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> “I’ve been fortunate in being whisked across the globe for decades by this
> game, and I’ll be sharing some of the fascinating experiences and
> destinations.
> 
> Meanwhile, keep on hacking. While your own game may not take you to Wimbledon,
> it’s more important than Nadal or Federer’s because it keeps you moving (in
> whatever manner) and, for a valuable while, rescues you from the cares of the
> day.”




WIMBLEDON


NADAL/FEDERER LOCK ON WIMBLEDON BROKEN AS DJOKOVIC TAKES THE TITLE

budcollins
July 4, 2011

LONDON – When  Novak Djokovic – certainly the first citizen of Serbia now – was
but a 12-year old, he was more concerned about the bombing of his hometown than
what happened on its few scruffy tennis courts. “But I had this dream about a
place called Wimbledon.  And hoped. The [NATO] planes usually bombed…

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TITLE


WIMBLEDON WINNER, PETRA KVITOVA’S LEFT HANDED SHOTS OVERPOWER SHARPOVA

budcollins
July 2, 2011

LONDON – Maria Sharopova, the Siberian Siren, has been giving the cold shoulder
to those who would beat her during this 125th Wimbledon. For two weeks she was
pitching shutouts, along with her warbling, shrieking,   ungenerously refusing
to give up even one set. Twelve sets played; 12 sets won. Maria had a 7-year
itch,…

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SHARPOVA


DRAGON WINS, MURRAY FORCED TO WAIT ANOTHER YEAR

budcollins
July 2, 2011

LONDON – The centuries old tale of St George and the Dragon is a popular item in
this town. After all, the heroic George is the patron saint of England, and
dragons keep their distance. Anyway, yesterday seemed perfect for an updated
re-run. The local tennis Cathedral called Wimbledon was jammed with 14,979
parishioners, and…

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YOU CAN’T ESCAPE THE BIRDIES AT WIMBLEDON

budcollins
June 30, 2011

LONDON – “Where are those Williams sisters?” a Wimbledon ticket-holder asked me
yesterday. They lost in the fourth round, I replied. “So what?” the guy, an
American, persisted. “They’re as much a part of this place as strawberries, ivy
and the Pimm’s Cups.  It should be like our baseball with designated hitters. 
Just insert them…

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ROLAND GARROS


HISTORIC CHAMPIONSHIP: FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE IS THE ONLY ITALIAN WOMAN TO WIN A
MAJOR

budcollins
June 5, 2010

Paris – Don’t stand too close to a lion.  You might get bit. A nice young woman
a long way from home, Aussie Samantha Stosur, found that out Saturday as 14,845
tennis devotees shrieked, clapped, howled and flapped the flags of Italy and
Australia in wild disbelief while the new champion of France was sharpening her…

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WOMAN TO WIN A MAJOR


HISTORY WAS ROGER’S BUSINESS AS HE CATCHES UP WITH SAMPRAS

budcollins
June 7, 2009

PARIS – When Roger Federer walked onto the umber-toned earthen tennis court at
Roland Garros yesterday, he looked at the man accompanying him to the final and
was pleased. The guy was not Rafael Nadal, who had beaten him here the last four
years. Instead he was Roger’s benefactor, the man who had removed Nadal…

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FIVE YEARS LATER KOOZY ADDS SECOND MAJOR; SAFINA SHAKEN BY FINALITIS

budcollins
June 6, 2009

PARIS — Dinara Safina wore the face of a woman who had just watched her home
burn down.  And she had forgotten to insure it.  Or maybe she let the kids play
with matches. Well, a tennis court is pretty much Dinara’s home, and none is
more desirable to a European than Roland Garros’s primary…

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FINALITIS


TUMULTUOUS MENS’ SEMIS DAY IN PARIS

budcollins
June 5, 2009

PARIS — A shotmaking frenzy!     What else could you call the two firefights —
aka semifinals — that lit up Roland Garros Saturday, leaving Fernando Gonzalez
and  Juan Martin Del Potro biting the swirling salmon-toned dust. Hail to them.
Though defeated, they made a showdown such as this old ball park hasn’t seen in…

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AUSTRALIAN OPEN


AUSSIES AND YANKS TREMBLE AS BARBARIANS GROWL AT THE GATES

budcollins
January 29, 2011

MELBOURNE — Dire musings from the tennis parlor called Melbourne Park:   Has
Australian tennis civilization gone the way of the Etruscans and the Aztecs?  
Are the Aussies emulating the ancient Romans in playing bad defense against the
Barbarians at the gates?   Can Australians masquerade as phoenixes and rise from
the ashes? (Not…

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A PAIR OF HORRENDOUS AUSSIE LOSSES – RAFA, JUSTINE, SHE SADLY FOREVER

budcollins
January 27, 2011

MELBOURNE — Call it Woeful Wednesday. It was the day the Australian Open lost
its leading man very unexpectedly – Rafa Nadal.  And professional tennis lost
one of its most appealing champions.  For good, this time – Justine Henin. Put
them together and it was a huge, staggering hit for the game.  There would be…

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FOREVER


WINNING IS OK, BUT LOSER FRANCESCA OFTEN CAPTIVATES AS THE DEFEATED PLAYER

budcollins
January 25, 2011

MELBOURNE – The star of the show did not win. Yes, she won the crowd of 15,000
at the Australian Open. And she won the praise of her colleagues, foremost among
them No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki.  But it was time to go home for the Italian
pixie, Francesca Schiavone, the end of one of the…

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DEFEATED PLAYER


IT SEEMED LIKE FOREVER AS SCHIAVONE AND KUZNETSOVA TRAVEL A 4:44 ROUTE

budcollins
January 24, 2011

MELBOURNE – A couple of very nice young ladies went out to play a game of tennis
at Melbourne Park Sunday.  They’d done it before.  Twelve times over eight
years.  But they weren’t ready for what happened – something that had never
happened in the history of the Australian Open. They would play, and play,…

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4:44 ROUTE


US OPEN


ANDY RETIRES, KEEPS WINNING

budcollins
September 3, 2012

NEW YORK –   So you retire.   Goodbye, good luck. Somebody sent flowers. Old
colleagues send cigars and J&B.  Speeches are made, lauding a loyal employee’s
efforts on behalf of the old company for over a decade.   Farewell.   You will
be remembered, but – what’s this? – you show up at the…

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LAURA ROBSON / GIANTKILLER AT US OPEN

budcollins
September 1, 2012

NEW YORK — If you’re a British reporter covering the U.S. Open, you don’t have
much to do besides admiring the Autumnal landscape. Always nice to visit America
in early September.  You might even bring a racket to swat a few balls in
Central Park. But the tennis at Flushing Meadows, where the big boys…

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TENNIS FOR THE MATURE SET

budcollins
August 30, 2012

While the Republicans and Democrats were slinging lies and insults at each other
in the name of freedom, another quaint American custom was getting under way in
a New York Meadow called Flushing. This exercise features  men  and women
swinging clubs at each other and hitting yellow balls at their feet.  It is
called the…

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BUD COLLINS SET TO RETURN TO MAJORS

budcollins
August 28, 2012

Never mind Federer. Forget about Azarenka. The big news from the United States
Open is that Bud Collins is coming back. Bud’s gaudy slacks have not been seen –
and his gaudy prose has not been read or heard – since he ruptured a tendon in
his left quad during the 2011 Open. It has…

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MISC. ARTICLES


BUD KNOCKED OUT OF US OPEN DUE TO INJURY

budcollins
September 7, 2011

NEW YORK –  An abrupt end to our US Open – Bud had a small fall Sunday,
suffering a complete rupture of his quad tendon. After being cared for
attentively by the medical team at the US Open, headed by Brian Hainline, it was
determined that he needed surgery as soon as possible. And so we…

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RE-ENACTMENT OF FIRST US CHAMPIONSHIP

budcollins
August 20, 2011

NEWPORT, Rhode Island — They threw a “You are there!” birthday bash on the
grounds of the Grand Old Lady of Bellevue Avenue the other day at the Hall of
Fame. She, of course, being the Newport Casino, sturdy of timbers and rich in
history, justifyingly proud of her role as the elder housemother of…

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AS ANDRE ENTERS TENNIS VALHALLA, HE COMMITS LIFE TO HELPING OTHERS

budcollins
July 9, 2011

NEWPORT, R.I. – From punk to paragon… I wrote those words about him some time
ago, and Andre Agassi didn’t like it. “I’ve never been a punk or a paragon,” he
countered. OK, maybe not a punk in his childish days – but certainly he’s plenty
admirable now, and has been, in his inspirational role…

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OTHERS


NOAH IS FIVE-OH!

budcollins
May 18, 2010

Yannick Noah, the charismatic Frenchmen whose win at the 1983 French Open will
be replayed ad-nauseum over the next three weeks, is 50 years old. The
dread-locked swash-buckler was born May 18, 1960 in Sedan, France. The following
is his biography as it appears in THE BUD COLLINS HISTORY OF TENNIS ($35.95, New
Chapter Press,…

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GOOD GRACIOUS, GABY IS 40!

budcollins
May 15, 2010

Wasn’t it just yesterday when Gabriela Sabatini was 14 years old, playing in the
nationally-televised Family Circle Cup final on NBC against Chris Evert in 1985.
Well, she’s all grown up now and is 40 years old (Sunday, May 16, 2010). Here’s
her bio as it appears in my book THE BUD COLLINS HISTORY OF…

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REMEMBERING PANCHO GONZALEZ

budcollins
May 9, 2010

Richard “Pancho” Gonzalez would have been 82 years old on Sunday, May 9, if he
was still with us. Here’s his biography as it appears in my book THE BUD COLLINS
HISTORY OF TENNIS ($35.95, New Chapter Press, www.NewChapterMedia.com) Very much
his own man, a loner and an acerbic competi­tor, Richard “Pancho” Alonzo
Gonzalez was…

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ANDRE AGASSI TURNS 40

budcollins
April 28, 2010

Birthday huzzahs to Andre Agassi, who turns 40 on Thursday, April 29, 2010.
Here’s my summary of his life and career in this excerpt from my book “THE BUD
COLLINS HISTORY OF TENNIS” ($35.95, New Chapter Press, www.NewChapterMedia.com)
A player of irresistible flair, appeal and shot-making ability since appearing
on the professional landscape as a…

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TOURNAMENTS (WRAP UP OF DECADE)…..

budcollins
January 9, 2010

All right, so it’s time again to look backwards. This happens every 10 years as
selections of the best matches (best- remembered anyway) of the decade crop up.
  I’ve decided on a selection of men’s and women’s matches – only ones I’ve
attended. Whatever the reasons, they splash about in my neural mush.  …

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ALLEZ JUSTINE HENIN!

budcollins
January 8, 2010

On May 14, 2008, Justine Henin stunningly announced her retirement from
professional tennis at age 25. She was the first current No. 1 player to ever
walk away from the game. Now, she is back. After a year away from the game, and
perhaps inspired by her fellow Belgian Kim Clijsters successful comeback to
tennis…

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CHRISSIE EVERT TURNS 55

budcollins
December 21, 2009

Christine Marie Evert turns 55 on December 21, 2009. Upon turning 18 years old
in 1972, she officially turned professional, saying “I’ll miss the senior prom,
but it will be worth it. I think I am ready to play tennis for money….I’m eager
not only to become a pro, but to get out of school.”…

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THE BARCELONA BUMBLEBEE’S BIRTHDAY

budcollins
December 18, 2009

The Barcelona Bumblebee – Arantxa Sanchez Vicario of Spain – turns 38 years old
on December 18, 2009. Does it not seem just yesterday that she was an
effervescent 17-year-old who shocked Steffi Graf to win the 1989 French Open?
Arantxa’s career is outlined below in this excerpt from my book THE BUD COLLINS
HISTORY…

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LET’S SALUTE HENRI COCHET AND STAN SMITH!

budcollins
December 14, 2009

December 14 marks the birthday of two of the greatest tennis player of all time
Henri Cochet and Stan Smith. The biographies of both Wimbledon champions and
members of the International Tennis Hall of Fame are documented below from my
book THE BUD COLLINS HISTORY OF TENNIS ($35.95, New Chapter Press,
www.NewChapterMedia.com). Enjoy!   Henri…

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