http://www.gototennisblog.com Tennis blog. Tennis news. Tennis gossip. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:13:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/12/indian-wells-practice-photos-tsonga-ferrer-o-henin-wozniacki-argentine-futbol-and-more/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/12/indian-wells-practice-photos-tsonga-ferrer-o-henin-wozniacki-argentine-futbol-and-more/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:39:48 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=17187
We can’t get enough of the practice courts (and practice field) at Indian Wells. Gael Monfils, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Robin Soderling, Gilles Simon, the Spanish Armada, Justine Henin and Caroline Wozniacki worked on their strokes and their foot work on Thursday. Anna Chakvetadze looked on while Marcos Baghdatis, Juan Monaco, Gaston Gaudio et. al played a [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/12/indian-wells-practice-photos-tsonga-ferrer-o-henin-wozniacki-argentine-futbol-and-more/feed/ 2 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/28/weekend-winners-circle-venus-and-djokovic-double-up-gulbis-and-kleybanova-score-firsts/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/28/weekend-winners-circle-venus-and-djokovic-double-up-gulbis-and-kleybanova-score-firsts/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:30:30 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=16791 The trend this weekend in tennis: Firsts and seconds! Self-described “best friends” David Ferrer and Juan Carlos Ferrero met in a final for the second time in two weeks, with Ferrer avenging last weekend’s loss in Argentina with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 win in Acapulco. With this victory, Ferrer scored his first title since 2008 and [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/28/weekend-winners-circle-venus-and-djokovic-double-up-gulbis-and-kleybanova-score-firsts/feed/ 13 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/21/weekend-winners-circle-llodra-in-marseille-ferrero-in-buenos-aires-querrey-in-memphis/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/21/weekend-winners-circle-llodra-in-marseille-ferrero-in-buenos-aires-querrey-in-memphis/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:05:11 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=16612 REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci via Daylife If the tennis season revolved around February’s South American clay court circuit, 30-year-old Juan Carlos Ferrero would be its Roger Federer. He beat Davis Cup teammate David Ferrer in three sets in Sunday’s Copa Telmex final in Buenos Aires, making it his ninth straight match victory and second title in as many [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/21/weekend-winners-circle-llodra-in-marseille-ferrero-in-buenos-aires-querrey-in-memphis/feed/ 2 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/01/video-feliciano-lopez-and-david-ferrer-on-sa-open-safari/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/01/video-feliciano-lopez-and-david-ferrer-on-sa-open-safari/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:30:12 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=16014
Feliciano Lopez cuddling a lion cub? If he still had the long locks, it would be a Harlequin Romance cover come to life! He visited The Lion Park in Gauteng Province, South Africa, on Sunday, home to “over 80 lions, including the rare white lion and many other wildlife, including cheetah, wild dog, hyena, jackal, antelope, [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/01/video-feliciano-lopez-and-david-ferrer-on-sa-open-safari/feed/ 3 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/02/videos-nadal-beats-soderling-federer-beats-ferrer-in-abu-dhabi/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/02/videos-nadal-beats-soderling-federer-beats-ferrer-in-abu-dhabi/#comments Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:23:06 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=15010
Rafael Nadal got a nice pre-Australian Open confidence boost, taking out Robin Soderling 7-6 (3), 7-5 in Saturday’s final of the Capitala Tennis Championships exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi. Great shot of Xisca’s game face around the 2:15 mark! Roger Federer played David Ferrer for third place. Fed beat Fer, 6-1, 7-5. (Sorry if the audio is [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/02/videos-nadal-beats-soderling-federer-beats-ferrer-in-abu-dhabi/feed/ 7 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/01/video-robin-soderling-defeats-roger-federer-in-abu-dhabi/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/01/video-robin-soderling-defeats-roger-federer-in-abu-dhabi/#comments Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:28:29 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=15000
Happy tennis New Year! Or not. . . “So far, so good!” said Robin Soderling of his 2010 season after scoring his first ever victory (in 13 tries) against Roger Federer. The Swede beat the Swiss 6-7 (6-8), 7-6 (7-1), 6-2 on Friday in the semifinals of the Capitala World Tennis Championship exhibition tournament in Abu [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/01/video-robin-soderling-defeats-roger-federer-in-abu-dhabi/feed/ 10 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/12/07/photos-nadal-lopez-ferrer-verdasco-at-the-davis-cup-victory-receptions/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/12/07/photos-nadal-lopez-ferrer-verdasco-at-the-davis-cup-victory-receptions/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:36:37 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=14511
Photo by Miquel Benitez/Getty Images via Daylife Two things we know without a doubt about the Spanish Davis Cup Team: They’re unbeatable at home (final score after Sunday’s dead rubber play: 5-0, Spain.) The U.N. is holding the team in a bomb shelter, in the event a nuclear apocalypse necessitates that a few choice human specimens repopulate the [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/12/07/photos-nadal-lopez-ferrer-verdasco-at-the-davis-cup-victory-receptions/feed/ 7 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/12/05/vamos-spain-celebrates-2009-davis-cup-victory/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/12/05/vamos-spain-celebrates-2009-davis-cup-victory/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:45:41 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=14474
The Spanish Armada was in intimidating form against the Czech Republic this weekend in Barcelona, winning the first three matches of the final and claiming the Davis Cup title for the second year in a row. A strong cocktail of red clay, home crowd and team spirit was just what Rafael Nadal needed to perk up [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/12/05/vamos-spain-celebrates-2009-davis-cup-victory/feed/ 9 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/12/03/davis-cup-preview-nadal-and-berdych-are-friendly-competitors/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/12/03/davis-cup-preview-nadal-and-berdych-are-friendly-competitors/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:06:22 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=14442
Photo by REUTERS/Albert Gea (SPAIN) via Daylife.com The Davis Cup draw was released on Thursday, and Rafael Nadal and Tomas Berdych will be facing off in the first match of this weekend’s final in Barcelona. Here’s the full schedule: Friday, December 4 Rafael Nadal v Tomas Berdych David Ferrer  v Radek Stepanek Saturday, December 5 Feliciano Lopez / Fernando Verdasco  [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/12/03/davis-cup-preview-nadal-and-berdych-are-friendly-competitors/feed/ 15 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/09/02/us-open-photo-album-safin-clijsters-nadal-on-day-3/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/09/02/us-open-photo-album-safin-clijsters-nadal-on-day-3/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 06:40:09 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=12063
It’s not a full line-up of the Day 3 roster, but we thought we’d share some photos we snapped of Marat Safin, Kim Clijsters, Rafael Nadal, Richard Gasquet, Victoria Azarenka, a semi-shirtless David Ferrer and others from Wednesday at the US Open. The attractive woman you might not recognize is Polona Hercog - an eighteen year [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/09/02/us-open-photo-album-safin-clijsters-nadal-on-day-3/feed/ 8 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/08/27/yummy-andy-roddick-jo-wilfried-tsonga-david-ferrer-at-taste-of-tennis/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/08/27/yummy-andy-roddick-jo-wilfried-tsonga-david-ferrer-at-taste-of-tennis/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:13:57 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=11864
Andy Roddick, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, David Ferrer, Fernando Gonzalez, Vera Zvonareva, Aleksandra Wozniak, Sabine Lisicki and other tennis players attended the 10th annual Taste of Tennis event on Thursday night at the W Hotel in Manhattan. Proceeds from the event support the Food Bank for New York City. A description from the Taste of [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/08/27/yummy-andy-roddick-jo-wilfried-tsonga-david-ferrer-at-taste-of-tennis/feed/ 1 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/08/26/us-open-shirtless-practice-sessions/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/08/26/us-open-shirtless-practice-sessions/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:27:14 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=11804
Okay, not everyone is shirtless while they practice for the US Open. But Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is! As is David Ferrer – who I’m hoping is recovering nicely from his knee tendinitis. Andy Roddick might as well be shirtless, due to his over-sweating. Whoo hoo! (Sorry, WTA fans, all I got is a shirt-wearing Jelena Jankovic.) [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/08/26/us-open-shirtless-practice-sessions/feed/ 8 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/08/20/no-biggie-in-cincy-roger-federer-squeaks-past-david-ferrer/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/08/20/no-biggie-in-cincy-roger-federer-squeaks-past-david-ferrer/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:36:59 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=11580
It’s a brave new era for Federer fandom. At least for me. Last week in Montreal, Roger lost his quarterfinal against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga after holding a 5-1 lead in the third set. Instead rolling on the floor moaning “Why, Roger why? What’s happening to you?” I just shrugged and said, “Better luck next time, buddy.” I [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/08/20/no-biggie-in-cincy-roger-federer-squeaks-past-david-ferrer/feed/ 20 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/08/12/rogers-cup-day-3-rafael-nadal-and-the-old-guys-at-rogers-cup/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/08/12/rogers-cup-day-3-rafael-nadal-and-the-old-guys-at-rogers-cup/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:26:20 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=11353
Well, that was a waste. I was kicking back on Wednesday evening, glass of wine in hand, ready to watch Rafael Nadal battle the feisty David Ferrer in his first ATP singles match since Roland Garros. Then Ferrer retired after the seventh game and all I got out of it was: Rafa looks good in [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/08/12/rogers-cup-day-3-rafael-nadal-and-the-old-guys-at-rogers-cup/feed/ 11 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/05/29/french-open-wrap-day-6-venus-loses-nadal-defends-sharapova-out-shrieked/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/05/29/french-open-wrap-day-6-venus-loses-nadal-defends-sharapova-out-shrieked/#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 23:06:26 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=8603
In a day of upsets at the French Open, the biggest by far was Venus Williams’s loss to Agnes Szavay in an unbelievable scoreline: 0-6, 4-6. Venus couldn’t believe it, either: “You know, I’m used to beating people 6‑0. I’m not used to my shot not going in and losing a set 6‑0. So it [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/05/29/french-open-wrap-day-6-venus-loses-nadal-defends-sharapova-out-shrieked/feed/ 18 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/05/12/ferrer-on-federer-roger-has-the-game-to-beat-nadal/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/05/12/ferrer-on-federer-roger-has-the-game-to-beat-nadal/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 07:41:13 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=7438
David Ferrer was asked at the Madrid Open about Federer’s chances against Rafa and had this to say (in Spanish): “Roger Federer has sufficient tennis to beat Rafa Nadal.  He can do it, but it’s very complicated.  Rafa is the indisputable number one on clay and  in the world, but most of all on clay.  Also [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/05/12/ferrer-on-federer-roger-has-the-game-to-beat-nadal/feed/ 7 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/04/26/barcelona-open-wrap-unstoppable-nadal-beats-ferrer-final/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/04/26/barcelona-open-wrap-unstoppable-nadal-beats-ferrer-final/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:17:01 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=6550
Really, what more is there to say? Rafael Nadal is on auto-pilot, winning every match he plays. Here are the highlights from Rafa’s victory over David Ferrer in the final of the Barcelona Open: Congrats, Rafa, for making it 5 in a row in Barcelona! Here’s Rafa talking about his victory: Rafa seems confident that he can keep [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/04/26/barcelona-open-wrap-unstoppable-nadal-beats-ferrer-final/feed/ 1 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/04/25/barcelona-open-highlights-nadal-ferrer-final/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/04/25/barcelona-open-highlights-nadal-ferrer-final/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 05:08:31 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=6479
Ridiculous stat: Rafael Nadal has a 141-4 win record on clay since 2005. Okay, back to business: here are some highlights from Saturday’s semi final matches at the Barcelona Open. Rafael Nadal defeated a back-from-injury Nikolay Davydenko, 6-3, 6-2, and David Ferrer took out Fernando Gonzalez in three:  2-6, 6-2, 7-6(5). David described his win as [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/04/25/barcelona-open-highlights-nadal-ferrer-final/feed/ 0 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/04/23/barcelona-open-highlights/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/04/23/barcelona-open-highlights/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:47:15 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=6382
Spaniards Rafael Nadal, Fernando Verdasco and Tommy Robredo all won their third round match ups Thursday at the Barcelona Open. Take a look at the highlights, above. All four of the top seeds will advance, with Friday’s quarterfinals as follows: Nikolay Davydenko (3) vs. Radek Stepanek (Czech leads head-to-head 4-3), David Ferrer (4) vs. Tommy Robredo (Ferrer [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/04/23/barcelona-open-highlights/feed/ 0 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/04/23/caliente-sexy-ivanovic-ferrer-verdasco-spanish-mags/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/04/23/caliente-sexy-ivanovic-ferrer-verdasco-spanish-mags/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:30:43 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=6234
Look out, Brooklyn Decker! Spanish ELLE did a photo shoot in Miami featuring the biological miracle that is Spanish tennis. Fernando Verdasco, David Ferrer, Feliciano Lopez and Nicolas Almagro frolicked in the sun and sand like a team of professional Zoolanders. Photos will appear in the May issue of Elle. Click here and here to [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/04/23/caliente-sexy-ivanovic-ferrer-verdasco-spanish-mags/feed/ 10