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From the monthly archives: August 2010
We came back to Los Angeles yesterday, fresh off a great long weekend covering the men in Toronto. And we already feel completely behind! The Cincy/Canada double header is one of the most grueling two week stretches on either of the tours’ calendars, for bloggers and players alike. Wrap a tournament, catch a flight, clear [...]
Continue Reading →Justine Henin reports from her website that she will not play for the rest of the 2010 tennis season! This is a complete and total bummer for the WTA Tour. Looks like no possible “Battle of the Belgiums” at the US Open this year. Justine’s message to the world via her site: Here’s a photo [...]
Continue Reading →Thanks to GTT reader/commenter Nusi for finding and posting this awesome video in the comments section. Frites thinks this is real and amazing. I, Fritters, think this is fake a viral video for Gillette, similar to Andy Murray’s Head viral video and Novak Djokovic’s viral video as well. Regardless though, this is really fun and [...]
Continue Reading →**UPDATE** Re: ROGERS CUP semifinals and final schedule. As of Sunday, August 22: The women are marooned in Montreal, rain having pushed back both the Rogers Cup semis and finals until Monday. Per the Rogers Cup website, the semifinals Caroline Wozniacki vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova and Victoria Azarenka vs. Vera Zvonareva are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. [...]
Continue Reading →TENNIS LIVE STREAMING: 2010 ATP CINCINNATI MASTERS, WTA MONTREAL ROGERS CUP This week’s a big ol’ switcheroo on the tennis calendar, as the ladies move to Canada to play the WTA Rogers Cup in Montreal and the men go down to Cincinnati (actually Mason, Ohio) to play in the final Masters event before the US [...]
Continue Reading →I didn’t quite believe this stat going into today’s final in Toronto: Andy Murray held a 6-5 head-to-head advantage over Roger Federer – all matches played on hard court – but had never beaten the Swiss in a final. Roger had reigned supreme in all three of their Sunday meetings: in Bangkok in 2005, the [...]
Continue Reading →RAIN RAIN RAIN. Rain delays have plagued the Murray vs. Federer final at the 2010 Rogers Cup. I’m hearing things got stormy in Cincy, too, but I think we have Cincinnati beat – we’re currently sitting through our fourth rain delay! Everyone in the media room is getting impatient. We can’t imagine how the players [...]
Continue Reading →Boy, what a tough break for Andy Roddick: after feeling fatigued for most of the summer, a recent blood test revealed that he’s been suffering the withering effects of mononucleosis. Andy Roddick explained his health problems to reporters in Cincinnati, where he is preparing to play in next week’s ATP Masters event (the AP): “I [...]
Continue Reading →Roger Federer was in a jovial mood in his press conference on Saturday night, after almost letting his semifinal match vs. Novak Djokovic slip through his fingers. He was pushed to 7-5 in the third set after winning the first 6-1 and being up 4-1 in the third. Relief makes him slap happy, I guess. [...]
Continue Reading →Roger Federer beats Novak Djokovic to make it into the Rogers Cup final tomorrow. It was getting tight in the third set and looked as though it was gonna go into another 3rd setter, but Roger pulled it out! It was a nail-biter folks! 6-1, 3-6, 7-5, in 2 hours and 22 minutes! Roger Federer [...]
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