Why so serious, guys? Sad that Roger pulled out?

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The top guys did press on Tuesday in advance of the Kooyong AAMI Classic exhibition tournament, which starts on Wednesday. The line-up is led by Novak Djokovic and Juan Martin del Potro along with Robin Soderling, Fernando Verdasco, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Fernando Gonzalez, and Tommy [...]

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Andre Agassi wasn’t the only bald tennis-playing daddy making news this weekend. Ivan Ljubicic told his own inspirational story (minus the meth and hair piece), after beating Michael Llodra, 7-5, 6-3 in the finals of the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon. It was the 30-year-old’s ninth ATP title and his [...]

I love Ivan LJubicic. I love him for being an old dude in a sport of boys. I love his big bald head. I love his intelligence. I love his one handed backhand. I love that he doesn’t suffer fools. I just love him! Enjoy:

Ivan was ranked as high as #3 in the world back [...]

FRENCH OPEN DAY 1: The brick orange clay, the renewed fire (and fear) in the players’ eyes, new drinking games based on Brad Gilbert-isms – what’s not to love about a Sunday start at Roland Garros?
Here are some random musings from the debut day on Paris clay:
1.  Sad face: 2004 champ Gaston Gaudio lost to [...]

Rafael Nadal enjoyed an impressive 6-4, 7-5 victory over Fernando Verdasco in the Madrid Open quarterfinals on Friday. Verdasco played well for most of the second set, forcing Rafa to fight his way out of a double break deficit. The comeback was inevitable – I’m sure even Verdasco knew, deep down, that Rafa wasn’t going [...]

Love that huge grin from Roger Federer at the beginning of the video – was the interviewer making funny faces, asking him about Rod Laver, topless??? Anyway, from there he talks about how “interesting” it will be to play Andy Roddick on clay in the Madrid quarterfinals on Friday (Roger beat James Blake easily and [...]

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 [...]