All things Tennis. One slice at a time.
“Upset” of the day: Svetlana Kuznetsova def. [10] Caroline Wozniacki 6-2, 2-6, 7-5.
Other seed upsets: Jeremy Chardy def. [21] Andreas Seppi 5-7, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2.
Doubles seed upsets: Casey Dellacqua & Ashleigh Barty def. [14] Natalie Grandin & Vladimira Uhlirova 7-6, 6-3; Simone Bolleli & Fabio Fognini def. [5] Mahesh Bhupathi & Daniel Nestor 6-3, 4-6, [...]
Quote of the day: “I got in there, I started to think after they mentioned all these Grand Slams leading up, Wimbledon champion six times, six times US Open champion (laughter). Then I was, Oh, crap, it’s Roger. I try to block out who’s on the other side of the net but couldn’t quite do [...]
Upset of the day: Laura Robson def. [8] Petra Kvitova 2-6, 6-3, 11-9.
Other seed upsets: Elena Vesnina def. [21] Varvara Lepchenko 6-4, 6-2; Svetlana Kuznetsova def. [26] Su-Wei Hsieh 6-2, 6-1; Ricardas Berankis def. [25] Florian Mayer 6-2, 6-3, 6-1; Bojana Jovanovski def. [17] Lucie Safarova 7-5, 7-5; Jeremy Chardy def. [30] Marcel Granollers 6-3, [...]
Upset of the day: Jie Zheng def. [9] Sam Stosur 6-4, 1-6, 7-5. In case you missed the match, just watch this. Did she choke? “I don’t know. Whatever word you want to put on it. At 5 2 up in the third, double break probably is a bit of a choke, yeah.”
Other seed upsets: [...]
Upset of the day: Carla Suarez Navarro def. [7] Sara Errani 6-4, 6-4.
Other seed upsets: Blaz Kavcic def. [29] Thomaz Bellucci 6-3, 6-1, 6-3; Kimiko Date-Krumm def. [12] Nadia Petrova 6-2, 6-0; Annika Beck def. [28] Yaroslava Shvedova 6-2, 6-7, 6-3; Gael Monfils def. [18] Alex Dolgopolov 6-7, 7-6, 6-3, 6-3; Jamie Hampton def. [31] [...]
Emphatic start: The first match of the tournament went Maria Sharapova’s way with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Olga Puchkova.
Went the distance: [22] Fernando Verdasco def. David Goffin 6-3, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; [10] Nicolas Almagro def Steve Johnson 7-5, 6-7, 6-2, 6-7, 6-2; Edouard Rogers-Vasselin def. Ruben Bemelmans 6-3, 6-7, 2-6, 7-5, 11-9; Daniel [...]
During a Q&A before Wimbledon this year, Roger was asked which has been the most bizarre honor he’s received. His response: “I guess all those sexy lists or whatever. GQ magazine – most sexy man of the year. I don’t know if I was once but I have been the GQ man of the year. [...]
Photo of the day: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga congratulated Kei Nishikori after his win with a loving touch to the face, a sweet gesture from the Frenchman.
Women’s match of the day: Ekaterina Makarova def. [12] Serena Williams 6-2, 6-3.
Men’s match of the day: [24] Kei Nishikori def. [6] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2-6, 6-2, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.
Doubles seed upsets: [10] [...]
Photos of the day: Petra Kvitova brought new meaning to the term “towel girl” during her match against Maria Kirilenko. Kvitty joked around, turning into a towel monster during a changeover.
Women’s upset of the day: Ekaterina Makarova def [7] Vera Zvonareva 7-6, 6-1.
And also: Jie Zheng def [9] Marion Bartoli 6-3, 6-3.
Men’s upset of [...]
Photos of the day: The many faces of Philipp Petzschner. These are just a few of my favorite shots from his match against Milos Raonic.
Men’s seed upsets (many went the distance!): Lleyton Hewitt def [15] Andy Roddick 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, ret; Mikhail Kukushkin def [19] Viktor Troicki 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3; Julien Benneteau [...]
