Well, it wasn’t the match I was hoping for. It wasn’t anything really. Roger Federer imposed his will on Lleyton Hewitt and ousted the Aussie in straight sets (7-6, 6-2, 6-4) to move into the quarterfinals. Federer looks good, folks. He looks really sharp.
Holy whoa! What have we got going on Court 11?! Fernando […]
In all of yesterday’s happenings, there was one amazing move that I’ve replayed again and again.
In Rafael Nadal’s match against Nicolas Kiefer at Wimbledon, Rafa came into the net. He slipped to the ground on his butt just as Kiefer’s volley was coming at him. Some how, some way, Rafa got his racket on […]
The down and dirty on today:
- Rafael Nadal is rolling. Rolling! Three sets later, Nicolas Kiefer is no more. I’ve never seen Rafa look so dangerous on grass. Anyone in his way is in for a serious fight if they want to move past him.
- I get such a kick out of watching Mikhail Youzhny […]
I left off something very important from yesterday’s post about the fall of a very short-term Goliath. Slacker of the Day awards for Thursday go to Ana Ivanovic. Obviously. But it still had to be said, ya know?
Jelena Jankovic just survived a three-set scare from Caroline Wozniacki. The Serb dropped the first set 2-6 but […]
What the heck is going on across the Big Pond? I called my tennis buddy during work to get a much-needed update and when he told me Ana Ivanovic lost to a 133rd-ranked player, I nearly fell off the sidewalk.
Ivanovic? The number one player in the world? Well - very likely to be the ex-number […]
“Sir that is one really, really purple Russian sir!”
That’s from Miss Congeniality for those who don’t know, and today - I’m betting there’s one really, really red Russian - red from embarrassment that is. Maria Sharapova lost in the second round of Wimbledon today. Yes - you read that correctly.
The 154th-ranked Alla Kudryavtseva demolished the […]
It wasn’t a good day for the American men at Wimbledon. Andy Roddick lost to Janko Tipsarevic in four sets and James Blake came up on the short end of a five-setter against Rainer Schuttler. Losing in the second round of Wimbly? Not so very good, Americanos.
Roddick had just been boasting about sneaking along under […]
This probably doesn’t come as a big surprise to anyone, but Lindsay Davenport withdrew from Wimbledon earlier today with a knee injury.
The 32-year-old American withdrew from the warm-up Eastbourne tournament earlier this month. She also sat out the clay court season. Who would have thought two months without competitive tennis would cause issues later? […]
It was close. Awfully close. Way too close for my liking - I can only imagine what Ana Ivanovic thought after barely surviving a 6-7, 7-6, 10-8 second round match with Nathalie Dechy at Wimbledon.
I followed it closely on the computer until it was 7-all in the third set. Then I had to go to […]
Somewhere I remember reading that Marat Safin had a little bit more awesome left in him…where was that…oh wait, that was here! The guy I dubbed the ultimate has-been showed he’s not done yet when Safin dumped third-seeded Novak Djokovic out of Wimbledon in the second round in straight sets (6-4, 7-6, 6-2).
It took Safin […]
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