Archive for January, 2013
‘Merica (and Pam) met Yulia Putintseva in week one. It did not go well. If two pushers play a 71-shot rally in the middle of the night, and no one is around to shed tears of pain, is it still offensive? “I wanna have good communication with the fans.” Trick shots FTW. Well, except when […]
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Fret not, people of Australia – it’s now safe to take the roads again. Tomic, who was granted a stay of execution a 12-month one point license for good behavior after his “hooning” incident in an obnoxious orange BMW (which he later sold), was caught speeding at 78 km/h in a 60 km/h zone in an even […]
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I always tell myself that I’m never going to get involved with the two most ridiculous debates in tennis, grunting and equal prize money, but just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in. Let me preface this by saying this is not going to be a rant about the aesthetics of grunting. Some […]
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The weather was the real story on day four at Melbourne Park; players were put to the test in brutal conditions, with temperatures reaching 106 F around midday. Fans sought cover in the shaded areas of the show courts, and many of the outer courts were devoid of spectators who sought relief from the heat. […]
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Jerzy Janowicz: Hot Mess Express
Since I’ve been getting into all sorts of fun and shenanigans over at TennisGrandstand during the Australian Open fortnight, I’ve been neglecting my usual duties. Namely, being snarky and obnoxious in response to players being snarky and obnoxious. The Jerzy Janowicz hype train pulled into Melbourne, as the Pole entered his first Grand Slam as a […]
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The 2004 WTA season was categorized by the arrival of the Russians. 15 tour titles were won by Russians that year, while Anastasia Myskina, Maria Sharapova and Svetlana Kuznetsova bagged three of the four major titles. Elena Dementieva finished runner-up twice and the foursome sat comfortably inside the year-end top 10 rankings. Myskina’s triumph at […]
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Brisbane International Women’s Singles – (3) Serena Williams d. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 61 62 Serena Williams needed just 51 minutes to dispatch Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to win her first title of 2013 and her 47th overall WTA title. She extended her winning streak to 16 matches and has now won 52 of her last 54 matches, having lost […]
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Ricardo Sanchez has always been one of the WTA’s more colorful characters. From “Stopwatchgate” in Stuttgart 2008, where he heckled Venus Williams for taking too much time between points, to the Tokyo drama last season, he’s built up quite an infamous reputation. His latest interview, conducted in Spanish, gives Sanchez’s take on working with Jelena Jankovic, Caroline Wozniacki and most recently, […]
Filed under: ATP, Caroline Wozniacki, Jelena Jankovic, Nadia Petrova, Piotr Wozniacki, Ricardo Sanchez, WTA | 1 Comment
