News by Deepa
Last year, on a late night whim, I decided to fly across the country and make my first trip to the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. It was a decision I will never regret
After a 2011 filled with ups and downs, injuries and withdrawals, surprise winners and unfathomable losers, it’s nice to see a little order coming to the WTA.
How can I put this? It’s been an “interesting” US Open series. For fans of tennis, this part of the year is great because there is almost non-stop tennis for four solid weeks on both the WTA and ATP tours.
Women’s tennis is entering an awkward transition where more and more players are focusing on power and fitness over touch and finesse.
Sure, that second set was much more respectable, offering fleeting glimpses of the Friday Night Lights we were expecting, but Serena was just too good. It was her best of times, and unfortunately, it was one of Maria’s worst.
You can always tell when it’s US Open season as the public courts I tend to go to start having a wait time as the “seasonal” tennis fans dig out their racquets from the depths of their garages to spend some time on the courts. The courts are laden with young, old, advanced, and beginner players.
The Azarenka Test I’m not a betting girl, but if I were I would be facing quite the conundrum come
Sometimes, even at a grand slam, a match is just plain bad. Maybe the two players aren’t evenly matched. Maybe one of them is injured or just having a bad day
Every sport has its “place.” Fenway Park, Madison Square Garden, Augusta National, these are all places that any real fan has on their bucket list. So, when I found myself in London in the summer of 2009 I simply had to find a way to make it to my first Wimbledon. I say that this was my first Wimbledon because I know it will not be my last.
Some people say that music or math is the universal language, but I would say that you can make a pretty good case for sport as well. Someone is cheering for someone, somewhere, at all times.
So, the rapture didn’t come. We are all still here, living to see another day, although some of us are doing that with considerably less money.
It’s no secret that being a WTA fan is no easy task. At times we feel insecure, even embarrassed about our love of a sport that to many “isn’t real tennis.”
I finally get what I have been waiting for. Maria won the title in Rome yesterday, and as if that weren’t enough, it was on clay. You read me right. Clay
Djokovic is on a roll this year, but what was he like before stardom?
I so wish I spoke Danish. I don’t know where they get the “Piotr is a crazy slave driver” idea, but this made me giggle
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