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Kei Nishikori Shows That Sometimes It Pays To Play Dead<em></em>Like all games when played at the highest level, tennis often requires managing and toying with an opponent’s expectations. Do you think they’ll hit the ball cross-court? Ready yourself for that ball. But maybe they think you think they’ll hit it cross-court? Stay vigilant for the down-the-line. Wha...

Angry French Tennis Guy Melts Down By Smashing Multiple Rackets, Then Quitting<em></em>Tempers were running high today during early-round action at the Washington Open in D.C.—dangerously high, if you happen to be a tennis racket. In a weird match that saw eventual victor Marcos Baghdatis get rattled by a distracting trash cart, notorious hothead Benoit Paire one-upped his opponent’s...

Make Tennis Trick Shots Worth Two Points Discipline and rhythm and mental gruel are just a few of the things that make tennis such a compelling sport. Two players blasting crosscourt forehands at each other until one of them finally blinks and throws in a down the line shot or a drop shot that could set one of them up with a winner—it make...

Andy Murray Sinks Yet Another Oddball

It’s as if Wimbledon conspired to keep things as weird as possible for its top seed Andy Murray, who has been fed a steady procession of head cases with games that defy the best-laid plans. ...

Rafael Nadal Notched His First Kill

Shortly before his first-round match against Rafael Nadal at the French Open, Benoit Paire took a photo of his supper. It was the post of a man totally at peace with what was about to happen to him....

French Tennis Guy Benoit Paire Is An Expert At Smashing Tennis Rackets

French hothead and World No. 39 Benoit Paire defeated Martin Klizan 7-6(4), 6-3 in the first round of the Miami Open on Wednesday. As you might expect from a volatile head case, there were a couple racket casualties along the way. ...

Marin Cilic Sucks Now

The seventh-ranked player in the world, Marin Cilic, has shambled through some smelly losses to start the new year....