Wow, what a freaking match! Roger Federer beat Tomas Berdych – just barely – in the the quarterfinals of Toronto’s Rogers Cup on Friday night:  6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (5). I have to say it was majorly fun to watch live, in the bowl of the stadium, surrounded by a few thousand Fed fanatics. It wasn’t [...]

] Hey guys, wanted to upload a few pics from the Federer vs Berdych match. Fed was lookin large and in charge the first set! Current score as of this post, 6-2, 5-6. This could go 3 sets! Enjoy! *UPDATE – Current score 6-2, 5-7…yikes! Big Berd Mad! Mirka and Paul Annacone looking on as [...]

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 [...]

I thought it was fitting that Rafael Nadal picked up some dirt stains as he somersaulted on the Centre Court lawn today. The best dirt baller in history had just beaten Tomas Berdych 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 for his second career Wimbledon title, his second Roland Garros-Wimby double, and his eighth Major title. Three of those [...]

It turns out Andy Murray’s quite the Rafanatic – even after suffering a disappointing three set loss to his hero in the Wimbledon semifinals. From Friday’s press conference: Q. What did Rafael say to you after the match? ANDY MURRAY: He said, Bad luck. I just said, Good luck for the rest of the tournament. [...]

We’re getting into the juicy red center of the tournament. I’m still chewing on Roger Federer’s quarterfinal loss to Tomas Berdych. You know, bitter pills, sour grapes, crap pies and all that. . .I was actually comforted by commentary from Mary Carillo and John McEnroe Wednesday on NBC (geeze, has it come to that?) – [...]

Roger Federer lost to Tomas Berdych 4-6, 6-3, 1-6, 4-6 in the Wimbledon quarterfinals on Wednesday. It’s not a huge surprise, given Berdych’s recent form. But still stunning. Even more so: Roger Federer will drop to No. 3 for the first time since November, 2003. Uhhhhh. . . Read into this result what you will. [...]

Andy Roddick beat Tomas Berdych 7-5, 6-4 in the finals of the Sony Ericsson Open on Sunday in Miami. It’s always nice to see hard work pay off. And it doesn’t hurt to have an American win a big title at home on a holiday weekend. Even though I think CBS stinks for not showing [...]

It’s the men’s final at the Sony Ericsson Open on Sunday. Me and Frites are rooting for Andy Roddick of course. But Tomas Berdych has looked nothing but stellar at Miami.  Kudos to Andy for making it to his 2nd consecutive Master’s final.  Here’s hoping he can keep the “Big Berd” at bay. Don’t forget [...]

Blame FSN! I refused to watch a live stream (yes, even the pirated one FSN’s own Justin Gimelstob twittered out, bless him) stubbornly waiting until 10:30 pm Los Angeles time to watch Clijsters vs. Henin on tape. As if tape delay wasn’t bad enough, I tuned in at the scheduled time and was subjected to [...]

After Roger Federer was bounced out of Miami last year by Novak Djokovic, he famously said “It was unfortunate, you know, but thank God the hardcourt season is over” And there was this: Q. How do you evaluate your play in the first part of the hardcourt season? ROGER FEDERER: It’s the end. It’s the [...]

I thought Roger Federer had some interesting things to say in his press conference after losing to Tomas Berdych in Miami’s Round of 16 last night. It’s a bit of a grab bag of excuses (conditions, sickness), realism (lack of confidence, need to practice) and hope (fuels his desire, looking forward to the clay court [...]