12 Results for scores

Who wants another old-fashion Nadal whippin'?

Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com

...gymnast or professional ice-skater. And while Nadal has not made that claim, his record on that score is pretty persuasive. Just contemplate some of these numbers: Nadal's career record on clay is 166...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 24, 2009

Forgotten moments of the Open era

Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com

...a Long Island, N.Y., journeyman, used a curiously double-strung racket, called a "spaghetti racket," to score two upsets at the U.S. Open. The racket produced wild, exaggerated topspin, and although it would...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 17, 2008

Nadal poses daunting task for Fed

Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com

...overcoming adversity -- to dig deep and win matches with their hearts, not just their hands. On that score, we don't know who Federer is just yet, but we're about to find out. Though...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 04, 2008

Nadal poised to pass Federer

Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com

...and strong to yield to the urge to settle for a 15th-round clinch when he could score the knockout. Let's face it, he's playing with house money. (He's almost sure to...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 28, 2008

Crazy to think Federer can win

Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com

...s impossible to grease out matches with a big serve or other weapon. All the runs you score -- or give up -- at the French Open are earned. So what does all this bode for tomorrow...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 07, 2008

Henin's sudden denouement

Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com

...game -- against Wilander's versatility, nimble feet, tactical expertise and grace under fire. I gave up keeping score in my notebook about halfway through because I got sick of making all those asterisks denoting a...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 16, 2008

Tone set for 2008 season

Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com

...round; only Mikhail Youzhny got that far. And how 'bout them Israelis! Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram score Israel's first Grand Slam title -- in men's doubles. 5. Rafael Nadal will feel the heat...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 29, 2008

Sampras still has something left

Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com

...that the "I know, Go to The Zone!" strategy works real well most of the time. The scores in these exhibitions tell us something. Pete lost the first encounter, four-and-three. Put it down...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2007

A true gentleman

Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com

Very soon after Tim Henman wrapped up his artfully played and sentimentally satisfying four-set U.S. Open upset of the blogging Russian, Dmitry Tursun...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 30, 2007

Beauty of Fed Cup

Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com

...That's 52 weeks of it's-all-about-me individualism and a last century format featuring scores of pro forma matches that often lead to the final everyone expected in the first place. It...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 16, 2007

What were they thinking?

Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com

...or what? Because I don't remember, no? I have break, break, all time up in the score, no?" 7. David Nalbandian, a former singles finalist and the No. 4 seed at Wimbledon, requests an...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 07, 2006

Expect more of the same from Federer in 2007

Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com

...Championships, is payback. And, Roger being Roger, I don't mean that he evened some petty personal score or merely lobbed out a big, fat gratuitous "Who's the Man!?!" to his principal rivals (if...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 20, 2006