Federer was one of those guys who was a head case starting out and then one day had the great epiphany that if he focused that rage on the game itself instead of the umpires and the crowd, he could do great things. Once he managed that piece of the puzzle, there was no looking back. You know, it occurs to me that this is not exactly a golden age for tennis goons. Aside from Lleyton Hewitt, all the "name" players (on the men's side) at least appear to be students of the game, classy, respectful of each other and the sport's history. Federer, Nadal, Blake, Nalbandian, Roddick... maybe I'm just choosing to igore the jackasses, but there sure seems to be a lot of upside on the men's tour these days.
A litlte fluffy, but very enjoyable ... kind of like marshmallow creme. Did anyone read any more of the blog? Adams has some pretty interesting views on other subjects, and the reader responses in some cases are pretty hilarious.
James Blake has such a great story, If he can win one more biggie, he can pretty much wrap up the movie deal. I love, love, love to watch Federer and Nadal play; against eachother, or against Agassi... they are so fast and hit the ball so well, but when Blake is on the court I always feel so impressed by his resolve, even though he is not the greatest player in the world, it always seems like he thinks he is.
chico, I'd rethink Roddick's inclusion on that list given his performance at the Pacific Life Open.
Sure. I'm a passive viewer of tennis; I owned up to that at the jump. But every interview I've ever seen of Roddick (including the one in that piece) has him being gracious and knowledgeable, and even there, at a point where he lost his cool a bit, he apologized immediately to everyone concerned, and didn't actually insult anyone. He didn't cuss anyone out, he just said a naughty word out loud and broke a racket. Given how bad his slump has been lately, that's pretty tame.
Granted. But this is pretty crass, no? Scroll to the bottom of the 3/16/04 entry.
man this is great it's nice to see someone doing good on a come back..
These are professional players and they play to win! What sense in playing to lose? Grow up guys and gals. Stop making excuse for your sorry team!!!!! Go Wild!!!
