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Spain’s Rafael Nadal reacts during his match against Croatia’s Ivan Dodig at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Montreal August 10, 2011. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi(CANADA – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) WHOA. After a long rain delay, Rafael Nadal took the court in Montreal late this evening and won the first set 6-1 vs. 41-ranked Ivan Dodig of [...]
Continue Reading →Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro (R) poses for pictures with Spain’s Fernando Verdasco after their final match of the Estoril Tennis Open in Lisbon May 1, 2011. Del Potro won the final match against Verdasco. REUTERS/Hugo Correia (PORTUGAL – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) The results speak for themselves on the men’s side this weekend. Both Del [...]
Continue Reading →Roger Federer of Switzerland hits a return to Somdev Devvarman of India during their match at the ATP Dubai Tennis Championships, February 22, 2011. REUTERS/Saleh Salem (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) I’m liking the yellow. . . Roger Federer of Switzerland hits a return to Somdev Devvarman of India during their match at [...]
Continue Reading →AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili via Daylife Roger Federer is back from vacation and ready to be top seed in this week’s ATP 500 in Dubai. He’s pictured above during his Dubai presser, looking fairly relaxed, per usual. After enjoying a few weeks away from the tour after the Australian Open, old man Roger was asked about [...]
Continue Reading →You got a live fifth rubber, you want David Nalbandian on your team. Even an old, injured, rusty version. After Nikolay Davydenko pulled himself together and evened things up 2-2 in Moscow on Sunday vs. Leonardo Mayer, David took to the court vs. current World No. 14 Mikhail Youznhy and beat him in straights. Not [...]
Continue Reading →France took out defending champ Spain in Davis Cup action on Saturday. The team of Llodra/Benneteau beat Lopez/Verdasco 6-1, 6-2, 6-7(6), 7-6(5), posting an insurmountable 3-0 lead for Team France. “Even if I am 30 years, I like this kind of match,” said Llodra, who also upset Verdasco in Monday’s singles rubber. “Amazing. We play [...]
Continue Reading →Friday was an exciting and surprising first day of Davis Cup quarterfinal action. Let’s take a look. France leads Spain: 2-0 in France Wha? Michael Llodra, bluntly described as France’s “oldest and lowest ranked player” on the Davis Cup website, took out World No. 10 Fernando Verdasco on Friday in four sets. It was the [...]
Continue Reading →The 2010 Davis Cup quarterfinals are here, less than a week after the Wimbledon finals. Who is ready to fight on? SPAIN VS. FRANCE: Wimby champ Rafael Nadal has pulled from the anticipated Spain vs. France quarterfinal in Clermont-Ferrand, France, to rest his knees. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is also out with a knee injury. As the [...]
Continue Reading →It wouldn’t be Day One of a Major without a little controversy! Just after 8:30 pm, as Olivier Rochus took the third to go up two sets to one against Novak Djokovic on Centre Court, tournament referee Andrew Jarrett declared that the players would be taking a 30 minute break while the roof was closed [...]
Continue Reading →YAY! Wimbledon is so near, I can practically smell the verdant English lawns way out here in bone dry southern California. But if your nose isn’t as sensitive as mine, there’s always Wimbledon’s Facebook page. I’m just happy Jo-Dubs made it out. (Watch the knees! And the back!) He’s fragile for a big guy. Andy [...]
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