Tag Archives: tennis

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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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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Wimbledon Recap, Ready for the Quarters

July 2nd, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized, other pro

Men’s Draw

Thus far, Wimbledon has been everything I’ve hoped for, and then some. The reemergence of Marat Safin as the athletic beast he is when he wants to be is great for Wimbledon. It wasn’t long ago that Safin had a tirade about how grass is for cows. Not only is Safin finally playing well [...]

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Davydenk No

October 26th, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized

It’s just too bad I don’t watch Tennis.  Otherwise this might have been extremely funny.  Apparently following up a prior gambling scandal with strangely inconsistent tournament play has landed Nikolay Davydenko in the ATP’s dog house.  The top seeded player was crusing against Marian Cilic after 27 minutes, but subsequently drew multiple warnings from chair [...]

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Watch where you swing that, Serena

October 14th, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized

According to Reuters, after a semifinal win at the Krelim Cup, Serena Williams was told by some yahoo Russian reporter she reminded him of the phrase former boxing champ Muhammad Ali used “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee”.
“I love Muhammad Ali,” Williams responded “and I live by the same principles, that’s why nobody’s [...]

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