Mario Ancic never won a Grand Slam tournament; he never even reached a final. He peaked at No. 7 in the world, with a Davis Cup win and an Olympic bronze medal, before illness and injury cut his tennis career short. This week, the 30-year-old Croatian started his final year at Columbia Law School, where […]
Patrick McEnroe announced his resignation Wednesday as general manager of player development for the U.S. Tennis Association, the nonprofit group that organizes the U.S. Open. This year’s Open shows how little top U.S. talent has emerged during McEnroe’s tenure. He took the job in April 2008. No American male player who was under 20 at […]
Patrick McEnroe announced his resignation Wednesday as general manager of player development for the U.S. Tennis Association, the nonprofit group that organizes the U.S. Open. This year’s Open shows how little top U.S. talent has emerged during McEnroe’s tenure. He took the job in April 2008. No American male player who was under 20 at […]
If you’ve ever watched a tennis player dominate with the first serve but saw the second serve obliterated by the returner, you might have wondered: Why don’t more players go for it on their second serve? Wouldn’t they be better off treating their second opportunity to serve like their first one? The answer almost always […]
If you’ve ever watched a tennis player dominate with the first serve but saw the second serve obliterated by the returner, you might have wondered: Why don’t more players go for it on their second serve? Wouldn’t they be better off treating their second opportunity to serve like their first one? The answer almost always […]