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Near Misses: Venus at the 2008 US Open

There's a certain commercial for the 2009 US Open—one where Serena Williams has two dolls in her lap. "I'm gonna beat you, Venus," Serena says, marching one doll over her knee into the other one's face...

Written by claudia celestial girl about 15 days ago 333 reads 7 comments
State of Grace: Losing in 2009

After a spectacular loss to Roger Federer in the 2007 Australian Open, Andy Roddick, said, "It was frustrating, it was miserable, it sucked, it was terrible...Besides that it was fine...

Written by claudia celestial girl about 17 days ago 531 reads 5 comments
Queens of the Court: The Luminous Evonne Goolagong

Evonne Goolagong can be described in mathematical terms. Parallels and angles. Circles and singularities (a situation that is completely unique). Chaos versus The Metronome...

Written by claudia celestial girl about 19 days ago 149 reads 4 comments
Greatest Lady Competitors in Tennis History

In your face. Pushy. Mentally strong. Competitive. These are not your usual adjectives for describing 'Ladies.' Gracious and elegant; cute, classy, and tenacious. These are more common ways Lady competitors are described...

Written by claudia celestial girl about 24 days ago 273 reads 17 comments
Competitive Cojones: Comparing Corretja, Courier, Chesnokov, and Coria

In a recent article, an argument was presented for Tennis's top five "competitors". And in response, a comment appeared stating that Rafael Nadal should not be rated higher than Pete Sampras ...

Written by claudia celestial girl about 25 days ago 198 reads 12 comments
Queens of Court: Althea Gibson, a Pioneering Tennis Talent

Born in 1927, the year after the historic "Match of the Century " featured in our previous two articles between the divine Suzanne Lenglen and the poker-faced Helen Wills, Althea Gibson is another of our Queens of the Court...

Written by claudia celestial girl about about 1 month ago 115 reads 7 comments
Queens of the Court: The Divine Suzanne Lenglen

She was called 'La Divine.' Some say in the 1920s she was a bigger name in sports than that of Babe Ruth. Between 1919 and 1926, at a time when three and not four tennis majors were played, ...

Written by claudia celestial girl about about 1 month ago 82 reads 10 comments
Andre Agassi and the Hot Air Problem

Andre Agassi, that zen guru of tennis prognostication has provided his insights today on the state of men's tennis. Andre says that the era of Roger and Rafa is coming to an end...

Written by claudia celestial girl about about 1 month ago 969 reads 27 comments
In the Zone with John McEnroe

In this series, we’ve had 15 attempts to describe a sporting experience, a state of mind, conventionally known as ‘The Zone’...

Written by claudia celestial girl about about 1 month ago 273 reads 20 comments
In the Zone with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Jo-Wilfried—Who? At the start of 2008 I thought I knew all the competitive male players of African descent, and they could be counted on the fingers of one hand. There was James Blake and Donald Young...

Written by claudia celestial girl about 3 months ago 264 reads 14 comments
Greatest Match of All Time: Objective Approach, Subjective Topic

What is the 2009 [Place great match here]’s Place in History? We seem to always have these discussions. See Trey Bradley’s analysis following the 2009 Wimbledon final, in which B/R's ...

Written by claudia celestial girl about 4 months ago 390 reads 26 comments
Top Nadal/Djokovic Match-Ups

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have met 20 times in their careers. They have played some highly entertaining matches (one regarded, by some, as the best Wimbledon final of all time)...

Written by claudia celestial girl about 4 months ago 1,234 reads 20 comments
Like It's 1999: A Celebration of Serena's Career

Richard Williams told us it would be so. And Venus predicted her greatest rival would be her sister. I, for one, discounted all this talk at first. But now it's been ten years! Time flies...

Written by claudia celestial girl about 4 months ago 217 reads 14 comments
2008 Indian Wells: Rafael Nadal

We miss you Rafa! In honor of Rafa's knees.... OK, maybe just in honor of the fact that we haven't seen Rafa around... Ok, maybe just because of wanting something fresh from Rafa, I'm posting slides from last year's Indian Wells tournament...

Written by claudia celestial girl about 4 months ago 868 reads 6 comments
2008 Indian Wells: Novak Djokovic

Novak would win this tournament, and some might say he never looked better. On the heels of his Australian Open triumph, his confidence ooozed from every pore, and his form was fantastic...

Written by claudia celestial girl about 4 months ago 148 reads 4 comments
A Celebration of Hot Tennis Part 2: An American Tale

This is part two of our Hot Tennis retrospective. Six thousand miles away (ten km) from the courts of Europe, and a bit earlier in the year, we saw some hot tennis at Indian Wells this year...

Written by claudia celestial girl about 4 months ago 151 reads 20 comments
Oh Greatest Match! How Do We Quantify Thee?

Last year, we said we'd witnessed the 'greatest match ever.' And then this year, we turn around and say it was better than last year. This, of course, begs a question whether we are too biased toward recent memory...

Written by claudia celestial girl about 4 months ago 246 reads 16 comments
Grass Court Season, 2009: A Tribute

Under construction! since I often lose the connection, I'll construct this over the next hour. Wimbledon is over! I'm sad, and will be reflecting on this season- one in which I had a chance to travel to three tournaments in the grass court season...

Written by claudia celestial girl about 5 months ago 62 reads 1 comments
Wimbledon 2009: A Fan's Experience, part 2

This is a work in progress! please be patient! There will be about 20 images, but my browser seems to be finicky, and there is no way to create a draft here at b.r/ This will take a few minutes...

Written by claudia celestial girl about 5 months ago 90 reads 4 comments
Serena, Hawkeye, and a Game of Millimeters

You've come a long way, baby! It may be a little known fact about tennis that Serena Williams invented the Hawk-eye system. Er.....

Written by claudia celestial girl about 5 months ago 264 reads 2 comments
Wimbledon Day Five: A Fan's Experience

It was supposed to rain horribly over the weekend, starting Day 5. With thunder and lightning. Aha! I thought, the best time to attempt to queue for tickets to this theater of sport, the cathedral of tennis...

Written by claudia celestial girl about 5 months ago 516 reads 23 comments
Tennis Physics: Part One

When I'm not watching tennis, I participate in space missions for a living. I just got the Tennis Channel in my house, and I couldn't help but notice a few things—now that I'm watching more regularly—about the physics of tennis...

Written by claudia celestial girl about 6 months ago 237 reads 11 comments
Soderling Beats Nadal: Advantages of Being Disliked

Reflecting on Rafa's recent historic loss at the 2009 French Open to Robin Soderling, I was struck by a couple of things. One was Rafa's visible discomfort out there on the court. Another was his post-match comments about feeling "without calm...

Written by claudia celestial girl about 6 months ago 752 reads 6 comments
I Can Also Beat You Wearing Pink, No?

I'm told that Rafa's colors for the French Open, courtesy of Nike, will be (drum roll please)... Fuchsia! With a yellow stripe. And grey pants...

Written by claudia celestial girl about 6 months ago 463 reads 6 comments
Rafa Will Never Make the Grand Slam

That's right. Let me be the first to loudly proclaim that Rafa doesn't have what it takes to win all four tennis majors in the same calendar year...

Written by claudia celestial girl about 6 months ago 966 reads 28 comments

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claudia celestial girl Article Archive

Near Misses: Venus at the 2008 US Open

State of Grace: Losing in 2009

Queens of the Court: The Luminous Evonne Goolagong

Greatest Lady Competitors in Tennis History

Competitive Cojones: Comparing Corretja, Courier, Chesnokov, and Coria

Queens of Court: Althea Gibson, a Pioneering Tennis Talent

Queens of the Court: The Divine Suzanne Lenglen

Andre Agassi and the Hot Air Problem

In the Zone with John McEnroe

In the Zone with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Greatest Match of All Time: Objective Approach, Subjective Topic

Top Nadal/Djokovic Match-Ups

Like It's 1999: A Celebration of Serena's Career

2008 Indian Wells: Rafael Nadal

2008 Indian Wells: Novak Djokovic

A Celebration of Hot Tennis Part 2: An American Tale

Oh Greatest Match! How Do We Quantify Thee?

Grass Court Season, 2009: A Tribute

Wimbledon 2009: A Fan's Experience, part 2

Serena, Hawkeye, and a Game of Millimeters

Wimbledon Day Five: A Fan's Experience

Tennis Physics: Part One

Soderling Beats Nadal: Advantages of Being Disliked

I Can Also Beat You Wearing Pink, No?

Rafa Will Never Make the Grand Slam

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