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Five things we'll miss about Marat
Stephen Tignor, TENNIS.com...on it: At some point in the near future, you will hear the following words. "I wish tennis still had guys like Marat Safin, crazy guys who would smash all their racquets. That's when...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 11, 2009Is Cilic the new del Potro?
Stephen Tignor, TENNIS.com...four games against the 21-year-old. A "generation" isn't what it used to be in tennis. On the ATP Tour these days, it lasts about a year. In 2008, Novak Djokovic and Andy...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 14, 2009Did the Belgians get it right?
Stephen Tignor, TENNIS.comThis is getting confusing. We've just spent two years hearing that Venus and Serena Williams did it the right way all along. They took time off, devel...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 22, 2009Has Nadal become too negative?
Stephen Tignor, TENNIS.com...in a few weeks, no? Now I'm just here to practice hard and to enjoy playing tennis all the time, and trying to find my best form as soon as possible. [But] here in...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 11, 2009Five reasons Roddick is for real
Stephen Tignor, TENNIS.comThe epic Wimbledon men's final was a career-changing event for the two guys who played in it. We know what it did for the winner, Roger Federer: He be...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 09, 2009Federer's biggest weapon? His name
Stephen Tignor, TENNIS.comIs there a defining pattern to this relatively late and non-dominant stage of Roger Federer's career? If so, I'd say it's this: He goes down early to ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 03, 2009Who can do the impossible against Nadal?
Stephen Tignor, TENNIS.comThe list of life's absolutes is short and grim. There's death. There are taxes. But today's ATP pros have it even worse. They must face one more harsh...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 29, 2009Tennis without the Williamses, for better and worse
Stephen Tignor, TENNIS.com...Wells these last few years is that it has given us a glimpse of what women's tennis would be like without the sisters. On the one hand, it's not a thrilling sight. This...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 11, 2009Cold, hard cash too difficult to resist
Stephen Tignor, TENNIS.comCould the Shahar Peer incident be a turning point for tennis? First it must be noted that it was bound to happen, and that the sport's powers...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 18, 2009A new Aussie star on the rise?
Stephen Tignor, TENNIS.com...to the ATP's upper echelon and a shot in the arm for the fast-vanishing Australian tennis tradition. But will his talent be cultivated properly? There has been controversy surrounding Tomic recently, as there...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 21, 2009Resolutions for the 2009 tennis season
Stephen Tignor, TENNIS.com...few goals -- or resolutions, if you will -- for 2009 for those of us in the world of tennis, whether we're players, coaches, fans or members of the ever-excitable media. Novak Djokovic: I'll...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 30, 2008Five things not to be thankful for
Stephen Tignor, TENNIS.comBy happy coincidence, the season ended just in time for Thanksgiving this year. That gives tennis writers two alternatives: We can give thanks to our favorite people and moments from 2008, or we...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 26, 2008Nadal, Jankovic reach No. 1 in vastly different ways
Stephen Tignor, TENNIS.com...S. Open), compiled a 63-17 record and won four tournaments. However, three of them came in tennis' least-significant season, the post-U.S. Open indoor tour, when there's little more than money...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 22, 2008De Villiers was handcuffed from the outset
Stephen Tignor, TENNIS.com...man, who said soon after he started, that the job was "harder than he thought," felt that tennis' competing interest groups would continue to make it a no-win situation. What can the next ATP...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 24, 2008If Federer and Nadal fell in the woods
Stephen Tignor, TENNIS.comHave you been watching the tennis at the Olympics? I have to confess that I've caught only a few games here and...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 13, 2008TOP SEARCHES IN OCTOBER
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