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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 win [...]

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 sex [...]

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 [...]

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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 Krumm is the [...]

Anna Wintour’s crush on tennis grows, with this fab spread featuring Gael Monfils, titled French Open, from this October’s Vogue Magazine.
My only complaint: Why not put Monfils in some haute couture instead of boring tennis whites? He could definitely pull it off.
Thanks to GTT reader MarK for passing this along!
Photos via sarahdanslenoir.

Photographer: Angelo Tonelli
A 6 hour five setter in Croatia, a Frenchman gets upset, Roger Federer wins – sometimes Davis Cup Drama is a little. . . predictable.
Here’s a quick summary of the action.
THE SEMIFINALS

Peek-a -boo, I see you! Photographer: Sergio Carmona

Spain vs. Israel: Spain is up 2-0 against Israel going into day 2, with David [...]

Sorry for the delay on the Day 9 Wrap – I had internet problems last night. We learned two interesting things on Tuesday:
1. Serena Williams will become No. 1 if she wins the US Open. And with her straight-set quarterfinal win over Flavia Pennetta on Tuesday she’s only two wins away. But [...]

When Rafanatics attack! After Rafael Nadal’s scintillating win over Gael Monfils on Tuesday, a lusty fan rushed the court to celebrate the victory with a kiss. And Rafa didn’t seem to mind so much. Check it out at the 60 second mark – the post match interview with Darren Cahill follows.

Personally, this kind of stuff [...]

Big thanks to GTT reader and big-time tennis fan, Judy Salas, for her report and candid photos of Rafa, Serena and others from Wednesday’s GAME. SET. NYC. event in Manhattan. She came for Roger, but stayed for Rafa – and boy, is she glad she did! Here’s her story:

I spent most of my day at [...]

We’ve been waiting for the ATP tour to heat up after Wimbledon, and it finally has at the Rogers Cup in Montreal. (And I’m not just talking Novak’s strip tease – click here for that.)
It rained on the first day of the Rogers Cup Masters event, but that didn’t stop Gael Monfils from taking his [...]

I thought I was done with Roger Federer posts for the day, but then Gael Monfils gave a hilarious press conference after losing to him in their French Open quarterfinal. Marat, you may have some competition for most entertaining in defeat.
Please keep in mind that Monfils was speaking in a thoughtful, self-deprecating way. It was [...]