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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 →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 →Mardy Fish reacts after losing a point in his match against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France on day 8 in Arthur Ashe Stadium at the U.S. Open Tennis Championships at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City on September 5, 2011. Williams defeated Ivanovic 6-3, 6-4. UPI/John Angelillo Labor Day was a [...]
Continue Reading →Roger Federer of Switzerland hits a forehand in his match against Santiago Giraldo of Colombia on day 1 in Arthur Ashe Stadium at the U.S. Open Tennis Championships Stadium at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City on August 29, 2011. UPI/John Angelillo I learned on NPR today that scientists are [...]
Continue Reading →Our gal in Cincy, Andrea Nay, was in the pressroom for this surprising news. Thanks, Andrea! – FF Serena Williams retired just hours before her second round match at the Western & Southern Open today. The culprit? Her big toe, which she says needs rest before the US Open. Williams said her toe injury, which [...]
Continue Reading →Photo via Tennis Canada Back in business indeed! After our big move, the Freakyteam finally has internet service! At least the timing is good, it feels like three quarters of the tennis world is just coming back from a long summer break. Let’s all remember this come October, when all the whining starts about how [...]
Continue Reading →Photo: AP Photo/Eric Gay via Daylife Well, it was one hell of a tie, I’ll give it that. But why, oh why, did Mardy Fish have to lose the fourth rubber? And in such valiant style, too, rallying to win the third set off the Feisty Ferrer, breaking back almost in time in the fourth, [...]
Continue Reading →GettyImages via Daylife Yay! Though the Bryan Brothers suffered a historic loss today in Austin – losing a first set in DC competition for the first time ever - they still managed to pull out the must-win victory against the very game pairing of Verdasco/Granollers: 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. I got a lump in my [...]
Continue Reading →Andy Roddick of the U.S. plays during a practice session at Wimbledon in London June 18, 2011. REUTERS/Toby Melville (BRITAIN – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) I admit it, I’m not nationalistic in the least when it comes to my tennis favorites. The closest I get is being a Francophile, since I have a soft spot for [...]
Continue Reading →Roger Federer of Switzerland waves after winning his semi-final match against Richard Gasquet of France at the ATP Dubai Tennis Championships, February 25, 2011. REUTERS/Saleh Salem (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) A rematch, already? The stakes are different – the finals of an ATP 500 tournament vs. a Major semifinal – but the [...]
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