All things Tennis. One slice at a time.
Royal Mail is producing stamps for all of Team GB’s gold medallists and Andy Murray is one of them! The 60p stamps feature images of the winning athletes during their competition or victory ceremony.
According to the Royal Mail, stamps will be issued within 24 hours of the victory and some 4,700 branches will receive [...]
Juan Martin del Potro defeated Novak Djokovic 7-5, 6-4 to win the bronze medal at the London 2012 Olympics. He defeated the defending bronze medalist to win Argentina’s first-ever singles medal and cried (numerous) tears of joy. Vamos Delpo!
(Photos: Reuters)
Its was a huge day in London for Team USA! Serena Williams and the Bryan Brothers captured gold medals and all completed their career golden slam today. Serena posed with silver medalist Maria Sharapova and bronze medalist Victoria Azarenka after the United States’ national anthem was played.
After, the Bryan Brothers snatched up their gold medal [...]
Team Murray was in less than full force today at the Andy Murray vs Novak Djokovic semifinal (Andy Ireland seemed MIA and we all know Mr. Lendl is relaxing on a golf course in Connecticut) but even so the team was excited as can be as Andy defeated Nole to reach the Olympic final.
Jez Green [...]
Today at Wimbledon, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge graced Court 1 with their presence to watch Andy Murray play Nicolas Almagro in the London 2012 Olympics quarterfinals. Will and Kate, who looked a bit nervous at one point in her bright blue Stella McCartney dress, cheered Andy on to a 6-4, 6-1 victory and [...]
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde of Belgium attended Wimbledon yesterday for the London Olympics and, as seen by the picture above, are very into their tennis! The royal couple were there with their children – Princess Elisabeth, Prince Gabriel, Prince Emmanuel and Princess Eleonore. And who’s that shaking Prince Gabriel’s hand in the below picture? That [...]
If you’ve never been to an Olympic games, it’s important to know just how important pin trading is: Very. Pinning is essentially another sporting event and, what’s great, is everyone from spectators to athletes get to participate. Venus Williams defeated Aleksandra Wozniak in straight sets today (6-1, 6-3), which gave her plenty of time to trade [...]
Brooklyn Decker was at Wimbledon today cheering on hubby Andy Roddick during his first-round match against Martin Klizan at the All England Club. Andy won 7-5, 6-4 and Brooklyn won the Olympic WAG style contest (if there was one?) with flying colors with her red-and-white striped shirt and stars-and-stripes scarf.
Up next for Andy – Novak Djokovic [...]
Tennis-lover U.S. first lady Michelle Obama was at the All England Club to watch Serena Williams take on Jelena Jankovic on Centre Court at Wimbledon for London 2012. The FLOTUS also had one of the best seats in the house – Serena’s box!
With the FLOTUS watching, Serena defeated Jelena 6-3, 6-1. Loving her Nike USA [...]
As team France walked out during the parade of nations during the London 2012 opening ceremony, Julien Benneteau, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Richard Gasquet were there to enjoy the fun. And the boys do look very beaux in their blue jackets!
(Photos: Getty Images)
Photos of Grigor Dimitrov, I did for Nike Tennis
Djokovic team huddle
