http://www.gototennisblog.com Tennis blog. Tennis news. Tennis gossip. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:16:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/15/photos-rafael-nadal-and-marc-lopez-play-doubles-at-indian-wells/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/15/photos-rafael-nadal-and-marc-lopez-play-doubles-at-indian-wells/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:49:46 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=17355
The buddy system was in play on Sunday at Indian Wells, when Rafael Nadal and his good pal/sometime doubles partner Marc Lopez beat the third seeded doubles team of Lukas Dlouhy and Leander Paes in the first round. Once again, the visiting martians hovering over the Indian Wells Tennis Garden would be forgiven for thinking [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/15/photos-rafael-nadal-and-marc-lopez-play-doubles-at-indian-wells/feed/ 13 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/15/indian-wells-tennis-hunk-photos-tsonga-monaco-and-murray-go-shirtless/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/15/indian-wells-tennis-hunk-photos-tsonga-monaco-and-murray-go-shirtless/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:31:08 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=17338
We caught Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Juan Monaco and Andy Murray going shirtless during practice on Sunday – perfect fodder for our final Tennis Hunks of Indian Wells post of the tournament. If you missed some of our previous posts, click here for Nadal practice photos, here and here for Roger Federer, here for Djokovic practicing with Verdasco [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/15/indian-wells-tennis-hunk-photos-tsonga-monaco-and-murray-go-shirtless/feed/ 8 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/13/photos-rafael-nadal-practices-at-indian-wells-2010-flirty-flavia-bonus/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/13/photos-rafael-nadal-practices-at-indian-wells-2010-flirty-flavia-bonus/#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:43:56 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=17240
Don’t worry Rafanatics. After a couple days of near misses, we finally caught Rafael Nadal on the practice courts! Rafa practiced twice on Friday. The first session (white cap) was in the late morning with Janko Tipsarevic. Flavia Pennetta, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Nikolay Davydenko were around for a chat. I have no idea what Flavs was [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/13/photos-rafael-nadal-practices-at-indian-wells-2010-flirty-flavia-bonus/feed/ 16 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/13/behind-the-scenes-video-the-making-of-gypsy-with-shakira-and-rafael-nadal/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/13/behind-the-scenes-video-the-making-of-gypsy-with-shakira-and-rafael-nadal/#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:39:35 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=17261
A great BIG juicy thank you to GTT reader Nilhenwen for sending us this amazing behind-the-scenes video from the Rafael Nadal/Shakira “Gypsy” shoot! I’m sure it will launch 1,000 film makeup careers. Enjoy! ]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/13/behind-the-scenes-video-the-making-of-gypsy-with-shakira-and-rafael-nadal/feed/ 12 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/12/indian-wells-practice-photos-tsonga-ferrer-o-henin-wozniacki-argentine-futbol-and-more/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/12/indian-wells-practice-photos-tsonga-ferrer-o-henin-wozniacki-argentine-futbol-and-more/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:39:48 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=17187
We can’t get enough of the practice courts (and practice field) at Indian Wells. Gael Monfils, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Robin Soderling, Gilles Simon, the Spanish Armada, Justine Henin and Caroline Wozniacki worked on their strokes and their foot work on Thursday. Anna Chakvetadze looked on while Marcos Baghdatis, Juan Monaco, Gaston Gaudio et. al played a [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/12/indian-wells-practice-photos-tsonga-ferrer-o-henin-wozniacki-argentine-futbol-and-more/feed/ 2 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/12/photos-roger-federer-practices-at-indian-wells-shirtless-bonus/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/12/photos-roger-federer-practices-at-indian-wells-shirtless-bonus/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:01:44 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=17167
We snapped a couple shots of the always-elusive Roger Federer shirt change. The photos in the gallery are from two separate Roger Federer practice sessions at Indian Wells on Thursday. The morning session (gray RF shirt) included Ivan Ljubicic. Justine Henin practiced next door. Roger glanced over to observe JuJu’s strokes a few times during his [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/12/photos-roger-federer-practices-at-indian-wells-shirtless-bonus/feed/ 9 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/11/photos-novak-djokovic-and-fernando-verdasco-indian-wells-practice-session/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/11/photos-novak-djokovic-and-fernando-verdasco-indian-wells-practice-session/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:45:41 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=17163
Novak Djokovic and Fernando Verdasco practiced together at Indian Wells on Thursday. Quick, someone call Calvin Klein! We have an impromptu boxer briefs spread in the making here. Enjoy: ]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/11/photos-novak-djokovic-and-fernando-verdasco-indian-wells-practice-session/feed/ 5 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/10/photos-roger-federer-practices-at-2010-indian-wells/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/10/photos-roger-federer-practices-at-2010-indian-wells/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:09:28 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=17084
Whoa, it’s the Roger-lode! We scored a primo perch for Roger Federer’s Wednesday practice session at Indian Wells. He practiced for almost two hours, hitting around and playing games with a young (American?) guy with a huge serve and a one-handed backhand.  (I’ll be forever grateful to the reader who identifies his practice partner.) Despite the [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/10/photos-roger-federer-practices-at-2010-indian-wells/feed/ 34 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/10/photos-tennis-hunks-practicing-at-indian-wells/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/10/photos-tennis-hunks-practicing-at-indian-wells/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:07:07 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=17110
Sergio Tacchini confirms what many of us already suspected: Novak Djokovic is H-O-T. Why yes, Robin Soderling qualifies as a Tennis Hunk, in that pasty-faced Northern European kind of way. Speaking of. . .here’s Andy Murray! And bona fide Hunk Feliciano Lopez, looking more funky than hunky. (He was practicing with Murray today.) ]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/10/photos-tennis-hunks-practicing-at-indian-wells/feed/ 25 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/09/photos-rafael-nadal-practices-at-indian-wells/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/09/photos-rafael-nadal-practices-at-indian-wells/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:17:08 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=17064
Rafael Nadal is back on court and ready to defend his title at Indian Wells! Our scientific two-person poll determines that his warm-up jacket is a sartorial winner. Hola, Shakira? ]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/09/photos-rafael-nadal-practices-at-indian-wells/feed/ 23 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/03/photos-marat-safin-with-anastasia-myskina-in-moscow/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/03/photos-marat-safin-with-anastasia-myskina-in-moscow/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:09:50 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=16868
How about a mid-week Marat Safin pick-me-up? This photo was just too cute not to post. Marat Safin and Anastasia Myskina were photographed at the Novinsky Passazh shopping arcade in Moscow on Friday for the draw of the Tennis Legends in Moscow event. Last weekend’s exhibition tournament featured “the brightest tennis stars of the 90s” in [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/03/photos-marat-safin-with-anastasia-myskina-in-moscow/feed/ 7 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/25/steamy-hot-shakiras-gypsy-music-video-with-rafael-nadal/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/25/steamy-hot-shakiras-gypsy-music-video-with-rafael-nadal/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:00:13 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=16760
English HD version: Would you like to replay the video or share the link to it with your friends? Spanish HD version: Would you like to replay the video or share the link to it with your friends? Here it is folks. Finally the full version of Shakira’s hot music video for her song “Gypsy“, featuring a scantily clad [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/25/steamy-hot-shakiras-gypsy-music-video-with-rafael-nadal/feed/ 78 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/11/photos-paradorn-srichaphan-starring-in-thai-action-movie/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/11/photos-paradorn-srichaphan-starring-in-thai-action-movie/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:45:13 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=16310
February is turning out to be the unofficial Tennis Hunks and Babes Month at GTT! The ATP website recently reported (thanks Judy!) that former top 10 player Paradorn Srichaphan is starring in a Thai action film, Bang Rajan II, coming out on March 25. In the film Paradorn plays a strong but silent type named Nai Mun, [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/11/photos-paradorn-srichaphan-starring-in-thai-action-movie/feed/ 9 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/04/tennis-hunk-at-home-marat-safin-in-his-moscow-penthouse/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/04/tennis-hunk-at-home-marat-safin-in-his-moscow-penthouse/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:40:10 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=16096
Photo via Spletnik.ru In the doldrums of the post-Australian Open tennis season, why not take a Marat Safin break? Marat was interviewed late last last year by Russian HELLO! and photographed hanging out in his Moscow penthouse, where he will be spending more time now that he’s retired. It’s a thrill to see the super-private Safin in [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/04/tennis-hunk-at-home-marat-safin-in-his-moscow-penthouse/feed/ 19 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/04/tennis-hunk-hotness-fernando-verdasco-poses-for-calvin-klein/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/04/tennis-hunk-hotness-fernando-verdasco-poses-for-calvin-klein/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:02:32 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=16069
*Updated with a ridiculous video. Thanks to DTL reader Sara. Some say Roger Federer makes being the No. 1 tennis player in the world look easy. Fernando Verdasco shows off his skills at being No. 1 tennis hunk in this shoot for Calvin Klein underwear. Feliciano must be jealous! Here’s a fun behind the scene’s making of: via [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/04/tennis-hunk-hotness-fernando-verdasco-poses-for-calvin-klein/feed/ 21 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/01/video-feliciano-lopez-and-david-ferrer-on-sa-open-safari/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/01/video-feliciano-lopez-and-david-ferrer-on-sa-open-safari/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:30:12 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=16014
Feliciano Lopez cuddling a lion cub? If he still had the long locks, it would be a Harlequin Romance cover come to life! He visited The Lion Park in Gauteng Province, South Africa, on Sunday, home to “over 80 lions, including the rare white lion and many other wildlife, including cheetah, wild dog, hyena, jackal, antelope, [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/01/video-feliciano-lopez-and-david-ferrer-on-sa-open-safari/feed/ 3 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/29/video-rafa-will-you-marry-me/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/29/video-rafa-will-you-marry-me/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:21:45 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=15891
Hey, lady, take a number! There’s a line, you know. Would you like to replay the video or share the link to it with your friends? Video via ESPN ]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/29/video-rafa-will-you-marry-me/feed/ 11 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/17/photos-federer-nadal-sharapova-at-img-tennis-players-party/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/17/photos-federer-nadal-sharapova-at-img-tennis-players-party/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:07:31 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=15437
A tennis star’s work is never done! Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Maria Sharapova and Jelena Jankovic stopped by the IMG agency’s Tennis Players Party at Melbourne’s Crown Hotel and Casino on Sunday.  The dress code: earth tones: Maria Sharapova doesn’t have to try, anymore: And Jelena Jankovic really, really does: I just love how JJ always looks [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/17/photos-federer-nadal-sharapova-at-img-tennis-players-party/feed/ 12 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/13/video-rafael-nadal-practices-in-rod-laver-arena/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/13/video-rafael-nadal-practices-in-rod-laver-arena/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:28:23 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=15339
Here’s some footage and photos of defending champ Rafael Nadal’s Wednesday practice session in the Rod Laver Arena: Rafa shows the balls who’s boss: ]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/13/video-rafael-nadal-practices-in-rod-laver-arena/feed/ 8 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/12/photos-kooyong-game-faces/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/12/photos-kooyong-game-faces/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:35:41 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=15288
Why so serious, guys? Sad that Roger pulled out? REUTERS/Mick Tsikas via Daylife The top guys did press on Tuesday in advance of the Kooyong AAMI Classic exhibition tournament, which starts on Wednesday. The line-up is led by Novak Djokovic and Juan Martin del Potro along with Robin Soderling, Fernando Verdasco, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Fernando Gonzalez, and Tommy [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/12/photos-kooyong-game-faces/feed/ 7