Cronin’s surgery successful! Tweets that he’s OK
They say you can’t keep a good man down. Today, Matt Cronin proved you can’t keep a good writer quiet. Shortly before 7:30 p.m. Pacific time, one of the most prolific and best known sports tweeter wrote: Out of surgery talking up storm, docs did great. Thinking clearly. Hope every future day as successful as […]
15 love: 15 thoughts on the WTA, from the winning Russians, to Bouchard, to Cibulkova
Given Maria Sharapova’s physical struggles over the past eight months now, it could be argued that Ekaterina Makarova has been the most impressive of the Russians over the same period. The lefthander has a lot of game and showed that once again by winning her second WTA title at the PTT Pattaya Open by […]
Aussie Open: Stan finally The Man
MELBOURNE – Eventually, some player was going to take out a member of the Big 4 and win a Grand Slam. It had not occurred since 2009 when Juan Martin Del Potro stunned Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer at the US Open. Sixteen Slams went by and Nadal, Federer, Novak Djokovic or Andy Murray captured […]
Djokovic vs.Nadal stranglehold broken, but Rafa & bloody hand survive another day
MELBOURNE – Given that they essentially dominated the tour in 2013, the odds of Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic meeting in another Grand Slam final were quite high entering the 2014 Australian Open. But tennis times always change, even if they do so at glacial pace. Djokovic has not lost a match since the […]
Time wasn’t on Nadal’s side, but overcomes Nishikori anyway
MELBOURNE – Rafael Nadal was upset that he was called for multiple time violations in his 7-6 (3) 7-5 7-6 (3) fourth-round win over Kei Nishikori but he’s been a serial offender of the rule, even if he is one of the tour’s greatest and most exciting competitors. He takes a lot of times between […]
A Battle Royale, this time regarding me
For the first time in 21 years I will not be attending the tennis tournament at Indian Wells, CA, certainly one of my favorites events ever. I traditionally has arrived there on the Tuesday before plays starts on Wednesday, which ironically is the day this year that I am undergoing brain surgery on San Francisco. […]
Li decided to change and as result, wins first Aussie Open title
By Matt Cronin MELBOURNE – Perhaps Li Na appeared capable of winning her first Grand Slam title in 2011 when she reached the Australian Open final for the first time but she was not, as Kim Clijsters was a better player than she was then and Li was way too inconsistent. Last year, she came […]
Bob & Weave: Nadal withstands Federer blitz before throwing knockout punch
By Matt Cronin MELBOURNE – Rafael Nadal says that he gets more emotional for his matches against Roger Federer than against any other player, which is not surprising given that when the Spaniard arrived on the scene that the Swiss was the tour’s dominant competitor and looked unstoppable when he was on. But since […]
Aussie Open teen semifinalist Bouchard not surprised by rapid rise
MELBOURNE - Canada’s Genie Bouchard won the junior Wimbledon title in 2012, but is not surprised that she is already in an adult Grand Slam semifinal. She feels like she progresses every day, every week, every month. She came into the Australian Open ranked No. 30 and has knocked of one veteran after another including former […]
Australian Open Day Six Predictions: Are Rafa Nadal and Caroline Wozniacki vulnerable?
Rod Laver Arena 3-Maria Sharapova v 25-Alize Cornet: Sharapova was very shaky in her marathon three-set win over Karin Knapp and it’s very rare for her to play badly again after such a stressful match, so even though Cornet has improved a ton during the past two years, the Russian will hit through her […]
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