BNP PARIBAS OPEN: HOT SHOTS
Our popular Hot Shots feature is back again this year at the BNP Paribas Open. Michael Weinstein is one of the photographers on the grounds of the Indian Wells Tennis Garden for Inside Tennis. Here’s a...
View ArticleBNP PARIBAS OPEN BUZZ: HAIL SOUTH KOREA (AND ONE-IN-A-MILLION SAM)
HAIL KOREA’S UNIQUE PROS: Two of South Korea’s fine ATP players have overcome major obstacles. Duck-hee Lee was born deaf. Hyeon Chung was visually impaired as a kid and that’s why he started playing...
View ArticleBNP PARIBAS OPEN: HOT SHOTS – FAN EDITION
They call it Tennis Paradise and it’s in bloom this year. The BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden offers fans a chance to see the top pros up close, all against a gorgeous desert...
View ArticleBNP PARIBAS OPEN BUZZ: NAOMI OSAKA TURNS ON THE HEAT
NAOMI OSAKA – STILL SARDONIC AFTER ALL THESE YEARS: One of the most vivid personalities on either tour, 20-year-old Naomi Osaka has been playing some crisp, dominant tennis at this year’s BNP Paribas...
View ArticleTHE BUZZ: DARIA KASATKINA – THE MOMENT OF MY LIFE
WHOEVER PLAYS LESS TERRIBLE: After two sets of the Sam Querrey-Milos Raonic match, Raonic’s seen-it-all coach, Goran Ivanisevic, said on television that the quarterfinal was a bad match to watch, and...
View ArticleFEDERER IS BETTERER – Roger Avoids Disaster and Continues to Ascend
“Federer is betterer.” Isn’t that the mantra that defines tennis these days? But maybe not on this day. “Shush, genius at work,” that’s how know-it-all Federerians chide the chatty masses. But today...
View ArticleJUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO – BIG MAN, BIG HEART, BIG WIN
From 1939 to 1941, legendary boxer Joe Louis defended his heavyweight title 13 times in 29 months. His hapless foes, including “Two-Ton” Tony Galento and Tony “Baby-Tank” Musto, were called “the bums...
View ArticleNAOMI OSAKA – Valley Girl, Zen Master and Indian Wells Champ
This tennis tournament began with tales of tennis elders. Maria Sharapova lost early, which sparked speculation – why has she struggled so much since she’s returned? Beaming Mama Vika Azarenka came...
View ArticleTHE BUZZ: THE FEDERER FILE – PLUS QUOTEBOOK
UNBURDENED BY GREATNESS – THE FEDERER FILE • We think of Federer as a flowing virtuoso. But he’s also a gritty, street-fighting man. Like a charismatic politician who wins despite what the polls...
View ArticleTOP 10 MEN’S COLLEGE TEAMS OF ALL TIME
ORACLE TENNIS REPORT Bill Simons 1. USC, 1962-1964 2. Stanford, 1978 3. UCLA,1971 4. USC, 1967-1968 5. UCLA, 1971 5. Trinity, 1962-1965 6. UCLA, 1965-1966 7. Stanford, 1973-1974 8. Stanford, 1998 9....
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