by Minter Dial | Jun 10, 2009 | Sports
French Open 2009 Men’s Title Roger Federer (#2) rolled over Robin Soderling (#23) in 3 sets, 6-2, 7-6 (1), 6-4, the ninth time in a row that Federer has beaten the surprising finalist. The young Swede had been the giant killer for four rounds in a row, but...
by Minter Dial | Jul 6, 2008 | Sports
The grass may have slowed Wimbledon down, but the epics kept coming. As with virtually any Wimbledon fortnight that I have known, there was a bit of rain to slow down the event. But, this year, the ‘new’ grass which was introduced in 2001 just seemed to...
by Minter Dial | Jul 6, 2008 | Sports
The double-handed backhand: dominatrix of women’s tennis I read with interest in USA Today, June 25, 2008, an article entitled, “Women’s one-handed backhand becomes mostly a dropped shot.” The article points out there are 7 women players in the top 100 that have...
by Minter Dial | Jun 9, 2008 | Sports
The French Open 2008 came to a close with yet another resounding victory for Rafael Nadal as the Men’s Champion and the win of Ana Ivanovic on the Women’s side coinciding with her ascension to the #1 world ranking. For Nadal (at right with his bionic...
by Minter Dial | Mar 23, 2008 | Sports
The defeat of Federer and Nadal in the semi-finals this Easter weekend at the Pacific Life Open 2008 (Indian Wells) has me thinking this year will be a wide open year in men’s tennis. Not only has Federer not won a tournament this year, but he is getting beaten...
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