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I’m glad to see Rafa beat his Borgitis, but I still think Bjorn was one cool cat.

Tennis history on the line this afternoon to see if Rafael Nadal can accomplish what Bjorn Borg never did — win in New York.  Borg won six French Opens and five Wimbledons, kneeling down on the last one like he was giving thanks to the tennis gods above.  But by September, those gods were frowning [...]

John McEnroe, Bud Collins, Tennis Magazine’s Peter Bodo and Sports Illustrated’s L. Jon Wertheim all have rated Sunday’s final as the greatest match of all time, or at least of the Open era. (Sports Illustrated even put a match photo as the lead story on this week’s cover — when was the last time the [...]

Rafael Nadal’s run in Paris without losing a set was the first time a French Open champion has won the tournament without losing a set since the great Bjorn Borg. With four titles at Roland Garros under his belt, can he win on the lawns of London? He has reached the finals of Wimbledon the [...]

Ion Tiriac, the former player, coach and agent who later became the richest Romanian and his country’s first billionaire, has a prime front-row seat at today’s match.  You can’t miss his famous burly mustache. Tiriac wants to add a fifth grand slam to the tour to be played in Madrid, it was reported last fall. [...]

When Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal step onto the red clay of Court Phillippe Chatrier on Sunday, Federer’s claim to be the greatest of all time—the GOAT, as Peter Bodo calls it—hangs in the balance. Because while this debate is one that will never have a definitive answer, I believe a player can only claim [...]