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From the monthly archives: January 2009
I felt a little sorry for the poor suckers in the crowd last night who paid good money to watch the sublime Serena dismantle Safina 6-0. 6-3 in the championship match of the Australian Open. It probably took everyone present about twice as long to take the tram to Rod Laver arena, buy a coldie [...]
Continue Reading →“I always believe I’m the best, whether I’m No. 1 or whether I’m a hundred.” So said Serena Williams after claiming her 10th Major title last night in the Australian Open final. She dominated rising star Dinara Safina, 6-0, 6-3, winning the championship for the fourth time and regaining the No. 1 ranking. The last [...]
Continue Reading →“But today was, yeah, one of these matches you gonna remember long time, no? Well, the emotion was big, because in the last game with the Love‑40 I start to cry. Was too much tension, no?” So said Rafael Nadal after his epic semifinal against fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco. What a match! Such a show [...]
Continue Reading →Has Roger Federer’s verbal thrashing of Novak Djokovic escalated into an international dispute? You be the judge (from Reuters): SERBIAN PARLIAMENT STOPS IN PROTEST AT TV TENNIS Thu Jan 29, 2009 1:49pm GMT BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia’s parliament stopped work for two hours Thursday in protest at a decision by state television (RTS) to broadcast [...]
Continue Reading →Roger Federer played a fantastic match against Andy Roddick last night and his post-match press conference wasn’t bad either. I encourage you to read the whole thing (click here) if only to see how NOT to ask Roger for one of his sweaty towels. But here’s the meatiest part of the interview, where Roger addresses [...]
Continue Reading →We all know what the Williams sisters have accomplished in singles (9-going-on-10 Majors for Serena, 7 for Venus) but even hard-core fans under-appreciate their joint doubles careers. Of the 17 Majors they’ve entered together, the two have won seven doubles titles (the photo above is from their 1999 US Open victory.) 2008 was a banner [...]
Continue Reading →I say yes, hallelujah! Roger Federer is back to his old self. By that I mean his pre-mono, pre-2008 self. His No. 1 self, to be exact. This is not something I say without deep consideration. Mark, an insightful commenter, asked me today why I hadn’t gone apesh*t over Rog’s double bagel win over del [...]
Continue Reading →Elena Dementieva flamed out of the Australian Open semifinal today against Serena Williams, and boy, was I surprised. Elena has a respectable 3-4 head-to-head against Serena, and has been victorious the last 3 times they’ve met (including a couple weeks ago in Sydney and this Summer at the Olympics where she ended up winning Gold [...]
Continue Reading →Tennis Channel catches a big fish: Jimmy Connors has signed on to be its leading analyst starting at this year’s U.S. Open. From the Canadian Press: Jimmy Connors is heading back to the TV broadcast booth. Tennis Channel plans to announce Wednesday that the eight-time major champion will be a lead analyst for its telecasts [...]
Continue Reading →Did anyone else get disoriented during the Tsonga vs. Verdasco quarterfinal today? After the Spaniard won the third set, running Tsonga from alley to alley like a sadistic Agassi/Nadal hybrid, I turned to my husband and asked “Who the hell IS this guy???” It’s like he’s a completely different player – a new young gun [...]
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VIDEO: FEDERER ON CHAMPAGNE LOSSES, LEGENDARY STATUS, KRAJICEK ATP TALKS
VIDEO: SUPER-EXCITED FEDERER IN ROTTERDAM 
VALENTINE VIDEO: RAFAEL NADAL AND BAR REFAELI SPORTS ILLUSTRATED PHOTO SHOOT 
NOT RESTING ON HIS LAUREUS: NOVAK DJOKOVIC WINS SPORTSMAN AWARD, EYES FRENCH OPEN 
VIDEO: ROGER FEDERER AND ROD LAVER ESPN INTERVIEW 
