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ATP Rankings
Jul 21
1
Roger Federer
6600
2
Rafael Nadal
5830
3
Novak Djokovic
4945
4
Nikolay Davydenko
2970
5
David Ferrer
2945
6
Andy Roddick
2065
7
David Nalbandian
2030
8
James Blake
1955
9
Andy Murray
1730
10
Stanislas Wawrinka
1660
WTA Rankings
Jul 21
1
Ana Ivanovic
3828
2
Jelena Jankovic
3685
3
Maria Sharapova
3626
4
Svetlana Kuznetsova
3455
5
Serena Williams
3251
6
Elena Dementieva
3105
7
Venus Williams
2606
8
Anna Chakvetadze
2416
9
Dinara Safina
2287
10
Agnieszka Radwanska
2141
The X Blog - Dysfunctional Tennis Blogging at its Finest

Archive for May, 2006

May 18th, 2006
Suck it up Tommy!

I had to do a double-take Tuesday when scrolling through the Hamburg scores. According to official ATP results, Tommy Haas lost in the first round of Hamburg to Robin Soderling after he retired in the second set due to a pollen allergy. That’s right, a freaking pollen allergy. That is, a runny nose, watery eyes, etc.

Think of all the great heroic efforts in sports: Terrell Owens playing the Super Bowl with a cracked leg, Curt Schilling pitching in the MLB playoffs with a stitched-up, still-bleeding ankle and Willis Reed hobbling in the NBA with a broken leg. Those guys sucked it for themselves, their teams and their fans. That’s sports. The competition. Testing the limits. Going against the odds, but not quitting due to something like an allergy, which affects many of us especially this time of year but we get thru it.

May 15th, 2006
Nadal, Federer Pass on Hamburg

After playing an epic five-set 5-hours plus marathon in Rome on Sunday, not surprisingly both Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer have decided to pass up playing in Hamburg, which would have required the two to compete on Tuesday.

I’m sure Hamburg tournament organizers were glued to the screen yesterday hoping the match would go short. But at soon as it went five you know they were sweating thinking these guys won’t post.

May 14th, 2006
The Two Forehands

Two forehands. That’s all Roger Federer is thinking about right now, two forehands.

Federer had two championship points in the fifth set with Rafael Nadal serving 15-40, 5-6, Sunday in Rome but missed them both. Both were makeable, both were missable. Nadal took the blow, recovered, pushed a tiebreak and took the match from the World No. 1.

Talk about a dagger right through the heart of the mighty Fed.

May 4th, 2006
The Whack Mile

We all know Patty Schnyder has some issues. She’s a nutjob on the court, a nutjob off the court and now without a doubt a nutjob in cyberspace.

After visiting her new “book” site “The White Mile” at www.the-white-mile.net Patty and fellow freak/husband have outdone themselves.