The drop shot seems to be making a resurgence, especially in men’s tennis.  Serb, Novak Djokovic, is very fond of hitting drops shots on every surface, but even more so on the red clay.  Scotsman, Andy Murray is also a big fan of the drop shot.  Both of these players tend to drop shot a lot during their matches and sometimes it seems that they hit even more drop shots, often too many, when they are feeling the pressure.  There

Continue reading "Deja-Vu Drop Shot" »

Posted by TC at 10:58 AM || Comments (0)

Less than two weeeks before the French Open, defending champion, Justine Henin, has abruptly ended her professional tennis career.  Henin, who is the first female tennis pro to retire while being ranked Number One, said in a brief press conference today that she had been thinking about retiring for several months and that she would not change her mind.  Henin, who said that she has won enough titles and money to last a

Continue reading "Justine Henin Chooses "Life" Over Tennis" »

Posted by TC at 11:26 AM || Comments (0)

There is clearly turmoil at the top of both the men's and women's games and although there are favorites to win the title in Paris, there are also several players having opportunities to win the French Open. With the French Open only a few weeks away, most of the favorites all lost last week.  Rafael Nadal was upset by Spanish compatriot and former French Open champion, Juan Carlos Ferrero, who then lost in the next round.  Roger Federer was surprised by Radek Stepanek who served and volleyed to

Continue reading "Federer, Nadal, Henin, Williams ALL Upset in Same Week" »

Posted by TC at 10:18 AM || Comments (0)

Continue reading "Safina and Safin Maintain Family Tennis Tradition" »

Posted by TC at 09:57 AM || Comments (0)

Czech tennis pro, Radek Stepanek, has surprised many tennis players on and off the court the past couple years with his stellar play at times, e.g. his win against Roger Federer in Rome today in the red clay lead-up to Roland Garros, as well as his off-court relationships, i.e. he was engaged for 8 months to Martina Hingis and then that ended in August, 2007, and by December, 2007, he was engaged to teenage Czech tennis pro, Nicole Vaidisova.  On the tennis court, Stepanek surprises many players with

Continue reading "Success Surprising Federer" »

Posted by TC at 03:48 PM || Comments (0)