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NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images via Daylife Incredible. Really. How on earth did Novak Djokovic pull this off? I’m not saying the win was a surprise – as they say, Nole now “owns” Rafa in finals on all surfaces – but it sure was surprising how he did it: 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7(5), 7-5. The two had [...]
Continue Reading →Novak Djokovic’s 2012 Australian Open Sergio Tacchini outfit This is Nole’s rumored outfit. The pinstripe on the collars are always a nice detail from Sergio Tachini, but Nole’s choice of pattern on the shirt is borderline “Ed Hardy”. via Deportologo
Continue Reading →The Australian Open facebook page has been posting some great practice photos. Serena, Novak Djokovic, and Andy Roddick so far are already warming up and getting acclimated to the Aussie warm weather. Anyone else getting as excited for the Aussie Open as we are?
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 →Davis Cup dreams. . .AP photo via Yahoo! After watching the emotional Davis Cup final between Spain and Argentina this weekend, Van Sias wonders what a Davis Cup title means to a player’s legacy. Serves and Returns: Does the Davis Cup Still Matter to a Player’s Legacy? By Van Sias When it’s all said [...]
Continue Reading →Andy Murray feels the pain. . .Photo by REUTERS/Toby Melville via Daylife.com While watching the WTF action unfold this week, GTT contributor Van Sias finds himself worrying about the long term prospects of the ATP’s current Top 3. Serves and Returns: Will the Top Three Be Playing North of 30? By Van Sias Perhaps [...]
Continue Reading →Photo REUTERS/Luke MacGregor via Daylife Nole’s red carpet game is on this week in London (check him and Jelena out at Thursday night’s Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Gala, an event that raised over £400,000 for a children’s charity), but his shoulder problems are shedding doubt on his upcoming on-court performance. The standard line seems [...]
Continue Reading →Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga holds the runner-up trophy after being defeated by Roger Federer of Switzerland in the BNP Paribas Masters final in Paris on November 13, 2011. Federer defeated Tsonga 6-1, 7-6 (3) to win the tournament for the first time in his career. UPI/David Silpa In his latest Serves and Returns, GTT contributor Van [...]
Continue Reading →Photo by Srdjan Stevanovic via DavisCup.com Sure, go ahead and bash him, but I really do think that Pete Bodo “brings it” on a regular basis. Here’s his pithy observations on the last weekend of Davis Cup action via Tennis.com: In an astonishing show of either superiority or hubris, the Serbs decided that even at [...]
Continue Reading →Photo by Srdjan Stevanovic via DavisCup.com I’m so sorry, dear readers, that during this entire weekend of Davis Cup drama the top story on GTT was “Serena Booty Dance.” Such is the danger of running a news site all by your lonesome – you never know when life is going to make you hit the [...]
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