A jetsetting Fernando Verdasco is featured in the September issue of GQ, adding some dapper decoration to Madrid-Barajas’s already stunning Terminal 4. (Hmm. . .wonder what those Lindt girls would do to him?) Once you peel your eyes away from the photos, you can read Verdasco’s thoughts on “la Época de Oro” – Spain’s sporting [...]

This Roger Federer advertisement for Lindt Chocolates is all kinds of wrong (just imagine if, say, Maria Sharapova was starring)  yet it’s so hilarious! Enjoy: A behind the scenes look @ the Lindor commercial. Thanks to GTT reader Mia for sharing this! Extended version: UPDATE #2: A little info from the press release accompanying the [...]

Saturday was Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day at the US Open, the annual pre-tournament meeting of pro players, pop stars and pre-teens. CBS will be broadcasting  highlights from the day, which included the on court talents of Andy Roddick, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Kim Clijsters, on Sunday afternoon: 12:00 – 1:30 pm, Eastern time. I [...]

Looking at an exciting Friday in Cincy with Fish vs. Murray, Roddick vs. Djokovic, Federer vs. Davydenko and Nadal vs. Baghdatis in the quarterfinals. Murray, Nadal, Davydenko and Roddick all survived tough three set matches on Thursday while Fed has played a grand total of 37 minutes this week, with a retirement vs. Istomin in [...]

Roger Federer and his new coach Paul Annacone took to the Rogers Cup practice courts at around 4:30 pm this afternoon.  Gael Monfils was a court away, playing a loosey goosey game of futbol tennis with a couple friends (Meanwhile, La Monf’s doubles partner, Philipp Kohlschreiber, was deep in the third set vs. Rafael Nadal [...]

Frites and I had a crazy late start today. The red-eye flight into Toronto proved to be too much for us. We crashed out as soon as we got to we were staying. Woke up bleary eyed at 3pm and shuffled over to the Rexall Center to check in and get a lay of the [...]

Even in a year when Team Espana wins the World Cup, Rafael Nadal is still dominating (gently, sweetly) the hearts and minds of the Spanish public. ElMundo via Google Translate: ‘Magazine’ readers and ELMUNDO.es users have expressed their likes and dislikes in the Magazine’s Summer Survey. This year’s national athletes monopolize the ranking of the [...]

A shirtless Rafael Nadal was spotted at Formentera Island, Spain showing off his soccer skills at the beach on Tuesday (July 20) Enjoy! photos via Zimbio

There was a Marat Safin sighting over the weekend, as the former-pro-turned-Russian-sports-exec played in an exhibition tournament in Moscow (click here for an update on Safin’s new career.) Enjoy! Marat with Captain Shamil, who I suspect is Marat’s mentor in his new role as tennis bureaucrat. The man with Marat is Prince Bruno Gomez Acebo [...]

Shirtless Roger Federer and Mirka were spotted vacationing on a yacht in the Mediterranean waters of Corsica, France. No babies in sight. The photos were taken on Friday. Enjoy! Source: JustJared

Russia is hosting Argentina at Moscow’s Olympic Stadium this weekend for the Davis Cup quarterfinals. Alas, DC stalwart and recent ATP retiree, Marat Safin, isn’t part of the line up. (Though you never know what tricks ol’ Captain Shamil has up his sleeve!) Like the Russian squad, I, too, am missing the team’s hero, so [...]

Okay, imagine you are a millionaire tennis pro traveling the world with only your coach/hitting partner and your Sony Ericsson mobile phone for company. Who would you choose as your flesh and blood companion? Some old guy with a pot belly and two pack a day habit or Sergey Demekhine, a smoking hot former tennis [...]