It was one heck of a match. 6-7, 7-6, 7-5 victory to Rafael Nadal over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the Pacific Life Open. I was on the edge of the couch, biting my nails, shouting at the television. My roommate walks into the house, sees me nearly apoplectic and asks, “Is that Wedgie Man playing?” referring to Nadal.
Why yes, […]
I just watched Roger Federer demolish Nicolas Mahut. I still don’t know who he is and apparently it isn’t going to matter in this tournament. Federer cruised. No, not cruised, he was a tornado in his utter destruction. Okay, not utter. He only won 6-1, 6-1.
Hmm…maybe I should just pick up a pair of pom-poms […]
One of these days, i’m going to fiill out a tennis tournament’s bracket just like you fill out the March Madness bracket. Or the way I fill out a March Madness bracket anyway. Sadly, I can’t enter any bracket pools because of my job, but at least I can still fill it out and have […]
He’s the comic relief of the professional tennis world. While some point fingers and say he’s too much like a frat boy, Andy Roddick is at the very least someone with a personality and I’ll take that any day over some stodgy player.
Roddick’s latest escapades came in a press conference when a woman - someone […]
If you haven’t heard of it yet, you will. Venus Williams has launched her new company EleVen. It’s housed at EleVenbyVenus.com and showcases a line of athletic clothing and sneakers.
It’s very Venus-esque. Surpisingly little bling as of yet. And maybe it’s a typo but the magic number seems to be $8.98.
Also included are event dates, […]
That sounds like the title of a movie. Wait, that was The Italian Job. Not really the same concept.
Jelena Jankovic is looking for a coach. Even though she said she was going to cut back on the number of tournaments she played this year, she hasn’t really slowed down a lot. Kinda hard to find […]
“In tennis the addict moves about a hard rectangle and seeks to ambush a fuzzy ball with a modified snow-shoe.” ~ Elliot Chaze
I just made the executive decision to have a weekly quote. We’ll call it…Quote of the Week. Profound, eh?
I liked this particular one by Elliot Chaze because of its simplicity, imagery and use […]
There has been some ups and downs to start this first quarter of the 2008 season. Probably the one that sticks out the most is Roger Federer’s decline. Well - maybe not decline - how about the narrowing of the gap between him and the minions chasing him? But for today, I’d like to put […]
Even though Roger Federer has been ailing and is in danger of losing his strangle hold on the number one slot in men’s tennis, he still managed to eke out a win in an exhibition against Pete Sampras.
After a 6-3, 6-7, 7-6 victory for Federer, it still doesn’t solve the question of who is better. […]
There were all types of droughts broken last week and Serena Williams finally got her first title win in 11 months. Williams beat Patty Schnyder 7-5, 6-3 Sunday in the Bangalore Open.
Williams got to the final after beating Venus in three sets in the semi-final. Kind of just like old times, right?
Tags: Bangalore Open, Patty […]
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Written by Julie Bonner [email] for b5media.
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