I feel like this has been a long time coming...the decline of the American favorite, Andy Roddick. He's not entirely out yet, but I feel like everybody is "holding" their breath for him to announce that he's hanging up his tennis racquets and move onto life after the tour. For the last year or so, Roddick has been on a steady decline in the rankings, not major drops or … [Read more...]
Double your pleasure at the 2012 BNP Paribas Open
As if you need more reason to head to the desert of Southern California to watch the top men and women compete at one of my favorite tennis tournaments, I just received a press release stating that many of the top singles players are going to also be competing in doubles! Yep, it's starting to look like the "fifth major" will be offering something a bit more special than it … [Read more...]
Serena Williams hates tennis…
...gee thanks Captain Obvious. It's really not shocking that Serena Williams is not generally committed to tennis, she's never hidden the fact that she maintains a pretty easy schedule and only plays the bigger tournaments (mo' money). … [Read more...]
Looking forward to the 2012 tennis season?
It's funny how quickly things change in tennis. An example of this change is the time between tennis seasons; it feels like I just said 'goodbye' to the 2011 season and I'm now I'm staring stright down the barrel of the 2012 tennis season. Boy was that fast! With the new season less than a week away (from the time I'm writing this blog post), we have a lot to look forward to. I … [Read more...]
A look at Babolats’ 2012 Pure Drive racquet
Read my review of the 2012 Babolat Pure Drive tennis racquet HERE. It looks like Christmas came early and Santa delivered me a look at the new 2012 Babolat Pure Drive tennis racquet! From what I've been told, the frame will have basically the same specifications of the current Pure Drive GT frame, however; the change will come in Bab's updated Cortex system. According … [Read more...]
Can Federer be #1 in 2012?
Now that the regular 2011 tennis season is officially (officially) over, and Roger Federer finished out the ATP World Tour Finals as the champion, this begs the question of Federer's 2012 bid for the #1 spot...again. Federer should absolutely pursue another couple of weeks as the world #1, after all, he would break yet another tennis record; he's right behind American Pete … [Read more...]