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Britain’s Prince William (3rd R) and his wife, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (L) applaud after the match between Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria and Venus Williams of the U.S. at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London June 27, 2011. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett (BRITAIN – Tags: ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY SPORT TENNIS) Okay, I’m still getting caught up on all [...]
Continue Reading →Caroline Wozniacki is determined to mix things up in the press room (remember Kangaroo-gate Down Under?). Here she is ambushing her Monaco neighbor, Novak Djokovic, in the Wimbledon press room this weekend. Nole also spent some time warming up, shall we say, with Andrea Petkovic. Vika Azarenka shows them how it’s done. Andrea Petkovic uploaded [...]
Continue Reading →Staff make final preparations at Wimbledon in London June 18, 2011. REUTERS/Toby Melville (BRITAIN – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) Whoa! With Wimbledon starting on Monday, a quick look at the draw is already overdue. In many ways it’s the same old story at SW19 this year, but there are plenty of sub plots and intrigues to [...]
Continue Reading →Wimbledon is coming! Wimbledon is coming! Unfortunately World No. 2 Kim Clijsters won’t be there to greet it – she announced today that she’s pulling out with a foot injury. Via her website: Yesterday, Wednesday, during her match against Romina Oprandi at the UNICEF Open in Rosmalen (NL), Kim Clijsters injured her right ankle again. [...]
Continue Reading →Mirka Federer, the wife of Roger Federer, watches the French Open mens semifinal match between Federer of Switzerland and Serbian Novak Djokovic at Roland Garros in Paris on June 3, 2011. Federer defeated Djokovic 7-6 (5), 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5) to advance to the finals. UPI/David Silpa Wow, Roger’s semifinal win over Novak Djokovic on [...]
Continue Reading →Francesca Schiavone of Italy reacts after winning her quarter-final match against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia at the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris May 31, 2011. REUTERS/Charles Platiau (FRANCE – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) Let us begin this post with the wise words of defending champ and 2011 finalist, Francesca Schiavone, [...]
Continue Reading →Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts during his quarter-final match against Robin Soderling of Sweden at the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris June 1, 2011. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau (FRANCE – Tags: SPORT TENNIS IMAGE OF THE DAY TOP PICTURE) Yay! I’m back from my Spanish holiday just in time for some [...]
Continue Reading →Novak Djokovic of Serbia (L) and Rafael Nadal of Spain hold their trophies after their final match at the Rome Masters tennis tournament May 15, 2011. REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico (ITALY – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) I was in an airplane on Sunday, and had to wait to land – just until the wheels hit the tarmac – [...]
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Richard Gasquet of France reacts after defeating Roger Federer of Switzerland during their match at the Rome Masters tennis tournament May 12, 2011. REUTERS/Max Rossi (ITALY – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) Richard Gasquet of France reacts after defeating Roger Federer of Switzerland in their match at the Rome Masters tennis tournament May 12, 2011. REUTERS/Max Rossi [...]
Continue Reading →Novak Djokovic of Serbia (L) and Rafael Nadal of Spain (R) pose with their trophies with tournament director Manolo Santana after their Madrid Open final tennis match May 8, 2011. Djokovic dethroned clay king Nadal on the Spaniard’s home soil and maintained his perfect season when he beat the world number one 7-5 6-4 to [...]
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