Tennis, anyone?
Posted by: Bradley McDonald
Any tennis fans out there? Tennis has become one of my favorite sports to play. It's not a team sport (unless you're playing doubles), so you get all the blame or all the glory, but unlike golf, you are in direct competition with an opponent. And, besides that, it's great exercise.
The grandaddy of all tennis tournaments is going on right now - Wimbledon. If you've kept up with tennis in the least, you know that Roger Federer is the guy to beat these days. He has won the last two Wimbledon titles and has won 35 straight matches on grass. He advanced to the finals once again by beating Lleyton Hewitt yesterday. "I've got no doubt that I feel like I'm the second-best player going around right at the moment," Hewitt said. "It's just that the best player going around is pretty bloody good."
Federer will take on the winner of Thomas Johansson and American Andy Roddick, but I don't think it will matter. Federer is just that much better than everyone else.
On the women's side, top-ranked Lindsey Davenport advanced to her first major final in 5 years. She will meet Venus Williams, who took out media darling Maria Sharapova in the semifinals.
Any tennis fans out there? Tennis has become one of my favorite sports to play. It's not a team sport (unless you're playing doubles), so you get all the blame or all the glory, but unlike golf, you are in direct competition with an opponent. And, besides that, it's great exercise.
The grandaddy of all tennis tournaments is going on right now - Wimbledon. If you've kept up with tennis in the least, you know that Roger Federer is the guy to beat these days. He has won the last two Wimbledon titles and has won 35 straight matches on grass. He advanced to the finals once again by beating Lleyton Hewitt yesterday. "I've got no doubt that I feel like I'm the second-best player going around right at the moment," Hewitt said. "It's just that the best player going around is pretty bloody good."
Federer will take on the winner of Thomas Johansson and American Andy Roddick, but I don't think it will matter. Federer is just that much better than everyone else.
On the women's side, top-ranked Lindsey Davenport advanced to her first major final in 5 years. She will meet Venus Williams, who took out media darling Maria Sharapova in the semifinals.
