No Joke, Blake Exits Open
September 5, 2010 by Richard Pagliaro · Leave a Comment
FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – A streaking James Blake caught up to the ball before it expired, pushed a precise pass up the line and danced across the court with a fist-pump during the second-set tie breaker against Novak Djokovic tonight. Blake still has a burst, but Djokovic put an end to his US Open run. [...]
An Excerpt from “Quest for Perfection”
September 9, 2009 by Rene Stauffer · Leave a Comment
Roger Federer is looking for his sixth straight US Open men’s singles title at the 2009. The first of his five straight titles in New York came in 2004 when he defeated Lleyton Hewitt, his third-round victim in 2009, in the final. Rene Stauffer, the author of the Federer biography THE ROGER FEDERER STORY: QUEST [...]
An Excerpt from “The Education of a Tennis Player”
September 8, 2009 by Rod Laver and Bud Collins · Leave a Comment
The court was greasy, but somehow slow, which favored me because Tony’s slice didn’t take. Movement was tough, and this was a break for me because Tony decided not to put on spikes. He figured his strained thigh muscles would be jarred by the quick stops you make in spikes, possibly bringing on a cramp. [...]
