The CadanDo’s and Don’ts of the WTA’s Other Half
Embed from Getty Images The WTA season is long and often grueling, as much for the spectators as the players. Where a player need only worry about winning or losing, those [...]
Tennis Grandstand
Sister, Sister: I Do My Own Style in My Own Time
The latest WTA sister act is growing apart -- on court, that is. [...]
Quantity or Quality? The JJ Paradox
Embed from Getty Images In the immediate aftermath of any match, circumstances (both external and internal) are analyzed to the point where nearly all results would appear to [...]
“Unmasking Anastasia:” Rodionova, Tennis’ Cartoon Villain
Embed from Getty Images Charleston’s illustrious Family Circle Cup began yesterday, and just off the main stadium, fans were treated to a first round match that had all the [...]
Barely Breathing: Dominika Cibulkova and the Choke Which is Not One
Embed from Getty Images Long after the last point of a match is won (or lost), it is unlikely to be remembered by its combatants’ first serve percentages or backhand [...]
Backboard Banter: Is Indian Wells Winner Maria Sharapova Boring?
Embed from Getty Images In place of a regularly scheduled column, I present “Backboard Banter,” a friendly debate with tennis writer Benjamin Snyder. Follow Ben [...]
Nadia Petrova Goes Back to the (Live Score)Board
Embed from Getty Images Growing up as a tennis fan in the mid 2000s, I remember staying up past 3AM watching matches played in Australia. I remember matches I’ve seen in [...]
I Love the 90s: A Reflection on Two Teen Phenoms
Embed from Getty Images The year was 1994. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) had just been established. Groups like Weezer and Green Day dominated the airwaves. [...]
Jelena & Petra: Best Actresses
http://gty.im/162525782 There is something fitting about two of the WTA’s most dramatic personae triumphing on Oscar weekend. From Dubai to Bogota, spectators were treated [...]
A Low Roar: Putintseva Steels Past Robson in Dubai
Embed from Getty Images Patient. Poised. Polite. Few who have watched The Yulia Putintseva Show would use any of those words to describe the demonstrative Kazakh’s on-court [...]
The Tennis Island 