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The matches between Spanish players and Americans at Wimbledon have been rough for the home team:  Andy Roddick lost to Feliciano Lopez in straight sets.  John Isner lost to Nicholas Almalgro in four.   Michael Russell and Ryan Sweeting both lost to Rafael Nadal in three.  Ryan Harrison lost to David Ferrer in five sets.
Americans are [...]

Perhaps I’m writing a blog about men’s tennis in the wrong language.  Spain on Saturday won their fourth Davis Cup in this decade, securing their grasp on the claim on the world’s best tennis country of this century.  When you consider the Davis Cup quartet combined with the year-end rankings of nine players in the world’s top 50, [...]

First there was the S.L. Price piece in Sports Illustrated detailing “How Rafael Nadal Humbled Federer” that ran in the magazine the third week of May.  On May 17, of course, while the magazine made its way to mailboxes, Federer beat Nadal 4 and 4 in the finals at Madrid.  A few weeks later Federer won the [...]

Roger Federer, pictured here after the Australian Open final, is clearly not, but Rafael Nadal, talking with the last man to complete a Grand Slam, Rod Laver, is poised to win all four majors this year.  Nadal has already won in Melbourne, is a heavy favorite to win the French, proved last year that he can win [...]