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More to be thankful for than the Detroit Lions

Peter Bodo

...make a short list of certain ATP and WTA icons we should be thankful for as the tennis year comes grinding to a halt. Roger Federer: He needs to humbly express his thanks for Robin...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009

Nadal's confidence continues to dwindle

Peter Bodo

The news-style crawl flashing its way around London's O2 arena as Rafael Nadal prepared to serve, down 4-5 in the second set after having lost the fir...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 23, 2009

Why only Djokovic or Murray will win it all

Peter Bodo

...next-biggest title after a Grand Slam, ergo … But there's loads more evidence that the Tennis Masters Cup will wind up in either Murray's or Djokovic's hands. Let's take the...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 19, 2009

Nothing wrong with Novak being No. 3

Peter Bodo

...question asked by absolutely no one, except maybe San Diego Padres fans. And when it comes to tennis, we all know that the numbers that really count in tennis are 1 and 2, although sometimes...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 16, 2009

Federer letting too many chances slip away

Peter Bodo

...Paribas Masters -- the last 1000-series tournament of the year and the prelude to the year-end Tennis Masters Cup. The reaction was a perfect case in point illustrating the marriage of two frequently voiced...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 12, 2009

Agassi tapping into his reputation capital

Peter Bodo

...road leading to this moment. Long before Agassi sat down to write his poisoned pen letter to tennis (although, in all honesty, there's nothing bitter in Agassi's book, which went sale Monday, or...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 09, 2009

Draconian anti-doping regulations unreasonable?

Peter Bodo

Just when you thought tennis couldn't possibly come up with yet another twist in the cops and robbers game played between...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 06, 2009

Serena right where she belongs

Peter Bodo

...her for reaching the top position without having won a Grand Slam title, but that happens in tennis. The critical and disappointing failure was the way she found creative ways to bail out when she...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 02, 2009

Agassi's tell-all admission admirable

Peter Bodo

When it comes to celebrities, especially that very special class of much-loved super-celebs (think Michael Jordan, or either of two Joes, Namath and M...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 30, 2009

Year-end title critical for Safina -- and her reputation

Peter Bodo

...take the eight qualifiers in the descending order of their ranking: Dinara Safina Anything can happen in tennis, and Safina certainly has both the game and time to win one or more Grand Slam events...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 23, 2009

Nondescript Davydenko fine flying under radar

Peter Bodo

...like the postman in a small Russian village, the one the dog invariably bites, than a pro tennis player. He has shown a tendency to come up small, a victim of his own anxieties, on...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 19, 2009

Moving the year-ender to London a fruitful decision

Peter Bodo

The Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Tour's year-end championships, is bearing down on us, with a new...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 16, 2009

Five reasons we advocate the fall tennis circuit

Peter Bodo

...to me, and we've been through the laundry list of complaints about the length of the tennis year ad nauseam. So I'm going to try to stay positive here and focus on the...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 13, 2009

Will Harrison, Britton resurrect U.S. tennis?

Peter Bodo

...U.S. can ever again enjoy the kind of dominion it once held over men's pro tennis, we certainly seem to have hit rock bottom. No American male has won a Grand Slam title...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 09, 2009