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Japan’s Kei Nishikori reacts after losing his men’s fourth round match against France’s Richard Gasquet at the Roland Garros 2016 French Tennis Open in Paris on May 29, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / PHILIPPE LOPEZ

For Nishikori and Cilic, 2014 becomes an increasingly distant memory

0 comments by on 6/1/2016

Remember when Kei Nishikori and Marin Cilic knocked off Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer in the same major tournament’s semifinal round? Nishikori was 24 years old when he reached the 2014 U.S. Open final, and Cilic was 25 when he won it. It’s true that Cilic permanently eliminated the burden of having to win a […]

NY 29Aug2015 Roof scaffolding Ashe Stadium wide angle view from top on Art Ashe Day with shadows.

10 big stories from the 2015 U.S. Open

0 comments by on 9/14/2015

BLOGUIN NOTE Before we begin, a reminder for readers: Attacking The Net is a major-tournament tennis blog, not (yet) a full-service year-round tennis blog. You’ll get coverage of the Davis Cup semifinals and finals; the WTA Finals; and the ATP World Tour Finals, with perhaps a wrap-up of the Masters 1000 events in Shanghai and […]

5 Takeaways: The ATP At Wimbledon

0 comments by on 7/13/2015

The ATP side of the Wimbledon divide offered plenty of fascinating stories. Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer will get their own stand-alone treatment, so here are the five big non-final observations from the past two weeks at SW19: * 5 – CANADIAN SUNRISE  There was no Canadian Sunset at Wimbledon — not when one realizes […]

Wimbledon 2015 And A Timeless Sports Lesson

0 comments by on 7/8/2015

A timeless lesson is something which exists in any point of human history. However, when talking about tennis or baseball or a few other sports, the idea of “timelessness” is more specific, since those sports aren’t played against the backdrop of a clock. Baseball players and solo-sport athletes — and any other athletes in sports […]

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