Love Means Nothing in Tennis

RE: Up-Down Wheelchair Tennis: Try it one day, it'll make you a better player!

seattlesteve — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:10:28 GMT

OK, I'm asking - how did you overcome your tennis elbow? Needless to say (or I wouldn't ask), I have it. I have switched to a two-handed backhand, and with a little less play, PT, and icing, it doesn't seem to be getting worse, but I'd sure like to "overcome" it!

RE: How to improve your chances in singles matches

TennisRich — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 22:32:20 GMT

Hey, Phila girl. Sorry about the Phillies. If the Rockies hadn't thrown the Padres out last Sunday, we would have beaten them, haha.

Funny, I lived 5 years in Downingtown, PA. My daughter lives in the West Chester area...

Glad to hear that I was able to motivating you. I'm writing you from the USTA 2.5 National Championships in Indian Wells, where I'm working today. Talking about some motivated players.... more in my next Blog!

RE: How to improve your chances in singles matches

Active Sara — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:55:03 GMT

I've been reading through your blog posts and it's definitely gotten me motivated to get back into actually playing tennis and not just watching and reading about it. I loved this last post. I'm definitely going to use your advice. Thanks!

RE: Tennis Fans

TennisRich — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:01:25 GMT

Without a doubt, for me the "Battle of the Sexes" was the most important tennis match in history. I am just a little bit biased, of course, having met BJK personally and watched her graciously helping me in one of my big tennis fundraisers.
More importantly, Bobby Riggs is my favorite male tennis player of all time. The "most underrated" player, according to Jack Kramer, he knew how to win and to lose, and he was a great showman. Btw, before he played BJK, he played the most successful tennis woman of all time, Margaret Court, right here in San Diego County (Ramona). This match was sometimes called "Mother's Day Massacre", because he beat Margaret Court so badly 6-2, 6-1. She was happy for the $10,000 purse, of course, but BJK, who prior to the match urged her not to lose because this was "not about tennis", wasn't thrilled at all. That match helped her make up her mind and give in to Bobby Riggs's please to play him. She knew it had to be settled and she knew she HAD to win. The rest is history.

RE: Tennis Fans

Trish18 — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:35:41 GMT

You raise a good point about tennis fans possibly the highest rate of participation. Would you say that golf would be another one that it pretty high up there?

I haven't logged many hours of watching matches, but if I were to pick my favorite match--I think I would go with The Battle of the Sexes. Might be cliche, but monumental nonetheless. From SI.com:

"In the most watched tennis match in history, Billie Jean King routed Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes. For many, this was the event that defined the women's movement of the 1970s and changed the social landscape for females forever. Thirty-three years later, the USTA renamed the National Tennis Center the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, the first time in U.S. history that a major sports arena bore the name of a woman."

Is there a match that ranks higher on your list of favorites than Tommy Haas vs. James Blake?