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From the monthly archives: October 2009
We’ve been treated to some riveting tennis so far at the WTA’s year ending championships in Doha. Was today’s meeting between Vera Zvonareva and Caroline Wozniacki a tennis match or medieval torture porn? The blood poured (literally) in the second set, when Vera Zvonareva took a 5 minute medical timeout to treat a bloody nose. [...]
Continue Reading →Andy Roddick, Roger Federer, the Williams sisters and others have responded to Andre Agassi’s “shocking” confession that he used crystal meth and lied to the ATP about it after a drug test came back positive. UPDATE: Rafael Nadal was less moderate than others in his reaction to Agassi’s confession. He wonders why “now that he [...]
Continue Reading →A sweet duo, indeed, Roger Federer is the global ambassador for Swiss chocolate company Lindt. Will Fed Fans have to change their banner to “Federer is Betterer than Most Chocolate but As Good as Lindt“? Photo by Jennifer Carson. From the Lindt press release: Kilchberg (Switzerland), October 29, 2009 – Premium chocolate manufacturer Lindt & [...]
Continue Reading →The WTA has a new feature on its website called “Something Completely Different,” which includes players’ answers to “random” press conference questions. The first in the series is: “Who is your favorite male tennis player?” Roger Federer is on the top of many a WTA player’s list – and no, Marion Bartoli isn’t even included! [...]
Continue Reading →Dinara Safina’s retirement against Jelena Jankovic and subsequent withdrawal from the year ending championships was Wednesday’s big news out of Doha. She tapped out in the third game of the match, leaving the court after a series of gut wrenching sobs no doubt caused by both pain and disappointment. In what was supposed to be [...]
Continue Reading →James Blake Uncovered? In some ways, he really has been covered enough (click here for his hilarious “interview” with Stephen Colbert). But it’s nice to hear him talk about the experiences tennis has given to him – although I can hear the “James Blake is too satisfied with what he’s accomplished and not hungry enough” [...]
Continue Reading →Marat Safin and Teimuraz Gabashvili visited an orphanage in St. Petersburg while in town for the St. Petersburg Open. Listen carefully, gals, Marat has a message for you: Hear that? Marat says retirement will give him plenty of time to find the right woman and make babies. Single ladies, renew those passports! Oh, and of [...]
Continue Reading →Andre Agassi admits in his upcoming autobiography to taking crystal meth while still on tour, testing positive and then duping the ATP into believing his innocence: Via The Times, U.K.: Agassi, now 39, relates how he took crystal meth — possession of which carries a maximum five-year jail sentence in the US — in 1997, [...]
Continue Reading →Photo via www.sonyericsson-championships.com The best thing about the year ending championships is the format – from the very first day you have the best players playing against each other and the promise of seeing them again soon, win or lose. The first match was an interesting one. YEC rookie, Victoria Azarenka, trounced former world number [...]
Continue Reading →Swiss journalist and Federer-biographer Rene Stauffer did a fantastic interview with Roger Federer’s fitness trainer, Pierre Paganini, published today in the online edition of Tages Anzeiger. Paganini has worked with Roger Federer since 2000, and has been a key to Roger’s longevity and continued success on tour. In this interview, Paganini addresses everything from Roger’s [...]
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