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Australian Open 2010: Why Roger Federer Is, Well, Roger Federer
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The way Roger Federer continues to chug along the path to immortality and beyond, merrily adding Grand Slam titles to his résumé, free of any kind of injury or opposition, you get the feeling that the best chance of his domination ending any time soon is a premature retirement caused by him hurting himself when he falls to his knees in celebration. When a player falls to his knees and weeps...
Australian Open 2010: Dream Final off as Rafa Limps Out of Melbourne
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Now this one is surely going to disaapoint alot of people who were eagerly anticipating another summit clash between the Swiss Maestro and his nemesis in the Grand Slam Finals. Andy Murray of Britain was up 2 sets to nil and 3-0 in third set when Defending Champion Nadal called it Quits at 6-3, 7-6 (7-2), 3-0. The QF match between the two was halted when Rafa took a medical time out in...
Australian Open 2010: A ‘Gigantic’ Day
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I have watched tennis for as long as I can remember, but it is only during the recent years when I realized that the Grand Slams have been about the first week too. In fact, a Slam is as much about the first week as it is about the marquee second week.
A Mockery of ‘Giant’ Tests
Murray and Nadal survive big serving tests to set up a blockbusters Quarter Final
The opening two matches...
Australian Open 2010: A First Look at Bernard Tomic
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Bernard Tomic is the youngest Junior Champion's of the Australian Open
A Grand Slam is a great time to have a look at some of the young and upcoming players on the tour. Usually the winners of the respective Junior titles are usually given a wild card into the tournament. And that the land Down Under has a home grown Junior Champion at this slam would make the job much easier for Bernard...
Australian Open 2010: It’s A Cruel, Cruel Sport
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If Andre Agassi’s quick, hurried, almost OCD-afflicted walk between points came to be one of the iconic images of the 90’s, then Juan Martin Del Potro’s slow, lumbering and almost hang-dog movements between points may just prove to be the defining image of the muscular, powerhouse tennis that the man embodies. At a height of 6 ft 5”, no one’s ever going to mistake Del Potro for a midget,...
Australian Open 2010: A faceless record, and a magician’s final act
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A look at some of the more attention-grabbing events from Day 2 of the Australian Open:
Top seeds make reasonably quick progress:
It was a subdued Serena Williams that took the court in a Grand Slam match for the first time since her infamous tirade at last year’s US Open semifinals, but interestingly, her controlled tennis paid her rich dividends. She played within herself for the most part...
Andy Murray and Nikolay Davydenko: Different Questions for the Same Answer
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Fitness is a very important term in any form of sporting endeavor, tennis included. In layman terms, it defines the ability to sustain a good physical condition—being in good shape for a task.
Murray is looking to convert his success in three set format to the five set form
In tennis, while the core meaning of the term remains the same, I feel that this term should be really broadened into...
Blast from the Past: Sampras-Agassi in the Match of their Lifetime
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This decade has given the tennis fans numerous matches that will be remembered for ages to come, most of them played between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Choosing only one favorite is an arduous task. The Wimbledon finals in 2007, 2008 and 2009, the Australian Open semis and finals this year, US Open 2005 finals between Federer and Andre Agassi… the list is endless.
However, there...
The Perfectionist Roger Federer
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Roger “His Royal Highness” Federer
The very name brings to mind a non-assuming personality with a trophy cabinet, which keeps getting bigger and bigger. The very name strikes terror in the hearts of other tennis players other than arguably Nadal. With Mt. Sampras surmounted, the question is then-“Is Federer the greatest player to have graced the tennis courts?”
Roger federer The legend
When...
A Good Year for Roger Federer
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How do you define a good year in sport? especially for a man who year after year went about breaking records that he set, and which may never ever be broken?
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To hope that the accomplishments of Federer would stand forever is to say you don’t want to see another great tennis player who can be greater than what this man has been over the past seven years. He would have called...
