We’ve often chatted here at GTT about Mirka – her cardigans, her stamina in the players’ box, her addiction to chewing gum. Today it was The Oregonian’s Douglas Perry, author of quite a few recent pieces on Roger Federer, who decided to take up the GOAT’s better half.  He correctly points out that she’s a [...]

Tennis.com’s Peter Bodo wrote a piece this week about the Federer vs. Nadal rivalry called “Homeless Rafa.” To summarize, Bodo thinks that Rafael Nadal’s ongoing injury issues have allowed Roger Federer to loosen up to his current dominating form, proving just how much the Spaniard was in Fed’s head before his knees gave out last [...]

Today is Martina Hingis’s 29th birthday and the last day of her two-year drug suspension. Jon Wertheim has an interesting interview with her posted on the Sports Illustrated website. Click here to read it if you haven’t already (yes, she answers the comeback question.)
Here’s what really got to me:
The amount (of cocaine metabolite found in [...]

Steve Tignor wrote an interesting viewpoint piece at tennis.com with the title “Excessive civility muting the men’s game?”
Have you read it already? If not, click here. If you have, can you please explain it to me? Here’s what I’ve figured so far. . .
Tignor begins by comparing two US Open semifinal handshakes – this year’s [...]

Photo by Dewey Nicks for The New York Times
The Bryan Brothers got the Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer treatment in the latest New York Times Magazine. The lengthy article by Eric Konigsberg is called Unseparated Since Birth and is filled with the kind of freaky/sweet identical twin anecdotes that will make this required reading for [...]

An amazing article in the New York Times reveals a number of intimate details about the newly formed Federer family.
Obviously, click here and read the whole thing. This post is just an excuse to marvel, gush and worry (just a little bit.)
Factoid #1: Myla and Charlene are identical.
Random thought #1: Here’s hoping the Bryan brothers [...]

Roger & Mirka and Steffi & Andre may have formed the ultimate tennis love-matches, but there are many more tumultuous examples: Kim Clijsters & Lleyton Hewitt, Jimmy Connors & Chris Evert and Radek Stepanek & Martina Hingis broke off their engagements, for example, while Verdasco & Ivanovic, Pennetta & Moya and Stepanek & Vaidisova experienced [...]

Winner of Wimbledon’s triple crown in 1939, American Alice Marble was the tennis world’s original Glamazon. Living a life as big as her game, the 18-time Grand Slam champ shagged balls with Joe DiMaggio, survived a Nazi bullet, and fought racism on tour. Writer Margaret McArthur (a.k.a. “Alice Marble” at GTT) tells her extraordinary story.

Alice [...]

Don’t duck! Don’t take cover! A MAJOR Roger Bomb is about to explode!!!
Winning his 14th Major has evidently put Roger Federer in a gregarious mood, judging from the extensive Q&A he did for the Basel-based newspaper, Basler Zeitung. The 55 question interview was given at his parents’ house in Switzerland, five days after V-day in [...]

Andy Roddick retired from his semifinal match against James Blake at the Queen’s Club tournament on Saturday, after he rolled his ankle on court. It was bad news for tennis fans looking for an Andy vs. Andy final (and Roddick fans hoping he’d win his 5th title at Queen’s) but the good news is he [...]

 I admit it, the Fedophile in me ran screaming from S.L. Price’s Sports Illustrated article based on its title alone: “How Nadal humbled Federer.” But boy, am I glad I talked myself into reading it, because it’s chock-full of fascinating facts and anecdotes that even the most avid tennis fanatic may have missed along the [...]

There is a terrific article by Danielle Rossingh and Alex Duff in yesterday’s Bloomberg.com entitled: “Federer Fails to Deter Nadal in Fight to be Richest Tennis Star.” It’s about the two players’ earning powers and Nadal’s ever-increasing marketability. It’s chock full of fascinating details about the Nadal family’s business and personal dealings. (Click here to [...]