Mikeindo's Articles (7)

What the heck happened to our favorite pro tennis pick-ems at Britishtennis.net? It's like the site went dark...

I had to laugh when I read that Marat Safin has already decided to return to tennis, except on the Champions Tour. The Champions Tour? Can you say "sandbagging"?

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With all due respect to Andy Roddick (and he's bound to get even more), all seems right in the tennis world again after Roger Federer's win on Sunday. He's back as the Wimbledon champion and back as the #1 ranked player. Other milestones or records he has broken and set so far this summer: 20th and 21st consecutive Grand Slam semifinal appearances (record), 5th and 6th consecutive Grand Slam final appearances, 20th career Grand Slam final appearance (record), 6th man to achieve the career Grand… Continue

I took the kids (6 and 3) to a college tennis match today and they behaved surprisingly well, all things considered! I reviewed the scoring and some of the basics of the game to my son and was happy he seemed to listen and then even asked a couple questions! He even pointed out, "It's better to watch tennis in real life than on TV." Indeed!

Hey since all but one of us missed the last bracket challenge for Madrid, let see if we can finish the year with a bang by getting a good amount of entries for the last AMS event of the year in Paris! The tournament starts Monday but today is the first day of submitting your entries on Britishtennis.net. I'm sure this is the page where they'll put the link.

A few interesting ones I thought everyone would enjoy:



Key moments of the Open era: Part I. Dawn (1968-77)



Key moments of the Open era: Part 2: Daylight (1978-87)…



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He's engaged to his late manager's 24-year-old daughter. Some juicy pics here.