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There was loads of action at Roland Garros on Monday, with the likes of Federer, Nadal, Roddick, Venus Williams, and Sharapova all hitting the red dirt in Paris. We now have loads to talk about – fashion, new drinking games, and a contender for Dumbest Press Conference Question of the tournament. Oh, and tennis, of [...]
Continue Reading →There’s been lots of fun and bizarre news items lately that haven’t quite warranted a full post. So I thought I’d put them all together into my second tennis goodie bag. Enjoy! (And don’t worry, it won’t rot your teeth.) First Serena Williams is trash talking Safina as second best (click here), now she’s haranguing [...]
Continue Reading →We had two good match-ups in Saturday’s semifinals at the Monte Carlo Masters: Novak Djokovic vs. Stan Wawrinka and Rafael Nadal vs. Andy Murray. I was glad that Stan took a set off of Novak, but was hoping the “second Swiss” could ride his victory over Roger all the way to the finals. Nadal beat [...]
Continue Reading →Thursday’s rainy weather made for a busy Friday at the Monte Carlo Masters, with Nadal, Murray and Ljubicic forced to double up on matches to keep things on schedule. I was lucky to catch the Davydenko vs. Murray quarterfinal (Andy beat Fabio Fognini earlier in the day) and thought it was an exciting match: two [...]
Continue Reading →Roger Federer lost in straight sets to Stan Wawrinka (4-6, 5-7) today in heavy, wet conditions. Roger’s forehand was crap: 22 of his 31 unforced errors came off that side. And he only got 51% of his first serves in. As Swiss daily, Blick, said in its headline: “Stan schickt Roger in die Flitterwochen!” Don’t [...]
Continue Reading →Here are some highlights from last night’s fantastic fourth round match between Rafael Nadal and Stan Wawrinka at the Sony Ericsson Open. Wawrinka took Nadal to two tiebreak sets, but Rafa countered with some scary-good stuff. Love the squatting-double-fist-pump-VAMOS, Rafa! Photo by Michael Heiman/Getty Images
Continue Reading →You know me, I’m a sucker for a Swiss with a one handed backhand. Wawrinka put in a true top tenner performance today, stretching the World No. 3 to three sets, and showing off a fluid, fun-to-watch style. He may not be holding the trophy, but he achieved something quite remarkable this week: for the [...]
Continue Reading →I always say that Rome is my favorite city in the world. Even though I was only there for five days in 1999, during which time my friend and I were chased up and down the Spanish Steps daily by rabid public masturbators and my watch was stolen from my bedside table while I slept, [...]
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