Category Archives: Players
With a Bullet
More statistical shenanigans today. Here are the players who have gained the most points in the last twelve months. The usual caveat applies: tennis stats and socialising don’t mix. Rafael Nadal   -3245 pts Tomas Berdych   -2300 pts Robin … Continue reading
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A Tale of Two Wrists
Tennis matches are elegant affairs of graceful geometry, but tennis rankings are blunt things of low arithmetic. A guy wins more stuff, he get more points, his ranking goes up. The concept isn’t taxing, although the ramifications and the subtleties … Continue reading
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Memories of Moya
34-year-old Carlos Moya this week announced his retirement from professional tennis, citing a lingering right foot injury as the main culprit, although surely being 34 is reason enough. He leaves the game with a single Grand Slam title (1998 French … Continue reading
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The Curious Case of Robin Soderling
Robin Soderling has now qualified for the ATP World Tour Finals – the unfortunately acronymed WTF – for the second year in a row. He is the world No.5, and his name is invariably in the mix when the big … Continue reading
A Picture of Marat
I have a particular picture of Marat Safin, captured when I was roaming the grounds at Melbourne Park one year, during the final round of qualifying. It might have been 2002, or 2003. I’m pretty sure it was 2002. It … Continue reading
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