All things Tennis. One slice at a time.
Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin (seen above addressing the media) played in the Diamond Games exhibition match in Antwerp, Belgium today. Clijsters defeated Henin 6-1, 3-6, 10-5.
The two mentioned possibly playing doubles in the 2012 Olympic Games.
“Obviously for the Olympics, it would be beautiful,” Clijsters said, adding 2012 also could be her last full competitive [...]
Did you catch any of today’s action? All of the singles’ Round of 16 matches took place today. From the shortest upset (Wozniacki out in 46 minutes!) to the longest (Roddick out in a five set thriller!) to historic rematches (Serena Williams got the better of Maria Sharapova while Kim Clijsters took out fellow Belgian [...]
Middle Monday is upon us, and it’s going to be a scorcher.
The players had yesterday off, and we hope you’re rested from your day of rest and ready for an exciting day at Wimbledon.
Here are the must-see matches for Monday and our picks to move on:
Kim Clijsters vs. Justine Henin
(Winner: Clijsters)
Serena Williams vs. Maria [...]
TMZ broke the news that Olympic gold medalist and Australian Open and French Open champion Jennifer Capriati has been “hospitalized after apparent overdose.” Our thoughts are with her and her family while she is in recovery.
Stanislas Wawrinka announced that he will be moving on from his long-time coach Dimitri Zavialoff.
Patrick McEnroe spoke with The New [...]
Top 5 Things That Happened Today at Wimbledon
Marathon man John Isner lost his second round match against Thiemo de Bakker in a remarkably short 74 minutes.
Victor Hanescu spit on some spectators.
Lindsay Davenport won her first match back as Bob Bryan’s mixed doubles partner.
Svetlana Kuznetsova refused to shake the hand of Anastasia Rodionova and then tweeted [...]
Ana Ivanovic looks striking in the Adilibria Dress in Core Orange (pictured above). Ana’s dress retails for $75 at adidas.com.
Justine Henin is wearing the Competition Capsleeve Seemless Women’s Tee (pictured above), currently unavailable on adidas.com.
As Stella McCartney’s new tennis star, Caroline Wozniacki is wearing the Tennis Performance Dress in Alloy (pictured above). The dress retails [...]
Match of the Day: Samantha Stosur vs. Justine Henin, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4. With this win, Stosur has broken Henin’s streak of 24 wins at the French Open and secured a place for herself in the quarterfinals. Stosur has more clay court wins this year than any other woman, and she clearly used that experience to [...]
“I’m really not a morning person, so it took a lot of time for me to get into the rhythm and warm up basically for the match.” – Novak Djokovic after defeating American Robby Ginepri 6-4, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals
“I felt a little stupid slipping and falling on my face, so tried [...]
“I know the things that hurt me a little bit today. I just really want to go out on that court and just work on them a little bit more, because I know that they will help me a little bit more in the future.” – Maria Sharapova, after her third-round loss to Justine Henin, [...]
Most Exciting Match: Caroline Wozniacki vs. Flavia Pennetta, 7-6(5), 6-7(4), 6-2. Finally, we have a women’s match with the tension and excitement to equal that of all of our previous picks (all men’s matches until now!) for “Most Exciting Match of the Day.” At three hours, this match ran one hour longer than it took Roger [...]
