Federer loses !?!

That’s not a typo folks.    He seriously lost.
Guillermo Canas beat Roger Federer 7-5, 6-2 in the third round of the Pacific Life Open.  Federer was going for his 42 straight victory and will have to settle for only 41 consecutive wins and winning the last 7 tournaments he’s entered, not bad I guess.    To his […]

Federer sets record, yawn.

Not that Roger Federer really needed another notch on his belt. Today Federer is the all-time leader as being 1st on the ATP rankings. This isn’t really big news as at the end of the Australian Open he could have stopped playing tennis for 3 months (or something like that) and still […]

Roger Federer is From Some Strange, Gaseous Planet Where They are Very Good at Tennis

Roger Federer not only just won the Australian Open, but he managed to do so without even dropping a single set, something that has happened in a Grand Slam since 1980.
His final victim was 10th-seeded Fernando Gonzalez of Chile, who squandered a chance to win the first set Sunday and never got another breakpoint as […]

Wimbledon: One More Thing You Don’t Have To Worry About

The flights from London to New York will be packed with Americans returning home today now that the USA has been shut out of the Wimbledon singles quarterfinals for the first time since 1911. With Agassi, Roddick, and Venus Williams all out of the tournament, our last hope for redemption was 62nd ranked Shenay Perry, […]

Nadal Dedicates French Open Victory to His Good Friend Clay

Shortly after winning the 2006 French Open in four sets, Rafael Nadal dedicated his victory to his best friend and longtime partner, clay:
“What can I say, the clay, he came through for me again. Such a simple man, clay. A very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired, hydrous silicate particles […]

Nadal Nearly Chokes But Mathieu Loses

Modern professional athletes live every day with intense pressure: The pressure to win, pressure from sponsors, pressure from fans. They don’t have time to waste precious synapses on the mundane details of everyday life, like doing the laundry, arranging their Netflix queue, and knowing how to eat. So you’ll have to excuse Rafael Nadal for […]

We’ve All Been There, Anna K.

There seems to be some debate as to its authenticity, but as far as you know, this is a video clip of Anna Kournikova making an adjustment to her tennis game. Thanks to StarPower.tv for rooting around on YouTube to find this one.
(Please note: Some employers, co-workers, and spouses may not find this appropriate […]

NCAA Ruffles Some Feathers In Illinois

The NCAA drew a line in the sand today in its get-tough campaign to clean up the image of college sports mascots. The collegiate athletics body came down hard on the University of Illinois, refusing to allow the school to host the national college tennis tournament because of the school’s mascot, Chief Illiniwek. Holy crap! […]

Racketeering: The Australian Open Semis

Good gosh almighty, who the hell is Marcos Baghdatis and just what is a Cypriot? David Nalbandian found out on Thursday when Baghdatis came from 2 sets down to upset the reigning Master’s Cup champion and 4 seed. Nalbandian started out on fire winning the 1st set and up 5-1 in the 2nd before Baghdatis […]

Racketeering: The Australian Open Quarterfinals

Hey, Everybody, it’s the WTA: hot women playing ugly tennis! Who doesn’t like that?

Hot Russian Blondes Maria Sharapova and Nadia Petrova played a Godawfully ugly 1st set of tennis in Tuesday’s quarterfinals match, which Sharapova won 7-6(8-6), 6-4. She won the 1st set despite being down 4-6 in the breaker. It’s a lot easier to […]