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From the monthly archives: May 2009
Ah, how I wish I lived in Spain (and spoke Spanish) a country where tennis is always on the nightly news (not to mention the food and siestas)! Here’s some footage of Rafael Nadal and Ana Ivanovic at Friday’s French Open draw ceremony and Rafa practicing on the terre battue. (Is that Federer with Verdasco? [...]
Continue Reading →If you filled in your Roland Garros drawsheets this morning, you probably had an easy time at the top of the men’s: Nadal, Nadal, Nadal, Nadal, Nadal, uh, Nadal. There’s nothing for the 4-time champ (or Rafanatics) to lose sleep over, especially with clay-averse Andy Murray the big gun in his half. Rafa will shrug [...]
Continue Reading →“If I continue like this I have a very good chance here (at Roland Garros).” No sh*t, Dinara! Safina has a 14-1 record on clay this season and the added confidence of being World No. 1 and last year’s runner up to the now-ailing Ana Ivanovic. Like Rafael Nadal on the men’s side, I had [...]
Continue Reading →A quick detour onto grass while we wait for the Roland Garros draw to come out later today. (You can catch it live, at 11:30am, Paris time, at rolandgarros.com (anyone else relieved to be done with that awful Madrid Masters website?) The following video is an ode to Rafael Nadal disguised as a promotional video [...]
Continue Reading →When the women’s Roland Garros draw comes out tomorrow, will anyone stand out as a real favorite? It’s no secret that the women’s tour has been tumultuous lately. Since Justine Henin retired a year ago, the No. 1 ranking has been spinning around like a glittery wedge on the Wheel of Fortune, landing on five [...]
Continue Reading →Mr. Humble strikes again! Rafael Nadal was recently voted the “World’s Fittest Man” by Men’s Fitness magazine, and Rafa says he doesn’t deserve it: “If you look at many other players they are probably fitter than me. The difference probably is that I was playing sleeveless.” Gentleman and ladies of the jury, I leave it [...]
Continue Reading →Mary Carillo and Patrick McEnroe, who will be anchoring ESPN’s French Open commentary team at Roland Garros next week, took time to chat with reporters (and me) about the upcoming action on the terre battue. Here’s some of what they had to say about Nadal, Federer and the rest of the field: Nadal will be [...]
Continue Reading →Who knew that 18-time Grand Slam champ, Chris Evert, was such a hard core Fedophile? I’m putting her in the “Historian” category, due to the fact that she also really admires Nadal. Here’s the money quote from her ESPN interview with Bonnie D. Ford (click here for the full article): “Isn’t there something about Federer [...]
Continue Reading →2010 ROLAND GARROS FRENCH OPEN TV SCHEDULE We have the complete French Open TV schedule for the US, UK, Canada, and Australia . Will be an exciting French Open this year. Rafael Nadal will try to win his 5th consecutive French Open Roland Garros title while Roger Federer will attempt to be the 6th man [...]
Continue Reading →Tough new anti-doping controls will be in effect at this year’s Roland Garros. From Le Monde (click here for the original, my translation): “This year, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, like all players who compete at Roland Garros (May 24 to Sunday June 7) will not only be subject to traditional anti-doping controls by the [...]
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