Jannik Sinner, of Italy, executing a picture-perfect backhand volley against Holger Rune, of Denmark, at the 2022 ATP Sofia Open tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria
Listening to the many basketball experts analyze young players before last night’s NBA draft is fascinating and instructive.
Let’s start with the women because Sept. 26 is Women’s Equality Day. Here are my top 5 picks along with dark horses who will make seeded players miserable and give fans suspenseful, unpredictable matches.
Over the decades, tennis writers and broadcasters have presented the strokes, skills, and traits the “perfect player” would possess.
Listening to the many basketball experts analyze young players before last night’s NBA draft is fascinating and instructive.
Not since 2004 when unseeded Gaston Gaudio shocked everyone—including himself—to win the French Open men’s title, has anyone other than Rafael Nadal been the favorite. That makes predicting the champion the most perilous and difficult challenge in 20 years.
Justine Henin, the seven-time major champion often called “the female Federer,” once said she watched men’s matches — rather than women’s matches — to improve her game. That didn’t surprise me because she abounded in talent and left no stone unturned.
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