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From the monthly archives: July 2010
Friday was an exciting and surprising first day of Davis Cup quarterfinal action. Let’s take a look. France leads Spain: 2-0 in France Wha? Michael Llodra, bluntly described as France’s “oldest and lowest ranked player” on the Davis Cup website, took out World No. 10 Fernando Verdasco on Friday in four sets. It was the [...]
Continue Reading →Kim Clijsters beat Serena Williams 6-3, 6-2 at the Best of Belgium tennis exhibition in Brussels on Thursday. According to the exhibition website, a record tennis crowd of exactly 35,681 people showed up to watch the match – topping the previous record set in 1973 in Houston, when 30,472 spectators watched Billie Jean King defeat [...]
Continue Reading →The 2010 Davis Cup quarterfinals are here, less than a week after the Wimbledon finals. Who is ready to fight on? SPAIN VS. FRANCE: Wimby champ Rafael Nadal has pulled from the anticipated Spain vs. France quarterfinal in Clermont-Ferrand, France, to rest his knees. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is also out with a knee injury. As the [...]
Continue Reading →Russia is hosting Argentina at Moscow’s Olympic Stadium this weekend for the Davis Cup quarterfinals. Alas, DC stalwart and recent ATP retiree, Marat Safin, isn’t part of the line up. (Though you never know what tricks ol’ Captain Shamil has up his sleeve!) Like the Russian squad, I, too, am missing the team’s hero, so [...]
Continue Reading →2010 DAVIS CUP TENNIS TV SCHEDULE – SPAIN VS FRANCE WORLD GROUP QUARTERFINALS - July 9 – 11, 2010 *All times in ET Friday, July 9 7:00 am – 10:00 am – Davis Cup France vs. Spain, Rubber 1 – Tennis Channel [Live] 10:00 am – 1:00 pm – Davis Cup France vs. Spain, Rubber [...]
Continue Reading →I managed to read through the whole Harper’s Bazaar feature on Serena Williams, even though the sub-headline made me want to puke: “She’s won 26 Grand Slam titles, but the tennis champion’s new body is her biggest victory yet.” Uh, what? According to the article, Serena’s supposedly renewed devotion to fitness has trimmed her down [...]
Continue Reading →Andy Murray showing off his slow dance to “Lady in Red” on the James Corden World Cup Live Show. Source: James LaRosa Twitter
Continue Reading →The Wall Street Journal published an interesting article on Rafael Nadal’s training regimen and the philosophy of Team Nadal, which consists of his doctor Angel Ruiz Cortorro, Manacor based gym teacher (and Rafa’s fitness guru), Joan Forcades, and his physio Rafael Maymo. Click here to read more about Rafa’s stretches, hydrotherapy sessions, bosu balls, etc. [...]
Continue Reading →Yes! The 2010 Wimbledon Winners Ball photos are here. The dinner, celebrated and attended by the year’s champions, is one of my favorite Wimby traditions, this time around starring Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal. (Alas, the ladies’ and gentlemen’s champs are no longer expected to dance together.) The party was Sunday night at the InterContinental [...]
Continue Reading →I thought it was fitting that Rafael Nadal picked up some dirt stains as he somersaulted on the Centre Court lawn today. The best dirt baller in history had just beaten Tomas Berdych 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 for his second career Wimbledon title, his second Roland Garros-Wimby double, and his eighth Major title. Three of those [...]
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