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From the monthly archives: July 2010
Roger Federer’s long time fitness and conditioning coach, Pierre Paganini, was recently interviewed by the Swiss paper BLICK about the state of his charge. Thanks to LaRubia over at rogerfederer.com for giving me the okay to use her translation – infinitely superior to anything I could do on my own with Google translate! Click here [...]
Continue Reading →And it’s all fun and games until the top seed gets beat. The crowd went wild on Thursday night at the Farmers Classic as 192-ranked American Tim Smyczek won the second set over the tournament’s lone top 15 player, Andy Murray. The violinist from Wisconsin had lost the first, 1-6 in 28 minutes, so it’s [...]
Continue Reading →I had the chance to ask Andy Murray about his current coach-less situation after he won his second round match at the Farmers Classic in Los Angeles on Thursday night. I was particularly interested in the rumors going around that adidas Player Development Guru Darren Cahill was on his short list: I’m not sure. I [...]
Continue Reading →2010 FARMERS CLASSIC ORDER OF PLAY THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2010 STRAUS STADIUM start 12:00 noon [4] Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs Dudi Sela (ISR) Alejandro Falla (COL) vs [5] Erenests Gulbis (LAT) Not Before 4:00 PM [WC] James Blake (USA) vs Benjamin Becker (GER) EVENING SESSION – Not Before 7:30 PM [1] [WC] Andy Murray (GBR) [...]
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Continue Reading →TENNIS TV SCHEDULE: FARMERS CLASSIC, GSTAAD, STANFORD *All times ET Thursday, July 29 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Hamburg (M): Final [Repeat] – The Tennis Channel 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm U.S. Open National Playoffs (M): Final [Repeat] – The Tennis Channel 10:00 pm – 12:00 am Hamburg (M): Final [Repeat] – The Tennis Channel [...]
Continue Reading →On the heels of Roger Federer’s news, Andy Murray went public with a personnel change of his own. The Scot announced via his website today that he’s parted ways with coach Miles Maclagan. Via AndyMurray.com: It’s telling that both coach and player prepared statements for the announcement. The underlying message: This is amicable, folks! Everything’s [...]
Continue Reading →Roger Federer announced today on his website that Paul Annacone will be coaching Roger on a trial basis. Dear Fans, I’ve been looking to add someone to my team and I’ve decided to spend some days with Paul Annacone. As Paul winds down his responsibilities working for the Lawn Tennis Association, we will explore our [...]
Continue Reading →Mardy Fish beat John Isner on Sunday, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(4), to win the inaugural title at the new Atlanta Tennis Championships. Mardy took out Andy Roddick in the semifinals last night – his first win over his good buddy in ten tries. Yep, it’s all going swimmingly for Fish. He’s on a ten match winning [...]
Continue Reading →Gosh, it’s only been a year? Maybe it was all the pre-Baby Fed build up, but I feel like the Federer twins should be in nursery school by now. But let’s not rush things – Myla and Charlene are both one year old today. The Federer Family update via Roger’s Facebook page; We are celebrating [...]
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