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From the monthly archives: June 2011
2011 WIMBLEDON ORDER OF PLAY DAY 3: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22 *All times LOCAL Centre Court 13:00 Ladies’ Singles – 2nd Round Kimiko Date-Krumm(JPN) vs. Venus Williams(USA)[23] Gentlemen’s Singles – 2nd Round Rafael Nadal(ESP)[1] vs. Ryan Sweeting(USA) Gentlemen’s Singles – 2nd Round Victor Hanescu(ROU) vs. Andy Roddick(USA)[8] No. 1 Court 13:00 Gentlemen’s Singles – [...]
Continue Reading →Andy Roddick of the U.S. plays during a practice session at Wimbledon in London June 18, 2011. REUTERS/Toby Melville (BRITAIN – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) I admit it, I’m not nationalistic in the least when it comes to my tennis favorites. The closest I get is being a Francophile, since I have a soft spot for [...]
Continue Reading →2011 WIMBLEDON ORDER OF PLAY DAY 2: TUESDAY, JUNE 21 I thought day 1 was pretty good in terms of match-ups, but day 2 looks to completely destroy that with ease. Sooo many mouth-watering match-ups! Call the day off and clear the DVR’s folks. It’s looking like a Super Tuesday at Wimbledon. We’ve highlighted promising [...]
Continue Reading →Roger Federer of Switzerland (R) and Pete Sampras of the U.S. (L) smile together on the court as they play against Andre Agassi of the U.S. and Rafael Nadal of Spain during their doubles exhibition doubles in the Hit for Haiti fund raiser event at the Indian Wells WTA and ATP tennis tournament in Indian [...]
Continue Reading →Caroline Wozniacki is determined to mix things up in the press room (remember Kangaroo-gate Down Under?). Here she is ambushing her Monaco neighbor, Novak Djokovic, in the Wimbledon press room this weekend. Nole also spent some time warming up, shall we say, with Andrea Petkovic. Vika Azarenka shows them how it’s done. Andrea Petkovic uploaded [...]
Continue Reading →*photo via Wimbledon Facebook page 2011 WIMBLEDON ORDER OF PLAY DAY 1: MONDAY, JUNE 20 It’s the first day of the Championships! Hope everyone makes room on their DVR’s. Loads of 1st round matches. We’ve highlighted a few interesting matchups for your convenience. Nadal gets the “Russel Terrier” in the 1st round! *All times are [...]
Continue Reading →Venus Williams of the U.S. (L) and her sister Serena talk following a practice session at Wimbledon in London June 18, 2011. REUTERS/Toby Melville (BRITAIN – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) Ah, the great enigma that is a WTA draw nowadays. Look at the women who’ve won titles on grass this season: Roberta Vinci won the Unicef [...]
Continue Reading →Staff make final preparations at Wimbledon in London June 18, 2011. REUTERS/Toby Melville (BRITAIN – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) Whoa! With Wimbledon starting on Monday, a quick look at the draw is already overdue. In many ways it’s the same old story at SW19 this year, but there are plenty of sub plots and intrigues to [...]
Continue Reading →Christmas came early this year! (Thanks Santa Judy!) Behold! Naked Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the June issue of Cosmo U.K.: Scanned image via rodonline As if we really need an explanation (but thanks, anyway, ATP website): “Tsonga is the third tennis player to bare all in support of the Everyman Male Cancer Campaign, following in the [...]
Continue Reading →Brooklyn Decker, wife of Andy Roddick, appears in the July issue of UK Esquire magazine. via The Slice, via Magxone
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