Tennis

Israeli tennis star Shahar Peer was denied entry into the United Arab Emirates to play in the Dubai Tennis Championships, a tournament which features all of the top 10 ranked women and a $2 million purse.  Organizers of the tournament said they feared riots and other security issues if Peer were allowed to play after the recent escalating violence in the Gaza Strip.  

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Poor Novak Djokovic.  Last year’s Australian Open winner and this year’s punchline, Djokovic is the Serbian equivalent to Rodney Dangerfield.  He gets no pogled. 

Djokovic ended his Aussie Open run against American Andy Roddick four sets into their quarterfinal match Tuesday.  Despite winning the first set, the 105 degree heat on the court got to Djokovic and he decided to call it quits.  Yes, I said 105 degree heat.  In Melbourne.  Even Crocodile Dundee would have been asking for Gatorade and Gold Bond. 

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He got lucky only having to play either Nadal or Djokivic - not one in the semis and one in the finals.  He's going to be a year older next year and he's shown real signes of being past his prime

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After my blog post about how Federer was the greatest tennis player of all time and was easily going to break Sampars' record 14 Grand Slam singles victories, I'm starting to think that I might have been a little premature in my assesment.

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