Novak Djokovic really isn’t hot on the New York heat. I just caught this clip of Nole getting all steamy about the shade right after his 6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 7-5, 6-3 victory over Victor Troicki on Tuesday. On court temps topped 100-degrees during the match. Something tells me he doesn’t call his girlfriend, the lovely [...]

Roger Federer was in a jovial mood in his press conference on Saturday night, after almost letting his semifinal match vs. Novak Djokovic slip through his fingers. He was pushed to 7-5 in the third set after winning the first 6-1 and being up 4-1 in the third. Relief makes him slap happy, I guess. [...]

Roger Federer beats Novak Djokovic to make it into the Rogers Cup final tomorrow. It was getting tight in the third set and looked as though it was gonna go into another 3rd setter, but Roger pulled it out! It was a nail-biter folks! 6-1, 3-6, 7-5, in 2 hours and 22 minutes! Roger Federer [...]

Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic were hitting serves on side-by-side practice courts this afternoon at Rogers Cup just as Andy Murray was putting away Rafael Nadal on Centre Court. Roger was hitting with buddy Max Mirnyi, who is taking on the Bryan brothers with partner Mahesh Bupathi this evening after Roger vs. Nole. Assuming the [...]

Yay! We’re in Toronto! After getting over a killer red eye, we made our way to the Rexall Centre on the York University campus to get our first taste of the Rogers Masters. We had a chance to catch Novak Djokovic’s presser (he took out Victor Hanescu in straights) and the tail end of Rafael [...]

To get you in the mood for the last Major of the year, the US Open has announced the star-studded line up for this year’s Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day event. Here’s the info: Tennis superstars Rafael Nadal, Andy Roddick, Kim Clijsters and Novak Djokovic will kick off the 2010 US Open at the 15th annual [...]

You got a live fifth rubber, you want David Nalbandian on your team. Even an old, injured, rusty version. After Nikolay Davydenko pulled himself together and evened things up 2-2 in Moscow on Sunday vs. Leonardo Mayer, David took to the court vs. current World No. 14 Mikhail Youznhy and beat him in straights. Not [...]

France took out defending champ Spain in Davis Cup action on Saturday. The team of Llodra/Benneteau beat Lopez/Verdasco 6-1, 6-2, 6-7(6), 7-6(5), posting an insurmountable 3-0 lead for Team France. “Even if I am 30 years, I like this kind of match,” said Llodra, who also upset Verdasco in Monday’s singles rubber. “Amazing. We play [...]

Friday was an exciting and surprising first day of Davis Cup quarterfinal action. Let’s take a look. France leads Spain: 2-0 in France Wha? Michael Llodra, bluntly described as France’s “oldest and lowest ranked player” on the Davis Cup website, took out World No. 10 Fernando Verdasco on Friday in four sets. It was the [...]

The 2010 Davis Cup quarterfinals are here, less than a week after the Wimbledon finals. Who is ready to fight on? SPAIN VS. FRANCE: Wimby champ Rafael Nadal has pulled from the anticipated Spain vs. France quarterfinal in Clermont-Ferrand, France, to rest his knees. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is also out with a knee injury. As the [...]

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?) – [...]