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It’s the TENNIS BABY LODE! Roger Federer just reported on rogerfederer.com: “This is the greatest day of our lives. Mirka, Myla and Charlene are all healthy and doing very well.” and Roger Federer on Facebook: Baby watch is over! Now where are the photos? Stay tuned folks. Roger Federer at rogerfederer.com: “This is the greatest [...]
Continue Reading →First it was Mariano Puerta’s wife, now it’s “Pamela,” Gasquet’s one-night-fling. Why are we ladies always blamed for besmirching the honor of the ATP? Tennis.com’s Peter Bodo shared the full ITF report from Richard Gasquet’s anti-doping tribunal. Long story short, the tribunal said Gasquet’s cocaine use “occurred in circumstances in which the degree of his [...]
Continue Reading →Richard Gasquet has been given “time served” for testing positive for cocaine in March, and is free to return to tour immediately. From the AFP this morning: PARIS (AFP) — France’s Richard Gasquet, who tested positive for cocaine during the Miami Masters in March, was handed a two-and-a-half month suspension on Wednesday, the International Tennis [...]
Continue Reading →Hurray! Finally some good news coming out of the Nadal camp. Recent tests show positive improvements to Rafael Nadal’s knee injury, and he plans to start practicing on Monday in anticipation of next month’s Rogers Cup tournament, which beings on August 10. Here’s the scoop from his website: Manacor, Balearic Islands – Spain, July 14th, [...]
Continue Reading →Tennis player Mathieu Montcourt, ranked # 119, was found dead outside his Paris apartment at about 1:00 a.m. Tuesday morning. Preliminary autopsy reports show that the 24-year-old player suffered a cardiac arrest. Further tests for any drugs or medicines in Montcourt’s body have been carried out, with results expected this weekend. (via Reuters.) His colleague [...]
Continue Reading →Rafael Nadal announced at a press conference today that he is withdrawing from Wimbledon due to injury. Miri at Nadal News has downloaded and posted the full video series – please click here to check them out. Here are some English highlights: Get well soon, Rafa! Click here for more quotes and a summary of [...]
Continue Reading →Damn, it’s official. Rafael Nadal is withdrawing from Wimbledon due to knee injury and will not be defending his title. Nadal explained the sad situation in a press conference today (quotes via the Wimbledon.com): “I played with some problems on the knee for the last few months. I’ve been making efforts to play week after [...]
Continue Reading →The question of the tournament remains unanswered: Will Rafa play at Wimbledon or not? Rafael Nadal played an exhibition match against Lleyton Hewitt today at London’s Hurlingham Club and things did not go well for the Spaniard. CBSSports.com reports that Rafa, who is suffering from tendinitis in both knees, was “limited” during his loss to [...]
Continue Reading →After much speculation, fueled by his withdrawal from the Queen’s Club tournament this week and Uncle Toni’s own dire prognosis, Rafael Nadal has announced that his knees should (hopefully!) be healthy enough to allow him to defend his Wimbledon title. Here is the statement via his website: “I have been playing with pain on my [...]
Continue Reading →Roger Federer beat Tommy Haas today in the Round of 16 of Roland Garros. But wait ’til you read the score: 6-7 (4/7) 5-7 6-4 6-0 6-2 I haven’t watched the match yet. Glad I don’t have to suffer through it live, but I’ll watch to see what Fed’s problem was (nerves? back injury, a [...]
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