Publication: Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor

First Reported May 23 2012 - Updated May 23 2012 - 1 Documents

Reading the Readers: Multi-Colored Edition

I'm heading to Paris tomorrow, and it's been an action-packed couple of weeks in Europe, so this seems like a good time to open the mailbag. I'll probably be back with Roland Garros previews on Friday. ***** From “ Old Bosses, New Bosses ”: Just ... [ Published May 23 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ]

Entities: Roger Federer, Adriano Panatta, Marat Safin, Tomas Berdych

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated May 21 2012 - 1 Documents

Rafael Nadal

The Persistents, Part II

“What you did this year is probably impossible to repeat,” Rafael Nadal said to Novak Djokovic after losing to the Serb at the U.S. Open in 2011. These words of hard-won realism—Nadal knew from experience that living up to yourself isn’t easy—have begun ... [ Published May 21 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ]

Entities: Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Maria Sharapova, French Open - Roland Garros, Rome

First Reported May 18 2012 - Updated May 19 2012 - 1 Documents

Andreas Seppi

Five Thoughts From the Foro

So far the Rome Masters has lived up to the nickname of its host city—some things about the tournament really are eternal. The blank-eyed Mussolini-era statues are still comically creepy. The sunken second stadium, with its fierce-looking rectangle ... [ Published May 18 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ]

Entities: Andreas Seppi, Tomas Berdych, Rafael Nadal

First Reported May 17 2012 - Updated May 18 2012 - 1 Documents

Bjorn Borg

Catching the Tape: Before Seppi, Adriano

I never thought I'd be writing the words, “Before Andreas Seppi, there was…” But after today, and Seppi’s second straight dramatic, three-set win in front of a delirious home audience in Rome, I really have no choice. Seppi held off six match points ... [ Published May 17 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ]

Entities: Adriano Panatta, Bjorn Borg, Andreas Seppi, José Higueras

First Reported May 17 2012 - Updated May 17 2012 - 1 Documents

Novak Djokovic

Rally: The Buzz from Rome

Kamakshi Tandon is one of the few North American journalists in Rome this week. She's making her first trip to the Foro Italico, so we're going to trade a few thoughts on the city and the event here. You can follow her tweets from Rome @ Kamakshi_Tandon ... [ Published May 17 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ]

Entities: Rome, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Marble

First Reported May 16 2012 - Updated May 16 2012 - 1 Documents

Nikolay Davydenko

Eternally New

Seeing Italian tennis fans slouch in their comfortably nonchalant way at the Foro Italico wouldn’t seem like the stuff of memories, but it has been for me every spring since 2007. That was the first and thus far only year I attended the Rome Masters, ... [ Published May 16 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ]

Entities: Rome, Rafael Nadal, Nikolay Davydenko, Roger Federer, cachexia

First Reported May 15 2012 - Updated May 15 2012 - 1 Documents

Serena Williams

Rome Around

When it comes to making predictions, it doesn’t hurt to preview a tournament four days after it begins. Especially a tournament that involves Petra Kvitova. At least you know that she managed to make it past her opening round, which she did today over ... [ Published May 15 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ]

Entities: Serena Williams, Sam Stosur, Victoria Azarenka, Maria Sharapova

First Reported May 14 2012 - Updated May 15 2012 - 1 Documents

Red Dawn

One thing you can say for Ion Tiriac, he helped heat things up early this clay season. There’s agitation all around as we leave Madrid, and the divide between, in this case, the Federer and Nadal/Djokovic fan camps seems about as wide as its ever ... [ Published May 14 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ]

Entities: Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal

First Reported May 14 2012 - Updated May 14 2012 - 1 Documents

Old Bosses, New Bosses

The Mutua Madrid Open, after a downer of a week, closed on a couple of up notes on Sunday. Roger Federer and Serena Williams, the active Grand Slam leaders on each tour, came to Ion Tiriac’s rescue with two memorable final-round wins. Williams’s quick ... [ Published May 14 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ]

Entities: Roger Federer, Tomas Berdych, Victoria Azarenka, Serena Williams

First Reported May 12 2012 - Updated May 12 2012 - 1 Documents

Skid-Daddling

Has the tennis world been complaining about the wrong thing this week in Madrid? While fans and press and (mostly male) players have been staring angrily at the blue clay, we’ve haven't been paying a whole lot of attention to the women playing alongside ... [ Published May 12 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ]

Entities: Novak Djokovic, Fernando Verdasco, Varvara Lepchenko

First Reported May 11 2012 - Updated May 11 2012 - 1 Documents

Fever Pitch

Ion Tiriac had been dreaming of this moment for months. Finally, vindication was at hand, and all of the haters and whiners and traditionalist nitwits could stuff it. A left-handed Spanish star was on his knees, kissing the beautiful, slippery blue ... [ Published May 11 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ]

Entities: Rafael Nadal, Fernando Verdasco, French Open - Roland Garros, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic

First Reported May 10 2012 - Updated May 10 2012 - 1 Documents

Skating Through

Only Serena Williams could make a 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 comeback win over Caroline Wozniacki look like a routine performance. But her third-round victory in Madrid today had all of the Serena hallmarks, beginning with the cranky, this-is-the-last-place-I-want-to-be, ... [ Published May 10 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ]

Entities: Caroline Wozniacki, Serena Williams, Sven Groeneveld, Miami (Florida, United States), Ekaterina Makarova

Quotes

...77. This fact was duly noted by the TennisTV commentator, in a fairly painful-sounding way. When Radwanska went up 5-2 in the second set, he said, "She has surely broken the spine of her opponent now." Ouch.*****When I saw Fernando Verdasco trudge on to center court this morning, I couldn’t quite believe my eyes...

Skid-Daddling [Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor - May 12 2012]

A true volleyer, even when facing a dire situation, always thinks, "I'm in the strong position. He's going to have to find a way around, over or through me, and the latter two options will never work. So, he'd better hope he threads the needle, or I'm all over it!"

Reading the Readers: Asterisked Edition [Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor - May 01 2012]

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Reading the Readers: Multi-Colored Edition [ Published May 23 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ]
The Persistents, Part II [ Published May 21 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ]
Five Thoughts From the Foro [ Published May 18 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ]
Catching the Tape: Before Seppi, Adriano [ Published May 17 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ]
Rally: The Buzz from Rome [ Published May 17 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ]
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Rome Around [ Published May 15 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ]
Red Dawn [ Published May 14 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ]
Old Bosses, New Bosses [ Published May 14 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ]
Skid-Daddling [ Published May 12 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ]
Fever Pitch [ Published May 11 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ]
Skating Through [ Published May 10 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ]
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Seeing Red [ Published May 07 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ]
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Rally: Who Will Be Queen of Clay? [ Published May 03 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ]
Got Those Old Madrid Blues [ Published May 02 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ]
Catching the Tape: Two Princes in Action [ Published May 02 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ]
Prince of a Racquet [ Published May 01 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ]
Reading the Readers: Asterisked Edition [ Published May 01 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ]
Others' Week [ Published Apr 30 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ]
The Persistents [ Published Apr 30 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ]
Playing Ball: Hacker's Diary [ Published Apr 27 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ]
The Right Wing [ Published Apr 26 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ]
Catching the Tape: At Home with Andy [ Published Apr 25 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ]
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Marching On [ Published Apr 20 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ]

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Reading the Readers: Multi-Colored Edition [ Published May 23 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ] I'm heading to Paris tomorrow, and it's been an action-packed couple of weeks in Europe, so this seems like a good time to open the mailbag. I'll probably be back with Roland Garros previews on Friday. ***** From “ Old Bosses, New Bosses ”: Just ...
The Persistents, Part II [ Published May 21 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ] “What you did this year is probably impossible to repeat,” Rafael Nadal said to Novak Djokovic after losing to the Serb at the U.S. Open in 2011. These words of hard-won realism—Nadal knew from experience that living up to yourself isn’t easy—have begun ...
Five Thoughts From the Foro [ Published May 18 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ] So far the Rome Masters has lived up to the nickname of its host city—some things about the tournament really are eternal. The blank-eyed Mussolini-era statues are still comically creepy. The sunken second stadium, with its fierce-looking rectangle ...
Catching the Tape: Before Seppi, Adriano [ Published May 17 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ] I never thought I'd be writing the words, “Before Andreas Seppi, there was…” But after today, and Seppi’s second straight dramatic, three-set win in front of a delirious home audience in Rome, I really have no choice. Seppi held off six match points ...
Rally: The Buzz from Rome [ Published May 17 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor ] Kamakshi Tandon is one of the few North American journalists in Rome this week. She's making her first trip to the Foro Italico, so we're going to trade a few thoughts on the city and the event here. You can follow her tweets from Rome @ Kamakshi_Tandon ...