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From the monthly archives: September 2010
Photo of Del Po at the Bangkok airport by AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit via Daylife.com I know all of you want to watch Rafael Nadal and Juan Martin del Potro – not to mention dreamboats Verdasco and Gulbis – playing the PTT Thailand Open on TV, but given the tournament’s lowly 250-level status, it’s going to [...]
Continue Reading →I don’t know, sometimes I miss things. Like I was the 7,378th person to watch this Roger Federer spot. But since it’s my blog, I’m going to post it anyway. Thanks to majorfedfan for the link! A few observations: Well done? Really Rog? I thought you were some kind of gourmet. Oh well, we can’t [...]
Continue Reading →There’s a great interview with Toni Nadal in French tennis magazine called, well, Tennis Magazine (shame on me, I’ve never heard of it.) I have not checked out the print version, but thanks to GTT reader Tennisfan for sending a link to what I can only assume is a good translation by Finn98 via MTF. [...]
Continue Reading →In case you’re needing a Roger fix – a collection of outtakes from his Wilson BLX commercial: Source: tennis-x.com A previous release: We’ll have to wait some more to see Roger do what he does best – play tennis. He plays next at the Shanghai Masters, starting on October 10.
Continue Reading →Rafael Nadal’s chronic knee tendinitis seems like old news – these days we’re busy talking about the three Majors he won this year, his career slam and his imminent ascent to GOAThood (just ask Pete Sampras.) But remember that during this very same season Rafa retired in the quarters of the Australian Open because of [...]
Continue Reading →Photo: REUTERS/Petr Josek (CZECH REPUBLIC) Big thanks to GTT reader, Judy, for passing along this interesting story. Website SwissInfo.ch is reporting that Swiss Tennis officials are demanding answers from Roger Federer after Team Suisse was TKO’ed by Team Kazakhstan last weekend in Davis Cup. Switzerland, despite having two top tennis players living within its borders [...]
Continue Reading →Hi all! Just a little more tennis miscellany to keep us going. Who says the Asian leg of the tour is a jet-lagged drag? Rafael Nadal has already touched down in Bangkok, almost a full week before the main draw of the PTT Thailand Open starts, and long-injured Juan Martin Del Potro can’t wait to [...]
Continue Reading →So, what are all of you out there in tennislandia thinking about during this lull known as the indoor season? With Rafael Nadal clinching the year end No 1 (he’s now the third player, including Lendl and Federer to regain the year end top spot after losing it) and chaos reigning on the women’s tour, [...]
Continue Reading →The Colombians transformed a Bogota bullring into a tennis court for their Davis Cup play-off vs. Team USA this weekend. And it was a fight! Colombia was playing for a first-time spot in the World Group and Team USA – without Andy Roddick or the Bryan Brothers – was fighting to avoid dropping out of [...]
Continue Reading →ESPN’s documentary film, “Unmatched”, features Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert, who talk about one of the greatest rivalries and friendships in tennis. The latest film in ESPN’s “30 for 30″ series which aired Tuesday night. Roger and Rafa have nothing on this rivalry. Some staggering numbers: 80 matches 60 finals 14 grand slam finals Some [...]
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