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Photo Splash News and Pictures via NYPost **UPDATE 1! Here’s another photo (thanks Judy) by Splash News via TMZ. Can we hope that those shorts are for swimming? **UPDATE 2! A link to some video, mostly about Elin but includes some brief footage of Roger and kids at lunch. Click here and enjoy, stalkerazzi. Shocking! [...]
Continue Reading →The AP reports that 24 year-old American tennis player Wayne Odesnik is facing a ban from the tour after pleading guilty on Friday to importing Human Growth Hormone into Australia. Australian customs officers found eight vials of the WADA-prohibited substance in his bags as Odesnik entered the country ahead of January’s Brisbane International tournament. He’s [...]
Continue Reading →Pete Sampras has finally reacted to Andre Agassi’s apologetic overtures. Via the LA Times: Agassi has taken swings at apologizing in several TV interviews since Friday night. Sampras has appreciated that, but dislikes how it feeds the beast and keeps the story alive. Agassi is outgoing, articulate, likely to go for the one-liner. Sampras is [...]
Continue Reading →Nicole Vaidisova, former French Open and Australian Open semifinalist, two-time Wimbledon quarterfinalist and one-time Sharapova-in-waiting, is retiring at the ripe old age of 20. We can only assume she’d rather play house with Radek Stepanek than play tennis. Via tennisreporters.net: Former world No. 7 and two-time Grand Slam semifinalist Nicole Vaidisova has retired at the [...]
Continue Reading →Two recent injury announcements have me worried for the long-term prospects of two great tennis players: Via DinaraSafina.com: “Unfortunately, I will not be able to play in Indian Wells this year because of the back injury that’s been bothering me since the end of last season. “Thanks to all my fans for their support during [...]
Continue Reading →Photo by Manuel Gonzalez via DavisCup.com Contrary to popular (American) belief and to the scheduling priorities of some top stars, it appears that Davis Cup is still very important to players and nations worldwide. Despite suffering one of the largest earthquakes on record this weekend, Chile is moving forward with its plans to host Israel [...]
Continue Reading →After winning matches and fans in Melbourne a few weeks ago, it seems like Andy Murray is suffering from an extended Australian Open let down, in more ways than one. Murray pulled out of last week’s Marseille Open, claiming he needed more recovery time after his run to the Australian Open finals. His withdrawal upset [...]
Continue Reading →Tan Roger Federer at 2009 players party. Photo by REUTERS/Jumana El Heloueh via Daylife. After Roger Federer shocked everyone by withdrawing from this week’s Dubai tournament with a lung infection, his fans will be relieved to hear that he’s at least healthy enough to. . .party? “For me this is a home tournament, so I [...]
Continue Reading →Hell hath no fury like a French tournament director scorned. Andy Murray withdrew from this week’s ATP 250 level Open 13 tournament in Marseille, where he was top seed, stating on his website on February 12 that he needed “an extra week off to recuperate and recover for the long season ahead” after “playing in [...]
Continue Reading →Last year, many people were upset when the United Arab Emirates denied Israeli Shahar Peer a visa to play in the WTA’s Premier Level tournament in Dubai. The government cited safety reasons, with politics obviously at the core of its decision. This year, it was an upset of a different kind when Shahar Peer took [...]
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