Caroline Wozniacki: Girl With a Keen Fashion Sense
So what do you do if you are the top seeded player at the women’s at the US Open 2010 tournament and you have overcome some of your biggest foes on court by playing well and working hard? Yes, you take a break and attend the “Fashion’s Night Out” in New York City. The largest [...]
The Women Who Hit Hard: The Making of…
One of the things that I like about the US Open is the media buzz and thanks to one of my Facebook friends I found a great article created especially for the Open. You can find it here: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/08/29/magazine/womens-tennis.html The video features Victoria Azarenka, Serena Williams, Elena Dementieva, Kim Clijsters, Jelena Jankovic, Samantha Stosur and [...]
Novak Djokovic Makes Funny Analogies at the US Open; Fan Fight During Djokovic Match
I was going to write about the Meaning of Life today, but I put it aside when I got a hot tip to write about Novak Djokovic’ match versus Viktor Troicki that went down on the opening days of the last major tournament of the year 2010. Novak Djokovic had a hard time earlier this [...]
Azarenka Collapses on Court: A Strange and Terrible Saga
So this article will be short today. I am in a foul mood. I always had a thing for Victoria Azarenka ever since I watched her play at the Australian Open 2009. Watching YouTube videos and reading Fastscript interviews followed quickly after that to feed my infatuation. Every interview I could find of her, I [...]
Player Bounces Racquet Over Fence, Where It Gets Stuck!
Santiago Giraldo of Colombia was involved in a very unusual circumstance in his first-round US Open match Tuesday against Feliciano Lopez of Spain. Playing on Court No. 7 at the Billie Jean King USTA National Tennis Center, Giraldo was disgusted in his play, trailing two sets to love and a service break in the third [...]
Breast-Reduction Surgery Gains Simona Halep New Followers
The best match so far today at the US Open is the one between Simona Halep and Jelena Jankovic. Jankovic barely won and survived a major scare in the first round of the final major of the year versus the 18 year old Romanian. I recalled hearing the name Simona Halep before. I just couldn’t [...]
Schiavone Wins Worst Match of the Day: 2010 US Open Opening Day
Francesca Schiavone, the No. 6 seed and reigning French Open champion, defeated Ayumi Morita of Japan 6-1, 6-0 in 58 minutes in the WORST MATCH OF THE DAY of Day One at the 2010 US Open. Schiavone won each set in 29 minutes in the opening match on the Grandstand court. If you waited on [...]
Sunshine on a Cloudy Day: Maria Sharapova at Nike’s Prime Knockout Tennis Event
And yes it’s literally is sunshine on a cloudy day today as it has been pouring rain for the past three days where I live. While the firemen drain the water from the streets, and I barely can get out of the house, it seemed like a good time to scour the net looking for [...]
Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
Anyone else so annoyed with the Montreal weather last week at the Rogers Cup 2010 final? So was I. Continous interruptions made me not want to watch it all anymore. Though it’s tough to fight the forces of nature. What I was curious about was the following: What do tennis players find of the rain [...]
More Pics From The Rogers Cup Montreal
So here we are with more photos of the Rogers Cup in Montreal, 2010. I can’t believe how fast the weeks pass by. Just last week it was the ATP tournament in Toronto and this week is the WTA Tournament in Montreal. In less than two weeks the final Grand Slam tournament of the 2010 [...]