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This is a week old. But blog totally worthy! The NY Times and Andy Samberg shoot an homage to the great legends of tennis. And he doesn’t dissapoint! Photographer Walter Iooss and Picturehouse did a phenomenal job! The McEnroe is genious. Click here for the rest of the pics. The full article with video as [...]
Continue Reading →Roger Federer of Switzerland (R) and Pete Sampras of the U.S. (L) smile together on the court as they play against Andre Agassi of the U.S. and Rafael Nadal of Spain during their doubles exhibition doubles in the Hit for Haiti fund raiser event at the Indian Wells WTA and ATP tennis tournament in Indian [...]
Continue Reading →Just a couple (i.e. a whole bunch) of interesting tennis tidbits going into Miami this week: 1. The Sony Ericsson Open Draw Wow, Roger and Rafa on the same side of the draw. How 2010. Perhaps they’re cowering in fear, far from the wrath of the Great Djokovic? Whatever, at least things have gotten interesting [...]
Continue Reading →Via Facebook Roger Federer landed in Los Angeles on Thursday, and has since been busy, hanging and training with fellow-GOAT Pete Sampras in the SoCal sunshine. Roger on Friday via Facebook: “Had a great hit today with Pete Sampras.” Via Blick.ch Per Swiss news site, Blick, Pete and Roger followed up their practice by taking [...]
Continue Reading →The Los Angeles Times reports that thieves have stolen a majority of Pete Sampras’s trophies, awards and memorabilia – including news clippings and a piano bench autographed by Elton John - from a West Los Angeles public storage facility. At least he had most of the Major hardware displayed elsewhere - one Australian Open trophy [...]
Continue Reading →Pete Sampras has finally reacted to Andre Agassi’s apologetic overtures. Via the LA Times: Agassi has taken swings at apologizing in several TV interviews since Friday night. Sampras has appreciated that, but dislikes how it feeds the beast and keeps the story alive. Agassi is outgoing, articulate, likely to go for the one-liner. Sampras is [...]
Continue Reading →“This rivalry is intense!” Roger Federer joked at Indian Wells on Friday night, after Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi engaged in some verbal (and in Pete’s case, non-verbal) crossfire during their Hit for Haiti charity doubles match. It was a valiant attempt to break the tension and a subtle reference to the more mellow relationship [...]
Continue Reading →Some nice behind the scenes photos from Hit for Haiti. I’m guessing that these were all taken before the guys played their match on Friday. I’m basing this on Rafa’s t-shirt, which he changed once he was on court. Also, everyone seems to be getting along! “I know my fabrics, Rafa, and this is not [...]
Continue Reading →I thought I was witnessing the most awkward part of Day Three at Indian Wells when Maria Sharapova went down 1-5 in the first set to Vera Dushevina on Stadium 2. The crowd was groaning and wincing as she hit serve after serve into the bottom of the net. But then I heard a collective [...]
Continue Reading →It’s great to see this exciting Hit for Haiti exhibition come together for the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. Pete Sampras and Roger Federer will play doubles against Andre Agassi and Rafael Nadal, all former champions in the desert. That’s a whopping 44 Major titles on the court at one time. They also added [...]
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