The CadanDo’s and Don’ts of the WTA’s Other Half
View image | gettyimages.com 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, [...]
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
View image | gettyimages.com In the immediate aftermath of any match, circumstances (both external and internal) are analyzed to the point where nearly all results would [...]
“Unmasking Anastasia:” Rodionova, Tennis’ Cartoon Villain
View image | gettyimages.com Charleston’s illustrious Family Circle Cup began yesterday, and just off the main stadium, fans were treated to a first round match that had [...]
Barely Breathing: Dominika Cibulkova and the Choke Which is Not One
View image | gettyimages.com 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?
View image | gettyimages.com In place of a regularly scheduled column, I present “Backboard Banter,” a friendly debate with tennis writer Benjamin Snyder. Follow [...]
Nadia Petrova Goes Back to the (Live Score)Board
View image | gettyimages.com 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 [...]
I Love the 90s: A Reflection on Two Teen Phenoms
View image | gettyimages.com The year was 1994. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) had just been established. Groups like Weezer and Green Day dominated the [...]
Jelena & Petra: Best Actresses
View image | gettyimages.com There is something fitting about two of the WTA’s most dramatic personae triumphing on Oscar weekend. From Dubai to Bogota, spectators were [...]
A Low Roar: Putintseva Steels Past Robson in Dubai
View image | gettyimages.com Patient. Poised. Polite. Few who have watched The Yulia Putintseva Show would use any of those words to describe the demonstrative Kazakh’s [...]
