Posted by Zach Bigalke on January 16, 2011 · Leave a Comment
We’re mere hours from the start of the 2011 Australian Open. The preview is coming late, and this is the first time in four years that I’m not linked into cable television for the tournament. (For all my gripes about television, the main one is the cost — yet somehow it ended up that my wife and I were plugged at that moment in three different domiciles in three consecutive years.) I’m also without internet at the house still, over a month... Read More
Filed under More, Tennis · Tagged with Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi, Australian Open, Bob Bryan, Bryan brothers, Cara Black, Daniel Nestor, doubles, Elena Vesnina, Flavia Pennetta, Gisela Dulko, Grand Slam, Hisense Arena, Indo-Pak Express, Katarina Srebotnik, Kveta Peschke, Liezel Huber, Margaret Court Arena, Max Mirnyi, Michael Llodra, Mike Bryan, Nadia Petrova, Nenad Zimonjic, Rod Laver Arena, Rohan Bopanna, Vania King, Vera Zvonareva, Yaroslava Shvedova
Posted by Zach Bigalke on January 16, 2011 · Leave a Comment
We’re mere hours from the start of the 2011 Australian Open. The preview is coming late, and this is the first time in four years that I’m not linked into cable television for the tournament. (For all my gripes about television, the main one is the cost — yet somehow it ended up that my wife and I were plugged at that moment in three different domiciles in three consecutive years.) I’m also without internet at the house still, over a month... Read More
Filed under More, Tennis · Tagged with Ana Ivanovic, Australian Open, Caroline Wozniacki, Dinara Safina, Francesca Schiavone, Grand Slam, Hisense Arena, Jelena Jankovic, Justine Henin, Kim Clijsters, Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne, Nadia Petrova, Rod Laver Arena, Samantha Stosur, Serena Williams, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Vania King, Venus Williams, Vera Zvonareva, Victoria Azarenka, Yaroslava Shvedova
Posted by Zach Bigalke on September 16, 2010 · 6 Comments
What makes us enjoy what we enjoy; how do our spectating proclivities develop, and why do we take interest in some events and not in others? It’s one of those things that I keep rolling over again and again in my brain as I find myself overwhelmed at times with the sheer number of events that seem to captivate me and pull my focus in every possible direction. We’re at the intersection of summer and winter, the traditional autumn... Read More
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Posted by Zach Bigalke on September 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Before we got to the showcase showdown between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic on another rainy New York day, there was the matter of finishing off the women’s doubles title match. Already having split the first two sets, the #6 pairing of Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova were now staring at imminent defeat once the match restarted. Down 5-4, their opponents — #2 Liezel Huber and Nadia Petrova — were just three points away from... Read More
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Posted by Zach Bigalke on September 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment
We close up the Grand Slam calendar today after a weekend in Flushing Meadows that settled the championships in all divisions at the 2010 U.S. Open. It’s been an amazing fortnight on the courts of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, from the showcase arenas to the outer courts, full of upsets and superstars, fresh faces and new names, contenders and pretenders and everyone in between that make up the myriad draws held simultaneously... Read More
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