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From the monthly archives: July 2009
Marat Safin seems serious about retirement. After losing to 133-ranked Jesse Levine in the first round of Wimbledon, being upset by Israeli underdogs in Davis Cup last weekend, and now losing to Nicolas Almagro in the first round of this week’s Swedish Open, it sounds like Marat is about as motivated as a pig in [...]
Continue Reading →Roger Federer was honored in his childhood home on Thursday, receiving the “Ehrespalebärglemer” award. The award is given to well-known Basel personalities who represent “special qualities in their fields.” The brass plaques line Basel’s sidewalks, forming the Swiss city’s own “Walk of Fame.” Roger was to be celebrated last year, but scheduling conflicts pushed it [...]
Continue Reading →ESPN’s annual award show, the ESPYS, was held yesterday evening at the Nokia Theater in Downtown L.A. The Williams sisters were there to represent tennis and work the red carpet. Success on both counts, I say! Bethanie Mattek-Sands was also there, representing for us mere mortals. Thanks, Bethanie! Serena won the award for “Best Female [...]
Continue Reading →First it was Mariano Puerta’s wife, now it’s “Pamela,” Gasquet’s one-night-fling. Why are we ladies always blamed for besmirching the honor of the ATP? Tennis.com’s Peter Bodo shared the full ITF report from Richard Gasquet’s anti-doping tribunal. Long story short, the tribunal said Gasquet’s cocaine use “occurred in circumstances in which the degree of his [...]
Continue Reading →Thanks to GTT reader Madame Bovary for the heads up! Roger Federer dropped in on members of the Liverpool Football Club yesterday. The team is currently training in Bad Ragaz, “a quaint village shadowed by the mountains of east Switzerland.” On Twitter, the team said Federer “came across very humble.” Here’s the full story from [...]
Continue Reading →Richard Gasquet has been given “time served” for testing positive for cocaine in March, and is free to return to tour immediately. From the AFP this morning: PARIS (AFP) — France’s Richard Gasquet, who tested positive for cocaine during the Miami Masters in March, was handed a two-and-a-half month suspension on Wednesday, the International Tennis [...]
Continue Reading →It’s not easy choosing the G.O.A.T. Like American Lit exams, it’s more essay question than multiple choice. And even if you’re tennis’s answer to Mark Twain, those snarky Sartre-types can always blow smoke in your eyes and snarl: “What a futile exercise. It’s obvious that the G.O.A.T. is a media construct and not reality.” Can [...]
Continue Reading →Yes, the production quality sucks, but who cares? It’s STEFAN EDBERG: talking, smiling and looking sweet enough to slurp up with a spoon. Bonus: he has some interesting things to say about Roger Federer, the state of the game and the inevitable return of men’s shorty shorts. Stefan knows his sportsmen. The ATP’s award for [...]
Continue Reading →Really, Serena, how did you miss Twittering about this? The Associated Press reports that the Wimbledon Champ Serena Williams met the President Barack Obama on Tuesday. Here’s the scoop: Before heading off to St. Louis to throw the first pitch at the All-Star game, the president welcomed Wimbledon champion Serena Williams to the White House. [...]
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