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The Not So Happy Slam
There is no better way to ring in the new year than with a new season of tennis. On January 16, the Australian Open kicked off. Known as “The Happy Slam,” the Australian Open is always full of...
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Media in Tennis
Tennis, like many other sports, has its fair share of ridiculous press conferences. Asking an ill-tempered Andy Roddick what it felt like to lose to Roger Federer in less than an hour at the...
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A Refined Cause
If I were to write a research paper, and it were to be due sometime in April, it would probably discuss how and why to increase America’s interest in tennis. As I have mentioned in many blog posts...
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Out with the old…In with the slightly old and also new
Since I constantly express my disappointment with the development of American tennis in recent years, it seems only fitting that the American Davis Cup team would have to meet Switzerland in the first...
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The Greatest Of All Time
Tennis is a game that has evolved over time, which allows for a great debate over the best tennis players of all time. Generally, the three people who are always in this discussion are Rod Laver, Pete...
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Group Work
Over the last few weeks, I, like everyone else in AP Language, have been working on a group project over a movie of my choice to present to the class. When this project began, I had no idea that each...
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The Greatest of All Time Part 2
Two weeks ago, I stated Rod Laver’s claim for the title of “The greatest tennis player of all time.” However, due to the drastic changes that have gone on in the game over the last seven decades, the...
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Big Man on Campus
I was going to continue my discussion of the greatest players of all time this weekend and talk about Roger Federer’s addition to the sport, but I feel I must interrupt this segment in order to discuss...
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The Sky is the Limit
John Isner has spent the better part of his career being known for his three day marathon match in the first round of Wimbledon a few years ago. I will be the first to say that I though he was one of...
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Nature and Tennis
When I first thought about the ways nature is connected to tennis, I drew a blank. I couldn’t figure out what synthetically made courts and strings and metal racquets had to do with nature, but then I...
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