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Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images via Daylife.com Another weekend, another title for Andy Murray in Asia. He beat David Ferrer 7-5, 6-4 in the Shanghai Masters final. This win guarantees that he’ll overtake Roger Federer for the No. 3 ranking – at least for now. It’s with not just a little bit of nostalgia and [...]
Continue Reading →GTT is thrilled to have reporter and photographer Andrea Nay on site in Cincy this week. Enjoy! – FF “Are the batteries all charged?” Maria Sharapova asks with a smile as members of the media place no less than six voice recorders, five still cameras, five video cameras, and an assortment of smart phones in front of [...]
Continue Reading →Sabine Lisicki of Germany reacts during her match against Marion Bartoli of France at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London June 28, 2011. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh (BRITAIN – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) “Because we are not named Serena or Venus Williams doesn’t mean we don’t know how to play tennis,” Marion Bartoli commented after losing a fascinating [...]
Continue Reading →Britain’s Prince William (3rd R) and his wife, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (L) applaud after the match between Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria and Venus Williams of the U.S. at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London June 27, 2011. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett (BRITAIN – Tags: ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY SPORT TENNIS) Okay, I’m still getting caught up on all [...]
Continue Reading →Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts during his quarter-final match against Robin Soderling of Sweden at the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris June 1, 2011. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau (FRANCE – Tags: SPORT TENNIS IMAGE OF THE DAY TOP PICTURE) Yay! I’m back from my Spanish holiday just in time for some [...]
Continue Reading →Blame FSN! I refused to watch a live stream (yes, even the pirated one FSN’s own Justin Gimelstob twittered out, bless him) stubbornly waiting until 10:30 pm Los Angeles time to watch Clijsters vs. Henin on tape. As if tape delay wasn’t bad enough, I tuned in at the scheduled time and was subjected to [...]
Continue Reading →Did they mean “Tennis Babes or Tennis Babies ?” you may ask, after seeing Victoria Azarenka in a diaper. We’ll leave it to you to decide. Check out our shots of Zheng Jie, Alize Cornet, Gisela Dulko, Jelena Jankovic, Victoria Azarenka and Nadia Petrova. (Tennis Babe perverts should right click on the images for supa-dupa [...]
Continue Reading →Yes, tennis! There sure was a lot of it in 2009, the busy calendar combining with enough epic five setters to boggle the minds of the sharpest tennis savants. So let’s take advantage of the off season and savor some of our favorite tennis matches of 2009 – before the tours start up in a [...]
Continue Reading →Photo: JP/Ricky Yudhistira The WTA’s final tournament of the year is this week in Bali at the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions. The $600,000 tournament is a kind of consolation year ending championships, open to the top players who have won at least one International Series level event in 2009 and who didn’t make Doha. [...]
Continue Reading →The WTA has a new feature on its website called “Something Completely Different,” which includes players’ answers to “random” press conference questions. The first in the series is: “Who is your favorite male tennis player?” Roger Federer is on the top of many a WTA player’s list – and no, Marion Bartoli isn’t even included! [...]
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