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From the monthly archives: January 2010
A tennis star’s work is never done! Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Maria Sharapova and Jelena Jankovic stopped by the IMG agency’s Tennis Players Party at Melbourne’s Crown Hotel and Casino on Sunday. The dress code: earth tones: Maria Sharapova doesn’t have to try, anymore: And Jelena Jankovic really, really does: I just love how JJ [...]
Continue Reading →* Click here for the “Hit for Haiti/Indian Wells” I’m probably the last person in the world to have seen this footage from Sunday’s Hits for Haiti benefit in Rod Laver Arena, but now that I have, I’m just going to watch it over and over and over again. And over again. And maybe one [...]
Continue Reading →Big props to all of our favorite tennis stars for doing their bit to help earthquake survivors in Haiti. And additional props to Roger Federer for rallying the troops. (And a pat on the back to tournament organizers who are no doubt scrambling to make this happen): Here’s the gist on Sunday’s surprise tennis fundraiser [...]
Continue Reading →Yes, you are too sexy for that shirt. . .photo by REUTERS/Mick Tsikas via Daylife Well, we have the latest crop of weekend winners, (almost) the last before the Australian Open starts on Monday. Winning a warm up the weekend before a major is tricky – it gives a player loads of confidence but can [...]
Continue Reading →I believe it was Roger Federer who first called the Australian Open “the Happy Slam.” And what’s not to like about sunny Melbourne, night matches, and the fresh promise of a newborn tennis season! Here are some photos of the pros getting happy (for the most part) and some quotes from Saturday’s press conferences. Roger [...]
Continue Reading →Australian Open reporters take note! You probably don’t want to ask Serena Williams about the US Open “incident.” Unless you want to be grilled on your own professional conduct. Check out this exchange from Saturday’s press conference: Q. Last time we saw you in a Grand Slam, there was that little incident in New York. [...]
Continue Reading →In case you’re worried you won’t be watching enough tennis in the next couple weeks, ESPN Classic is having a “Best Of” marathon all day on Saturday. (Don’t worry, you can do laundry and wash the dog during changeovers.) I think I’ll pace myself – watch a little of Fed vs. Safin and Verdasco vs. [...]
Continue Reading →Serena Williams lost 6-3, 6-2 to Elena “on a rampage” Dementieva in the finals of Sydney’s Medibank International tournament on Saturday. Williams was reportedly hampered by a leg injury – “limping and shuffling” during the match. She looked pretty good during this point: Serena, who was tested hard in her semi vs. Aravane Rezai, says [...]
Continue Reading →Thanks to Judy for passing this story along to me! Sports Illustrated reports that Pete Sampras is not happy with the “shots” that Andre Agassi took at him in his newish autobiography, Open. Sampras told reporters via a recent conference call that he’d like to meet “man to man” with his rival and hash things [...]
Continue Reading →GTT has the best readers in the world! Huge thanks and a big “MUWWWAH!” to French reader “whynotme” for translating this fantastic article that was written for the French sports daily, L’Equipe – I believe it’s only in the print version but not online. Whynotme posted the article in the comments section of the ATP [...]
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