A deluge forced the United States Open junior tournament to be moved Thursday from Flushing Meadows to indoor courts in Port Chester, N.Y. To the young players, it was a reminder of how far they have to go in tennis, a sport to which many have dedicated much of their lives. Only the best juniors -- 64 boys and 64 girls -- compete in the junior...
He was a tennis prodigy from an Irish Catholic family in Douglaston Manor, a leafy neighborhood in Queens. A gifted athlete, he swayed back and forth at the baseline before attacking the net behind a wicked left-handed serve. He played with a wooden Dunlop racket, wore Sergio Tacchini clothes and gracefully moved around the court in Nike shoes. I'm...
During his second-set meltdown Sunday against Rafael Nadal, the Argentine veteran David Nalbandian raised his racket in disgust and despair, brandishing it above his head at Arthur Ashe Stadium. Soon, it appeared, the racket would be smashed to pieces. The chair umpire, Pascal Maria of France, watched closely in anticipation. But it did not happen....
John Patrick McEnroe, Jr. (født 16. februar 1959 i Wiesbaden, Tyskland) er en tidligere amerikansk tennisspiller.
Kendt for sit store temperament og sin åbne personlighed var McEnroe én af de mest populære (og bedste) tennisspillere i historien. Han huskes bl.a. for en række legendariske finalekampe med Björn Borg den største i Wimbledon 1980.
McEnroe fik sit gennembrud i slutningen af 1970'erne og havde sin storhedstid igennem 1980'erne. Han afsluttede karrieren i starten af 1990'erne, og har siden bl.a. kommenteret og udgivet bøger. I dag spiller han fortsat aktivt på seniortouren (for tidligere topspillere over 35 år), og betragtes som én af de allerbedste. John McEnroe kan opleves i Danmark den 13 & 14 november 2007 i KB-Hallen. Her kommer John McEnroe op mod sin store rival Björn Borg og herudover Stefan Edberg og Henri Leconte. Fold ud