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changing of the guard in Queens (New York, that is)

Posted on September 12, 2022 by Sheila Morris

As Serena Williams said in her farewell on-court interview following her loss this year in the US Open, there would be no Serena if it weren’t for her sister Venus. Tennis fans who have followed the professional tennis world for … Continue reading →

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Winding down…Under

Posted on February 1, 2022 by Sheila Morris

“Sport is unpredictable. I kept remembering how many times I lost here like 2012 [5 hours, 53 minutes in five sets to Novak Djokovic] and 2017 [Roger Federer in five sets]. I was not ready for these battles, but today … Continue reading →

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VAMOS! Oh, to be 18 again

Posted on September 4, 2021 by Sheila Morris

Eighteen year old Carlos Alcaraz Garfia upset the #3 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas under the Friday night lights of Arthur Ashe Stadium at the 2021 US Open Tennis Tournament last night to earn a trip to the fourth round in the … Continue reading →

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from black magic vaccines to Wimbledon wizardry

Posted on July 11, 2021 by Sheila Morris

Pretty knows I will be grumpy next week because today the two week tennis odyssey known as Wimbledon climaxed with the men’s championship match which pitted 25 year old Italian Matteo Berrettini in his first career slam final against five … Continue reading →

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is this our fifth set – match point?

Posted on May 16, 2020 by Sheila Morris

The year was 2001 (much more than a space odyssey) – the setting was centre court at Wimbledon – the round of 16 for the men included a 19-year-old newcomer named Roger Federer playing the 29-year-old four time defending Wimbledon … Continue reading →

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and on the flip side…

Posted on September 11, 2019 by Sheila Morris

Canada has a new 19-year-old super star, Bianca Andreescu, who won the 2019 U.S. Open Women’s Championship in New York City this past Saturday. With that victory she became the first Canadian to win a grand slam singles title…ever. #SheTheNorth. … Continue reading →

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Vive la France! D-Day, the donald, and the drop shot

Posted on June 6, 2019 by Sheila Morris

The French have it all this week: 75th. Anniversary of the Allied invasion in WWII that began on the beaches in Normandy on June 06, 1944 (commonly referred to as D-Day); an American president on the continent who truly can’t … Continue reading →

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tennis anyone? you betcha

Posted on July 8, 2018 by Sheila Morris

For tennis fans, when July rolls around, the sounds of tennis balls flying off rackets held by seasoned warriors or hopeful newcomers, tennis balls traveling through the air at record speeds or strategic spins, landing on immaculately prepared grass courts with awkward … Continue reading →

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Laver Cup transcends traditional tennis

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Sheila Morris

The finals of the US Open tennis tournament in New York City earlier this month were bittersweet matches for me. Sweet because my all-time favorite tennis player Rafael Nadal from Spain won his second major tournament in 2017 on the … Continue reading →

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Manic Monday at WIMBLEDON Tomorrow – Feel the Magic!

Posted on July 9, 2017 by Sheila Morris

Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive…it’s a train, it’s a plane, it’s Super Manic Monday at Wimbledon tomorrow and my head will be spinning like one of those old antique tops that we recently sold at … Continue reading →

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