All things Tennis. One slice at a time.
A great piece from The New York Times’ Christopher Clarey on Jelena Gencic, Novak Djokovic’s first coach who passed away a few days ago: “Pretty much what I know on court, I owe to her,” Novak said.
Veteran Svetlana Kuznetsova says she has no reason to retire: “I felt like I have so much more to do [...]
Match of the day: [32] Tommy Robredo def. Gael Monfils 2-6, 6-7, 6-2, 7-6, 6-2.
Other matches that went the distance: [15] Gilles Simon def. [18] Sam Querrey 2-6, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6, 6-2; [8] Janko Tipsarevic def. Fernando Verdasco 7-6, 6-1, 3-6, 5-7, 8-6; Stefanie Voegele def. Kaia Kanepi 7-6, 3-6, 8-6; [19] John Isner def. [...]
Hug of the day: The post-match hug between Julien Benneteau and Tobias Kamke gives me the warm and fuzzies.
Match of the day: Gael Monfils def. Ernests Gulbis 6-7, 6-4, 7-6, 6-2.
Matches that went the distance: Julien Benneteau def. Tobias Kamke 7-6, 7-5, 5-7, 0-6, 6-4; [32] Tommy Robredo def. Igor Sijsling 6-7, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, [...]
France’s Tennis Magazine showed us Super Rafa first, now it’s time for Super Federer! Fans can purchase their own Super Federer poster from the web site. So what makes RF so super?
Well, his twin daughters – Myla Rose and Charlene Riva – think he’s super whether he wins or loses. Roger told Tennis Channel’s “French [...]
Match/Upset of the day: Ula Radwanska def. [30] Venus Williams 7-6, 6-7, 6-4.
Other seed upsets: Monica Puig def. [11] Nadia Petrova 3-6, 7-5, 6-4.
Matches that went the distance: [15] Gilles Simon def. Lleyton Hewitt 3-6, 1-6, 6-4, 6-1, 7-5; [20] Andreas Seppi def. Leonardo Mayer 6-7, 6-4, 6-3, 6-7, 6-4.
Bagels served: 3.
Fashion fab of the [...]
Roger Federer posted the above picture to his Facebook page this morning from Paris, saying “Had to stop practice for a few minutes….what the hail is going on here……”
The GOAT has jokes.
Also, the GOAT has Twitter! Roger already has more Facebook fans than Switzerland has people, but now he’s taking Twitter by (hail)storm. In [...]
Today in Paris, Maria Sharapova, Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams and Roger Federer attended the Nike Night Tennis event to play some mixed doubles. The foursome (with 47 Grand Slam titles between them) delighted the crowd with some lights-out tennis, literally.
Here’s a look at what it looked like with the lights out:
Yay neon @niketennis Kings of [...]
Head and (PRODUCT)RED™ have partnered to help fight AIDS. Love this ad to promote the partnership starring Novak Djokovic, Maria Sharapova, Andy Murray and more, and find out how you can win the red bag they packed! Learn more about the partnership here.
Juan Martin del Potro has withdrawn from the French Open due to a [...]
Roger Federer (and his short, new hairdo) gave tennis lessons to children at the Rome Masters today. Giving some tips on trick shots, perhaps? Also, check out behind-the-scenes shots from RF’s Nike ad, released yesterday.
(Photos: AP, Nike)
Yesterday on Facebook, Roger Federer asked if anyone knew how to get rid of a fly. Here we thought the GOAT was just like us, turns out, it was just a sneaky teaser for his new Nike ad for the Nike Free Trainer 5.0. Watch!
(Video: Nike)
