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Andy Murray of Britain acknowledges applause after winning his semi-final tennis match against Andy Roddick of the U.S. at the Queen’s Club Championships in west London June 11, 2011. Home favourite Murray thrashed Roddick 6-3 6-1 in a grasscourt masterclass to reach the final of the Queen’s Club championships on Saturday. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett (BRITAIN – [...]
Continue Reading →AP Photo/Paul Sakuma via Daylife We enjoyed a great bunch of finals this weekend, as the tour rolls on after Australia. Young Canadian, Milos Raonic, made waves last month with his fourth round (plus qualifying) effort Down Under. He’s shown not only the talent, but the maturity, of a proverbial Real Deal. He made good [...]
Continue Reading →Andy Roddick was dismantled by Russian qualifier Teimuraz Ga”bash”vili 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 on Saturday at Roland Garros – any match where Roddick doesn’t play at least one tiebreak is a wash out. In case you don’t know too much about Teimuraz Gabashvili, here’s all you need to know about him: He’s crazy. And he doesn’t [...]
Continue Reading →I know I’ve been neglecting the WTA this week – I blame the relative lack of TV coverage, hot Spanish men and yachts with helipads. Saturday’s semifinals are set at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston: Caroline Wozniacki vs. Vera Zvonareva and Daniela Hantuchova vs. Sam Stosur. I like this line up – every single [...]
Continue Reading →Hi everyone – just a quick update on the happenings on a rainy Monday at the Sony Ericsson Open. Monday in Miami did have some upsets, but few of them were that surprising. Top seed Svetlana Kuznetsova was upset by lucky No. 13 seed Marion Bartoli, but Sveta was suffering a muscle pull in her [...]
Continue Reading →Saturday was a very busy day at Indian Wells – the sold out day session, the overflow parking situation and the epic bathroom lines were just the start of it. It felt like the entire population of Tennis Landia was trying to get inside Stadium 2 to watch Andy Murray/Ross Hutchins vs. James Blake/Andy Roddick [...]
Continue Reading →No, these aren’t our photos. We weren’t invited to the Indian Wells Players’ Party, sniff! And good thing we weren’t, because. . .well, we might have said something rude to Ana about her pantyhose. Let’s take a look: So far, so gorgeous, for Ana Ivanovic! And then we get to the nurse pantyhose and 80′s [...]
Continue Reading →The big news out of the US Open this Friday? Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal both needed four sets to get through to the third round. They both lost their second sets – Murray beating Paul Capdeville: 6-2, 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 and Nadal beating Nicolas Keifer: 6-0, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Capdeville is currently ranked 82 [...]
Continue Reading →We enjoyed a very busy (and photogenic) Day 4 at the US Open on Thursday, catching the Venus and Serena playing doubles, Shahar Peer beating down Carla Suarez Navarro, Sabine Lisicki rolling an ankle after losing her match, and Dinara Safina battling though as always. Here are some of the photos we took along the [...]
Continue Reading →Photos from Wednesday’s Day Session at the LA Women’s Tennis Championships. Interesting results so far: Safina def. Hantuchova: 6-2, 6-4 Zheng def. Vesnina: 6-4, 4-6, 6-0 Stosur def. Kirilenko: 6-2, 6-4 Chakvetadze def. Kleybanova: 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 A. Radwanska def. Sugiyama: 6-2, 6-1 U. Radwanska def. Cibulkova: 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-4 Li def Wozniak: 4-6. 2-6, [...]
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