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From the monthly archives: July 2011
Hi all! In case you haven’t noticed, GTT is on hiatus as we, the Freaky Team, move into our first home and navigate all the highs and lows that such a B.L.C.E. (Big Life-Changing Event) entails. Thankfully all appears relatively peaceful in the tennis world for now – check out Serena’s Masha-friendly quote, below – [...]
Continue Reading →Alisa Kleybanova of Russia celebrates her victory against Shahar Peer of Israel during their Madrid Open tennis match May 2, 2011. REUTERS/Juan Medina (SPAIN – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) Sorry guys, I needed some time to recover from the Wimbledon/Davis Cup craziness. In many ways it was a slow week in Tennislandia and a well-timed absensce [...]
Continue Reading →Photo: AP Photo/Eric Gay via Daylife Well, it was one hell of a tie, I’ll give it that. But why, oh why, did Mardy Fish have to lose the fourth rubber? And in such valiant style, too, rallying to win the third set off the Feisty Ferrer, breaking back almost in time in the fourth, [...]
Continue Reading →GettyImages via Daylife Yay! Though the Bryan Brothers suffered a historic loss today in Austin – losing a first set in DC competition for the first time ever - they still managed to pull out the must-win victory against the very game pairing of Verdasco/Granollers: 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. I got a lump in my [...]
Continue Reading →A silly video of full flight Federdork out in Switzerland promoting Davis Cup with his team-mate and friend, Marco. *Thanks to GTT regular, Judy for the find. Happy Davis Cup weekend folks!
Continue Reading →Roger Federer has joined Swiss teammates, Stanislas Wawrinka, Stephane Bohli, Marco Chiudinelli and fearless leader Severin Luthi in Bern, Switzerland for this weekend’s Zonal tie vs. Portugal. GTT reader, MajorFedFan, sent these photos over from Roger’s Davis Cup practice session: DavisCup.com has a “boy to man” Roger Federer gallery up, including photos like these:
Continue Reading →Novak Djokovic greets supporters upon arrival in Belgrade July 4, 2011. Some 100,000 Serbian tennis fans gave Djokovic a royal reception in central Belgrade on Monday after the 24-year-old arrived home to celebrate winning his first Wimbledon title. REUTERS/Ivan Milutinovic (SERBIA – Tags: SPORT TENNIS ENTERTAINMENT) “This trophy I dedicate to Serbia!” Novak Djokovic proclaimed [...]
Continue Reading →Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts during his men’s singles final match against Novak Djokovic of Serbia at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London July 3, 2011. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth (BRITAIN – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) Well, this story is getting mucked about with, isn’t it? After tennis.com and Neil Harman of The Times both reported on Sunday [...]
Continue Reading →Photo: REUTERS/Tom Lovelock via Wimbledon.com Well, Wimbledon 2011 wouldn’t be complete without a look at the Champions Ball. Petra Kvitova and Novak Djokovic were the stars. I love this switcheroo: Photo via The Mirror I don’t blame Nole for trying – the Venus Rosewater Dish is the most beautiful tennis trophy of all, don’t you [...]
Continue Reading →Rafael Nadal of Spain gets up after slipping during his men’s singles final match against Novak Djokovic of Serbia at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London July 3, 2011. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth (BRITAIN – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) Rafael Nadal said he felt like he’d broken his foot during his Round of 16 vs. del Potro last [...]
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