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It’s Andy Murray vs. Juan Martin del Potro for the Rogers Cup title in Montreal. It’s the first time that Andy and Juan Martin, who are aged 22 and 20, respectively, will meet in an ATP final – it certainly won’t be the last. (Murray enjoys a 3-1 advantage in their head-to-head.) FYI: Del Potro [...]
Continue Reading →Goodbye, dinky post-Wimbledon clay court tournaments! It’s time for concrete, sweltering heat and questionable hot dogs! Yes, the US Open Series is here and what better way to celebrate than with our own US Open Series promo film fest? Here’s a round up of the videos, past and present. Andy Roddick is no one trick [...]
Continue Reading →Sorry this is a little late – the traditional Wimbledon day of rest has made me lazy! Here’s my wrap for Wimbledon’s first Saturday. On the men’s side, we had a slug fest between Andy Roddick and Jurgen “Tuna” Melzer (annoyingly showed on tape delay here on the West Coast) and a love fest between [...]
Continue Reading →“This is the year I need to make my move. I know that. This is the year I need to do something, make a name for myself.” So said 17 year old Melanie Oudin at the beginning of the year, when her biggest win was a clutch, 3-set victory over Argentine Betina Jozami to keep [...]
Continue Reading →Phew! First round action is (almost) over at Roland Garros and we’ve seen the full cycle of players sliding in and out of the French Open draw. Some have looked better than others, and I’m not just talking serves and dropshots. Let’s go Coco Chanel cum Fug Girls and take a look at what’s en [...]
Continue Reading →I was sad when I heard that Amelie Mauresmo had lost the first set, 1-6, against Elena Dementieva at the Madrid Open on Wednesday. Maybe the best I could expect of one of my favorite, fading, players was to make it to the third round (upsetting No. 15 Zheng Jie on the way.) But she [...]
Continue Reading →The WTA side of the Madrid Open won’t be televised in the States until the weekend, so I thought I’d post some highlights here. Tuesday’s biggest upset was the newly minted World No. 3, Venus Williams, going down to Alisa “jerky head” Kleybanova in three sets. Here are the highlights: In the day session, Wozniacki [...]
Continue Reading →We have another “5th Slam” contender/pretender this week as the ATP and WTA tours combine at the Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open. Here’s a quick tournament preview to help you get acclimated. THE MEN: The top half includes a jaded Rafael Nadal and an overplayed Novak Djokovic. Andy Murray and Roger Federer are the top seeds [...]
Continue Reading →Aw! Mother’s Day was yesterday, and the WTA posted a couple sweet videos to celebrate. This first video features Jelena Jankovic’s mother, Snezana, chatting in detail about her over-achieving daughter (factoid revealed: Jelena skipped a grade in school): In this one, Dinara, Serena, Victoria, et. al. gush about their mothers (though Kuznetsova is delightfully blunt!): [...]
Continue Reading →ROME MASTERS: I have to say, I’m thrilled we have some qualifiers in the last eight this weekend in Rome. I’m getting a little tired of the same old top guys making it. That said, five of the six top seeds are playing the quarters on Friday. Here’s the quarterfinal run down (stats from the [...]
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