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From the monthly archives: August 2009
It’s a brave new era for Federer fandom. At least for me. Last week in Montreal, Roger lost his quarterfinal against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga after holding a 5-1 lead in the third set. Instead rolling on the floor moaning “Why, Roger why? What’s happening to you?” I just shrugged and said, “Better luck next time, buddy.” [...]
Continue Reading →John McEnroe said the use of injury timeouts is “absolutely an epidemic” on the tour, speaking Wednesday via an ESPN2 conference call. The latest outbreak of timeout-itis occurred last weekend in Montreal, when Juan Martin del Potro called the trainer twice and took a bathroom break during his championship match against Andy Murray. The Argentine [...]
Continue Reading →Andy Murray told reporters in Cincinnati yesterday that only “a couple of matches” are keeping him from the No. 1 spot: It’s not that far. It’s a matter of a couple of the matches. You know, if I had had a slightly better run at the Australian Open or instead of losing a tight one [...]
Continue Reading →The soon-to-retire (and marry??) Marat Safin gave an entertaining interview after winning his first round match in Cincy yesterday. The difference between him and Federer? Roger’s simply a tennis “fanatic”: Q. You’ve had your motivational ups and downs in your career. What do you think keeps someone like Federer so motivated all the time? MARAT [...]
Continue Reading →Marat Safin beat recent Indianapolis Champ, Robby Ginepri, in the first round of the Cincinnati Masters on Monday: 7-5 7-6(2). Oh Marat, why did you have to win a match? I’ve sworn off false hope but like so many vices, it’s impossible to resist. I think you might feel the same way (via Reuters.): “At [...]
Continue Reading →Ana Ivanovic and Caroline Wozniacki went retro in Toronto, staging a game of street tennis to promote this weeks Rogers Cup: Love Ana’s: “Let’s do this!” The original bad boys: Were the mid 90s really that long ago?
Continue Reading →Rafael Nadal gave this interview to the ATP prior to taking the court this week in Cincy. Rafa doesn’t reveal anything new, but he does seem to be in a remarkably good mood. Love the smile! Rafa was equally chipper about starting the week as the No. 3 player in the world (via the AP): [...]
Continue Reading →Also click here for Roger’s take on Andy Murray as the new World No. 2. Love this comment: “Both Murray and I have benefited from Rafa being out with injury – I’ve won two Majors, Andy won Montreal.“ (Thanks to GTT reader L.L.K.Rog for the BBC video!) And here’s some Roger fan footage from a [...]
Continue Reading →Maria Sharapova is in Toronto for the Rogers Cup, sending the city’s glam-o-meter spinning. Love this reporter’s description of the Sharapova Effect in the Toronto Star: “Every time Maria laughed, it reminded me of Canada Day — the flashes were endless.” Maria was all smiles during Sunday’s practice session at Rexall Centre: Practice photos by [...]
Continue Reading →Well, after all the hubbub of Nadal and Federer playing in Montreal and Kim Clijsters making her comeback in Cincy, we have two weekend winners: Jelena Jankovic and the new World No. 2, Andy Murray. J.J. took out Dinara Safina in the Western & Southern Financial Group Women’s Open in Cincinnati: 6-4, 6-2. It’s only [...]
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