Many of you may be aware that tennis now has the line “challenge”. It allows a player to “incorrectly” challenge 2 calls per set (similar to football, it doesn’t take away one of the calls if the challenge is correct).
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Cincinnati Tennis Masters Series – Update 2
We attended the quarterfinals in Mason yesterday evening and got the chance to watch an exciting match between Andy Roddick and Andy Murray. One son was rooting for “A-Rod” while the other was rooting for “A-Mur”… I was the guy
Cincinnati Tennis Masters Series – Update
There was a slight rain delay during the afternoon, so for those of us attending the evening session, we had the opportunity to see a lot of great tennis… We saw Robbie Genepri come back to beat Mathieu, and James
ATP Tennis in Cincinnati
The ATP Master Series in Cincinnati begins in earnest today with the finals taking place on Sunday. All of the top men’s players will be in the tournament, including Federer, Roddick, Nadal, etc. I’ve attended this professional tennis tournament almost
Break Point – Spadea Tennis Diary
When I first heard of the book “Break Point“, I thought it was going to be a “tell-all” story with a revealing, behind-the-scenes commentary on professional tennis (the Jose Conseco book on tennis). While he does have comments about many
Insider’s Look at Professional Tennis
I’m reading a book on professional tennis written by Vince Spadea. His book, “Break Point”, shares his experiences as a member of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). I’ll share my impression of the book in the up-coming weeks…
Tennis Groupies
I think that we are becoming tennis groupies… I took the family to Indianapolis on Sunday to catch the RCA Championships. This is one of the lesser men’s tournaments that usually attracts players ranked 20 to 60. Nevertheless, we had a great
Tennis & Moslems
A recent AP story indicates that Israel was awarded a tennis Federation Cup match when the Indonesian team forfeited by refusing to play. For those of you not aware, Indonesia is primarily a Moslem nation that doesn’t much like to
Two Israeli Players Selected in NBA Draft
Israeli basketball players Lior Eliyahu and Yotam Halperin were selected in the second round of the recent 2006 NBA Draft. Eliyahu was selected 44th overall by the Orlando Magic, and Halperin was taken by the Seattle Supersonics with the 53rd
NBA Timeouts – Interruptions to Excitement
Josh Levin writes an interesting story in Slate about his exasperation with the use of timeouts during NBA games. He specifically mentions the Monday night Mavericks-Spurs overtime game (that I stayed up to watch), where he notes, “I’ll give it