Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic: Where Does Men’s Tennis Stand?

We stand at the summit of greatness. What 10 (if not 50) years of evolution and progress have brought to the face of tennis, this 21st-century, 2011 audience witnesses the fruits. It is a hard truth—Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, and Roger Federer are the world’s three greatest tennis players (in the order of those names). Over the last seven months, tennis has undergone inconceivable,... 

Serena and Venus: What’s Next for the Williams Sisters?

One of the larger questions that have come out of this year’s Wimbledon championships must have been that over the Williams sisters. For the first time in five years, and before that for five more, a Williams failed to grace the Wimbledon final. The women’s game is changing, adapting and the time for the new to root out the old seems to have just about come. So, Petra Kvitova is tennis’... 

Novak Djokovic: 10 Bold Predictions for Him in Wake of His Win at Wimbledon

The Serb has done it all this year, and in winning Wimbledon, done just about everything a tennis player would like to. We have a new No. 1 at the helm of men’s tennis—of that there is no doubt. What lies ahead for our new king? Does his win at Wimbledon mark a high point in his career, never again to be reached, and from which he only has one way—down—to go? Or is this simply... 

Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic: A Trivalry in Men’s Tennis

Wimbledon 2011 has stunned us. Novak Djokovic entered it, two weeks ago, something of a third-way favourite for the title, behind obvious champion candidates Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. He finished it yesterday, however, and truly. Novak Djokovic finished Wimbledon off, with yet another high-spun forehand into Nadal’s backhand side to draw the final error on the final point of the Gentleman’s... 

Wimbledon 2011: Top 20 Matches in All England Club History

Wimbledon lies at the heart of tennis, and it is a heart, surely, most lively. The most fascinating clashes have occurred here, and not without reason—history has more often than not been on the line. In both the history of men’s and women’s history we have witnessed, both over the years and in recent years, the greatest clashes of will and power, and willpower altogether. These are... 

Roger Federer: What Winning Wimbledon 2011 Would Mean for His Legacy

We are at the threshold of yet another tournament at the All-England Club. It’s that time of the year again, a fortnight-long ritual history lesson on hallowed turf—the hallowed turf, for most people. But since the early Open era, grass isn’t played on nearly as much as it used to be. Indeed, for eight straight years we had a king of grass, who could swagger around Centre Court in... 

Wimbledon 2011: With Grass-Court Season Underway in Tennis, What May We Expect?

The move has been made, and it has happened all so quickly. As always, tennis now pursues its annual trans-channel migration to the land of grass tennis—ye fair olde Englande. Wimbledon awaits in just over a week, while this week, all tennis players involved are anxiously racking up ranking points and confidence in preparation for this greatest of grand slams. Queen’s in London is already... 

Roger Federer vs. Rafael Nadal, Roland Garros No. 5

All the world is in uproar, and for no bad reason at all. Roger Federer faces Rafael Nadal in yet another grand slam final. This time, it is familiar territory: the French Open, the scene of so many of their former battles, and indeed the scene of their first-ever meeting at a grand slam. For purists of Roger-Rafa, there could hardly be a more fitting locus for the 25th meeting between the two. More... 

French Open 2011: Rafael Nadal, Maria Sharapova Headine Day 7 Action

Its Day 7 now at the French, and we are nearly halfway through the year’s second grand slam. The day is up to grabs again, as the men and women of the ATP and WTA ready themselves for a new day of opportunity and glory. The same, albeit intriguing, narratives are there to pursue, or re-pursue—there’s Rafael Nadal‘s recent woes, a Djokovic and Del Potro epic-in-the-making locked... 

French Open 2011 Draw: 10 Most Intriguing First-Round Matchups

Incredibly, the 2011 French Open is finally about to begin. In fact, it already has (in the qualifying). Nearly a year has elapsed since Nadal won his fifth title, and nearly two (!) since Roger Federer completed a historic Career Grand Slam. For the players to get to history, however, they need to get to the final—and no one does that without winning six matches. The first, however, will always... 

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