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From the monthly archives: December 2009
The ITF has released its statement, clearing the return of Xavier Malise and Yanina Wickmayer to the pro tour. Here’s the full statement from the ITF website (click here): “Following the appeal by Belgian tennis players Xavier Malisse and Yanina Wickmayer against the suspensions imposed on them by the Doping Tribunal of the Flemish National [...]
Continue Reading →After tears, appeals and an injunction by a Belgian court, has the ITF finally relented to letting at least one of the banned Belgians return to the tour? Yanina Wickmayer’s camp thinks so: The ITF has authorized Yanina Wickmayer’s return to the circuit, her agent Olivier Van Lindonk tells Belgian wire service Belga. Wickmayer and [...]
Continue Reading →REUTERS/Adrees Latif I wouldn’t normally put “Anna Kournikova” and “the International Security Assistance Force Joint Command at North Kabul International Airport” together, but here you go: Anna Kournikova and Nick Bollettieri landed in Kabul yesterday to take part in the annual USO holiday tour. The tennis star and her former coach will be spreading holiday [...]
Continue Reading →Seeing Rafa’s technicolor fantasy/nightmare made me wonder what Nike had in store for Roger Federer at this year’s Australian Open. Instead of playing Twister: “I got one hand on kangaroo and my left foot’s on Kylie Minogue!” it seems Nike’s design team decided: “let’s see what we have in the back.” Yes, recycling is always [...]
Continue Reading →I know you all loved the pink shirt at the French (until it became the shirt of death). But then came the bizarre checked boxers this fall and now this monstrosity, reportedly Rafael Nadal’s outfit for the 2010 Australian Open (via FortyDeuce): *My eyes!* Seriously, what is this mess? Tangerine and fuchsia with coordinating diagonal [...]
Continue Reading →Anyone else get the chills reading Roger Federer’s Facebook update last week? “I just finished my vacation after the ATP Finals in London and had a very nice and relaxing break. I started working out again today and I am looking forward to a lot hard work in the next weeks to get ready for [...]
Continue Reading →Some of the most entertaining passages in Andre Agassi’s new autobiography describe his intense dislike for Boris Becker. Andre calls his loss to Becker in the 1995 Wimbledon semifinals “the most devastating of my life” and is further enraged by the snarky comments Boris made to the press after the match (Becker described Agassi as [...]
Continue Reading →Photo of the then-engaged 1971 Wimbledon Champions by: Tony Triolo/SI “Mixed doubles are always starting divorces. If you play with your wife, you fight with her. If you play with somebody else, she fights with you.” – Sidney B.Wood Jr. , 1931 Wimbledon champion. I don’t know, Mirka and Roger seemed to do all right [...]
Continue Reading →Team Elton John beat Team Billie Jean King at the World Team Tennis Smash Hits charity event on Tuesday night in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Andy Roddick, Serena Williams, Lindsay Davenport, Tommy Haas, Anna Kournikova and others participated, helping raise more than $640,000 for the Elton John AIDS Foundation and Baton Rouge area AIDS charities. Here [...]
Continue Reading →Serena Williams wrote a post on globalgrind.com (“The World According to Hip Hop”) on Wednesday with the title: “To Be Honest, I Believe I Reached My Boiling Point.” This is appropriate, as her open letter isn’t so much about the record-setting fine she recieved due to misbehavior at this year’s US Open. It’s more about [...]
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