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AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill via Daylife Ahhhhh. . . .for the first few games it was all so sweet for Fed fans. Roger was playing flawless tennis. Rafa was shanking, playing a bit tentatively. Then, at 4-2 up, Roger hit a few funny shots – netted a volley, hit an inside in forehand a bit wide, [...]
Continue Reading →GREG WOOD/AFP/Getty Images via Daylife We just watched the women semifinalists play six sets of nervy, dramatic, up and down tennis. Sharapova finally took the match from Petra Kvitova, overcoming the usual double faults and streaky tennis to get to that final victory shriek. As a late-blooming Masha fan (love the clenched fist, love the [...]
Continue Reading →AFP PHOTO / NICOLAS ASFOURI via Daylife.com Discord at the top! Players’ Council Coup! Tennis strike! In a rare show of public disagreement, Player Council Vice President Rafael Nadal has vented his frustrations with President and Gentleman-in-Chief, Roger Federer to the press Down Under. The evergreen complaint about the schedule, uproar over Slam prize money, [...]
Continue Reading →NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images via Daylife I’m on the road this weekend, and was scolded on the plane yesterday morning for peeking at the Australian Open draw on my iPhone too close to take off. Sigh. I had to wait until I landed to log back in, and immediately started taking notes on the back of [...]
Continue Reading →FREE LIVE STREAMING: 2012 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2012 Australian Open Live Streaming on AustralianOpen.com AustralianOpen.com will be offering free live streaming content for the qualifying round and on demand content. Also they will be offering archived matches and other on demand content on AOTV. 2012 Australian Open Live Streaming on ESPN3 ESPN will be offering [...]
Continue Reading →Will Russell/Getty Images via Daylife It’s only been a week? With the likes of Federer, Serena and Kim out of order, Murray and Coach Lendl making headlines and a battle for No. 1 already shaping up, it’s hard to believe that we’re just entering the second week of the season. I’m trying out a theory [...]
Continue Reading →Roger Federer of Switzerland hits a return to Novak Djokovic of Serbia during their Mubadala World Tennis Championship match at Zayed Sports City in Abu Dhabi December 30, 2011. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) x A new year, a new tennis season, a new Major title for Roger Federer? GTT contributor [...]
Continue Reading →Photo by QTF/Paul Zimmer via the ATP Happy New Year! 2012 begins today, as does the new tennis season. I love the new year’s holiday for the optimistic, clean slate feeling it brings, whether we’re talking the arbitrary end to holiday indulgences (did I really need to finish that second bottle of champagne last night?) [...]
Continue Reading →Roger Federer stands triumphant after a stormy season. AFP PHOTO / ADRIAN DENNIS via Daylife.com Roger Federer won a tight, tense contest against worthy foe Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final match of the ATP season on Sunday, winning the ATP World Tour finals: 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-3. This victory gives Roger a record six year ending [...]
Continue Reading →Michael Regan/Getty Images for Barclays ATP Finals via Daylife It’s Roger again. . .and again. . .and again. . . Sorry if my headline is misleading – it only feels like Federer and Tsonga have played 100 times, given that this is their third meeting in three Sundays and eighth of the season. Roger’s actually [...]
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