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From the monthly archives: February 2010
“I may not have won many tournaments but I came close to winning a couple of big ones last year,” Venus Williams admitted to the press before the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships began last week. “Obviously, I go into each tournament wanting to win. And I am aware that I haven’t won a Grand Slam [...]
Continue Reading →Shahar Peer let her racquet do most of the talking during her historic first appearance at the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships this week. She fought her way through to the semifinals – where she lost on Friday to defending champ Venus Williams 1-6, 4-6 – deftly handling a security detail of 25 guards, scheduling on [...]
Continue Reading →Tennis is inspiring everyone from Latina pop princesses to Upper West Side Soweto hipsters! Vampire Weekend may not be getting cuddly with Rafael Nadal, but they still up the tennis-theme-ante in their new video for “Giving Up the Gun.” It includes appearances by Jake Gyllenhaal, Joe Jonas, Lil Jon and RZA and a super-cool black [...]
Continue Reading →With all the excitement over Shakira and Rafa this week, I’ve barely thought about the actual tennis! But we have some interesting tennis action coming up this weekend on four different continents, from Shahar Peer vs. Venus Williams in Dubai to Roddick vs. Querrey in Memphis, Maria Sharapova back in a semi and a bunch [...]
Continue Reading →*UPDATE – Full version of the music video can be found here after the jump. Yes, I know there are actual professional tennis tournaments going on all around the world, but I can’t get enough of Shakira and Rafael Nadal! Here’s the “teaser” preview from Shakira’s “Gypsy” music video, co-starring Rafa – thanks to Judy [...]
Continue Reading →It’s great to see this exciting Hit for Haiti exhibition come together for the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. Pete Sampras and Roger Federer will play doubles against Andre Agassi and Rafael Nadal, all former champions in the desert. That’s a whopping 44 Major titles on the court at one time. They also added [...]
Continue Reading →Roger Federer swept the top ATP World Tour Awards for 2009, winning the Player of the Year, the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award (as voted by the players) and the Fans’ Favorite Player of the Year (as voted by 52% of fans.) And talk about streaks: his peers have now given him the sportsmanship award for [...]
Continue Reading →Kim Clijsters called in from Belgium on Tuesday to take part in a media conference call promoting the BNP Paribas Showdown for the Billie Jean King Cup in Madison Square Garden. (Yes, that rolls off Kim’s tongue with ease.) The one-night exhibition on March 1 features the reigning US Open Champ, Venus and Serena Williams [...]
Continue Reading →Israeli player Shahar Peer made her historic debut this week at the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships. After being denied a visa into the United Arab Emirates prior to last year’s event, she’s making the most of the opportunity so far. She’s scored victories over Yanina Wickmayer and Virginie Razzano in her first two rounds and [...]
Continue Reading →We know that the Page Six rumors about Shakira and Rafael Nadal’s burgeoning “romance” are likely bunk. But it is true that the two will be starring together in a hot video for her new single “Gypsy.” Check out the sneak peek at: PerezHilton It’s called acting, people! Although it’s probably not too hard for [...]
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