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Getty Images via Daylife On the off chance that Novak Djokovic never wins another Major in his career, his performance in the Belgrade Arena this weekend has guaranteed his supremacy in Serbia’s tennis history. (And really, after watching him play with such passion and purpose, how can you think this guy won’t win another Major [...]
Continue Reading →Photo: DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP/Getty Images via Daylife Wow, weird things happen during Davis Cup. Like the underestimated Arnaud Clement, 32 years old and playing in his first Davis Cup final, emerging as Saturday’s DC Finals hero. He rallied partner Michael Llodra to come back from a two sets to none deficit vs. home team Nenad Zimonjic [...]
Continue Reading →France vs. Serbia in the 2010 Davis Cup final. It’s the last tennis that really matters this season, and boy, will it matter to 16,000+ people at the Belgrade Arena, the second largest capacity tennis venue in the world. France has brought the Cup home nine times, tied third for the most titles in the [...]
Continue Reading →Well, we have our winner in Bercy, and he’s a good, old fashioned Swedish indoor hardcourt player. It’s nice to see someone overcome by their first ever Masters victory, especially when they’re a two-time Major finalist and a typically unimpressed-by-it-all kind of ice man like Robin Soderling. One of the big stories developing in Paris [...]
Continue Reading →Yeah, I could have titled this one “Soderling and Monfils save match points to make it to the Bercy finals” but that wouldn’t reflect how I’m feeling right now. Basically the opposite of this: My two favorite players in the tournament both lost in the semifinals of the Paris Masters today, despite holding multiple match [...]
Continue Reading →Roger Federer, who breezed into the fourth round of the Paris Masters with a straight sets win over Radek Stepanek on Thursday, reflects on the glam tennis life style he lives in the public eye: Roger living in the public eye means we’re treated to these privacy-invading photos of Federer family cute: Photos nabbed from [...]
Continue Reading →A busy, surprising and hot, hot, hot day (and night) in NYC on Wednesday. Take this, for example: Pre-tournament favorite and No. 10 seed Victoria Azarenka suffered the second Major retirement of her career on Wednesday at the US Open (she retired against Serena Williams at the 2009 Australian Open), literally falling to Gisela Dulko [...]
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 [...]
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