Rackets and Balls - Tennis News

June 29th, 2008

Venus, Rafa and Murray into Round of 16

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 […]

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April 4th, 2008

Youzhny hits himself with racket

In all the news surrounding the Sony Ericsson Open, I totally forgot to write about something amazingly awesome and incredibly stupid: Mikhail Youzhny attacking himself with his own racket.

Great volley. Great point, but not for Youzhny and he let himself know about it. How fierce is that? Talk about being ultra manly and letting the […]

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January 6th, 2008

Not another epic for Nadal

In fact, it could quite possibly be called a disaster for the world No. 2. No, I really think it should be labeled a horribly awful failing of a person’s game of tennis. (Sorry, Rafael Nadal, but it’s true buddy.)
Mikhail Youzhny won the Chennai Open quite handily with a 6-0, 6-1 whipping of Nadal Sunday. […]

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