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 an impression. [...]

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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 court [...]

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 hope [...]

“(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 decide [...]

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 / 10:30c

Fallback Position [...]

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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 a lot of [...]

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 round [...]

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 reporting [...]

Have you heard? ESPN The Magazine’s “The Body Issue” will feature nude or “semi nude” photographs of various athletes. (What is semi-nude, anyway? Is it the same as being semi-clothed? Like a glass half empty/half full kind of thing?)
According to USA Today, James Blake and Serena Williams will represent for tennis. (*UPDATE* -  James [...]

I hate to be a Negative Nellie, but so far I’m unimpressed with this year’s US Open Players’ Party. Where is everyone? (And by everyone I mean Federer, Nadal, Sharapova, Roddick, etc.) Maybe we’ll get video of Nole pole dancing with the Bondarenko sisters tomorrow. . . until then, here are some photos of Venus, [...]

Goodbye, dinky post-Wimbledon clay court tournaments! It’s time for concrete, sweltering heat and questionable hot dogs! Yes, the US Open Series is here and what better way to celebrate than with our own US Open Series promo film fest? Here’s a round up of the videos, past and present.
Andy Roddick is no one trick pony, [...]