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From the monthly archives: May 2009
Oh, what joy! Amelie Mauresmo is into the semi finals of Madrid after beating Agnes Szavay, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1. The Frenchwoman is enjoying a mini-resurgence, despite (or because of?) retirement rumors, winning the Paris Open earlier this year and having already scored four wins over top five opponents. With a new coach this season (Hugo [...]
Continue Reading →I admit it, the Fedophile in me ran screaming from S.L. Price’s Sports Illustrated article based on its title alone: “How Nadal humbled Federer.” But boy, am I glad I talked myself into reading it, because it’s chock-full of fascinating facts and anecdotes that even the most avid tennis fanatic may have missed along the [...]
Continue Reading →Love that huge grin from Roger Federer at the beginning of the video – was the interviewer making funny faces, asking him about Rod Laver, topless??? Anyway, from there he talks about how “interesting” it will be to play Andy Roddick on clay in the Madrid quarterfinals on Friday (Roger beat James Blake easily and [...]
Continue Reading →Andy Murray became World No. 3 this week, “leapfrogging” Novak Djokovic, who held the spot since August, 2007 (not bad, Nole!) The outspoken Serb is not happy about the shift, and expressed his frustration to reporters in Madrid on Wednesday (quotes via Tennisreporters.net and the Times U.K.): “Playing three Masters Series finals in a row [...]
Continue Reading →Before I launch into how Americans suck on clay, I want to congratulate Andy Roddick for an impressive three set win over Tommy Haas in Madrid on Wednesday. It was a gutsy debut on the red stuff. Okay, back to business. . . There’s been lots of talk going into the French Open about both [...]
Continue Reading →Tell me fellow book worms, did this edition of the ATPs “Favorite Things” depress you at all? Because besides a Dan Brown novel every now and then, most of our favorite tennis players don’t read anything but draw sheets (no, wait, that’s what their coaches are for.) At least the Eastern Europeans are keeping literature [...]
Continue Reading →I was sad when I heard that Amelie Mauresmo had lost the first set, 1-6, against Elena Dementieva at the Madrid Open on Wednesday. Maybe the best I could expect of one of my favorite, fading, players was to make it to the third round (upsetting No. 15 Zheng Jie on the way.) But she [...]
Continue Reading →Rafael Nadal has changed his not-so-sweet tune about this week’s Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open. After complaining about the court surface, the schedule and the general disorder around the tournament a few days ago, Nadal is now heaping on the praise, saying stuff like, “It’s special to play in Spain and in Madrid. And this year [...]
Continue Reading →No. 1 Fedophile, Rafael Nadal, nominated Roger Federer to receive the 2009 Prince of Asturias Award for Sports. The Spanish award is intended to “acknowledge scientific, technical, cultural, social and humanitarian work carried out internationally” by prominent people in a variety of fields, including sports. Rafa told the press after this year’s Australian Open that [...]
Continue Reading →David Ferrer was asked at the Madrid Open about Federer’s chances against Rafa and had this to say (in Spanish): “Roger Federer has sufficient tennis to beat Rafa Nadal. He can do it, but it’s very complicated. Rafa is the indisputable number one on clay and in the world, but most of all on clay. [...]
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