Roger Federer and his new coach Paul Annacone took to the Rogers Cup practice courts at around 4:30 pm this afternoon.  Gael Monfils was a court away, playing a loosey goosey game of futbol tennis with a couple friends (Meanwhile, La Monf’s doubles partner, Philipp Kohlschreiber, was deep in the third set vs. Rafael Nadal [...]

Like that old saw about happy hour – it’s always the clay court season somewhere. The tours rolled on the red stuff this past week, crowning four singles champions. It was a bad luck for the hometown hopes – all three players playing in the final of their home country’s tournaments lost. Hungarian player Agnes [...]

Friday was an exciting and surprising first day of Davis Cup quarterfinal action. Let’s take a look. France leads Spain: 2-0 in France Wha? Michael Llodra, bluntly described as France’s “oldest and lowest ranked player” on the Davis Cup website, took out World No. 10 Fernando Verdasco on Friday in four sets. It was the [...]

The 2010 Davis Cup quarterfinals are here, less than a week after the Wimbledon finals. Who is ready to fight on? SPAIN VS. FRANCE: Wimby champ Rafael Nadal has pulled from the anticipated Spain vs. France quarterfinal in Clermont-Ferrand, France, to rest his knees. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is also out with a knee injury. As the [...]

Rain held back the start of play by over four hours on Thursday at Roland Garros, with two additional interruptions after that. I think all the rain delays and tricky conditions are starting to make the players a little batty (and the city officials more open to a roof over center court.) It’s still the [...]

Former pro, Super Coach and ESPN 2 commentator Darren Cahill spoke with reporters via conference call on Tuesday (Darren was calling in from Wednesday, Down Under.) Much of the conversation revolved around the WTA (click here for more on that) but he still had plenty to say about Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and the rest [...]

Sydney’s Medibank International has it tough – many players are exhausted from the previous week’s warmup, those who are making their 2010 debuts are rusty, and all the top guys go to Kooyong. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t drama. Here’s what’s going on in Sydney so far: After a smooth opening day for the [...]

FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images via Daylife Better late than never! Novak Djokovic beat Gael Monfils, 6-2, 5-7, 7-6(3), in the Bercy final on Sunday, claiming his first (and last) Masters 1000 title of the year – in five attempts and on four surfaces. This is also Nole’s second trophy in as many weeks, following a nervy [...]

Whenever I get excited for quarterfinals day, the matches never live up to my expectations. Friday at the Paris Masters was no exception. I was pulling for either a Nadal vs. Soderling grudge match in the semis or a chance for Tsonga to defend his title. Instead we get Novak Djokovic out-scrapping the Sod and [...]

The ATP’s calendar was the hot topic in the Shanghai Masters press room last week, but there were plenty of other interesting exchanges, covering everything from sex, sports cars and when the heck a Frenchman will ever win a major. Before it’s old news, I thought I’d post some of my favorites: Novak Djokovic on [...]

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! [...]

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 [...]