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From the monthly archives: March 2010
The ATP just released a bunch of new videos, so I thought we’d do a little film festival. Hopefully you’re having a slow day at work, anyway. The ATP players had a big photo shoot in Indian Wells. We learn that Evgeny Korolev is the new male model of tennis. I kind of have a [...]
Continue Reading →Hmm. Not much to say about this except that Ana Ivanovic and Novak Djokovic are two beautiful, smart and well-socialized young people. Here’s the press release: “‘Glam.Set.Match’ was an exclusive mixed doubles ‘exhibition’ match which saw a celebrity showdown featuring Mel B, Jay Sean, Novak Djokovic and Ana Ivanovic! The match was fiercely fought, but [...]
Continue Reading →Fernando Gonzalez sat down with ESPN’s Bonnie D. Ford in Miami to talk more in depth about his experiences helping with earthquake relief in his home country of Chile. Here’s the video: A snippet from the article (nice stuff, click here to read): He [Gonzalez} traveled home as soon as he could to visit ravaged [...]
Continue Reading →The Indian Wells draw turned out to be a crapshoot, and Ivan Ljucicic’s big win made me question my usual take on a draw preview. Does it really matter if Rafa and Roger are on opposite sides? (They are, with Rafa seeded No. 4) As for the fates of Murray, Djokovic, Del Potro and Davydenko [...]
Continue Reading →Venus vs. Serena? That’s one thing I can guarantee won’t happen at this week’s Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. Henin vs. Clijsters? Let’s just hope they make it past their third rounds. Shakira? I’m thinking she’ll make a quarterfinals appearance – main stadium, of course. The seeded semifinals: Svetlana Kuznetsova vs. Venus Williams and Victoria [...]
Continue Reading →2010 SONY ERICSSON OPEN ORDER OF PLAY TUESDAY MARCH 23 GRANDSTAND start 11:00 am Qualifying – T Tanasugarn (THA) vs P Parmentier (FRA) – WTA L Hradecka (CZE) vs M Rybarikova (SVK) – WTA [WC] M Larcher de Brito (POR) vs S Cirstea (ROU) – WTA G Dulko (ARG) vs O Govortsova (BLR) – WTA [...]
Continue Reading →Last year’s Miami tournament was a lowlight for Federer fans. Still smarting from that tough five set loss to Rafael Nadal in the 2009 Australian Open finals, we’d sat through Roger’s back injury layoff just to watch him flame out against rising nemesis, Andy Murray, at Indian Wells. Things couldn’t get worse, right? Wrong: “Thank [...]
Continue Reading →The ATP goes Fedophile: “No. 1 for many years to come.” Cool! In other Roger news, his website announces: “ROGER BECOMES AN HONORARY MEMBER OF SWISS TENNIS!” Really, I wonder who the non-honorary members are? Anyway, here are the details: “Roger was appointed as an honorary member of the Swiss Tennis Association on Saturday in [...]
Continue Reading →Former lovebirds Ana Ivanovic and Fernando Verdasco have cameos in these new adidas videos. Alas, they do not appear together. You know Nando’s having a great time at this party, though I suspect Ana would rather be at home with a good book and her golfer. Videos via Women’s Tennis Blog
Continue Reading →When a big tournament starts, all of us – fans, reporters, bloggers and even the players – look for the familiar story lines. A Nadal vs. Federer final used to be as regular a climax as a torture sequence on 24. Now it’s more elusive, like a Mr. Big appearance in Sex and the City. [...]
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