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“Vamos, Del Po!” says Bill Tilden’s ghost.  “My record of six in a row will live for 100 years and more.”

Roger Federer broke Pete Sampras’ record of 14 grand slams this summer, but today has the chance to tie a major American tennis landmark if he wins his sixth straight U.S. Open.   William T. “Big Bill” Tilden II won the U.S. Championships six straight years, three times at Forest Hills in 1920, ‘24 and ‘25, [...]

Devin Britton had a few chances, but couldn’t capitalize.  If he watches the replay, will hear John McEnroe bemoaning his failure to attack the net on every point.  Here is a link to a good story about the match by Howard Fendrich of the Associated Press, but if you want some really entertaining reading, check [...]

Reigning NCAA champion from Ole Miss Devin Britton played the big match in the spotlight on Monday, losing in three to Roger Federer on the Ashe Court, but it was former two-time champ Somdev Devvarman and one-time runner up John Isner who came through with the big wins.  
Isner, a former University of Georgia star ranked 55 [...]

Launching a campaign for your sixth straight U.S. Open to tie Bill Tilden’s epic record apparently does not merit a prime-time match.  Roger Federer and Devin Britton will play the second match of the day on Arthur Ashe on Monday, meaning I’ll have to get out a video tape to record it and much of America will [...]

If you need any proof that the USTA doesn’t fix the draw for promising Americans who get wild cards, 18-year-old Devin Britton of Mississippi, the youngest NCCA champ ever, ended up in line two of the draw.   He plays that dude who was on the cover of this month’s Tennis magazine, poised like an angel in designer tennis clothes [...]

I’m sick of seeing the Fed in every advertisement during changeovers, and I am embarking on a boycott of Federer-advertised products.  I refuse to buy a NetJet or a Rolex watch.  At this rate, Federer’s agent might be trying to sell naming rights to his and Mirka’s forthcoming baby: Tiffany or Lexus if it’s a girl, or Mac, Nike or [...]

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 [...]

Sooner or later, Wimbledon’s over-hyped roof will close over Centre Court, satisfying TV audiences worldwide with a live, premier match instead of network time-killing with rain delay replays of last year’s matches, most certainly the Nadal-Federer final, since that’s all we’ll see of the Spaniard over the coming fortnight.
 
It is possible the roof might [...]

Robby Ginepri overcame losing the first set to best 27th-seeded Igor Andreev on Thursday, lining himself up to play the winner of unseeded players Florent Serra of France or Victor Hanescu of Romania in the third round.  Ginepri has the best chance to advance, and is on a course to meet Roger Federer in the [...]