“As of 3:00 pm today” Nikolay Davydenko will be representin’ for Dunlop. From the press release:
World No.6 Davydenko signs with Dunlop
March 12th 2010 – Dunlop are delighted to announce their new partnership with Russian tennis ace, Nikolay Davydenko for rackets, clothing and accessories. The partnership will also see Davydenko endorse Dunlop’s junior talent identification programme [...]

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It’s the incredible shrinking draw! Juan Martin Del Potro and Fernando Gonzalez are both confirmed “nos” for Indian Wells. Gonzalez, who is playing Davis Cup in Chile this weekend, has decided to stay in his country to help with earthquake relief (his efforts reportedly include organizing a Hit for Chile in Miami [...]

Here’s a quick peek at what’s going on in the tennis world this weekend.
In Paris we have the WTA’s Open GDF Suez, a Premier-level event without the Williams sisters, Clijsters or Henin. It’s nice to see Melanie Oudin taking advantage of both the draw and the confidence she gained last weekend in Fed Cup; she’s [...]

There are always some loose strings and leftover challenges after every major. Allow me to clean out my virtual tennis bag.
ROGER AND SERENA ARE OUT OF SIGHTS
(I love this photo because it looks like he’s been awarded a Ferris Wheel for a trophy):

Roger Federer decided to spice things up on his [...]

Pass the Dramamine! Day 10 at the Australian Open was one wicked ride – the kind you enjoy in hindsight, once your feet are back on terra firma and you’ve emptied your guts into a trash can. (Sorry, Nole fans, I wrote that before he started dry heaving.)
Each of the day session winners lost their [...]

Let’s start with the obvious:
Scary good and
Especially
Relentless against Stosur
Everyone else (including Justine) has
No chance to win the
Australian Open
AND:
Free to
Experiment with his plan
D
Even Hewitt
Realized that the match was an
Entertaining
Recreation for Roger
Disagree? Consider this an acrostic smack down.
Roger Federer probably won’t have as much fun against Nikolay Davydenko in the quarterfinals. Kolya’s beaten Roger the past two [...]

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 [...]

After giving us a scare in his first round, Roger Federer was kind to his fans on Thursday evening. He soared to a 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 victory vs. Victor Hanescu on Rod Laver Arena, remaining unfazed when a touring Prince William stopped by during the third set. It was a vintage Federer performance, hitting 52 [...]

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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 [...]

Fabrice Santoro came out of his month-long retirement to play the 2010 Australian Open and nab the record for playing majors over four different decades. He didn’t embarrass himself against the 14th seed and dark horse favorite, Marin Cilic, losing 5-7, 5-7, 3-6, and can return to retirement with a [...]

I admit I had a hard time following all of the tennis action from the past week. We had the men and women in Brisbane, Roger and Rafa (and the mighty Kolya!) in Doha, Peer protests in New Zealand, an ATP tourny in India, Laura Robson making Andy Murray look good at the Hopman Cup [...]

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 [...]