Looking back, I'm feeling pretty good about the predictions I made for tennis in 2010. For example, there was this pick:
Two top former superstars will meet in a charity event and will be so self-absorbed that it will nearly come to blows.
Check. It happened. Remember? Pete Sampras even served one at Andre Agassi's head.
Here was another one of my picks: A no-name player will sue the media for saying he's the world's worst pro. Then, the judge will agree with the media.
Check. That happened, too.
Other picks: Rafael Nadal will win the U.S. Open while the networks play hot potato with the match, and the celebration will be cut short so as not to interfere with celebrity bowling.
An ESPN analyst (turned out to be Pam Shriver) will get in an argument with a player (James Blake) during his match at Wimbledon between points.A ballboy in Australia will pee on himself, then run off the court, leaving a trail that requires blowers to dry. A freakishly tall player will beat a Frenchman in a freakishly long match, going 70-68 in the fifth set at Wimbledon.
Check, check, check, check.
So no, of course I didn't predict any of those things. The goal here is to make picks for 2011, but the problem is that you cannot possibly predict anything as outrageous as tennis' reality.
Tennis is crazy. One hundred percent nuts.
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Source: http://tennis.fanhouse.com/2011/01/05/looking-into-tennis-crystal-ball-for-2011/
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