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We’ve been thrilled to have photographer-reporter Andrea Nay join “Team Freaky” this past week, providing her on-the-ground reports from the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati. Here’s her final wrap up, along with some great photos – like the one of F-Lo and Verdasco, above. Check out more of Andrea’s photos from Cincy here. Enjoy! [...]
Continue Reading →Maria Kirilenko shows off some of her football skills on the court. Vera Zvonareva and her male model coach, Sergey Demekhine Jelena Jankovic after a hard days practice. Alexandr Dolgapolov sweating it out on the practice courts. Alexandr Dolgapolov’s uncomfirmed girlfriend not sweating it out. Sania Mirza working hard on the practice courts
Continue Reading →Rafael Nadal (L) of Spain consoles opponent Marcos Daniel of Brazil as Daniel leaves the court and retires due to injury from their first round match at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament on center court Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia, 18 January 2011. The Grand Slam event runs until 30 January 2011. [...]
Continue Reading →I’m delighted to be working this week with Andrea Nay, a fabulous photographer and writer. She’s sweating it out in Cincy right now with the WTA and will continue next week with the ATP, taking fabulous photos and gathering first hand reports from the press room and practice courts. I love her description of current [...]
Continue Reading →Upsets, routs and heroics, what a way to start the second week at Wimbledon. All singles players played their Round of 16s today, and the frantic schedule and rising heat seemed to effect everyone a little differently. Post-match, the players were asked about everything from their tennis, World Cup referees and Jennifer Capriati’s drug overdose. [...]
Continue Reading →It wouldn’t be Day One of a Major without a little controversy! Just after 8:30 pm, as Olivier Rochus took the third to go up two sets to one against Novak Djokovic on Centre Court, tournament referee Andrew Jarrett declared that the players would be taking a 30 minute break while the roof was closed [...]
Continue Reading →Well, that was kind of a bummer. Schiavone vs. Dementieva had all the components of a great match: two tough veterans, a power baseliner vs. a wily dirt baller, a Russian vs. an Italian, the Best Player Never to Win a Slam vs. the definition of deserving dark horse. And what did we get? No [...]
Continue Reading →Rain held back the start of play by over four hours on Thursday at Roland Garros, with two additional interruptions after that. I think all the rain delays and tricky conditions are starting to make the players a little batty (and the city officials more open to a roof over center court.) It’s still the [...]
Continue Reading →Aravane Rezai’s fabulous run in Madrid, where she – as an unseeded player – beat Justine Henin, Jelena Jankovic and Venus Williams on the way to the title, has made her a legitimate dark horse pick for this year’s Roland Garros title. If you think that still sounds pretty ridiculous, just watch this video. The [...]
Continue Reading →A quick look at what turned out to be a surprising weekend on the tennis tour: The repeat victor in Portugal this weekend wasn’t 2008 Estoril Open titlist Roger Federer. It was defending champ Albert Montanes of Spain, who took out hometown hopeful Frederico Gil, 6-2, 6-7, 7-5, just a day after beating Roger in [...]
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