Saturday was a very busy day at Indian Wells – the sold out day session, the overflow parking situation and the epic bathroom lines were just the start of it. It felt like the entire population of Tennis Landia was trying to get inside Stadium 2 to watch Andy Murray/Ross Hutchins vs. James Blake/Andy Roddick [...]

Don’t worry Rafanatics. After a couple days of near misses, we finally caught Rafael Nadal on the practice courts!
Rafa practiced twice on Friday. The first session (white cap) was in the late morning with Janko Tipsarevic. Flavia Pennetta, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Nikolay Davydenko were around for a chat. I have no idea what Flavs was [...]

A great BIG juicy thank you to GTT reader Nilhenwen for sending us this amazing behind-the-scenes video from the Rafael Nadal/Shakira “Gypsy” shoot! I’m sure it will launch 1,000 film makeup careers. Enjoy!

I thought I was witnessing the most awkward part of Day Three at Indian Wells when Maria Sharapova went down 1-5 in the first set to Vera Dushevina on Stadium 2. The crowd was groaning and wincing as she hit serve after serve into the bottom of the net. But then I heard a collective [...]

No, these aren’t our photos. We weren’t invited to the Indian Wells Players’ Party, sniff! And good thing we weren’t, because. . .well, we might have said something rude to Ana about her pantyhose. Let’s take a look:
So far, so gorgeous, for Ana Ivanovic!

And then we get to the nurse pantyhose and 80’s secretary pumps. [...]

Rafael Nadal is back on court and ready to defend his title at Indian Wells! Our scientific two-person poll determines that his warm-up jacket is a sartorial winner.

Hola, Shakira?

What Ho! The Indian Wells Masters draw is out earlier than expected! (Click here)
With Rafael Nadal at No. 3, he and Roger Federer are suddenly the Williams Sisters of the ATP tour. Everyone’s first question when the draw comes out: are they on opposite sides of the draw?
They are.
Okay, moving on to the second question. [...]

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Here it is folks. Finally the full version of Shakira’s hot music video for her song “Gypsy“, featuring a scantily clad [...]

*UPDATE – Full version of the music video can be found here after the jump.
Yes, I know there are actual professional tennis tournaments going on all around the world, but I can’t get enough of Shakira and Rafael Nadal! Here’s the “teaser” preview from Shakira’s “Gypsy” music video, co-starring Rafa – thanks to Judy for [...]

It’s great to see this exciting Hit for Haiti exhibition come together for the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. Pete Sampras and Roger Federer will play doubles against Andre Agassi and Rafael Nadal, all former champions in the desert. That’s a whopping 44 Major titles on the court at one time. They also added [...]

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We know that the Page Six rumors about Shakira and Rafael Nadal’s burgeoning “romance” are likely bunk. But it is true that the two will be starring together in a hot video for her new single “Gypsy.” Check out the [...]

Tennis.com’s Peter Bodo wrote a piece this week about the Federer vs. Nadal rivalry called “Homeless Rafa.” To summarize, Bodo thinks that Rafael Nadal’s ongoing injury issues have allowed Roger Federer to loosen up to his current dominating form, proving just how much the Spaniard was in Fed’s head before his knees gave out last [...]