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Photo by Srdjan Stevanovic via DavisCup.com I’m so sorry, dear readers, that during this entire weekend of Davis Cup drama the top story on GTT was “Serena Booty Dance.” Such is the danger of running a news site all by your lonesome – you never know when life is going to make you hit the [...]
Continue Reading →The best thing about the Indian Wells/Miami swing? Top players playing doubles: Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic lost the point – and ultimately the match – vs. Stakhovsky/Youzhny in Miami on Saturday, but they put on a jolly good show, losing 8-10 in the super tiebreak. The two stars chatted and joked (about pec muscles?) [...]
Continue Reading →Rafael Nadal finally dropped his serve at the US Open on Thursday, playing Fernando Verdasco in the quarterfinals. He still hasn’t dropped a set. Rafa will play Mikhail Youznhy next, who suffered through a five setter vs. Stanislas Wawrinka in the other quarter of the day. Given both Rafa’s and Roger Federer’s awesome games this [...]
Continue Reading →You got a live fifth rubber, you want David Nalbandian on your team. Even an old, injured, rusty version. After Nikolay Davydenko pulled himself together and evened things up 2-2 in Moscow on Sunday vs. Leonardo Mayer, David took to the court vs. current World No. 14 Mikhail Youznhy and beat him in straights. Not [...]
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 →The trend this weekend in tennis: Firsts and seconds! Self-described “best friends” David Ferrer and Juan Carlos Ferrero met in a final for the second time in two weeks, with Ferrer avenging last weekend’s loss in Argentina with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 win in Acapulco. With this victory, Ferrer scored his first title since 2008 [...]
Continue Reading →The citizens of Tennis Land are keeping busy, with five different players earning a spot in the winner’s circle this week. Let’s see who’s hoovering up the rankings points on Sunday: In Paris, Elena Dementieva beat Lucie Safarova, 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4 for the Premier-level Open GDF SUEZ title. After losing in last year’s final [...]
Continue Reading →Here’s a quick peek at what’s going on in the tennis world this weekend. In Paris we have the WTA’s Open GDF Suez, a Premier-level event without the Williams sisters, Clijsters or Henin. It’s nice to see Melanie Oudin taking advantage of both the draw and the confidence she gained last weekend in Fed Cup; [...]
Continue Reading →Sveta played a late night match on Friday, getting past Angelique Kerber in three close sets. Gotta love that game face. . . Now onto Day Six Down Under, which was notable for retirements, withdrawals and old fashioned beat-downs. The men didn’t get to four-sets until Tsonga and Haas played the last match on Hisense. [...]
Continue Reading →Andy Murray beat Mikhail Youzhny in the Valencia final on Sunday: 6-3, 6-2. Murray, the tournament’s top-seed, was playing his first tournament after six weeks off recovering from a wrist injury. Here’s Murray’s post-match interview: And some highlights from the match: Andy “the teetotal” Murray goes into the Paris Masters tournament with an undefeated indoor [...]
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