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Federer Reserve
The hardwatching staff has seen the great Roger Federer play a ton of matches over the past half-dozen years, but we’ve rarely seen him perform the way he did against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga yesterday. From...
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Nadal Just Can’t Beat This Guy (II)
This is getting downright depressing for Rafael Nadal. As the hardworking staff has noted before, Novak Djokovich has Nadal’s number and at this point is so far inside Nadal’s head he should be paying...
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Jason Gay And The Dignity Of Defeat
During the past couple of weeks, Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Gay has written a couple of terrific pieces about the losers of major sporting events. Exhibit A: A Loser’s Winning Moment Rafael...
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I Miss Lord Stanley’s Wild Rumpus
That’s all. I’ll get past it. Probably around the Wimbledon men’s final.
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What – Nadal Just Can’t Beat THIS Guy Either?
From our Whiskey Tango Foxtrot desk: The hardwatching staff yields to no man in our admiration and respect for Rafael Nadal. So it’s not bad enough that he’s been buffeted by Hurricane Novak the past...
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You Heard It Here First: Nadal-Killer Goes Down Like The Hindenburg
Just as the hardworking staff predicted, a guy who beat Rafael Nadal one time in ten tries defeated the guy who beat Rafael Nadal one time in one tries at Wimbledon yesterday. From the New York Times:...
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Jason Gay Has Strawberries And Cream With Bud Collins
Venerable tennis savant Bud Collins couldn’t be in the house for Sunday’s gentlemen’s finals at the All England Club (ruptured quad tendon), so estimable Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Gay was in...
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Damn! Rafa Can’t Even Beat THIS Guy
What’s with the tennis journeymen who play the match of their lives against Rafael Nadal? (See 100th-ranked Lukas Rosol at last year’s Wimbledon for details.) Latest edition: Yesterday’s finals loss at...
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Wait – Nadal Can’t Beat THIS Guy?
Rafael Nadal just lost in the first round at Wimbledon . . . to the #135-ranked player in men’s tennis . . . in straight sets. Huh? From USA Today: Nadal bounced early at Wimbledon again WIMBLEDON,...
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No Djok: Novak Will Take Wimbledon, But Who Cares
With Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer flaming out at Wimbledon, it’s pretty much a lock for Novak Djokovic, who rolled in the second round over Bobby Reynolds. Odds are Djokovic will win the tournament,...
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Wall Street Journal Goes All Wimbledamus
From our Nostradamus desk Monday’s Wall Street Journal featured this in its Sports section: Wimbledon Could Get Even Weirder After last week’s upsets, injuries and shoe-sole theatrics, will the ball...
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WSJ’s Wimbledon Double-Fault
Question: When the Wall Street Journal gets it wrong, how does the paper set it right? Answer: Stealthily, in this case. From Tom Perrotta’s piece in the Weekend Wall Street Journal print edition:...
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WSJ = Worst Sports Judgment Ever in WSJ. Magazine Cover
The hardworking staff yields to no man in our respect and admiration for Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Gay, but his cover story in today’s WSJ. Magazine is a flatout bad joke. First, there’s the...
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Our Media Culpa to WSJ Columnist Jason Gay Re: Rafael Nadal
A week or so ago, the hardworking staff had some stern words for the Wall Street Journal’s Jason Gay over his latest cover story for WSJ. Magazine. The hardworking staff yields to no man in our respect...
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Dear Naomi Osaka, Please See Rafael Nadal Re: Mental Health
Women’s tennis alpha gal Naomi Osaka made news this week by announcing that she would not be talking to the press during the French Open. Tennis star Naomi Osaka says she is not going to speak to the...
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The Difference Between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic
Here’s Novak Djokovic after his grueling five-set comeback victory over Jannick Sinner in their Wimbledon men’s singles quarterfinal on Tuesday. And here’s Rafael Nadal after his grueling five-set...
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