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Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Rafael Nadal beat Novak Djokovic 7-5, 6-3 in Monday’s final in Rome. Rafa now holds a record 21 masters titles. The win also guarantees that he’ll be seeded above Roger Federer at Roland Garros and won’t have to face Nole until the finals. The win was big for Rafa in many ways, [...]
Continue Reading →FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/GettyImages via Daylife If anyone is still trying to identify the favorite to win in Rome, consider Rafael Nadal’s remarks after beating Tomas Berdych 6-4, 7-5 in the quarterfinals on Friday (via the tournament website): “I played one of my best match on clay against a difficult opponent,” said Nadal. “It was a big [...]
Continue Reading →Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images via Daylife Rafael Nadal lose on clay? To a guy who’s never beaten him? But that’s impossible! Unless. . .they weren’t really playing on clay? “If you put the Cincinnati tournament on grass just before the US Open, do you think people are going to be happy? I don’t think [...]
Continue Reading →DANI POZO/AFP/GettyImages via Daylife And this is the week Fritters accidentally canceled our Tennis Channel subscription! Thank God for the internet. Though this evening’s match in Madrid was the kind that would have had me turning off the tube in my weaker, more innocent days of Fed fandom due to the pure, unbearable tension of [...]
Continue Reading →REUTERS/Albert Gea via Daylife Well, well, it’s been a while. The European clay court season is in full gear and I barely dipped my toes in. (I blame the day job, but I won’t dwell on that.) As we get closer to the blue courts of Madrid, I’m suddenly ready to dive in. So, how’s [...]
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Continue Reading →ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images via Daylife Wow, what a difference a year makes. Even Roger Federer admitted he was a bit surprised to win the title this weekend in Indian Wells, especially after fighting through fever and a flu earlier in the tournament. But he hung tough, and overcame his sickness and a rough draw. Today’s [...]
Continue Reading →ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images via Daylife Okay, Fritters is over the Coachella bug – at least he enjoyed sharing the headlines with all the tennis players who dropped out. (It’s rare that you watch tennis matches for medical updates on your own condition, right?) Before we get too excited about this weekend, let me put case [...]
Continue Reading →Saturday was our last day at Indian Wells (it was a short but sweet trip) and an early highlight of the day was meeting GTT reader Major Fed Fan a.k.a. Kim and her hubby yesterday morning in front of Stadium 2. We compared Fed Fan quirks and Indian Wells highlights while watching John Isner take [...]
Continue Reading →It was the first Friday at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California and I watched (in order): Verdasco vs. Ferrer, Wozniacki vs. Bartoli, Federer vs. Gasquet, and an especially riveting set between Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Alexandr Dolgopolov. “What?” you’re scratching your head, scanning the day’s underwhelming order of play. “The only way the [...]
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