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Venus Williams hits a backhand in her straight sets victory over Vesna Dolonts of Russia on day 1 in Arthur Ashe Stadium at the U.S. Open Tennis Championships Stadium at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City on August 29, 2011. UPI/John Angelillo Venus Williams withdrew from the US Open today, [...]
Continue Reading →Well lookie who joined Twitter! Follow Rafael Nadal on Twitter here. Sorry for the slow blogging @ GTT. Team Freaky will resume blogging very soon!
Continue Reading →Roger Federer breaks Novak Djokovic’s 43 match winning streak* (41 straight matches in 2011) and denies him the number 1 position by winning the French Open semifinals in a nail-biter of a 4th set tie-breaker! Final score 7-6(5), 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(5). Was this the BEST match of the 2011 French Open so far? I think [...]
Continue Reading →The Associated Press is reporting that a stalker by the name of Patenema Quedraogo, attempted to enter Serena Williams neighborhood in Palm Beach County, Florida. After searching him, the police found a letter he had written to Serena, professing his love for her, claiming that she loved him too, and thought they were soul mates. [...]
Continue Reading →Kim Clijsters of Belgium follows through on a return during her match against Anastasiya Yakimova of Belarus at the Sony Ericsson Open tennis tournament in Key Biscayne, Florida March 25, 2011. REUTERS/Hans Deryk (UNITED STATES – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) And the hits keep coming for women’s tennis. Kim Clijsters is “completely immobilised” after suffering a [...]
Continue Reading →People Magazine reported this morning that Serena Williams has received emergency treatment after suffering from a pulmonary embolism last week. She was reportedly taken to L.A.’s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after attending the Vanity Fair Oscars after-party on Sunday evening and has been undergoing treatment there. Via People Magazine: “Monday Serena Williams underwent emergency treatment at [...]
Continue Reading →Yikes. The tennis gods must be angry. Rafa goes down to Ferrer with a left hamstring injury and now this. Justine Henin annouced today that she is retiring from tennis for a second time due to the elbow injury she sustained last season after slipping on the Wimbledon grass. Huge huge thanks to GTT reader [...]
Continue Reading →YIKES! During the first set against David Ferrer at 1-2, Rafael Nadal walked off the court to get treatment for an injury. Apparently a left hamstring injury according to several tennis media twitter feeds. (@AustralianOpen, @TennisReporters, @NeilHarmanTimes As of this post, the score is 4-5 in the first set. Nadal was down one break and [...]
Continue Reading →Well, this is interesting development. American tennis player Wayne Odesnick, banned and disgraced after it was revealed that Australian customs officials caught him packin’ human growth hormone last January, will be free to re-join the pro circuit in time for the start of the 2011 season. The ITF’s ban was backdated to December 29, 2009, [...]
Continue Reading →The Los Angeles Times reports that thieves have stolen a majority of Pete Sampras’s trophies, awards and memorabilia – including news clippings and a piano bench autographed by Elton John - from a West Los Angeles public storage facility. At least he had most of the Major hardware displayed elsewhere - one Australian Open trophy [...]
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