What makes a champion?

Posted by minnau on 21/01/2015 · Leave a Comment 

Wednesday looked like not so special day as far as the order of play was concerned. Pretty boring matchups, I thought as I decided not to record anything before I was supposed to wake up. How wrong I was! On paper, Sharapova vs. Panova or Nadal vs. Smyczek were just an ordinary day at the … Continue reading →

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You never know how much you are going to play

Posted by minnau on 20/08/2014 · Leave a Comment 

Rafael Nadal pulls out of the US Open. Juan Martin del Potro is not going to play after all. Li Na is out the whole hard-court season because of knee injury. Azarenka is injured again. We are just not going to get rid of these announcements. And it is no wonder because tennis is not … Continue reading →

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Upset frenzy

Posted by minnau on 03/06/2014 · Leave a Comment 

Upsets are the best thing in tennis. I always look forward to seeing them already in the first week of a Grand Slam. Ernests Gulbis beating Roger Federer is great in my opinion, although the French fans might have been thinking otherwise. They even cheered the errors of Gulbis, which I think is bad. Li … Continue reading →

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Thirtysomethings can still do it

Posted by minnau on 30/01/2014 · Leave a Comment 

In 1990, the big story in tennis was a 13- year old, who was just starting a professional tennis career. 24 years on, can you imagine a crowd of reporters waiting somebody to play her first professional match?  Something similar happened twice in 1994, when there were two 14-year olds doing the same thing, one … Continue reading →

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