July 2009 Articles (45)

Wimbledon Men's semifinal - Battle of Andy's vs. Federer-Haas masterpiece

Now that the women's final is set and the Williams sisters are ready for a showdown on Saturday, we turn our attention to the men's semifinal which lines up the fabulous foursome pitted against each other. Let's take a thorough look at different equations involving the thrilling semifinal match ups

Added by Rohit Sharma on July 3, 2009 at 5:05am — No Comments

When WTA became Williams Tennis Association

The Williams domination has been a driving force in women's tennis and surprisingly has been , for a long time now. And with the form and quality of tennis increasing with every slam passing, it seems the Williams sisters are here to stay.

Added by Rohit Sharma on July 3, 2009 at 5:03am — No Comments

Is Dinara the new Federer?

...Roger didn’t say it but his meta-point seemed to be that we have become so accustomed to his success that we dismiss anything that falls short of a win in the finals. He didn’t say it but he seemed to be implying that we his fans, are somewhat prone to either-or thinking, such that anything that is not a win in the finals is defined as a failure. He didn’t say it, because he was doing his whole classy guy act, but he seemed to be hinting that in this, we are all quite full of it. And then… Continue

Added by tennischick on July 2, 2009 at 6:30pm — 6 Comments

Federer outserves Karlovic, to face Haas in semifinals

Roger Federer continued his fantastic run at the Grand Slam events by reaching the 21st consecutive semifinal by registering an emphatic win over an Ace-Machine whereas the German Tommy Haas found his resurgence on the green grass with an impressive win over one of the strongest contendor's for this year's title, Novak Djokovic.

Added by Rohit Sharma on July 1, 2009 at 10:02am — No Comments

The beauty conundrum

So the entire tennis world is up in arms over an allegation that the Wimbledon organizers place the pretty players on center court while the homely chicks are relegated to the courts located in the netherworld. I have honestly been shocked by the amount of press that this story has managed to attract, what with the universal fixation on the death of Michael Jackson and the astonishing number of related scandals now clogging up the news pages.

I was even more intrigued that a… Continue

Added by tennischick on July 1, 2009 at 4:11am — No Comments