Why Is Tennis Dead?

While I was watching U.S. Open (tennis) this week, I was reminded that most people in America don't care about tennis. The U.S. Open is the biggest stage in American tennis and none of the matches sell out. On Saturday, Roger Federer (number 2 in the world) played Novak Djokovic (number 3 in the world) and only about 70% of the arena was filled. We all know tennis's lack of popularity has been going on for years now. But I think the quality of play is high enough now for Americans to get back into tennis.

The reason why nobody in the U.S. really cares about tennis anymore is simple, there are no more really good American players. On the men's side we have two guys in the top ten, Andy Roddick and James Blake. But only Roddick has a grand slam win and that seemed like ages ago. Plus Roddick can never beat Federer and seems to get knocked out of tournaments earlier and earlier. Same goes for Blake. On the women's side we have the great Williams sisters. Who when focuses are in my opinion the two best women's players in the world. But they are just about the only competitive American women and they are not always focused. I will have to say they have been playing great as of late. 

The reason why I think tennis should be more popular is that on the men's side there is a great rivalry forming. Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer played an epic 5 set match in Wimbledon a couple months ago and have met in many previous grand slam finals before that. Federer seemed to have the upper hand on hard courts, while Nadal was the master on clay. But now it seems that Nadal is surpassing Federer on hard courts. Outside of these two Novak Djokovic is another worthy player, who won the Australian Open this year. Even though none of these three are American, they are all sure fun to watch.

Now on the women's side, the Williams sisters are finally emerging again. Also two of the top five players in the world are super sexy babes. Ana Ivanovic (#1) and Maria Sharapova (#5). And we all know that in America, sexy babes are exactly what we are looking for.