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From the monthly archives: August 2009
As of Monday, Roger Federer is the first player ever to win $50 million dollars in prize money. Just another reason that he is the World No. 1 in Happy : Q. You were just talking about young players, but what do you think the young Roger Federer who was trying to win the Orange [...]
Continue Reading →Wonderful video interview from Roger Federer after winning his first round match against American Devin Britton at the US Open: How bizarre is it that Juan Carlos Ferrero is the ONLY guy in the draw to ever beat Federer at the US Open. I almost wish I didn’t know that. . .since I’m an avid [...]
Continue Reading →Rafael Nadal plays Richard Gasquet in a tough first round match at the US Open. If you’re nervous about Rafa’s chances, his comments from today’s press conference should make you feel better: Q. How are your knees feeling? How are you more generally physically? Are there any other problems you’re dealing with? RAFAEL NADAL: Hopefully [...]
Continue Reading →Practice makes perfect and the ladies were looking pretty dang good at the official US Open Practice Day on Sunday. Kuznetsova, Dementieva, Jankovic, Sharapova, Safina, Azarenka and Mauresmo were all sweating up the courts. Based on the effort level out there, it looks like each and every one of them expects to make it to [...]
Continue Reading →Sunday was Practice Day at the US Open, which gave fans the opportunity to watch the pros prep for the big tournament. Some of the top stars practiced out-of-view on Arthur Ashe, but there was still plenty to gawk at on the side courts. It was especially nice to see Richard Gasquet back on the [...]
Continue Reading →Here’s a nice US Open preview touching on some mild controversies and featuring press conference snippets with Roger Federer, Andy Roddick, Serena Williams, Dinara Safina and Kim Clijsters: Can’t. . .wait. . .for. . .tennis. . .to. . .begin!
Continue Reading →Saturday was Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day at the US Open. Looks like a fun time was had by all! Here’s the scoop from the US Open site: Several tennis superstars entertained the crowd with a little fun and friendly competition. Kim Clijsters and James Blake teamed up in a mixed doubles match against Ana Ivanovic [...]
Continue Reading →The ESPN network, which is showing 100 hours of live US Open tennis on ESPN2 (and 400 online at ESPN360.com), hosted a conference call recently with two familiar voices from the commentary booth: Cliff Drysdale and Pam Shriver. Both had some interesting things to say on the biggest, fattest and meatiest stories going into the [...]
Continue Reading →The Williams sisters are everywhere nowadays! Challenging each other to a dance-off, being honored by the Anti-Defamation League, becoming part owners of the Miami Dolphins, ringing the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange, throwing the first pitch at Yankee Stadium, and trash talking with Andy Roddick via Twitter. I’m assuming they’re fitting tennis [...]
Continue Reading →I hate to be a Negative Nellie, but so far I’m unimpressed with this year’s US Open Players’ Party. Where is everyone? (And by everyone I mean Federer, Nadal, Sharapova, Roddick, etc.) Maybe we’ll get video of Nole pole dancing with the Bondarenko sisters tomorrow. . . until then, here are some photos of Venus, [...]
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