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 [...]

Sveta played a late night match on Friday, getting past Angelique Kerber in three close sets. Gotta love that game face. . .

Now onto Day Six Down Under, which was notable for retirements, withdrawals and old fashioned beat-downs. The men didn’t get to four-sets until Tsonga and Haas played the last match on Hisense. It’s [...]

Yes, you are too sexy for that shirt. . .photo by REUTERS/Mick Tsikas via Daylife
Well, we have the latest crop of weekend winners, (almost) the last before the Australian Open starts on Monday. Winning a warm up the weekend before a major is tricky – it gives a player loads of confidence but can be [...]

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Marcos Baghdatis won his first ATP title since 2007 on Sunday beating fellow un-seeded player, Olivier Rochus at the Stockholm Open: 6-1, 7-5. To be fair to Olivier, the diminutive Belgian played a three set semifinal on Saturday against Thomaz Bellucci while Marcos got a walkover from Robing Soderling. [...]

Day 3 at the LA Tennis Open was a potpourri of tennis surprises. John Isner rolled his ankle at 10-all in a 2nd set tie-break against Marcos Baghdatis – and won. (He has a day to rest.) Marat Safin played Ernests Gulbis in a see-saw match with eight breaks of serve – and won. And [...]

Tuesday was a busy day at the L.A. Tennis Open, the ATP 250 event on the bucolic UCLA campus. Marat Safin (click here), Sam Querrey with his Samurai, John Isner, Robby Ginepri, Ernests Gulbis, Taylor Dent, and Marcos Baghdatis all played their first round singles matches today. Here’s some of the action from the [...]