As you can see by the picture to the left, top ranked American, Andy Roddick is displaying a new tennis shoe from Babolat. He is introducing the new 2011 Babolat Propulse 3 tennis shoe. We could not find much information on the shoe, however; this is what we got from what we did find; the tennis shoe comes in 3 styles (Propulse 3...3 styles, coincidence?), Clay (red, white, … [Read more...]
Who Will Retire From Tennis In 2011?
With all the comebacks in 2010, we thought we would ask our tennis community who could potentially be a candidate for retirement in 2011? We have selected 6 tennis players from the ATP Tour (men's tennis players) and have give reasons they have been considered potential retirees from the ATP tennis tour. In no particular order of potential tennis retirement: Radek … [Read more...]
BNP Paribas Open Tickets Just Went On Sale!
Hey tennis fans! It was just announced that daily tennis tickets for the 2011 BNP Paribas Open have just gone on sale. Last year, Ivan Lujbicic beat Andy Roddick in the final 7-6(3) 7-6(5) and Jelena Jankovic defeated Caroline Wozniacki 6-2 6-4. This year it should again be a record turn out for the "Grand Slam of the West". Click here to get $20 off your tennis ticket … [Read more...]
In light of Andy Roddick’s win today in Miami…
Hey folks, We found this neat video of a young Andy Roddick playing Lleyton Hewitt in Miami in 2001. You'll see that Andy used to make a ton more unforced errors back in the day - but he still had the powerful serve and whipping forehand. Congratulations Andy Roddick for your win today in Miami! Anyway, I hope you all enjoy this tennis video and hope you all had a great … [Read more...]
We love Andy still
Hey readers, We're finally back, after a long weekend of watching tennis at the BNP Open, we're ready to share some of the things we saw at the tennis tournament. We caught a glimpse of Andy Roddick warming up before his match against Ivan Ljubicic in the finals. As he headed to the locker room, you can imagine the rush of fans lining up to get his autograph - we were able to … [Read more...]
BNP Paribas Open (formerly Pacific Life Open) Preview
With the BNP Paribas Open just around the corner, we here at tennisthis.com are taking a look at what is to come of this awesome tennis tournament. Last year in 2009, Rafael Nadal cleaned up the field with his booming forehand and laser like backhand, will he be able to do it again? Judging by Nadal's recent performance at the Australian Open, we highly doubt that he will be … [Read more...]
The end of the road for American tennis?
Hey tennis fans, After a short hiatus, we're back! Over the past several months/tennis seasons, we have come to realize that we're pretty much at the end of the rope for American tennis. It's been ages since the US has had a contender to breach the top 5 tennis players. Of course there is Andy Roddick, who has been keeping his hold on the top 10 for the past 7 years, however; … [Read more...]
We were very wrong…!
Sorry folks, we were very wrong with our 2010 Australian Open Tennis Championships final predictions. We had our dollars (figuratively speaking) on Andy Murray and Justine Henin to win over the weekend. Obviously we didn't really see that the tennis veterans were going to clean up rather quickly, that had to have been the fastest grand slam final in history. Both finals were … [Read more...]
Andy Roddick is our tennis hero!
Ok, so he's not really our hero but he's sure as heck one of our favorite players. His fight against Feliciano Lopez was unreal. Lopez gave his very best tennis again Roddick, however; Roddick came the victor. In the first set of the match, Lopez got the early break and rode it onto a tie breaker, where he won that 7-4. The next couple of sets were really in Roddick's favor as … [Read more...]