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From the monthly archives: February 2011
AP Photo/Nousha Salimi It was the weekend of cool tennis trophies! Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer won the very impressive dhow (sailboat) and jambiya (dagger) trophies at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships this Saturday. You miffed Fed fans out there may find comfort in the fact that Roger’s runner’s up trophy is every bit [...]
Continue Reading →AP Photo/Nousha Salimi via Daylife.com Well, Roger was right: there were a few good rallies. But mostly, Novak Djokovic kicked butt on serve, leaving the rallies to Roger Federer’s service games (and winning a lot of them). The Serb took out the Swiss in a routine looking 6-3, 6-3 scoreline in the finals of the [...]
Continue Reading →Roger Federer of Switzerland waves after winning his semi-final match against Richard Gasquet of France at the ATP Dubai Tennis Championships, February 25, 2011. REUTERS/Saleh Salem (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) A rematch, already? The stakes are different – the finals of an ATP 500 tournament vs. a Major semifinal – but the [...]
Continue Reading →My least favorite type of player party video – the cheesy guitar music and no talking. At least there’s some Nole dancing in the end. And the food looks fab! *Special thanks to GTT reader for the video find Novak Djokovic danced his way out of a tight three setter vs. Feliciano Lopez on Wednesday. [...]
Continue Reading →Roger Federer of Switzerland hits a return to Somdev Devvarman of India during their match at the ATP Dubai Tennis Championships, February 22, 2011. REUTERS/Saleh Salem (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) I’m liking the yellow. . . Roger Federer of Switzerland hits a return to Somdev Devvarman of India during their match at [...]
Continue Reading →“Super” Mario Ancic will officially announce his retirement from tennis Wednesday in a press conference in his hometown of Split, Croatia. The 26-year-old, who never quite got his mojo back after suffering from mononucleosis at the beginning of the 2006 (still so young!) has decided that he’s fighting a losing battle against a back injury. [...]
Continue Reading →Novak Djokovic and girlfriend Jelena Ristic visited the Dolphin Bay at Atlantis, The Palm on Monday. Also joining them was Nole’s younger brother Marko Djokovic who is playing doubles with his older brother at the Dubai tournament. They swam with dolphins named Blade, Cathy, Sol, Alice and Abby. photos via ATP World Tour facebook page [...]
Continue Reading →AP Photo/Mark Humphrey via Daylife Pretty crazy how well Canadian tennis has been doing this year: three Canadians in three finals this weekend, all in Memphis. Though he lost to Andy Roddick in the men’s final, Milos Raonic is set to break into the top 40 after his recent efforts, becoming the highest ranked Canadian [...]
Continue Reading →AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili via Daylife Roger Federer is back from vacation and ready to be top seed in this week’s ATP 500 in Dubai. He’s pictured above during his Dubai presser, looking fairly relaxed, per usual. After enjoying a few weeks away from the tour after the Australian Open, old man Roger was asked about [...]
Continue Reading →Andy Roddick won in Memphis this weekend, beating the young up-and-comer Milos Raonic 7-6(7), 6-7(11), 7-5 in the final. This is how the veteran American won his 30th career title: Yeah he was bloody and bruised afterwards, but dang, that felt good (via the ATP website): “That’s the best shot I’ve ever hit in my [...]
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