First off, great congratulations to the Bryan Brothers, who set the record for most Grand Slam wins in doubles on Friday with their fourth U.S. Open championship.  They also hold the record for most doubles wins ever.  They have without question established themselves as the GOAT — greatest of all time — in men’s doubles.  [...]

An e-mail from the USTA earlier today set this scenario for a Davis Cup match in the U.S. this year: “After a hard fought first round victory over Roger Federer and Team Switzerland, February 10-12 in Fribourg, Switzerland, the United States will play France in the quarterfinals at an away tie in Monte Carlo April [...]

In an interview Peter Bodo did with me about my new novel on his TennisWorld blog on Feb. 4, his final question to me was, “Federer, or Nadal? And why.” I answered:  “I’m not allegiant to either one. What I would really love to see is my fellow Georgia Bulldog John Isner beat one of [...]

Roger Federer will play for his home country this weekend, but don’t chalk it up to nationalistic pride — he has to play in order to be eligible for the Olympics this summer. When Switzerland played the U.S. in Birmingham, Ala., in 2009, the “Greatest of All Time” bailed on his country only two weeks [...]

I never thought Novak Djokovic would get out of that fifth set of the Australian Open final alive.  Between that and coming back from match point against Federer at last year’s U.S. Open, I now wonder if he’s made any deals more significant than a shoe and racket contract — such as selling his soul.

William Randolph Hearst’s home in San Simeon, California, once the site of many star-studded tennis matches, is as close as America has to a great castle.  But on that court even the very rich and famous had to deal with late afternoon shadows that make the ball hard to see.  Fall Line, my second novel, [...]

It’s been quite a long time since two American men have reached the quarters of a Grand Slam.  And good to see that Roddick broke the streak of Spanish wins over American players. Now he just has to keep it going against Nadal, but I think he has a good shot on the hard courts.  [...]

EDITOR’S NOTE:  This is a letter from my parents. They have been watching a lot of the U.S. Open. To the producers and directors of CBS & ESPN tennis productions: You have some of the worst announcers in sports. I have a son who was a junior tennis player when McEnroe was beginning his career.  I [...]

If  you’ve watched 15 minutes of the U.S. Open by now, you’ve probably seen one of the USTA’s ads about its 10 and under tennis program.   Is this concept really that new?  Perhaps it is in the days of graphite rackets that can’t be sawed off like my first wooden racket (a Jack Kramer), [...]

Zero to nine. The number says it all.  That is the record of American men versus Spanish men in singles during Wimbledon and the recent Davis Cup meeting. For some well-chosen but dismal descriptions of the state of the American team, check out Jonathan Scott on Tennis.com who concludes his article “U.S. Davis Cup Team [...]