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From the monthly archives: October 2009
There’s an interesting story coming out of the Luxembourg Open today, following Caroline Wozniacki’s first round retirement (hamstring) against local gal Anne Kremer on Tuesday. Wozniacki was up 7-5, 5-0 when she tapped out, offering this explanation later: “I could possibly have finished the match, but felt there was no way I could get ready [...]
Continue Reading →The pickings are a little slim this week in Tennis TV Land. Tennis Channel is showing the WTA play this weekend in Moscow’s Kremlin Cup and the ATP’s final in Stockholm. Click here for live streaming options. WTA MOSCOW KREMLIN CUP/ATP STOCKHOLM OPEN TENNIS TV SCHEDULE Broadcast on Tennis Channel. All times Eastern. Saturday, October [...]
Continue Reading →Some reasons you might want to watch live tennis online this week: Marat Safin playing his last Kremlin Cup, while Jelena Jankovic and Vera Zvonareva fight for the final spot in Doha. Baghdatis, Haas and Soderling at the Stockholm Open Kim Clijsters at the Luxembourg Open. And at least in the States, we aren’t getting [...]
Continue Reading →I love Ivan LJubicic. I love him for being an old dude in a sport of boys. I love his big bald head. I love his intelligence. I love his one handed backhand. I love that he doesn’t suffer fools. I just love him! Enjoy: Ivan was ranked as high as #3 in the world [...]
Continue Reading →Tennis chair umpires Gerry Armstrong and Carlos Bernardes share their thoughts on the game and their roles in it: Nice stuff, but where’s Mohamed Lahyani? Maybe he’s getting his very own ATP feature sometime soon. . .I’m hoping for a weekly series.
Continue Reading →Swedish police detained two tennis players before the Stockholm Open on Sunday for allegedly soliciting prostitutes (via AP): The two men were identified only as foreign citizens. Investigation leader Jonas Trolle told The Associated Press on Monday that they were detained as they entered a hotel in Stockholm early Sunday with their escorts. He said [...]
Continue Reading →I said I would refrain from reading Rafael Nadal’s tealeaves until next season, but Peter Bodo at tennis.com offered this provocative analysis after this weekend’s Shanghai final: So the real issue, looking to Nadal’s future, is: To what degree can he recapture the form and aura he enjoyed until a few weeks after the Australian [...]
Continue Reading →The ATP’s calendar was the hot topic in the Shanghai Masters press room last week, but there were plenty of other interesting exchanges, covering everything from sex, sports cars and when the heck a Frenchman will ever win a major. Before it’s old news, I thought I’d post some of my favorites: Novak Djokovic on [...]
Continue Reading →Nikolay Davydenko beat Rafael Nadal 7-6 (3), 6-3 on Sunday for the title at the Shanghai Masters. Here are the highlights : I love listening to the crowd’s reactions to every winner! And here’s Davydenko’s post-match interview: “It was no plan, it just was fighting!” And of course, this was another highlight of the match [...]
Continue Reading →Nikolay Davydenko beat Rafael Nadal 7-6 (3), 6-3 in the final of the Shanghai Masters on Sunday. This is Davydenko’s fourth title of the season and his third career Masters title. Watching him hit those crisp ground strokes and perform his soft-shoe scamper around the court, I remembered: I like watching Kolya play. He’s like [...]
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