The serve in doubles tennis can function as an assault weapon, among other things. And occasionally, it misses its intended target. Bob and Mike Bryan, the defending United States Open men's doubles champions, find this funny. Well, Bob does. Not so much Mike. ''My ears are still ringing,'' Mike Bryan said about being smacked in the head by his...
Rafael Nadal was working his way into a point about tennis rivalries. It was near the end of the third day of the Wimbledon Championships in late June, and Nadal, an hour or so earlier, efficiently dispensed with his second-round opponent, the hard-hitting but chronically inconsistent American Ryan Sweeting, in straight sets. Now, freshly showered,...
WIMBLEDON, England -- At half past noon on Sunday, there was a scene at the All England Club's Aorangi Park usually seen once every blue moon: four left-handers hitting on three adjacent practice courts. On Court 16, the Frenchman Michael Llodra was grooving his serve. On the court next to him, Bob Bryan and his right-handed twin and doubles...
Martina Navrátilová (født som Martina Šubertová 18. oktober 1956 i Řevnice, Prag, Tjekkiet) er en tjekkisk-amerikansk tennisspiller. Hun er verdens mest vindende tennisspiller nogensinde på tværs af kønnene.
Martina Navratilova spillede med venstre hånd og var af spillestil klassisk serv/flugt-spiller, hvilket favoriserede hende på de hurtige græsbaner i Wimbledon. Ikke desto mindre formåede hun også to gange at vinde titlen på de langsomme grusbaner i French Open. Hun har vundet turneringer på alle underlag i såvel single som double (herunder mixdouble), hvilket gør Navratilova til en "komplet tennisspiller".
Hun lå nummer 1 på verdensranglisten 1978-79 og 1982-87, i sammenlagt 331 uger.Martina Navratilova på about.com Martina Navrátilová blev i 2000 optaget i International Tennis Hall of Fame. Fold ud