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From the monthly archives: June 2011
Sabine Lisicki of Germany reacts during her semi-final match against Maria Sharapova of Russia at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London June 30, 2011. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh (BRITAIN – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) I’m going to be as frank as Rafa has been about his foot injury: (He said “My foot is not fine” after his quarterfinal [...]
Continue Reading →2011 WIMBLEDON ORDER OF PLAY DAY 10: THURSDAY JUNE 30 It’s battle of the blondes in the women’s semifinals at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships. Who will make it to the finals? FYI – check out the last match on the OOP. Sabine Lisicki still in the doubles action with Sam Stosur! *All times LOCAL Centre [...]
Continue Reading →It’s so, Jo! Photo and quote via CNN I’ve been dreading this match-up since the draw came out, mostly because I really like Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and was disappointed that he wouldn’t have a chance to go farther than Roger Federer in the quarters. Uh. . .not feeling so bad for him now. He came back [...]
Continue Reading →Sabine Lisicki of Germany reacts during her match against Marion Bartoli of France at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London June 28, 2011. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh (BRITAIN – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) “Because we are not named Serena or Venus Williams doesn’t mean we don’t know how to play tennis,” Marion Bartoli commented after losing a fascinating [...]
Continue Reading →2011 WIMBLEDON ORDER OF PLAY DAY 9: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29 Happy hump day! It’s the men’s quarterfinals at the Wimbledon Championships! Again its the big four on court today with some tough competition. Could be a day of upsets or business as usual for the big four. How about that Lisicki vs Bartoli quarterfinal yesterday?!? [...]
Continue Reading →Rafael Nadal of Spain is treated by a trainer during his match against Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London June 27, 2011. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett (BRITAIN – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) After feeling like he broke his foot during his Round of 16 vs. Juan Martin del Potro yesterday, Rafael [...]
Continue Reading →Britain’s Prince William (3rd R) and his wife, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (L) applaud after the match between Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria and Venus Williams of the U.S. at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London June 27, 2011. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett (BRITAIN – Tags: ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY SPORT TENNIS) Okay, I’m still getting caught up on all [...]
Continue Reading →2011 WIMBLEDON ORDER OF PLAY DAY 8: TUESDAY, JUNE 28 *All times LOCAL Centre Court 13:00 Ladies’ Singles – Quarterfinals Sabine Lisicki(GER) vs. Marion Bartoli(FRA)[9] Ladies’ Singles – Quarterfinals Dominika Cibulkova(SVK)[24] vs. Maria Sharapova(RUS)[5] Mixed Doubles – 2nd Round Rohan Bopanna(IND)[6] /Sania Mirza(IND)[6] vs. Jamie Murray(GBR) /Jarmila Gajdosova(AUS) No. 1 Court 13:00 Ladies’ Singles – [...]
Continue Reading →WIM•BLE•DON from BRYANKU on Vimeo. I love design geeks and the wonderful stuff they create, especially when it involves tennis! Check out graphic design student Bryan Ku’s lo-fi/high-concept recreation of the Greatest Match of All Time. Roger fans – do you find it more or less painful to watch this way? Here’s the description of [...]
Continue Reading →Spain’s Rafael Nadal holds his knee in his match against Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller on the sixth day of the 125th Wimbledon Championships in Wimbledon,England on Saturday, June 25, 2011. UPI/Hugo Philpott A couple interesting stories: In the say-it-ain’t so category, Rafael Nadal is not planning to show up in Austin for the Davis Cup quarterfinal [...]
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