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 […]
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 […]
Oh the carnage! Opening day at Wimbledon has come and gone, and half of those who took the court today are disappointed. The other half are not. (Deep - I know…)
I got home from work today and flipped through the draw to see who was still alive and kickin’. This morning I mentioned that Lleyton […]
The grass action is hot and heavy at Queen’s with all the big names coming out to play. Rafael Nadal reached the quarterfinals after getting pushed to three sets by up-and-comer Kei Nishikori. The Japanese player lost the first set 3-6 but rallied to take the second 6-4 before bowing out to Nadal in a […]
Venus Williams could be the next icon for women around the world when it comes to holding ground on center stage.
Williams was asked to move her third-round match against Sania Mirza from Rod Laver to Vodafone in order to start the Lleyton Hewitt-Marcos Baghdatis showdown. Williams said “no go” and the officials of Operation Aussie […]
Gah. Lleyton Hewitt. He won. That was me eating my words. Now let’s move on.
In other news, David Nalbandian? Cremated. Burnt toast. Hasta la pasta in three sets (6-1, 6-2, 6-3) by Juan Carlos Ferrero. and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga took out Richard Gasquet in four. Is it going to be Tsonga in the final with Roger?
For […]
Wow. It’s amazing what happens in the tennis world over night, especially during the Australian Open.
Perhaps the biggest news is that Roger Federer got pushed to five sets. It would have been monumental had Federer lost, but we won’t go there. It took the Big Man over four hours to finally push Janko Tipsarevic (a […]
You know, if I had a kid, I would consider naming him Lleyton. Something about the double ‘L’ just gets to me…like llama. Remember when Hewitt and Andy Roddick used to be the big rivalry? He was good, Hewitt was. He’s faded off the scene a bit but he’s still smacking the ball around.
Advancing in […]
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