http://www.gototennisblog.com Tennis blog. Tennis news. Tennis gossip. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:13:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/25/australian-open-day-eight-wrap-serena-so-good-speaking-of-federer/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/25/australian-open-day-eight-wrap-serena-so-good-speaking-of-federer/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:25:03 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=15748
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 [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/25/australian-open-day-eight-wrap-serena-so-good-speaking-of-federer/feed/ 22 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/23/australian-open-day-six-wrap-tapped-out/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/23/australian-open-day-six-wrap-tapped-out/#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 10:37:59 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=15588
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 [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/23/australian-open-day-six-wrap-tapped-out/feed/ 10 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/13/atp-pits-world-cup-tennis-proposal-vs-itf-davis-cup/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/13/atp-pits-world-cup-tennis-proposal-vs-itf-davis-cup/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:13:58 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=15334
With Andy Roddick and James Blake leaving Davis Cup off their 2010 calendars and Roger Federer pulling out of a much anticipated first round tie against Spain, I’ve been wondering about the future of Davis Cup as an elite, world-class event. It seems the players have been, too. Members of the ATP players’ council, which includes [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/13/atp-pits-world-cup-tennis-proposal-vs-itf-davis-cup/feed/ 7 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/06/bonjour-tokyo-monfils-tsonga-hewitt-del-potro-in-japan/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/06/bonjour-tokyo-monfils-tsonga-hewitt-del-potro-in-japan/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:55:15 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=13070 Gael Monfils, Juan Martin Del Potro, Lleyton Hewitt and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga cracked some sake barrels at the Japan Open’s welcome reception on Tuesday. It was a konnichiwa/sayonara moment del Potro, who was booted out of the tournament in the first round. What is Tsonga so giddy about? And where are Lleyton Hewitt’s arms? Hair twins! Just like [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/06/bonjour-tokyo-monfils-tsonga-hewitt-del-potro-in-japan/feed/ 8 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/07/01/wimbledon-mens-quarterfinals-wrap-disasters-tough-breaks-and-pandymonium/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/07/01/wimbledon-mens-quarterfinals-wrap-disasters-tough-breaks-and-pandymonium/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:27:34 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=9957
I missed the Roddick vs. Hewitt thiller! Why? Because NBC’s “protected” tape-delayed coverage messes up everything here in the Western time zone, and it makes hunting for tennis on t.v. akin to wandering the Sahara without a map. NBC’s live streaming option may be too little, too late, but it beats drinking my own pee. [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/07/01/wimbledon-mens-quarterfinals-wrap-disasters-tough-breaks-and-pandymonium/feed/ 23 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/06/30/wimbledon-quarterfinals-preview-swine-flu-sunburn-and-dirty-dancing/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/06/30/wimbledon-quarterfinals-preview-swine-flu-sunburn-and-dirty-dancing/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:30:44 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=9943
“New Yorkers love it when you spill your guts out there. You spill your guts out at Wimbledon, and they make you stop and clean it up.” – Jimmy Connors. It’s gut-check time for Roger Federer and the rest of Wimbledon’s “Gentlemen” as they battle it out in the quarterfinals on Wednesday. Who’s bringing [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/06/30/wimbledon-quarterfinals-preview-swine-flu-sunburn-and-dirty-dancing/feed/ 16 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/06/25/wimbledon-day-4-wrap-this-aint-candy-land-says-roddick/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/06/25/wimbledon-day-4-wrap-this-aint-candy-land-says-roddick/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:43:59 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=9748
Andy Roddick got through to the third round today, beating Igor Kunitsyn in his second four setter of the fortnight. Here’s Andy on being the “standard bearer” of American tennis: Q. Do you feel a burden? It’s an individual sport, but do you feel any sort of burden in sort of carrying the weight? ANDY RODDICK: Not [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/06/25/wimbledon-day-4-wrap-this-aint-candy-land-says-roddick/feed/ 2 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