http://www.gototennisblog.com Tennis blog. Tennis news. Tennis gossip. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:34:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/17/indian-wells-report-day-8-hangovers-tummy-aches-burn-outs-and-bum-ankles/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/17/indian-wells-report-day-8-hangovers-tummy-aches-burn-outs-and-bum-ankles/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:34:15 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=17501 Indian Wells is getting woozy. Big wins, puzzling losses, falling seeds, big match hangovers. Makes me glad I’m not a betting woman. Here’s a quick report on Wednesday’s action at Indian Wells. Grrr. Marcos Baghdatis failed to follow up his career best win over Roger Federer, losing to Tommy Robredo 5-7, 6-0, 4-6 in his next [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/17/indian-wells-report-day-8-hangovers-tummy-aches-burn-outs-and-bum-ankles/feed/ 2 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/17/aftermatch-roger-federer-indian-wells-press-conference/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/17/aftermatch-roger-federer-indian-wells-press-conference/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:24:22 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=17491
You gotta love the chatter that follows a Roger Federer loss. Tennis.com has a couple interesting articles analyzing the Federer vs. Baghdatis match at Indian Wells on Tuesday night. Click here for Steve Tignor’s “Federer’s anger proves he still cares.” I like Bodo’s, too, “Hold the Violins!” (click here) a good companion to my “It’s [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/17/aftermatch-roger-federer-indian-wells-press-conference/feed/ 5 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/17/indian-wells-report-day-7-roger-federer-loses-to-marcos-baghdatis-and-some-other-stuff/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/17/indian-wells-report-day-7-roger-federer-loses-to-marcos-baghdatis-and-some-other-stuff/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:07:51 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=17424 Roger Federer lost to Marcos Baghdatis in the third round of Indian Wells on Tuesday evening: 7-5, 5-7, 6-7(4).  Roger squandered two match points in the second set. He was up a break in the third. And he had a match point before the third set tiebreak! Unfortunately, Roger also had 46 unforced errors (to [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/17/indian-wells-report-day-7-roger-federer-loses-to-marcos-baghdatis-and-some-other-stuff/feed/ 24 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/2010/01/23/australian-open-day-six-wrap-tapped-out/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/23/australian-open-day-six-wrap-tapped-out/#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 10:37:59 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=15588
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 [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/23/australian-open-day-six-wrap-tapped-out/feed/ 10 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/16/verdasco-isner-bondarenko-win-australian-open-warm-ups/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/16/verdasco-isner-bondarenko-win-australian-open-warm-ups/#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2010 08:34:40 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=15416
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 [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/16/verdasco-isner-bondarenko-win-australian-open-warm-ups/feed/ 8 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/25/weekend-wrap-baghdatis-is-back-bacsinszky-a-new-swiss-champ/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/25/weekend-wrap-baghdatis-is-back-bacsinszky-a-new-swiss-champ/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:51:40 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=13500 REUTERS/Soren Andersson (SWEDEN SPORT TENNIS) via Daylife 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. [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/25/weekend-wrap-baghdatis-is-back-bacsinszky-a-new-swiss-champ/feed/ 7 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/07/30/photo-album-safin-edberg-gulbis-at-the-la-tennis-open-day-3/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/07/30/photo-album-safin-edberg-gulbis-at-the-la-tennis-open-day-3/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:51:42 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=10815
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 [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/07/30/photo-album-safin-edberg-gulbis-at-the-la-tennis-open-day-3/feed/ 9 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/07/29/photo-album-the-best-of-day-2-at-the-la-tennis-open/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/07/29/photo-album-the-best-of-day-2-at-the-la-tennis-open/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:19:06 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=10761
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 [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/07/29/photo-album-the-best-of-day-2-at-the-la-tennis-open/feed/ 0