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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 →I got home late from work on Tuesday night and had the Wawrinka vs. Querrey five-setter on my DVR. No wonder I’m going to bed after 2 am. I’m on West Coast time – Rafa and F-Lo finished a whole four hours ago. So please excuse the wacky wrap. I’m in free association mode, tonight. [...]
Continue Reading →Looking at an exciting Friday in Cincy with Fish vs. Murray, Roddick vs. Djokovic, Federer vs. Davydenko and Nadal vs. Baghdatis in the quarterfinals. Murray, Nadal, Davydenko and Roddick all survived tough three set matches on Thursday while Fed has played a grand total of 37 minutes this week, with a retirement vs. Istomin in [...]
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 [...]
Continue Reading →What do you do when you go out early at Wimbledon? Ibiza… on a boat… with bikini clad babes, of course. I”M ON A BOAT! Enjoy. Source: X17online.com via GreatTennisPhotos
Continue Reading →Photo by Marianne Bevis London based writer and tennis fan, Marianne Bevis, generously offered to share her impressions of this week’s Queens Club tournament with GTT readers. She braved rainy weather on Tuesday, catching Novak Djokovic, Andy Roddick, and hall of fame tennis hunk, Feliciano Lopez, on the practice courts. Thanks to Marianne for her [...]
Continue Reading →Feliciano Lopez is playing doubles this week in Madrid with fellow Spanish heart throb Fernando Verdasco. He also partnered up with supermodel Bar Refaeli (a.k.a. Leonardo DeCaprio’s sometime squeeze) on the red carpet on Tuesday. It suddenly dawns on him: “Am I out of my league?” “Maybe if I look like I’m too cool to [...]
Continue Reading →I hear Gulbis is entertaining a la Safin in his press conferences this week. Take this snippet after beating Volandri on Thursday (via tournament website): Gulbis cannot win a match at the moment without being asked about his misspent youth – that lost 2009 season when he spent more time off court than on. This [...]
Continue Reading →Thank you Doubles Superstar Mahesh Bhupathi for giving us all a sneak peek (via Twitter) of this year’s annual ATP players’ revue in Monte Carlo – where the ATP gets seriously silly. It’s like a high school talent show meets frat boy kegger meets Shakespeare theater before actresses were allowed on stage. Good thing the [...]
Continue Reading →Not a title you see everyday at ATP.com: “Kim Kardashian Feature”! Even if you think this is completely dumb, you can still enjoy the ATP narrator’s ironic tone as he runs through Kardashian’s resume. Also, I enjoy thinking about the PR people’s decision to plant her at F-Lo and Nando’s match. “She won’t even have [...]
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