Week 6 # 15 Just a few thoughts about Web 2.0

This is some what of an aside from tennis, but I wanted to let you know how and why this blog came to be. This blog has come about from a library project called Maryland Libraries 23 Things. For nine weeks librarians throughout the state of Maryland are currently creating blogs on various topics of interest in order to explore Web 2.0.

I was reading an article by Chip Nilges of OCLC, OCLC developed the WorldCat. WorldCat is a catalog capable of locating library materials throughout the world. The developing philosophy at OCLC is to use Web 2.0 as a means of harnessing collective intelligence, cooperative sharing, reaching out to the world. Their mission is gathering knowledge and spreading it to the world.

As tennis players we might want to use a similar approach and bring tennis on par with golf, no pun intended.

Week 5 # 10 Road Trip: The Road to the U.S. Open

My creation
Originally uploaded by rcampbel21234

The Nights in New York will Rock! The Movie type Poster was created at BighugeLabs! The site was very user friendly. Who is that on the JumboTron?

Road Trip: On the Road to the U.S. Open

In the first final on the Road to the U.S. Open we have the first major upset.
Radek Stepank takes out James Blake 7-6, 5-7, 6-2 in Los Angeles.

Week 3 # 5 View from Ashe

View from Ashe
Originally uploaded by rcampbel21234

On the Road to the U.S. Open (A Flickr View)


This was fun and new! I had never heard of Flickr. Thanks for turning me on to it!

Week 3 # 7 Wimbledon bows to Technology

At the Championships players no longer need bow and curtsy in front of the royal box. And now those immortal words..."You can not be serious!" Shall never be heard on those hallowed courts again...for now Wimbledon shall bow to Hawk-eye.

How does it work? Six high speed video cameras transmit sixty frames per second to a computer to calculate the trajectory of the ball. One billion equations can be calculated for each rally. The bounce of the ball is pinpointed to within 3 millimetres. Amazing!!

The End of the 2007 Championships...Wimbledon

The Champions


On the Gentleman's side no surprise! The Fed lives on!!!!
On the Ladies? Who would have guessed...She's BAAACK!

Well... that's it...We do have one American Champion! And it is not Roddick...It is Venus!

But, all the best to the French...What a year for France at the Championships...Wimbledon!!!!

Clement & Llodra... Doubles Champions, Bartoli... Singles Finalist , Gasquet... Semi Finalist!

American Men OUT! But Venus In!!

Another tough major for the guys!


Andy is gone too...so hats off to Richard Gasquet. The Gasquet backhand was just too much for Andy to overcome.

But, thank Heaven for little girls...because they can grow into superwomen and so seems to be the case with Venus Williams.

Good Luck in the Finals, Venus!!!