Politische Beiträge und philosophische Essays
(Jürgen Fritz, 11.07.2022) With another Wimbledon win, Novak Djokovic can defend third place in the JFB 52 Week Tennis World Ranking. Nadal moves ever closer to the top three, Alcaraz overtakes Ruud and Tsitsipas. Sinner and Norrie can both move them up four places and are now in the top ten. Kyrgios rises from 57 to 19.
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(Jürgen Fritz, 26.06.2022) Who can win the men’s singles competition this year on the grass of Wimbledon, the most traditional and prestigious of all tennis tournaments? In my opinion, only four players can do it.
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(Jürgen Fritz, 12.07.2021) After his sixth Wimbledon victory, Novak Djokovic has not only equalled Federer and Nadal in terms of Grand Slam titles, he also won all three A tournaments this year and has the chance to complete the Grand Slam with a victory at the US Open. With a win at the Olympics, he could even become the first player in history to win the Golden Slam. In the JFB 52 Week Tennis World Ranking, he extends his lead over Medvedev in second position.
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(Jürgen Fritz, 06.07.2021) Roger Federer is in his 18th Wimbledon quarter-final at 39.9 years old. What incredible numbers! This makes him the oldest men’s quarter-finalist at Wimbledon in the Open Era since April 1968, when professionals became eligible to play in Grand Slam tournaments, but he is not the oldest ever. That’s someone else: Arthur Gore.
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(Jürgen Fritz, 03.07.2021) 20 years ago yesterday: In the fourth round, 19-year-old Roger Federer beats the greatest Wimbledon champion of all time up to that point, the seven-time (!!!!!!!) tournament winner and defending champion, the ten-year older, all-important player of the 1990s Pete Sampras. It will – unfortunately – remain the only encounter between these two. 14 months later …
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(Jürgen Fritz, 01.07.2021) For almost a decade he was the best player in the world after the unique big three: Federer, Nadal and Djokovic. As a Nadal fan, I was afraid of the young Scot at first, because it was clear to me very quickly that he could be very dangerous to Rafa on hard court and on grass. But then, over the years, Andy Murray became one of my favourite players. His passion for tennis, his humour and his sportsmanship are just great. Last night he enchanted us once again.
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(Jürgen Fritz, 28.06.2021) Daniil Medvedev’s victory at the Mallorca Championships, his first career title on grass, moves him closer to No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the JFB 52 Week Tennis World Ranking. In Eastbourne, Alex de Minaur secured the title with a win over Lorenzo Sonego in the final to move into the top 15.
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(Jürgen Fritz, 07.12.2020) Wenn es um die Frage geht, wer die größten Tennisspieler aller Zeiten waren, gibt es ein Kriterium, welches alle anderen überragen dürfte: die Zahl der gewonnen Grand Slam-Turniere. Ein weitere wichtige Rubrik, vielleicht die zweitwichtigste, ist, wer am Jahresende die Nr. 1, mithin Spieler des Jahres, und wer die Nr. 2 der Welt war. Hier eine Übersicht über die ersten 50 Jahre. Teil zwei und drei folgen in Kürze.
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(Jürgen Fritz, 30.06.2019) Morgen beginnen die Wimbledon Championships, das älteste und prestigeträchtigste Tennisturnier der Welt, welches seit 1877 ausgetragen wird. Im Herreneinzel dominieren hier seit 2003 drei Spieler, die 14 der letzten 16 Wimbledon-Titel holten: Federer 8, Djokovic 4 und Nadal 2 (Murray ebenfalls 2). Doch wer sind dieses Jahr die Favoriten auf den Turniersieg?
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