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My New Year wish of healing for Nadal

If Nadal lived in the US, his parents’ divorce would have been plastered across the front page of gossip magazines everywhere. Speculations about the real cause of the divorce would have been rife, and lovers… Continue

Added by tennischick on November 28, 2009 at 5:48pm — No Comments

Right now, men's tennis is all kinds of awesome

I have been on such a high. My high started with the released photo of the group of men finalists all dressed in suits. Some of them looked as if they had never put on a suit before and coul… Continue

Added by tennischick on November 25, 2009 at 7:30pm — 2 Comments

The London draw, in haiku

Group A (1) Roger Federer Twin motives remind The king, that win, draw, or lose, Love still waits at home. (4) Andy Murray Irked by t… Continue

Added by tennischick on November 18, 2009 at 8:04pm — 7 Comments

Serena vs. Andre: A tale of dueling memoirs

...Like Serena, Andre has been doing the rounds promoting this book. Like Serena he has been hopping from one continent to another, submitting to interviews and fan-filled book signings. Except… Continue

Added by tennischick on November 16, 2009 at 8:21pm — No Comments

The Super-Sebian versus the French Clown

...Monfils’ passive and lame-brained approach to tennis will not work against Djokovic tomorrow. In fact, I did not expect it to work today against Stepanek. I am still stunned that it did. Indeed, a… Continue

Added by tennischick on November 14, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Can Philippoussis find happiness with a Cougar?

...When Mark Philippoussis embarrassed himself and all of tennis by appearing on a reality show looking for a woman, I could barely watch for shame. He had the choice of “Cougars” or “Kit… Continue

Added by tennischick on November 10, 2009 at 8:58pm — No Comments

Who does Oudin mean by “some people”?

The US just lost the Fed Cup title to Italy. The US would more than likely have won the Fed Cup title if either of the Williams sisters had played. The US would definitely have won t… Continue

Added by tennischick on November 8, 2009 at 1:47pm — 2 Comments

What’s behind Serena’s Fed Cup withdrawal?

Barely a week ago, The International Tennis Federation (ITF) confirmed Serena as part of the team representing the US in the upcoming Federation Cup finals match. I was more… Continue

Added by tennischick on November 1, 2009 at 7:33pm — No Comments

So Safina bailed on her beat down

...Safina has bailed on the entire event. She flew to Doha, posed for pictures (wearing some of the most garish makeup and the most god-awful black outfit I have ever s… Continue

Added by tennischick on October 29, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Well at least Andre didn’t sleep with his mother

...And now comes word that Andre Agassi is about to share his deepest darkest with us all. Thus, in keeping with the way celebrity memoirs… Continue

Added by tennischick on October 27, 2009 at 6:50pm — 1 Comment

While the cats are away, the mice will play

It’s been kind of interesting to look at which small fry have emerged to positions of success over the past two weeks while the big guns have been preparing for the year-end tou… Continue

Added by tennischick on October 26, 2009 at 6:16pm — No Comments

Can we finally get rid of courtside coaching?

I’ve always maintained that courtside coaching in tennis was a spectacularly bad idea. It has offended me at a lot of levels. For a start, I do not believe that all sports are created equal. An… Continue

Added by tennischick on October 23, 2009 at 8:19pm — No Comments

Davydenko was smarter than Nadal

I had mixed feelings when I read recent news reports quoting Andre Agassi as saying that both Federer and Nadal are on the decline. Of course I gave Agassi the benefit of the doubt of assuming that he wa… Continue

Added by tennischick on October 19, 2009 at 8:18pm — 6 Comments

Marge Simpson is hotter than Serena

When ESPN decided to run a bunch of nude covers including one of Serena Williams, I really thought that this would become the immediate topic of rampant conversation. Afte… Continue

Added by tennischick on October 9, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Ask.com says Usain is better than Federer

Actually seven men plus one fictional TV character came in ahead of Federer on ask.com’s poll of the most influential men of 2009. And the fictional character was deemed the most in… Continue

Added by tennischick on October 6, 2009 at 7:55pm — 1 Comment

Early musings: Family Circle Cup 2010

...But the reason I have the Family Circle Cup on my mind is because I read recently that Melanie Oudin has already committed to enter. That and the fact the Family Circle folks c… Continue

Added by tennischick on October 4, 2009 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment

Creating the ideal mental conditions

More and more, coaches seem to be buying into the idea that success in any sport involves far more than physical fitness and technical mastery. This is not to say that both of these aspects of preparation are not important. On t… Continue

Added by tennischick on September 27, 2009 at 6:00am — No Comments

Beyond the Barriers (Part 2 of 3)

Psychological Skills Training (PST) is the process by which the conditions that produce optimal performance are broken down into requisite skills. These can be taught to players like Vera Zvonareva and Dinara Safina… Continue

Added by tennischick on September 24, 2009 at 8:10pm — No Comments

How PST could help Vera and Dinara

Added by tennischick on September 23, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

USTA is having a terrible, horrible, very bad day

I almost feel badly for the USTA. Yes I know that that sounds unbelievable given my own relatively frequent tirades against their incompetence. But the last thing I would have wanted the organization that… Continue

Added by tennischick on September 20, 2009 at 8:00pm — 1 Comment

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