Girls — read it and weep: Junior tennis titles do not serve as a predictor of pro success. Of the 20 champions at a Virginia Beach tourney, only two — Lindsay Davenport and Meghan Shaughnessy — cracked the Top 20 and won SEWTA titles. Two others cracked the Top 50. The rest didn’t do so […]
my mid-day pick-me-up
Nope, I’m not done with Wimbledon yet: TENNIS magazine’s Peter Bodo winds down his grass season blogging with some anecdotes; first up is this entry on the on-court antics of French doubles team Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra. More tennis marketing ploys: This year’s China Open held an open call for a theme song and […]
sharapova turns 20
Happy birthday to Maria Sharapova. She turns 20 today — middle-aged for a gal in professional tennis. Sadly, she has been in a slump: she’s injured, with a shaken confidence, and armed with a once-strong serve that has become a liability. What does this all mean for tennis’ “it” girl (and, more importantly, her fans)? […]
peter bodo on davis cup uniforms
The ITF today announced the official nominations for the World Group Quarterfinal ties next month. After the last Davis Cup round in February, Tennis.com’s Peter Bodo chimed in — like all columnists did — about how to resuscitate interest in this event in the U.S. His ideas? (1) Install Hawk-Eye cameras in all courts used […]