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From the monthly archives: April 2010
Thank you Doubles Superstar Mahesh Bhupathi for giving us all a sneak peek (via Twitter) of this year’s annual ATP players’ revue in Monte Carlo – where the ATP gets seriously silly. It’s like a high school talent show meets frat boy kegger meets Shakespeare theater before actresses were allowed on stage. Good thing the [...]
Continue Reading →2010 MONTE CARLO ROLEX MASTERS ORDER OF PLAY THURSDAY, 15 APRIL COURT CENTRAL start 10:30 am [10] T Berdych (CZE) vs [6] F Verdasco (ESP) M Berrer (GER) vs [2] R Nadal (ESP) [5] J Tsonga (FRA) vs [9] J Ferrero (ESP) [1] N Djokovic (SRB) vs [13] S Wawrinka (SUI) [WC] R Gasquet (FRA) [...]
Continue Reading →American tennis player turned Human Growth Hormone smuggler, Wayne Odesnik, released a statement during last week’s U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championships in Houston denying that he ever used the banned drug. Just a few weeks earlier, he pleaded guilty to the Brisbane Magistrates Court, admitting that he had illegally brought the banned substance into Australia [...]
Continue Reading →There’s no doubt Andy Murray’s been out of sorts since losing the Australian Open final to Roger Federer. To get all pop-psych about it, I suspect he really thought he was going to win his first major Down Under and was shattered when he didn’t. Now he’s picking up the jagged pieces of his confidence [...]
Continue Reading →Winning Wimbledon six times, breaking Pete Sampras’s major title record and completing the career Slam were all dreams come true for Roger Federer. But so is being Jura’s brand ambassador, apparently. A coffee maker studded with Swarovski crystals or La Coupe des Mousquetaires? Hmm. . .that’s a tough one. Check out Roger’s new Jura spot [...]
Continue Reading →Alright, the Monte-Carlo Masters players party video has arrived. We can all move on with our lives now: A tour of a Monaco museum raises the question: is Jo-Wilfried Tsonga wearing PEARL earrings? Diamonds, I understand, but pearls? Is he trying to start a new trend? Did his great grandmother leave them to him in [...]
Continue Reading →2010 MONTE CARLO ROLEX MASTERS ORDER OF PLAY WEDNESDAY APRIL 14 *All times CEST COURT CENTRAL start 10:30 am B Becker (GER) vs [9] J Ferrero (ESP) [1] N Djokovic (SRB) vs F Serra (FRA) [Q] T de Bakker (NED) vs [2] R Nadal (ESP) P Kohlschreiber (GER) vs [3] [WC] A Murray (GBR) M [...]
Continue Reading →Five time Monte-Carlo titlist and defending champ Rafael Nadal was asked on Monday if he’s losing his aura of “invincibility” on clay. Q. Do you think psychologically it’s different now because the players, the other players, think maybe you are beatable on clay, when before they thought you were unbeatable? RAFAEL NADAL: You can ask [...]
Continue Reading →2010 MONTE CARLO ROLEX MASTERS ORDER OF PLAY TUESDAY APRIL 13 TUESDAY, 13 APRIL 2010 COURT CENTRAL start 10:30 am [4] M Cilic (CRO) vs I Andreev (RUS) J Benneteau (FRA) vs [6] F Verdasco (ESP) [5] J Tsonga (FRA) vs N Almagro (ESP) [10] T Berdych (CZE) vs [WC] R Gasquet (FRA) P Kohlschreiber [...]
Continue Reading →Novak Djokovic announced in Monte-Carlo on Monday that he has dumped former World No. 4 Todd Martin from his coaching team. The news isn’t exactly surprising. Nole’s disappointing runs in Indian Wells and Miami last month – while under Martin’s care – were representative of the puzzling results he’s suffered since hiring the American last [...]
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