Fabrice Santoro came out of his month-long retirement to play the 2010 Australian Open and nab the record for playing majors over four different decades. He didn’t embarrass himself against the 14th seed and dark horse favorite, Marin Cilic, losing 5-7, 5-7, 3-6, and can return to retirement with a [...]

On Sunday, Fabrice “the Magician” Santoro played what he says is the last professional tennis match of his 20-year career, losing to James Blake 6-4, 6-3 in the first round of the Paris Masters. After the match, Blake and Santoro exchanged “jerseys” and Santoro took his own kind of victory lap around the Bercy arena.
“Thank [...]

There are two story lines to any tournament – what you experience as a fan and what actually happens on court. For example, these are the experiences that stick in my mind after attending Day 3 of the US Open on Wednesday:
1.   Witnessing a lady puking near the big fountain at about 11:30 a.m. (Hope [...]

It’s always fun to hear what the players have to say, especially in the pressure cooker of a Grand Slam tournament like Roland Garros. Here are some of my favorite quotes so far:
Marat Safin, on being booted out of his last Roland Garros:

MARAT SAFIN: Well, as you can see, I didn’t draw the heart, and [...]

And the Marat Safin heartbreak tour rolls on. . .
Marat Safin was knocked out of the second round of the French Open on Wednesday, losing to French wild card, Josselin Ouanna, in five tumultuous sets: 6-7,6-7, 6-4, 6-3, 8-10.
Some called it thrilling, I called it torture.
As the light faded into the fifth set, Marat raged [...]