Articles Tagged with #tennis
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The French, Opened
William Klein’s mesmerizing, rarely seen documentary The French goes behind the scenes at Rolland Garros in 1981.
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New York, New York
The Boulevard of Broken Bones
Even through the prism of life in the tumultuous Middle East, the U.S. in an election year looks divided, fractious, frustrating. But there’s still a ray of hope—in Queens.
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The Tennis Handsomes
Some Sunny Day
At the time, Roddick was the latest in a long line of American tennis players extending our global dominance, stretching at that point from Connors to McEnroe to Chang to...
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Hang on Till Tomorrow
The rain moved in bands across the blue hardcourt like a firehouse had been trained on it. It was sudden and vicious and definitively the weather of summer. But the...
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All the Children Singing
Could do well Yesterday, when 20-year-old Louisiana hothead Ryan Harrison ran into a TV camera while losing his first round match in Cincinnati, he said, “Get the fricking TVs...
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Where the Air Is Sweet
The major stuff I watch too, and weeks like this past one are as good as any. The Olympics satisfied all my blockbuster tennis needs, while the Citi Open in...
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Open
London isn’t the only site of play that has gotten a little odd. Because the top few tennis players from each country are in London for the games,...
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Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
They’re all here, and it makes things like this happen: This week, teenage Jack Sock (back, finally, after a groin injury) lost in an American dream quarterfinal in...
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Watch Out, the World’s Behind You
Even if we’re just interested in the top couple hundred tennis players in the world, it raises the question: Where were the other 198 players yesterday? Most of them...
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Bleak House
Our young heroes’ current standings are low: Melanie Oudin lost her first match; Donald Young lost his first match; John Inser lost his first match; Ryan Harrison lost his...
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Hello Daddy, Hello Mom
She did not qualify for the main draw at Wimbledon this year because of her terrible play over the last three years (she peaked at No. 30 in the world after...
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Fresh Meat
Let us start with big goofy Sam Querrey, who made it to the semis on the grass courts at Queens. What a run, after doing almost nothing all year other...