Steve Tignor wrote an interesting viewpoint piece at tennis.com with the title “Excessive civility muting the men’s game?”
Have you read it already? If not, click here. If you have, can you please explain it to me? Here’s what I’ve figured so far. . .
Tignor begins by comparing two US Open semifinal handshakes – this year’s [...]

So Roger Federer played second fiddle today, taking the court against Tommy Robredo after Melanie Oudin’s big win over Nadia Petrova. He did his best to wow the crowd in his own way, coming back from a tight first set to dominate the Spaniard in vintage Fed style: 7-5, 6-2, 6-2.
I loved what Roger had [...]

Novak Djokovic was in the mood for more tennis after dominating Radek Stepanek 6-1, 6-3, 6-3, in the Round of 16 at the US Open on Monday night.  After his new coach, Todd Martin, turned him down, he went for the sure thing and asked John McEnroe to come down from the ESPN broadcast booth [...]

Some interesting video and interviews from Wednesday’s Game. Set. NYC. event in Manhattan. John McEnroe talks about Roger Federer’s possible postnatal let-down and Rafael Nadal tells the world that he may be “too fresh” to win the US Open:

Pish posh, I say! They both look good to me! And really, is John McEnroe one of [...]

Here are some photos of Roger Federer at today’s Game, Set, NYC promotion sponsored by Nike with John McEnroe and kids from a local tennis program.

Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams were there too (in the flesh, not just in the posters) – stay tuned for more photographs.

John McEnroe said the use of injury timeouts is “absolutely an epidemic” on the tour, speaking Wednesday via an ESPN2 conference call.
The latest outbreak of timeout-itis occurred last weekend in Montreal, when Juan Martin del Potro called the trainer twice and took a bathroom break during his championship match against Andy Murray. The Argentine had [...]

Yes, this is what it takes to get World Team Tennis on SportsCenter. (Notice at the beginning that it’s categorized as a “Tennis Incident”!) What’s next? A cage around the court? Helmets and body armor? Anna Kournikova Warrior Princess?

Seems to me that Kendrick completely overreacted to a standard doubles play and McEnroe should have stayed [...]

(“Why yes, I AM serious.” Photo by Andrew Riddle via WTT site)
Drama and tensions flared Thursday night during a World Team Tennis matchup between the Washington Kastles and the New York Sportimes, billed on the Kastles’ website as “a heated battle between the two best teams in WTT’s Eastern Conference.” Playing in D.C., the teams [...]

The drama’s building at Roland Garros, with a Day 5 filled with tears, triumphs and flop sweat.
Roger Federer’s four set victory over Jose Acasuso was an epic drama in itself. Roger pulled a Houdini, admitting afterwards that “(Acasuso) should have won a few sets.” I’m pretty sure that means Jose would have won the match, [...]

The Associated Press reports that John McEnroe’s offer to coach Roger Federer stills stands (click here for the news from earlier this month.)
“If he wants my input, we have people that represent us.” John McEnroe said in an interview on Tuesday,  “It’s a phone call away.”
Roger Federer is nonplussed, telling reporters in Rome: “I guess [...]

Well, we were wondering which former Champion would step up and offer to help the struggling, racquet-smashing Roger Federer, and now we have our answer: tennis’ original bad boy, John McEnroe.
Here’s the scoop from Eurosport (click here for original):

Former great John McEnroe has offered to help Roger Federer rediscover his form after the Swiss suffered [...]

Celebrate the Super Brat with a classic Wimbledon clip!