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From the monthly archives: September 2009
Have you heard? ESPN The Magazine’s “The Body Issue” will feature nude or “semi nude” photographs of various athletes. (What is semi-nude, anyway? Is it the same as being semi-clothed? Like a glass half empty/half full kind of thing?) According to USA Today, James Blake and Serena Williams will represent for tennis. (*UPDATE* - James [...]
Continue Reading →Today is Martina Hingis’s 29th birthday and the last day of her two-year drug suspension. Jon Wertheim has an interesting interview with her posted on the Sports Illustrated website. Click here to read it if you haven’t already (yes, she answers the comeback question.) Here’s what really got to me: The amount (of cocaine metabolite [...]
Continue Reading →Interesting video of Rafael Nadal training recently in Manacor, where he is recovering from an abdominal injury A little google translate action on the subtitles reveals that the abs are healed but Rafa needs to do some serious work on his serve: “Rafa is recovered from his abdominal fissure, but now it is like starting [...]
Continue Reading →Tennis Channel will be showing some live WTA action from Tokyo this weekend. Here’s the schedule: TORAY PAN PACIFIC OPEN – TOKYO, JAPAN – TENNIS TV SCHEDULE Thursday, October 1 11:00 pm – 3:00 am: Tokyo Semifinals – LIVE Friday, October 2 8:00 pm – 12:00 am: Tokyo Semifinals – Repeat Saturday, October 3 12:00 [...]
Continue Reading →“Janko Tipsarevic Unplugged” says the ATP tour. Isn’t Janko Tipsarevic always unplugged? Yes, he does say he hates Novak Djokovic – and says Rafael Nadal chokes. Watch the video and find out why. Janko’s the guy you want to invite to your next dinner party, right? And here’s a nice one of Tommy Robredo, his [...]
Continue Reading →Roger Federer participated in a sponsorship event at the Swiss headquarters for JURA coffee makers, where he was interviewed by news presenter Franz Fischlin and signed autographs for fans. The event was broadcast via live streaming and on a big screen outside JURA headquarters (click here). Here are some photos from the event: Photos via [...]
Continue Reading →Mark Dadswell/Getty Images Ah, the calendar is working against us, Safin fans! Marat’s last tournament (Bercy) is just a little over a month away. In the meantime, he’s playing singles and doubles (with Gilles Simon) this week at the Thailand Open and will be continuing the Asian swing in China, with wildcards into both the [...]
Continue Reading →Awesomely long and in-depth Roger Federer interview done in Italy after Davis Cup. It’s a “macro” piece, talking about the entirety of Roger’s life – everything from childhood piano lessons, roller coasters, the afterlife, doping in tennis, David Foster Wallace etc. etc. etc. Thank you to the Italian Journalist who asked all the good questions: [...]
Continue Reading →Steve Tignor wrote an interesting viewpoint piece at tennis.com with the title “Excessive civility muting the men’s game?” Have you read it already? If not, click here. If you have, can you please explain it to me? Here’s what I’ve figured so far. . . Tignor begins by comparing two US Open semifinal handshakes – [...]
Continue Reading →Yikes! Sam Querrey required emergency surgery on Monday, after cutting his forearm after a practice session in Bangkok. Here’s the story via the AP: Sam Querrey cut his right forearm in a freak accident after practicing for the Thailand Open in Bangkok and will be out at least four to six weeks, the U.S. Tennis [...]
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VIDEO: FEDERER ON CHAMPAGNE LOSSES, LEGENDARY STATUS, KRAJICEK ATP TALKS
VIDEO: SUPER-EXCITED FEDERER IN ROTTERDAM 
VALENTINE VIDEO: RAFAEL NADAL AND BAR REFAELI SPORTS ILLUSTRATED PHOTO SHOOT 
NOT RESTING ON HIS LAUREUS: NOVAK DJOKOVIC WINS SPORTSMAN AWARD, EYES FRENCH OPEN 
VIDEO: ROGER FEDERER AND ROD LAVER ESPN INTERVIEW 
