In Seinfeld, George Costanza famously proclaimed ‘the Summer of George’.  I’m no Larry David, but I now proclaim February as ‘the Month of Milos’. Less than two weeks ago, Raonic had one of the most significant wins of his career as he helped advance Canada to their first ever Davis Cup World Group quarterfinal. It’s [...]

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We’re witnessing the Golden Age of men’s tennis and it may never be this good again. Enjoy it. Since 2004, we’ve been spoiled.  In nine years, only two players have won a Grand Slam other than Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Andy Murray. Starting in 2005, it was Roger Federer who was unstoppable, [...]

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What the heck is a Madison Keys?  Is that a new hip band I don’t know about?  Maybe a cool vacation spot in Florida? Nope. Madison Keys is a 17-year-old American tennis player who had us all scratching our heads late Wednesday night as the teenager routed 30th ranked Tamira Paszek 6-2, 6-1 in just [...]

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  25 seconds. That’s how long ATP players have between the end of a point and when they serve to begin the next point. In the past, 25 seconds was the norm, but it was rarely enforced and players would get a warning before any penalty was given (if it was given at all). Welcome [...]

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Remember your final year of High School? You and your classmates ruled the school – you were the oldest kids, and the ones whom the rest of the school looked up to. But after graduation, whether you went to College, University, or out into the working world, you were brought back down to earth. You [...]

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Tonight Serena Williams, Andy Roddick, and Agnieszka Radwanska will join Thornhill’s Milos Raonic in the Face-Off at the Air Canada Centre. Leading up to the event, the four stars held a press conference in downtown Toronto.  Unlike the usual, serious press conferences, this one was full of laughs, mostly between besties Serena Williams and Andy [...]

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The tennis season is way too long. Okay, I know what you’re probably thinking: ‘How can any sports season be too long?’ ‘Heck, I wish the NHL and NFL season’s were a whole year.’ ‘What is this girl saying?  She must be crazy.’ Stay with me. For eleven months of the year, professional tennis players [...]

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Tennis can be a lonely sport. In the span of less than twelve months, a WTA player can travel to 32 countries, going from tournament to tournament with little time off to see family and friends.  And just when the whirlwind season is over, you hop on a plane and start all over again. As [...]

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In 1995, Milos Raonic was a four-year-old boy, not yet old enough to read, let alone hold a tennis racquet. Meanwhile, 6000km away, Spanish tennis player Galo Blanco was starting his professional tennis career on the ATP World Tour. Fast-forward seventeen years and Blanco and Raonic are a match made in tennis heaven. In the [...]

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When Victoria Azarenka won her first Grand Slam title at this year’s Australian Open, she was in the midst of a 26 game winning streak – the best start to a women’s season in fifteen years. Finally, I thought we had a clear no. 1 player in the women’s game.  Well, not so fast.  Azarenka [...]

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