And it’s all fun and games until the top seed gets beat. The crowd went wild on Thursday night at the Farmers Classic as 192-ranked American Tim Smyczek won the second set over the tournament’s lone top 15 player, Andy Murray. The violinist from Wisconsin had lost the first, 1-6 in 28 minutes, so it’s [...]

Day Two at Wimbledon continued in a much less dramatic fashion than Monday’s opener, with most seeds earning swift passage to the second round. The biggest upset on the women’s side was another French Open finalist – this time the runner up, Sam Stosur. She lost to Kaia Kanepi in straights. Anna Chakvetadze, like Kaia, [...]

I’ve always wondered if the players could hear the commentators from the booth, because a few times from the photographer’s pit where i sit from time to time, i can hear Cliffy and P-Mac yappin away. Skip to 4:20 for the goods!

By now, all of our favorite players have taken a turn or two on the Australian Open catwalk. And a few have already been “Auf’ed”  – though not for their tennis fashion sense. We’ll take care of the rest. . . THE WOMEN Maria Sharapova wasn’t around for very long, but her dress certainly made [...]

Quinn Rooney/Getty Images via Daylife INTENSE. That’s the only way to describe the evening hours in Melbourne park on Wednesday. And it’s how Justine Henin described it after beating Elena Dementieva, 7-5, 7-6, in 2 hours and 50 minutes on Rod Laver Arena. “My heart was there 200%” Justine said. We didn’t hear from Dementieva [...]

Sweaty, shirtless tennis players in January? The Australian Open must be a week away! Here are some choice shots of players getting ready for the first Major of the year. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will be making his 2010 debut at the this week’s Kooyong Classic exhibition, after struggling with a wrist injury over the break. Let’s [...]

“(Andy) Roddick and (James) Blake have both decided to leave Davis Cup off their 2010 schedules,” reports Peter Bodo of Tennis.com: “It certainly appears to be the end of era,” U.S. Davis Cup captain Patrick McEnroe told TENNIS Thursday. “But the door will always remain open to both of those guys in the event they [...]

James Blake Uncovered? In some ways, he really has been covered enough (click here for his hilarious “interview” with Stephen Colbert). But it’s nice to hear him talk about the experiences tennis has given to him – although I can hear the “James Blake is too satisfied with what he’s accomplished and not hungry enough” [...]

An HILARIOUS video featuring James Blake and everyone’s favorite faux Talking Head, Stephen Colbert. There is just too much funny for me to even describe. So go ahead and watch it (sorry, it has nothing to do with the ATP’s calendar – hope you aren’t too disappointed!) The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / [...]

REUTERS/Nir Elias (CHINA SPORT TENNIS) via Daylife It’s official – the Grouchy Season has started. Here’s Nadal complaining about the long season to reporters in Shanghai on Tuesday: “It’s impossible to play 1st of January and finish 5th of December. It’s impossible to be here playing like what I did the last five years, playing [...]

The Majors may be over, but there’s still plenty of action on the ATP tour this season. The China Open has been especially exciting, with Rafael Nadal doing well and guys like Safin, Djokovic and Soderling still in the draw. It’s going to be a fun tennis weekend! Here’s Rafa’s take after his tough second [...]

It’s a good news/bad news/Big News day for James Blake fans. Blake’s out of the China Open, but played Rafael Nadal tough, losing 5-7, 7-6(4), 3-6 in what was reportedly “some of the most outstanding and intense tennis thus far in the tournament.” And in Big News that I had no clue about, ESPN is [...]