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The Montreal tournament wasn't a Grand Slam event, but, in those early August games, the young Serbian player had done one of the toughest things in pro tennis today: he had consecutively defeated three of the world's best players: Andy Roddick of the U.S., Rafael Nadal of Spain...
Not just because of hurt pride but because the Serbs, a people used to war and not known for sentiment, have fallen hard for the surprising generation of tennis phenoms that have emerged from their midst. Serbian women are taking their division by sheer talent - and, okay, by looks too...
The young Serbs represent a surprising flowering of talent for a tiny country of 10 million. In comparison, the U.S., with 30 times the population, also has three players in the top ten. Serbia, moreover, has no national tennis center and few indoor courts. Ivanovic fell in love with the...
Handling, Cowan and their team must also play the role of efficient concierges for their more demanding guests. In 1996, Jean-Luc Godard, the ageless enfant terrible of the French New Wave, agreed to accompany his film For Ever Mozart to Toronto. "He had only two conditions," Handling recalls. "He...
3. Show Your Emotion. We all know tennis players are supposed to exhibit good manners. But when fighting Federer, it's a good idea to ditch the game's unwritten rules. "I'm talking first point, first set, Roger makes an unforced error, pump your fists and shout," says Courier...