I'll admit, I really haven't paid attention to tennis of any sort since Michael Chang won the French Open in 1989. Yes, I knew about Federer, Nadal and Sampras. Also of course, the Williams sisters, Sharapova and other great women. But the 1989 French Open was really the last tournament I watched any significant time.
To the Legg Mason Tennis Classic it appears that there are only two players I recognize. Andy Roddick and Lleyton Hewitt. No idea who the rest of the field is. That is a sad state of affairs for tennis. The Legg Mason has never been viewed as a "great" tournament. I recall over the years, many of the top ranked players skipped it. But there was always a "name". I believe Andre Agassi showed up to support tennis in the Nations Capitol. No offense to Roddick, but he's no Agassi and may never be.
Maybe it's just me, but over the past few days, I've heard little about the Legg Mason. Sure the Redskins and the rest of the NFL started training camp, but I recalled that local stations gave some coverage to DC's only tennis tournament. The question now is, how do you fix tennis?
