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Venus Williams of the U.S. celebrates winning a point during her International Women’s Open tennis tournament match against Germany’s Andrea Petkovic in Eastbourne, southern England June 13, 2011. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh (BRITAIN – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) As if the mere sight of Serena Williams stepping foot on a grass court wasn’t deflating enough to the WTA’s [...]
Continue Reading →Andy Murray of Britain acknowledges applause after winning his semi-final tennis match against Andy Roddick of the U.S. at the Queen’s Club Championships in west London June 11, 2011. Home favourite Murray thrashed Roddick 6-3 6-1 in a grasscourt masterclass to reach the final of the Queen’s Club championships on Saturday. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett (BRITAIN – [...]
Continue Reading →*Note* – sorry we pulled the trigger on this post before it was edited properly! It’s all better now. Thanks. Here are some action shots from today’s entertaining quarterfinal between Rafael Nadal and Philipp Kohlschreiber at the Rogers Cup. Rafa lost the first set to the aggressive German one-hander, but eventually righted the ship and [...]
Continue Reading →There’s no doubt Andy Murray’s been out of sorts since losing the Australian Open final to Roger Federer. To get all pop-psych about it, I suspect he really thought he was going to win his first major Down Under and was shattered when he didn’t. Now he’s picking up the jagged pieces of his confidence [...]
Continue Reading →Let’s be honest, Day 5 Down Under kind of sucked. I typed that sentence before listening to Kim Clijsters’s press conference. She confirmed it: “I was completely off. Just, you know, I think tennis‑wise, I didn’t feel the ball at all. . .It sucks that it has to happen at this stage of this tournament [...]
Continue Reading →Davis Cup is the most emotional event in tennis. The pressures of playing for team and country either lift players up to the heights of glory or push them deep into dank pits of shame and despair. Which from a fan perspective, makes Davis Cup damn entertaining, even if you’re watching a fuzzy broadcast of [...]
Continue Reading →So Roger Federer was forced to win in four sets (6-3, 6-2, 7-6, 6-1) against Philipp Kohlschreiber today – the same talented German with the sweet one-hander who knocked out Novak Djokovic at the French Open (not to be confused with Tommy Haas, who beat Nole at Halle.) It was only the third time in [...]
Continue Reading →This is a legitimate shocker – the guy everyone was pegging to be Nadal’s main rival at Roland Garros was knocked out in the third round today by German James-McAvoy-look-alike, Philipp Kohlschreiber. Even more shocking: it was in straight sets. Also shocking: Novak Djokovic didn’t retire or make excuses. Here’s Novak still trying to get [...]
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