There is a lot of excitement around the year-end battle for top spots and especially Novak Djokovic's effort to wrest the top spot back from Rafael Nadal for the year-end rankings throne. Believe it or not, Rafa's lucky number is 666.
If you asked questions of Hoadie you got straight answers with no bullshit. So one popped into my head and I asked, “What was the toughest shot you ever had to handle on a tennis court?”
On this day 40 years ago Billie Jean King played Bobby Riggs. It was sold as the battle of the sexes. It was quite an extravaganza. Elton John couldn't haves staged BJK better if he had produced the show himself.
Watching the mens final today. What a great show for tennis. In the middle of the third set, I thought Rafa was cooked. It seemed like Nole had solved the puzzle.
Dawn’s light slides beneath my hotel curtains and, before bleary eyes, my ground’s pass resolves into focus. In a few hours, the second week of the US OPEN will begin.
Labor Day became a day of waiting as rain disturbed play most of the mid day of Labor Day Monday. Never easy for any competitor playing in any match let alone a 4th round at a grand slam like the US Open.
Tennis Canada announced on Wednesday that Eugenie Bouchard is the winner of the 2018 Excellence Awards in the Female Player of the Year and Singles Player of the Year categories.
Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia hits a forehand to Kaia Kanepi of Estonia during her second round match at the Nature Valley International tennis tournament in Eastbourne, Great Britain, on Tuesday, June 26, 2018.
