It’s a Grand Slam semi-final and the stakes are high. Rod Laver Arena is buzzing with crowd anticipation, and the players are walking through the hallway of champions. An interviewer approaches them and asks, “What are your tactics coming into the match?” It’s true that part of their reluctance to answer the question is down…
A Beginner’s Guide To Tennis Tactics
Analyzing things has always been a passion of mine. It’s just how my brain works. I can’t help it. As I have slowly dug deeper into the advanced analytics of baseball and soccer, as well as the deeper tactical analysis of soccer I quickly realized how little tactical analysis exists. After reading an excellent book…
Sergei Bubka Jr…friends in high places?
Can dicking around on the internet be considered investigative journalism? Anyway, Sergei Bubka Jr seemed a strange choice of a wildcard for Doha so I decided to take a look into it. Bubka, of course, is the son of the greatest pole vaulter of all time so “because of daddy” seemed a good place to…
Robert Kendrick suspended for 12 months (the long version)
You probably knows the basics of the Robert Kendrick story by now. The ITF press release has been rehashed by several hundred media outlets; churnalism at its finest. The 31-year-old American tested positive for the banned stimulant methylhexaneamine (MHA) at Roland Garros after taking a tablet to combat jetlag. The ITF accepted his claim that…