It was another banner week for the US Open Series, aka, the Greatest Road Trip in Sports. Once again, though, few top players decided to make the roadie last week and we were left with “stars” Frank Dancevic and Dmitry Tursunov playing for the Indianapolis title, and Anna Chakvetadze and Sania Mirza battled in the […]

Guest blogger Amer Delic, former Jacksonville high school player and NCAA tennis champion at Illinois, blogs monthly for JAX Tennis Magazine from his various stops around the world on the ATP circuit. Wimbledon is over and we are back in the sunny U.S. ADHEREL AELTC (All England Lawn and Tennis Club) is the Mecca of […]

Now I know. When you win the first hardcourt tournament of the summer which puts you onut in front of the US Open Series, that’s when you break out the worm dance. That according to Czech Radek Stepanek who bounced the blundering James Blake in three sets in the LA final Sunday.

Looks like former No. 1 Lindsay Davenport could set more tennis records in the near future — like shortest retirement. ADHEREL Less than two months after delivering her son Jagger, Davenport will return to the court to play World TeamTennis on July 21. And after that? Don’t rule out a return to WTA Tour events, […]

The Federer — Nadal rivalry has been hyped for the past year-and-a-half or so, but unfortunately their recent matches never lived up to the high standards. Nadal owned Federer in Monte Carlo, Federer overpowered an exhausted Rafa in Hamburg, and at Roland Garros last month, Nadal defeated his rival in four, not so high-quality sets. […]

Marion Bartoli had James Bond to turn to in her semifinal against Henin on Saturday, but she was on her own in Sunday’s final against Venus Williams, and consequently succumbed to the three time former champion in straight sets, 6-4 6-1.

Has this been the most exciting day of tennis in 2007, or what? ADHEREL After Nadal had easily routed Tomas Berdych in the opening match on Centre Court, I was starting to think, ‘this guy just might seriously challenge for the title this year’.While I was debating this issue to myself, I quickly started to […]

Despite the close scoreline, there could be only one winner in the Justine Henin – Serena Williams blockbuster quarterfinal. Henin dominated Serena for the entire match, even though a couple of loose games from the Belgian in the second set gave her opponent a glimmer of hope. Henin forced the early break in the final […]

The names conjure up the biggest championships in sports: The Super Bowl, The World Cup, The World Series, The Stanley Cup, golf’s The Masters. In tennis, the year-end championship is more like a quiz show even hardcore fans struggle to keep up with. The man-on-the-street quiz: Q: What is men’s tennis’ year-end championship called? A: […]

I have taken some heat for predicting another Serena Williams championship run here at Wimbledon, after having previously picked her to win Roland Garros. ADHEREL Like I wrote in my previews for both the French Open, as for Wimbledon, I believe the tournament winner will come out of the quarterfinal the two of them will […]

The Jacksonville native’s new Top 75 standing makes him a regular at ATP Tour events — and poses a set of new challenges When asked whether his ranking qualified him to play the big ATP grasscourt events in the run-up to Wimbledon in June, Amer Delic said with pride, “I am straight into all the […]

Former ATP pro David Witt joins the entourage of Venus, Serena, papa Richard and the rest of the Williams clan as their traveling hitting partner through Wimbledon — and possibly more Tennis fans watching the Williams sisters’ matches during the French Open and Wimbledon were greeted with a new sight — former tour player and […]

Coming off a 2006 year when she won two Grand Slam titles at the Australian Open and Wimbledon, the first six months of 2007 have been difficult for former world No. 1 Amelie Mauresmo. Through a combination of injuries and health issues, the Frenchwoman has failed to surpass the fourth round at her first two […]

One rainy week down at Wimbledon, one more rainy week to go. Thus far things have gone pretty much according to plan at the Big W. Top guys are beating up on everyone; top gals are doing much of the same. Only real surprise first week is that we had few days of NO RAIN!