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From the monthly archives: November 2009
It’s cool to think that a segment of turkey-stuffed Americans will be tuning into Roger Federer vs. Juan Martin del Potro instead of Raiders vs. Cowboys et. al. on Thanksgiving Day. But I won’t be one of them. My celebration includes spending time in a no-basic-cable/no-internet zone. Thank goodness it’s not a no-martini zone! I’ll [...]
Continue Reading →Was Wednesday’s Group B action at the O2 arena dramatic or torturous? Was it World Tour Final-worthy or just WTF? Robin Soderling beat Novak Djokovic 7-6 (5), 6-1 in a match that started out testy and ended up tanky. I doubt Nole gave up on purpose, but he certainly didn’t look too happy to be [...]
Continue Reading →Roger Federer took to the court at the O2 arena today to claim the number one – literally: Roger’s win over Andy Murray yesterday in round robin competition clinched his spot at the top. Here’s what Roger had to say afterwards about becoming the “ATP World Champion” for the 5th time in his career: Q. [...]
Continue Reading →Who’s the daddy? After one of those evil twin starts, Big Poppa Federer arrived at the O2 arena on Tuesday evening, spanking Andy Murray in the final two sets of their round robin match at the ATP World Tour Finals: 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 This win improves Roger’s record against his Scottish nemesis to 4-6, and [...]
Continue Reading →Here are some highlights from today’s Rafael Nadal vs. Robin Soderling round robin match at the ATP World Tour Finals. Soderling won it 6-4, 6-4. I don’t think it’s a huge shock that flat-ball-hitter Robin Soderling took out Rafael Nadal on the Swede’s favorite surface. But I do think its surprising that Robin Soderling pulled [...]
Continue Reading →The first day of action brought out the WTF in the ATP World Tour Finals. In the first singles match of the tournament, Andy Murray beat Juan Martin Del Potro: 6-3, 3-6, 6-2. As Del Potro was getting gauze stuffed up his nose a la Vera Zvonareva in the first set, I sang to myself: [...]
Continue Reading →Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal practiced together for about an hour on Saturday at the O2 arena. Reportedly Roger won the set 6-3. Rafa said that the court surface was “very fast” but allowed him to “play much more than Paris.” Here’s some video from the Federer/Nadal practice session: And some photos from the Federer/Nadal [...]
Continue Reading →Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and the rest of the top 8 guys posed for the official ATP World Tour Finals portrait yesterday. From the setting, I guess they really do form an exclusive club. Here’s the official portrait: This one cracks me up – “Okay, Roger and Rafa, since you guys [...]
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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 
