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 Walks [...]

With Mardy Fish’s quarterfinal loss to Rafael Nadal, the American men completed a dismal 0-6 record in singles on the grass against Spanish players over the Wimbledon fortnight (fortnight being one of those words you only hear once a year when Wimbledon rolls around).  Not exactly the confidence boost captain Jim Courier wanted going into [...]

This shouldn’t surprise anyone who has followed Davis Cup for more than 20 minutes.  From the Austin-American Statesman.

According to this blog post on Wimbledon.com, the odds were only one in 127.  Leave it to a Cambridge math professor to sap the life out of something remarkable.   But what were the odds of it happening twice?  Is it two in 254?  My mom is suspicious of the draw — and I agree with [...]

The GOAT discussion reached its most ludicrous point yesterday when John McEnroe’s endless search for an answer to the unanswerable and interminable question landed at Rafael Nadal’s feet after he beat Roger Federer for the 17th time, the sixth time in a Grand Slam final.  (Federer has beaten Nadal only eight times, and only twice [...]

Much has been written and said lately about Novak Djokovic’s gluten-free diet as one reason for his monumental winning streak, so I thought I’d look into it.  I could afford to drop a few pounds and wouldn’t mind improving my game. All it requires giving up? According to the Mayo Clinic, just these few items: [...]

The U.S. Davis Cup match against Spain has been set for Austin, Texas, hometown of Andy Roddick, running from July 8-10.
Let’s hope that Nadal will make the trip, but I’m betting the hard, indoor court will not be that appealing to him, especially if he goes deep in Wimbledon where the men’s final is set [...]

Mac Styslinger, a native of Mountain Brook, Ala., a suburb of Birmingham, reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open juniors, and saw his ranking skyrocket into the ITF’s top 100.   The following profile of  Styslinger written by Will Hightower, a  junior at Mountain Brook High School, ran in the March issue Village [...]

Big-time comeback for Roddick on the red clay in Chile today — now on to Austin, San Antonio or Albany for the next round this summer.
With the top dog Texas-resident back on the team, it’s got to be Austin or San Antonio when the Spaniards come calling in July.  (The USTA wouldn’t snub Andy and [...]