Flying the Flag

Do contemporary players care about the Olympics? Tennis returned as a medal sport in the 1988 Seoul Olympic games. Only three of the top ten players participated. Fast forward to 2012, and you’ll see Andy Murray beat Roger Federer in London to take gold on his home soil, a win...
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Posted on July 19, 2016

Who is Larry Ellison?

Tennis fans often talk about a guy named Larry Ellison, the face behind the massive BNP Paribas Open tournament. But who is he? Ellison is a dropout, twice over no less: from the University of Chicago and from the University of Illinois at Urbana. Mostly, Ellison is filthy rich, with...
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Posted on December 15, 2015

Reilly Opelka brings a big game

American tennis, it turns out, is totally fine and far from doomed. That’s what the headlines say this week after young Reilly Opelka won the prestigious Wimbledon boys’ title. The unseeded American defeated Sweden’s Mikael Ymer 7-6 (5) and 6-4 in the final, managing 15 aces and never facing a...
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Posted on July 17, 2015

Tennis is the universal game

In the five years that I lived in Toronto, I visited the CN Tower exactly once. I was with my family and during my first year in the T.O. I decided to take the elevator up this communications and observation tower, because visiting the CN Tower is something you do...
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Posted on May 8, 2015