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From the monthly archives: June 2009
Winner of Wimbledon’s triple crown in 1939, American Alice Marble was the tennis world’s original Glamazon. Living a life as big as her game, the 18-time Grand Slam champ shagged balls with Joe DiMaggio, survived a Nazi bullet, and fought racism on tour. Writer Margaret McArthur (a.k.a. “Alice Marble” at GTT) tells her extraordinary story. [...]
Continue Reading →Roger unveiled his new Wimbledon look today on his Facebook page (click here), (Roger will be taking Rafa’s place as first up on Centre Court, which makes me nervous for some reason.) Of course The Independent described Roger’s Wimbledon look in an article called “Federer cramps Murray’s style“: If the Murray sweater looked like a [...]
Continue Reading →For the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon has upped the ante on access to online matches with their partner TennisTV.com. They will be showing up to 6 courts LIVE on their site for the entire fortnight. (Fee) But please double check to make sure Wimbledon Live is available in your country as the stream is restricted [...]
Continue Reading →I could use this headline after every Serena Williams presser. She gives more WTF quotes than anyone on tour, including these head-scratchers from today’s press conference at Wimbledon. Is she speaking in koans or cliches? I leave it for you to decide: Serena on the Williams sisters: Q. What’s different from (Venus’s) game and yours [...]
Continue Reading →Roger Federer gave an interview with reporters today at Wimbledon, with many of the questions focusing on his rivals. Here’s some of what Federer had to say on Rafael Nadal’s withdrawal from Wimbledon, Andy Murray’s chances and fellow G.O.A.T. contender Tiger Woods (who is having an “historically bad” time right now at golf’s US Open.) [...]
Continue Reading →Rafael Nadal announced at a press conference today that he is withdrawing from Wimbledon due to injury. Miri at Nadal News has downloaded and posted the full video series – please click here to check them out. Here are some English highlights: Get well soon, Rafa! Click here for more quotes and a summary of [...]
Continue Reading →Rafael Nadal withdrew from Wimbledon today, dashing any hopes we’d get another Federer vs. Nadal final like this one: Say it with me: Federer vs. Nadal, Wimbledon 2010! *Check out FreakyFrites interview with author Jon Wertheim about “Strokes of Genius”, his captivating book on this match and the great men who played it.
Continue Reading →Damn, it’s official. Rafael Nadal is withdrawing from Wimbledon due to knee injury and will not be defending his title. Nadal explained the sad situation in a press conference today (quotes via the Wimbledon.com): “I played with some problems on the knee for the last few months. I’ve been making efforts to play week after [...]
Continue Reading →The likes of Elena Dementieva, Ana Ivanovic and the Williams sisters gathered at London’s Kensington Gardens on Thursday night for the “Ralph Lauren presents the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Pre-Wimbledon Player Party hosted by Sir Richard Branson.” Wow, how did they manage to fit all that onto an invitation? Here’s the scoop on the shiny [...]
Continue Reading →SUMMARY The good news: The Williams sisters are on opposite sides of the draw! Hurray! We’ll have a possible “Battle of the real No. 1 seed” in the semis, with Dinara Safina falling into Venus’s half of the draw. Elena Dementieva is seeded to meet Serena Williams in the other semifinal. Maria Sharapova could (possibly! [...]
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