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From the monthly archives: February 2009
It’s confirmed: A last-ditch attempt to move the Davis Cup tie to Stockholm has failed, meaning there will be no fans allowed in the stadium for the Sweden vs. Israel Davis Cup tie next week in Malmo, Sweden. Local officials expect up to 12,000 people to gather outside the stadium for a “Stop the Match” [...]
Continue Reading →Congrats, Nole! Novak Djokovic won his first final of the year in Dubai today, convincingly beating Spaniard David Ferrer 7-5, 6-3 and showing the tennis world that he’s still a top dog on tour. He didn’t have to go through Federer, Nadal or Murray to do it, but wins this week over Marin Cilic, Gilles [...]
Continue Reading →Given how great exhibition tennis supposedly is for our sport, I thought I’d share the promos for Monday’s Billie Jean King Cup. Billie Jean King calls women’s tennis “glorious,” Serena talks Title 9, Venus gushes about BJK and Jelena and Ana provide visual interest. The BJK Cup airs Monday, March 2 at 7:30pm LIVE on [...]
Continue Reading →Thanks, Polish tennis lady, for catching Maria Sharapova, Jelena Jankovic and Nicole Vaidisova all practicing this past Wednesday at the Nick Bollettieri Academy in Florida. It’s long and a bit rambling, but still nice. My favorite part: the establishing shot showing JJ’s cherry red Porsche and Maria Sharapova’s silver Land Rover parked side by side. [...]
Continue Reading →Well, it’s as should be expected, considering the depleted field. Top seed Novak Djokovic will meet fourth seed (and world No. 14) David Ferrer in the final of the Dubai Tennis Championships on Saturday evening. I watched Novak beat third-seed Gilles Simon today in three tight sets and boy, was it crap-tastic. For much of [...]
Continue Reading →A recent Newsday article (click here) about the upcoming BNP Paribas Showdown for the Billie Jean King Cup in Madison Square Garden had some intriguing news about the growing interest in exhibition tennis as a marketing tool for our sport. Jerry Solomon – organizer of the BJK Cup and last year’s Sampras vs. Federer exo [...]
Continue Reading →Serena Williams and Shape Magazine are offering a FREE 40 minute audio workout for us mere mortals to download onto our MP3 players. The workout’s solid – with Serena enthusiastically coaching us through interval training, lunges and other sadistic exercises. Click here for the free download from Shape! (I also recommend Nike’s not-free version which [...]
Continue Reading →*UPDATE – sorry the video was broken! We fixed it! V is for Video of the Day! V is for Victory! and V is for very, very rich. Tennis.com did a short piece today enumerating Rafael Nadal’s steady charge up the sponsorship ladder. He’s recently signed on with Spanish insurance company Mapfre and is the [...]
Continue Reading →We got a whole lot of tennis goin’ on this weekend, y’all! Tennis Channel is showing three tournaments: the Dubai semifinals (Novak Djokovic vs. Gilles Simon and Richard Gasquet vs. David Ferrer), the clay court tournament in Acapulco (according to the schedule, they’re showing the men, so you’ve got Monfils vs. Acasuso and Almagro vs. [...]
Continue Reading →Roger Federer may not be playing the tournament in Dubai, but he’s been busy training, partying and schmoozing on behalf of his sponsor, Jura, the Swiss coffee company. Last week’s Jura event, at Dubai’s “One & Only Royal Mirage Hotel,” included a meet-and-greet with Roger and a panel discussion on the subject “Winning in Sport [...]
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