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From the monthly archives: January 2010
The fourth round continues Down Under on Monday. It’s getting good! Maybe a little too good. . .can you handle it? Top Seeds in Action: Williams sisters, Wozniacki, Azarenka, Zvonareva, Federer, Davydenko, Djokovic, Tsonga You can’t go wrong with: Kubot vs. Djokovic! Question of the day: Is an Aussie making it to the quarterfinals? Australian [...]
Continue Reading →Today was the start of Round of 16 action Down Under. It must stink to lose in the fourth round – so close to the final weekend yet so, so far. Let’s see who made it over the hump and who’s humping it back home. Nadia Petrova isn’t happy just making it halfway. She backed [...]
Continue Reading →Fernando Gonzalez of Chile and his girlfriend Daniela Castillo relax on a boat ride along the Yarra River during day six of the 2010 Australian Open. Frites and I dug up a few more pics and a hilarious youtube video of this girl singing. You think this girl wants to be famous? and a few [...]
Continue Reading →Maria Sharapova works that $70 million for Nike’s “Rock Victorious” campaign. (I wish she worked this LBD Down Under.)
Continue Reading →Very cool video from Nike featuring Serena Williams. I love thinking about Serena waking up to Venus doing bicep curls. Enjoy!
Continue Reading →The past couple days haven’t offered any classic matches, but I have a good feeling about Sunday’s action at Melbourne Park. Come on, Australian Open, show us what you got! Top Seeds in Action: It’s Murray, Nadal, Roddick, del Potro for the men. Safina and Sveta are the highest seeds playing on the women’s side, [...]
Continue Reading →Sveta played a late night match on Friday, getting past Angelique Kerber in three close sets. Gotta love that game face. . . Now onto Day Six Down Under, which was notable for retirements, withdrawals and old fashioned beat-downs. The men didn’t get to four-sets until Tsonga and Haas played the last match on Hisense. [...]
Continue Reading →You can tell the tournament is almost halfway done when “Legends’ Doubles 45 and Over” is scheduled before Nicolas Almagro’s 3rd round match. But there’s oh so much more in store on Day Six at the Australian Open. . . Top Seeds in Action: Federer, Djokovic, Tsonga, Verdasco, Davydenko on the men’s side and Serena, [...]
Continue Reading →Let’s be honest, Day 5 Down Under kind of sucked. I typed that sentence before listening to Kim Clijsters’s press conference. She confirmed it: “I was completely off. Just, you know, I think tennis‑wise, I didn’t feel the ball at all. . .It sucks that it has to happen at this stage of this tournament [...]
Continue Reading →You can tell the tournament is rolling on when mixed doubles pops up and there’s no singles matches on Court 18. Let’s take a look at what’s on for Day Five at the Australian Open. . . Top Seeds in Action: Nadal, del Potro, Roddick, Murray, Monfils. Safina, Kuznetsova, Jankovic, Clijsters, Bartoli, and (unseeded) Henin. [...]
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