CNN Tennis Mailbag

I had no idea CNN was running a tennis mailbag separate from the Sports Illustrated one with Jon Wertheim. (CNN and SI are both owned by Time Warner.) The CNN one has questions answered by World Sport anchor Candy Reid. She's certainly qualified for the job; she played professional tennis for two years and even competed at junior Wimbledon in 1994 and 1995.


I saw one of Reid's interviews with Andy Roddick last year as the Americans prepared to take on the Spaniards on wet red clay for the Davis Cup final. The interview wasn't your standard sit-down; instead, Reid warmed up with Roddick on an indoor hard court. She did admirably well remembering the questions she needed to ask even as Andy fed her volleys and overheads--both of which she also handled very competently. Now that's credibility.

posted by Noelle De Guzman @ 8:55 PM