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 […]
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 […]
By beating perhaps the greatest player of all time on his favorite surface in the Wimbledon final on Sunday, Novak Djokovic didn’t just retake the No. 1 ranking. He also surpassed his coach and his opponent’s coach by winning his seventh career Grand Slam title. Roger Federer — whom Djokovic beat in a thrilling five-set […]
By beating perhaps the greatest player of all time on his favorite surface in the Wimbledon final on Sunday, Novak Djokovic didn’t just retake the No. 1 ranking. He also surpassed his coach and his opponent’s coach by winning his seventh career Grand Slam title. Roger Federer — whom Djokovic beat in a thrilling five-set […]
Statkeepers at Wimbledon have a reputation for generosity. Often what looks like a player’s bad mistake appears to the tennis tournament’s official match-trackers to be the result of great play by the opponent. After tracking one of this year’s men’s semifinals on Friday, and looking at other independent match scoring, I think the reputation is deserved. I watched […]
