There is no more difficult challenge in sport than to defeat Rafael Nadal on Court Philippe Chatrier, the main show court of the French Open. It is, for all relevant purposes, his home, his house, the place where he wins… Read More ›
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#Forbes: #Rafa #Nadal Wins 12th #FrenchOpen Title, Moves Closer to Roger #Federer On All-Time Majors List
The King of Clay has done it again. Rafa Nadal continues to make tennis history and continues to move up the all-time list of major titles in men’s tennis. The 33-year-old Spaniard and No. 2 seed won his 12th French… Read More ›
#FrenchOpen #Tennis: Reasons why Roger #Federer can shock #Rafael #Nadal in semi-finals
Friday’s meeting in the French Open semi-finals will be the first time since October 2017 that Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have faced each other. Federer won that encounter in the Shanghai Masters final. It was the first time he… Read More ›
#Roger #Federer vs #Rafael #Nadal: The five ages of #Tennis’s greatest rivalry
2004-2006: The master and the young pretender By the time Federer and Nadal first met it was March 2004 and Federer, aged 22, was already a multiple grand slam champion. Nadal by contrast was just 17 and taking his first tentative… Read More ›
#Forbes: Why clay courts mold top #Tennis players
PARIS — For decades, the red clay that makes the French Open unique among Grand Slams has served as a gorgeous canvas for the game’s most artful practitioners, looking more like velvet than crushed brick under the Parisian sun. But… Read More ›
#CNN – #Tennis: #RogerFederer achieves more milestones at #FrenchOpen – 400th #GrandSlam match
(CNN)By returning to the French Open this year after a three-year absence, Roger Federer is spreading his milestones across the tennis world. Winning his first two outings at Roland Garros this week, Federer reached his 400th grand slam match when… Read More ›
#OhCanada!: A #Canadian born invented #Basketball in 1891, 128 years later #Raptors have the – #NBA title
On March 6, 1861 — eight months after Abraham Lincoln was sworn in as the 16th President of the United States — Naismith was born in Almonte, Ontario. He would go on to spend his life as an educator and a sports… Read More ›
The 10,000-hour rule for sporting success is largely a myth, so let kids dabble
https://youtu.be/Fl-9YF69Huw Most elite athletes are more like Roger Federer, who dabbled in a vast number of sports – including skiing, wrestling, handball, skateboarding, football, badminton – which helped to develop his athleticism and hand-eye coordination, before focusing on tennis… Read More ›
#Tennis: Things learned from Federer’s return
They say absence makes the heart go fonder and it certainly looked that way judging from the massive crowds that filled the newly-refurbished Court Philippe-Chatrier to witness Federer’s first match at Roland-Garros since 2015. Federer is obviously one of the… Read More ›
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