Hurray! Our favorite tennis stars are never shy when it comes to being silly. Thank goodness. . .
If you follow Andy Roddick on Twitter, you already know that his photogenic dog is named Billie Jean.
Per Andy: “Yes, (BJK) knows and has offered to doggy-sit”

Freaky Frites: “Maybe the dog should have been named Elton, instead?”

Mrs. Decker: [...]

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I felt a little sorry for the poor suckers in the crowd last night who paid good money to watch the sublime Serena dismantle Safina 6-0. 6-3 in the championship match of the Australian Open. It probably took everyone present about twice as long to take the tram to Rod Laver arena, buy a coldie [...]

Hi readers! I'm working at a certain snow bound film festival this week and won't be posting much until next weekend. Enjoy the first sunny days Down Under!

Happy holidays and best wishes for a tennis-filled 2009!
To my faithful readers: thank you for your interest, your patience and for all of your insightful comments. Knowing that such smart, tennis-savvy people bother to visit GOTOTENNIS keeps me writing (and on my toes!)
To my fellow bloggers, who are always so supportive: congrats on your hard [...]

. . .it would be a good investment, right now! It’s always fun to report good news, and I’m happy to pass along this article from Play Tennis Florida. (I guess it could always be a PR stunt, given that the numbers come from the USTA, but I choose to be the bright eyed optimist [...]

My recent post on Roger Federer’s schedule was my first attempt at using the ATP’s new 2009 tournament categories: ATP 250 Series (e.g. Halle), ATP 500 Series (e.g. Basel), ATP 1000 Series (e.g. Cincinnati).
I don’t have a problem with the 500 Series and 250 Series delegations, as they do help sort the Halles from the [...]

Hey all – I just noticed that my Google Ad Sense ads are getting scary. Meaning that I’ve been getting one about “supporting marriage rights” and other political nonsense that I want nothing to do with (those of you in California will understand when I say I voted NO!!! to Prop 8 today.)
I’ve tried to [...]

One of my biggest problems with the indoor season is how ugly it looks. And it’s not just the poor broadcast quality – I’ve gone to tournaments at the Staples Center and it feels and smells about as good as Tennis Channel looks. Compared to the Rothko color fields of the European clay courts, the [...]

** If your taste runs more bootylicious, click here for our ultimate Serena Bikini photo collection.
I know this is not in depth tennis analysis, but hey, who doesn’t love Serena in bikini bottoms!Guess our favorite U.S. Open champ is taking some time off to learn surfing with boyfriend/fiance Common.

I think they’re in about 6 inches [...]

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Rafa credited his experience in the Olympic Village with inspiring him to gold medal victory, and now Novak Djokovic seems to have gleaned his own (off-court) benefit – a fast-moving romance with the “most beautiful” female athlete in the village. Here are the “facts,” my friends:

The lovely lady is named Leryn Franco, a 26-year-old javelin [...]