ATP World Tour Finals in London: Lessons Learned from Shanghai
11/30/2009
One of the things that I truly love in life is tennis: the passion, the skill, the determination, the escape that watching Roger Federer hitting beautiful backhands and fiery forehands gives to me. I've always been fascinated by the world of sports journalism and the opportunities for investigation, analysis and supposition that every journalist can explore, so perhaps I feel that by joining this great network I can contribute to that in the smallest way.
If you do happen to stumble on one of my articles, try to enjoy - and try to be nice in your comments...
mensa really has lowered their bourgoise foo foo foo standards
Chloe, I'm wondering from where you heard that Serena is banned for three years from the U.S. Open. As far as I know, she was fined...
Brad Frank replied…
Thanks for clarifying. To me, suspended means that she won't be allowed to play for a...
Chloe Francis replied…
We'll agree to disagree. What I wrote is perfectly valid, although perhaps it has more negative...
I guess I'm one of the very rare and fortunate people here who went to both Shanghai and London! Indeed, Shanghai was the start of my...
Marianne Bevis replied…
Agree with all you say. I know the ATP couldn't control a lot of the problems,...
Chloe Francis replied…
Definitely! I hadn't been to the O2 before either, so the WTFs were certainly an enlightening...
i learned rafa will never recover from a permanent injury and body being worn out at such a young age nadal body age= 31yr old male...
J Li replied…
"Nods" :P
Rajat Jain replied…
exactly!
i learned federer is on his way out
Thanks for the edit! Much appreciated. Chloe
3 days ago
Mosang Miles replied…
My pleasure Chloe!
The World Tour Finals, the ATP tour's year-end championships which has now been completed following Nikolay Davydenko's singles victory, has re-established itself as the ATP's premium tournament ...
Serena Williams, the world No.1 in female tennis, has been fined and given a suspended three-year ban from the US Open for her tirade at a line judge at the US Open in Flushing Meadows...
We're all in agreement. I too missed the end of the Djokovic/Davydenko match. It's not just getting the tube from the O2 but reaching Paddington in...
Chloe Francis replied…
Ditto, ditto, ditto - totally agree with your comments, Clarabella. It's such a shame that the...
Totally totally agree with you Chloe! The singles matches need to get underway much MUCH earlier! Almost everyone is only interested in the singles so they...
Chloe Francis replied…
Totally agree with you. I don't necessarily think the doubles should be placed after singles -...
Thanks for sharing Chloe. It's a wonder how the organizers missed out on transport arrangements. It's the least they can do when a full house is...
Chloe Francis replied…
Thanks for your comments. It was absolutely fantastic - travel notwithstanding! The matches, arena and atmosphere...
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