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For our SP players, remember: just the LAST NAME of the player, unless two players with the same last name play on the same day.
For our SP players, remember: just the LAST NAME of the player, unless two players with the same last name play on the same day.
Great Tennis Journalism 2.0
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I didn't always agree with him but he is the one journalist at a top US newspaper who focused on tennis. He will be missed.
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Roger Federer: The Master.
Rafael Nadal: The Warrior.
Novak Djokovic: The...
Rafael Nadal: The Warrior.
Novak Djokovic: The...
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I thought of that, but can you really put that as the title of a book if that player is also the GOAT?
I would, but you know IATA.
I would, but you know IATA.
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They do identify Sabalenka properly, but, TODAY OF ALL DAYS, you are going to tell me you could not find a shot of Muchova?
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Indeed.
But remember that this topic is about sarcastic GREAT tennis journalism
But remember that this topic is about sarcastic GREAT tennis journalism
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I know, I know, I know.
Martina is now a US Citizen. But, when she won her first Wimbledon, she was Czech, right?
So: Martina, Jana, Petra and Marketa.
Martina is now a US Citizen. But, when she won her first Wimbledon, she was Czech, right?
So: Martina, Jana, Petra and Marketa.
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Yes, but she did not become a US citizen until 1981. I mean, you don't defect and become a citizen the next day, right?
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No, but they don't let you represent the country once you defect - particularly a Communist-bloc country.
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Ah, didn't know that. Ok, sorry Wimbledon.
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Not sure where else to put this, but here's the latest Craig Shapiro Tennis Podcast, which I edit.
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