad Campo de Tenis near Mijas through the glitz of Marbella
We All Woke up to the news that the Mercedes was in for a tune up. The ROLEX needed a service. Ok. Plain English.
Roger Federer had a probe (knife) put into his knee to fix a meniscus. Yikes. First time ever that the Mercedes /ROLEX needed to go into the shop.
Tennis has always been about time. Players move deeper in the court to buy time to track down deep balls. They add spin, arc and change pace to give themselves more time for positioning.
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