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From the monthly archives: August 2010
2010 US OPEN ORDER OF PLAY DAY THREE: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 A few interesting match ups with Murray, Clijsters, Hantuchova, Ljubicic, and Simon for Wednesday. *All times ET Arthur Ashe Stadium 11:00 Women’s Singles – 2nd Round Ana Ivanovic(SRB) vs. Jie Zheng(CHN)[21] Not Before:1:00 Men’s Singles – 1st Round Andy Murray(GBR)[4] vs. Lukas Lacko(SVK) Women’s [...]
Continue Reading →Rafael Nadal and Maria Sharapova begin their 2010 US Open campaigns on Tuesday. Vamos! Come on! 2010 US OPEN ORDER OF PLAY DAY TWO: TUESDAY, AUGUST 31 Arthur Ashe Stadium 11:00am start Women’s Singles – 1st Round Jelena Jankovic(SRB)[4] vs. Simona Halep(ROU) Not Before:1:00pm Men’s Singles – 1st Round Viktor Troicki(SRB) vs. Novak Djokovic(SRB)[3] Women’s [...]
Continue Reading →Lightening does strike twice! Roger Federer repeated last year’s “greatest shot” on Monday night in Arthur Ashe stadium during his first round match vs. Argentine journeyman Brian Dabul. Here’s Roger’s tweener, 2010 style (watch quick, before it’s inevitably taken down by tennis youtube police): The shot’s great, and these reactions are almost as good: Paul [...]
Continue Reading →A jetsetting Fernando Verdasco is featured in the September issue of GQ, adding some dapper decoration to Madrid-Barajas’s already stunning Terminal 4. (Hmm. . .wonder what those Lindt girls would do to him?) Once you peel your eyes away from the photos, you can read Verdasco’s thoughts on “la Época de Oro” – Spain’s sporting [...]
Continue Reading →This Roger Federer advertisement for Lindt Chocolates is all kinds of wrong (just imagine if, say, Maria Sharapova was starring) yet it’s so hilarious! Enjoy: A behind the scenes look @ the Lindor commercial. Thanks to GTT reader Mia for sharing this! Extended version: UPDATE #2: A little info from the press release accompanying the [...]
Continue Reading →Big thanks to GTT regular, Judy, (not to be confused with Federer stalkerazzi!) for these great photos of Roger Federer and Co. practicing at the US Open on Saturday. She and her friend and fellow Fed fan Brandon were out in force this weekend, enjoying the friendly vibe at the USTA National Tennis Center while [...]
Continue Reading →2010 US OPEN ORDER OF PLAY – MONDAY AUG 30TH *All times ET Arthur Ashe Stadium 11:00 Women’s Singles – 1st Round Melanie Oudin(USA) vs. Olga Savchuk(UKR) Not Before:13:00 Women’s Singles – 1st Round Greta Arn(HUN) vs. Kim Clijsters(BEL)[2] Men’s Singles – 1st Round Stephane Robert(FRA) vs. Andy Roddick(USA)[9] Arthur Ashe Stadium 19:00 Women’s Singles [...]
Continue Reading →Saturday was Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day at the US Open, the annual pre-tournament meeting of pro players, pop stars and pre-teens. CBS will be broadcasting highlights from the day, which included the on court talents of Andy Roddick, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Kim Clijsters, on Sunday afternoon: 12:00 – 1:30 pm, Eastern time. I [...]
Continue Reading →The 2009 US Open Champion, Kim Clijsters, threw in the first pitch for the Mets Friday nite. I think Kim looks really cute in a Met’s baseball jersey. I thought i was going to see a 80mph straight bullet from Kimmy, but to my surprise, it was just a lobby moonball to the catcher’s mitten. [...]
Continue Reading →Super Coach Paul Annacone appeared with Roger Federer on the practice courts a few weeks ago in Toronto, though Roger wouldn’t say at the time if their trial relationship was moving beyond the test phase. Speculation increased when Annacone was a no-show during the Rogers Cup final and then failed to follow Roger to the [...]
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