The year is not yet over, and Roger Federer has clinched his third straight year-end No. 1 ranking, putting yet another tennis record in his sights — the next record of greatness besides Pete Sampras’ 14 Grand Slam wins, and a record also held by the American. If the Swiss dominates again in 2007, it […]

Here we are in the peaceful lull after the US Open, when everything seems to wind down for the American tennis fan, and we dread the sounds of indoor tennis domes being inflated around the northern part of the country. It’s a good time to catch up on your reading, and I recently finished reading Vince Spadea’s book,

Nothing like waking up here in the U.S., flip on the tube to watch the U.S. vs. Russia Davis Cup match only to find it’s not on. Well, maybe it was over I thought but no! After checking the internet I find it’s 10-10 in the fifth between Andy Roddick and Dmitry Tursunov. Wow.

The U.S. hasn’t won the Davis Cup in 11 years, a stunning development in U.S. men’s tennis, until you consider that stars such as Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi felt they had already paid their dues to the international competition during the final years of their careers.ADHEREL Enter 2006, where Andy Roddick’s career has experienced […]

If you weren’t sleeping or TiVo-ing during the past two weeks, you might have noticed something extraordinary about the coverage of the 2006 U.S. Open. No, it wasn’t the little bald man who went buh-bye, nor that the venue was renamed into the acronym that everyone now loves: USTABJKNTC. What I’m referring to here is […]

What a weekend for Nike and IMG (International Management Group). Nike/IMG clients Maria Sharapova and Roger Federer win US Open titles, and Tiger Woods gets major pub watching the Fed make it happen.

Interesting how the very first on-court question from Dick Enberg to Roger after his title was about Tiger sitting in the stands. Just a hunch, but I doubt the next time Tiger wins a golf Slam with Federer in attendance the first question to Woods isn’t going to be if having Roger watching added to the pressure. But I guess that’s the problem with tennis these days here in the U.S. Who’s watching can be just as if not more important than the event itself in our biz.