Thursday was a busy day at Indian Wells, with the women finishing up their quarterfinals and two men booking spots in the semis. Here’s the report going into the weekend: Ivan Ljubicic backed up his big Round of 16 win over Novak Djokovic with a three set victory over Juan Monaco in Thursday’s quarterfinal. Before [...]

We caught Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Juan Monaco and Andy Murray going shirtless during practice on Sunday – perfect fodder for our final Tennis Hunks of Indian Wells post of the tournament. If you missed some of our previous posts, click here for Nadal practice photos, here and here for Roger Federer, here for Djokovic practicing with [...]

Swedish police detained two tennis players before the Stockholm Open on Sunday for allegedly soliciting prostitutes (via AP): The two men were identified only as foreign citizens. Investigation leader Jonas Trolle told The Associated Press on Monday that they were detained as they entered a hotel in Stockholm early Sunday with their escorts. He said [...]

REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA SPORT TENNIS) The big news this weekend? Kimiko Date Krumm won the Korean Open, beating second-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain 6-3, 6-3. Here are just a few reasons why this may be the most amazing comeback story in a year of amazing comeback stories: At 39 years-old (on Monday) Date [...]

Juan Monaco got some practice in before his doubles match on Thursday at the US Open. His shirtless session seemed to do the trick – he and partner Maximo Gonzalez beat the American pairing of Daniel Nguyen and J.T. Sundling and are into the second round.

The men put in a good day’s work on Day Four of the US Open on Thursday, including some solid wins by Tommy Haas, Fernando Verdasco, Novak Djokovic and Tommy Robredo. Here are some of our snapshots. *fellow bloggers are more than welcome to use our photos, please link us if you do.

Davis Cup is the most emotional event in tennis. The pressures of playing for team and country either lift players up to the heights of glory or push them deep into dank pits of shame and despair. Which from a fan perspective, makes Davis Cup damn entertaining, even if you’re watching a fuzzy broadcast of [...]

The drama’s building at Roland Garros, with a Day 5 filled with tears, triumphs and flop sweat. Roger Federer’s four set victory over Jose Acasuso was an epic drama in itself. Roger pulled a Houdini, admitting afterwards that “(Acasuso) should have won a few sets.” I’m pretty sure that means Jose would have won the [...]

Gotta love the videos coming out of this week’s Estoril Open combined tennis tournament in Portugal. There’s something oddly entrancing in the pairing of Sabine Lisicki and Nikolay Davydenko: Equally entrancing – South Americans in wetsuits and Juan Monaco speaking English: If you are curious about more than beefcake and sweetcakes at the Estoril Open [...]