Category Archives: tennis

Serbia, you’re national anthem sucks

August 3rd, 2008 | Posted in tennis

Congrats to Novak Djokovic on dominating the soon-to-be-number-one player, Rafael Nadal on Saturday. Novak lost the finals of the Masters Series Cincinnati to Andy Murray, but what caught our eye (well, ear) was the pre-match national anthems … and that wacky Serbian song.
Dude, what is up with that tune?!?!
The things goes on for 4-plus minutes, [...]

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Witness to a showdown, witness to a blowout

August 3rd, 2008 | Posted in tennis

Mike told you about Rafael Nadal’s ascent to number one in the ATP Tour rankings. Had he won the Masters Series Cincinnati tournament, it would’ve happened Monday.
And then came third-ranked Novak Djokovic, delaying the anointment two weeks with his win in Saturday’s semifinals of the Masters Series Cincinnati. That’s where our journey begins.
If everything breaks [...]

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The Fed Express Come to a Stop?… Roger That

July 31st, 2008 | Posted in tennis

Confidence is the key. We’ve heard it time and time again. Rafael Nadal has it. Roger Federer… used to have it. After falling to Ivo Karlovic, the closest thing the ATP Tour has to a gimmick now that Fabrice Santoro is calling it quits, Federer seems to be in a perpetual state of free falling. [...]

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Oh my …

July 30th, 2008 | Posted in tennis

You’re fucked.
Seen at the Masters Series Cincinnati ATP event. Florent Serra, well, you really had no prayer. And while he won in 45 minutes, Rafa still had plenty of time to tug on his ass.

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Dmitry Tursonov: Jesus mocker, sexual harasser, genuinely … interesting tennis dude

July 29th, 2008 | Posted in tennis

If you haven’t heard of Russian tennis player Dmitry Tursonov, don’t worry: Outside of his no. 34 world ranking, he hasn’t done much, specifically in grand slams.
That said, a couple things caught our eye, including his post-match interview Monday in Cincinnati. The interviewer (one with the ATP Tour) asked Dmitry what pulled him through the [...]

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The lawsuit to bring down tennis

July 28th, 2008 | Posted in tennis

Imagine if international tours like the ATP or PGA, sports with no collective bargaining agreements, had no ability to shape their own yearly calender, had serious detriments to signing major commercial interests, basically were beholden to the individual events?
A lawsuit in a Delaware court right now, one some lawyers think could be landmark, might make [...]

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Speaking of Video Games…

July 24th, 2008 | Posted in tennis

Top Spin 3 came out about a month ago, and I know this isn’t timely; however, Rafael Nadal is only in the PlayStation 3 version of the game. This is absurd. I don’t see where PlayStation, 2K Sports, or Nadal get off doing this. Nadal is said to be a PS3 “exclusive”. Am I going [...]

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Nadal gets own asteroid. Krispy Kreme store next.

July 21st, 2008 | Posted in tennis

There should be a point when enough is enough. Apparently we haven’t reached that yet with Spanish star Rafael Nadal.
So the interwebs tell me he’s got his own asteroid. In 2003, the Astronomical Observatory of Majorca (Spain, Rafa’s home) discovered the lovely asteroid numbered 128036, and, as they are allowed (finders keepers. Duh) they [...]

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Wait, isn’t Becker 72 years old?

July 21st, 2008 | Posted in tennis

Has tennis become so devoid of international (or really North American) star players it has to rely on guys retired for near ten years to promote one of it’s biggest events?
I guess I don’t really need to answer that.
The first night match at tonight’s Rogers Cup Masters Series event in Toronto? An exhibition. Around 6:45, [...]

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How soon we forget: Norman “stole” Evert from husband

July 20th, 2008 | Posted in golf, tennis

I don’t care what anyone says: Greg Norman didn’t choke today. Dude is 53, about two decades older than the guys who passed him late in the event. That just doesn’t happen.
So we got that out of the way.
And now everyone’s cooing about the Norman/Chris Evert marriage, how she’s given him strength, how he he [...]

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