Tell me fellow book worms, did this edition of the ATPs “Favorite Things” depress you at all? Because besides a Dan Brown novel every now and then, most of our favorite tennis players don’t read anything but draw sheets (no, wait, that’s what their coaches are for.)  At least the Eastern Europeans are keeping literature [...]

You might not feel like it yet, but come the weekend you’re going to be craving more tennis. That’s when you can tune into Tennis Channel for a sampling of clay court action both Stateside and abroad.
Marbella, a.k.a. the Andalucia Tennis Experience is (surprise!) in Spain. Top seeds at “press” time include Jelena Jankovic and [...]

It was rough out on the courts this weekend at the Sony Ericsson Open. Maybe it’s good that Fox Sports Network aired BMX world, instead. Yikes!

The wreckage on the WTA side was especially graphic:
Jelena Jankovic crashed out to Gisela Dulko (who then went out to Benesova)
Dinara Safina was crushed 6-1, 6-4 by Sam Stosur in [...]

I live about three hours from the upcoming Indian Wells tournament and am lucky to be able to attend for a few days every year (leaving Friday, whoo hoo!) So I was especially interested to read this article in the LA Times about how the tanking economy has changed things for the worse – and [...]

Venus Williams, Nicolas Almagro and Mardy Fish joined Dubai champ Novak Djokovic in the winners’ circle this weekend.
Mardy Fish won his third career title today in Delray Beach over qualifier Evgeny “Kournikova’s cousin” Korolev, who was in his first ATP final. This was a MUST win title for Mardy, considering the inexperience of his opponent [...]

Aw, ain’t they cute? Mardy Fish and Stacey Gardner (who is both a Deal or No Deal suitcase model and a certified attorney in the state of California) were married on Sunday evening at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills. Here’s the scoop from People Magazine:
It was love-all Sunday evening, when American tennis player [...]