Continue Reading March 14th, 2006
WATCHING AGASSI’S HISSY-FIT VICTORY over Rockville, Md.’s own Paul Goldstein and listening to the commentators lament Goldstein’s weakness in the face of Agassi’s celebrity, I had to think: Everybody’s right.Agassi had gone off the boil, in Fred Stolle…
Continue Reading January 28th, 2006
ENNA. EH! What more can be said about Justine Henin’s disgraceful bellyache? Peter Bodo reports that Patrick McEnroe said she “pulled a Roberto Duran.” She did indeed. Sonny Liston also comes to mind — quite the resolute punisher when on top, but not …
Continue Reading January 16th, 2006
A STAR IS BORN, it’s tempting to say after watching Bulgarian teenager Tszvetana Pironkova take out Venus Williams, 2-6 6-0 9-7, in the first round of the Australian Open. Then again, we’ve seen plenty of girls pull upsets and fade into women’s tennis’…
Continue Reading January 14th, 2006
JARKKO NIEMINEN must be doing something right, though I’ll be damned if I can figure out what it is.I first got a good look at the Finn in his ouchy-back victory over Agassi in the first round of last year’s French Open. Nieminen’s loll-and-roll Andres…
Continue Reading January 4th, 2006
THE NEW YEAR IN TENNIS. Some thoughts on what might be the stories of the year:Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal seem destined to continue their reign as No. 1 and Distant No. 2. If not for Nadal, Federer would be closing in on that elusive French Open ti…
Continue Reading September 9th, 2005
THIS CAN’T KEEP HAPPENING. As obscene as it was to watch Shuzo Matsuoka writhing in pain unable to accept help, the abuse of the resulting rules is more obscene. I was rooting for Mary Pierce, but she should not have been allowed to fly to Palm Springs…
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