All things Tennis. One slice at a time.
Andy Murray easily beat (after an extremely long first few games) Gilles Simon 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals in Miami. On to more interesting news, Kim Sears looked lovely as always (this time with Ray-Ban aviator sunnies. I have the same pair, does that make me cool?) but it wasn’t Kim’s sartorial superiority [...]
Even though no one was watching (matches not being televised is ridiculous), Andy Murray defeated Alejandro Falla 6-2, 6-3 today in his second round match of the Sony Ericsson Open. Thankfully for Team Murray, Andy breezed through to a win – it is HOT in Florida!
Kim kept cool with her hair back and some Ray-Ban [...]
File this under “tennis players are just like us” – Juan Martin del Potro does his own grocery shopping! Delpo posted these pictures to his Facebook page of him pushing a shopping cart around Publix in Miami, picking up a few things he’ll need during the tournament like… tomatoes. Hope they’re ripe!
(Photos: Juan Martin del Potro [...]
Fernando Gonzalez’s farewell tour begins its last stop at the Sony Ericsson Open (his final tournament). Today, Gonzo participated in the ATP draw and drew himself into a first-round match with Nicolas Mahut. Will it be his last? The winner of that match will face 7th seed Tomas Berdych (who has a Bye in the [...]
No French Open? Doesn’t mean Serena Williams can’t have a little fun in her French-made shoes (a la Christian Louboutin)! The tennis star sat courtside at game three of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Chicago Bulls and the Miami Heat at American Airlines Arena in Miami.
Looking good, S.
(Photos: Getty Images)
Roger threw his wife Mirka’s 33rd birthday fete at Miami’s Prime Italian restaurant last saturday night. Anna Wintour & Mary-Jo Fernandez were also there and Mrs. Federer was reportedly gifted a massive Chanel carrier bag, among other things.
Daniela Hantuchova and Agnieszka Radwanska defeated Liezel Huber and Nadia Petrova to win the women’s doubles title at the Sony Ericsson Open. The pair claimed their first doubles title today, defeating the No.3 seeded team 7-6, 2-6, 10-8.
“We really had fun and I think that was a big part of why we won the [...]
Victoria Azarenka out-shrieked Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-4 to win the Sony Ericsson Open for the second time.
“I played real well the first set. Maria is such a great fighter, I knew she was going to fight to the end. She came up with great tennis at the end, and I had to hang in there. [...]
One minute shy of an hour is all it took for Rafael Nadal to defeat Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-1, 6-2 for a spot in the quarterfinals.
The world No.1 made super quick work of the Ukrainian who, unfortunately, had finished his third-round match earlier against Tsonga in order to advance and play Nadal.
Rafa will play Tomas Berdych [...]
You know that scene at the beginning of Love Actually where you see clips of people meeting each other at the arrivals gate of Heathrow Airport? Well, you may as well insert a clip from the end of the Mardy Fish and Juan Martin del Potro match today at the Sony Ericsson Open.
After 2 hours [...]
