February 9th, 2010
Roddick’s Wife Brooklyn Decker Graces Cover of SI Swimsuit Issue
Andy Roddick’s wife, Brooklyn Decker, is featured on the popular and often controversial cover of Sport Illustrated’s Swimsuit issue which hits store shelves this week.
“THANK YOU EVERYONE!!! I Wish I could respond to every single one of you but thank you so much for your AMAZINGLY sweet tweets!” Decker wrote on twitter.
Said Roddick last night via twitter, “@brooklynddecker so happy/proud of my wife… the new cover for sports illustrated …
Posted by Staff @ 8:58 am in Sports Illustrated | No Comments »
February 9th, 2010
Sampras Taken Down by Verdasco in San Jose
Before I hit the sack, one more.
Former Grand Slam great Pete Sampras was beaten by Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 7-6(2) in a singles exhibition this evening at the SAP Open in San Jose.
I know, I know, exhibitions don’t count for much. But what’s interesting is that Verdasco has been spending a lot of time in Las Vegas working with Darren Cahill and I presume Pete’s old rival Andre Agassi. I wonder if Andre imparted a few tips for Nando. Or …
Posted by Tom Gainey @ 12:40 am in Exhibitions | No Comments »
February 8th, 2010
Poll: Who Will be the Next American to Win Their First Grand Slam?
Hello to everyone. I’m a new blogger here. I did post/comment on TennisX and other websites years ago but after time away I’ve returned here now in a greater capacity. ADHERER
To be upfront I am not a Federer or Nadal fan by any stretch. I prefer the American players Andy Roddick, James Blake, John Isner, Sam Q and rest of RWB (red, white & blue). But I do respect the games of Roger and Rafael.
Whom do I hate? If I’m …
Posted by Tom Gainey @ 9:18 pm in American tennis, Grand Slams | 2 Comments »
February 7th, 2010
Fed Cup Semis Set: U.S. v Russia, Italy v Czechs
Melanie Oudin clinched a first-round win for the U.S. Fed Cup team on Sunday by winning her second singles match of the weekend, defeating France’s Julie Coin 7-6(3), 6-4 to put the U.S. in the semis.
Coin replaced Alize Cornet, who had lost to the U.S.’s Bethanie Mattek-Sands on Saturday, and was reported to be struggling with her nerves. Cornet is 0-6 career in Fed Cup singles matches.
In the semifinals the U.S. will host Russia in April after the Russians …
Posted by Staff @ 11:21 pm in Tennis | 1 Comment »
February 7th, 2010
Lopez, Cilic, Bellucci Win ATP Titles
SA Tennis Open
Johannesburg, South Africa
Spanish mirror-gazer Spaniard Feliciano “F-Lo” Lopez won his first title since 2004 on Sunday in Johannesburg, beating first-time French finalist Stephane Robert 7-5, 6-1 in the final of the SA Tennis Open. Lopez threw down 11 aces and faced no break points in the contest. “I was nervous a little bit, to be honest,” F-Lo said. “I had too many opportunities, every game he was serving I had break point and that made me feel …
Posted by Staff @ 10:45 pm in Tennis | 3 Comments »
February 7th, 2010
Dementieva Heads Paris; WTA Previews
Open GDF Suez
Paris, France
Surface: hard indoor
$700,000
Seeds: Elena Dementieva, Flavia Pennetta, Yanina Wickmayer, Francesca Schiavone, Aravane Rezai, Shahar Peer, Virginie Razzano, Elena Vesnina
Floaters: Melanie “C’mon!” Oudin, Patty Schnyder, Alize Cornet, Alisa Kleybanova
Notes: Weak field for such a storied event; Oudin looking to keep the mojo alive after leading the U.S. to a first-round Fed Cup win; one Top 10-er in Dementieva; openers of interest include (7) Razzano vs. Schnyder, (6) Peer vs. Cornet; Dementieva lost to Amelie Mauresmo in last …
Posted by Staff @ 10:16 pm in Tennis | No Comments »
February 7th, 2010
Roddick Leads San Jose, Djokovic in Rotterdam; ATP Previews
ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Surface: hard indoor
$1,445,000
Seeds: Novak Djokovic, Nikolay Davydenko, Robin Soderling, Gael “Force” Monfils, Tommy Robredo, Mikhail Youzhny, Ivan Ljubicic, Viktor Troicki
Floaters: Julien “United Colors of” Benneteau, Jurgen “Tuna” Melzer, Marcos Baghdatis, James Blake, Feliciano “F-Lo” Lopez
Notes: (2) Davydenko opens against F-Lo, who is fresh off his Jo-Burg title on Sunday; other openers of interest are (7) Ljubicic vs. Benneteau, (8) Troicki vs. Tuna Melzer, and Blake vs. Baghdatis; Two Aussie Open “fails” looking for …
Posted by Staff @ 9:30 pm in Tennis | 14 Comments »
February 5th, 2010
For me the biggest takeaway from the Australian Open wasn’t Roger Federer’s Sweet 16 and his mentally-challenged combatants Andy Murray, Nikolay Davydenko and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. For me it was the declining health of Rafael Nadal.
From what I could tell Nadal came into the 2010 tennis season and the Australian Open in perfect health. His bad knees which had ailed him in late spring/early summer last year were fully healed and recovered. His body, his mind, according to him, were …
Posted by Sean Randall @ 2:00 pm in Australian Open | 292 Comments »
February 3rd, 2010
Tennis-X Notes: Hingis Comeback, Murray Making Adjustments
TENNIS-X NEWS, NOTES, QUOTES AND BARBS
HINGIS COMEBACK!…SORTA! — Like a cancer gnawing at her soul, Martina Hingis watches comeback Belgians Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin eat up the women’s tennis spotlight. Hingis says she doesn’t miss all the travel of the WTA Tour, but announced the possible first step in a comeback by saying she will play a full World TeamTennis schedule in 2010. “If it was played in the backyard then I’d probably think about it twice,” said …
Posted by Staff @ 11:41 pm in Tennis | 50 Comments »
February 1st, 2010
Australian Open: Post-Tournament Assessment
Roger Federer: We’re a month into the new decade, a month into the new tennis season, and it already feels like the same old crap, different year. I legitimately needed a day to digest Federer’s 16th major title and 4th at the Australian Open. Who saw that one coming? More or less, everyone. After the Aussie Open last year, I was pretty devastated when Federer lost in another 5-set epic toRafael Nadal. Since he’s merely extending his slam record, I’m …
Posted by Ben Pronin @ 11:18 pm in 2010 Season, ATP, Australian Open, Tennis | 132 Comments »
