A busy, surprising and hot, hot, hot day (and night) in NYC on Wednesday. Take this, for example: Pre-tournament favorite and No. 10 seed Victoria Azarenka suffered the second Major retirement of her career on Wednesday at the US Open (she retired against Serena Williams at the 2009 Australian Open), literally falling to Gisela Dulko [...]

Saturday was Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day at the US Open, the annual pre-tournament meeting of pro players, pop stars and pre-teens. CBS will be broadcasting  highlights from the day, which included the on court talents of Andy Roddick, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Kim Clijsters, on Sunday afternoon: 12:00 – 1:30 pm, Eastern time. I [...]

Ah, it’s raining in Cincinnati this Saturday afternoon, interrupting the Mardy Fish vs. Andy Roddick semifinal at the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters. So it’s the perfect time to review some of Friday’s exciting quarterfinal action, which featured Roger Federer completing his first full match of the tournament and Rafael Nadal being upset by [...]

Boy, what a tough break for Andy Roddick: after feeling fatigued for most of the summer, a recent blood test revealed that he’s been suffering the withering effects of mononucleosis. Andy Roddick explained his health problems to reporters in Cincinnati, where he is preparing to play in next week’s ATP Masters event (the AP): “I [...]

Mardy Fish beat John Isner on Sunday, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(4), to win the inaugural title at the new Atlanta Tennis Championships. Mardy took out Andy Roddick in the semifinals last night – his first win over his good buddy in ten tries. Yep, it’s all going swimmingly for Fish. He’s on a ten match winning [...]

Of course most of the players featured here won’t be playing all that much this summer, but at least we get to see them in these fabulous 2010 Olympus US Open Series spots. Enjoy! Roger Federer demonstrates his “greatest shot,” with diagrams. Rafael Nadal shares his special recipe. Please, someone get this man a cooking [...]

Andy Roddick and Brooklyn Decker took a silly IQ test on their good friend Bobby Bones’s radio show on KISS 96.7 FM, Austin. Results are rather surprising… or not… Source: Tennis-x

Upsets, routs and heroics, what a way to start the second week at Wimbledon. All singles players played their Round of 16s today, and the frantic schedule and rising heat seemed to effect everyone a little differently. Post-match, the players were asked about everything from their tennis, World Cup referees and Jennifer Capriati’s drug overdose. [...]

These photos are so great, I had to post on the fly: Queen Elizabeth II visited Wimbledon for the first time in 33 years and I think she had a pretty nice day. She was presented with flowers, walked the grounds in front of an adoring bystanders, and met with tennis royalty, including Serena Williams [...]

Day Two at Wimbledon continued in a much less dramatic fashion than Monday’s opener, with most seeds earning swift passage to the second round. The biggest upset on the women’s side was another French Open finalist – this time the runner up, Sam Stosur. She lost to Kaia Kanepi in straights. Anna Chakvetadze, like Kaia, [...]

I somehow missed this pre-Queen’s interview with Andy Roddick and T.V. presenter Jonathan Ross. “Stop showing off, Swiss Guy!” Kinda funny. Some awkward moments (uh, no, that’s not Brooklyn) and the best part: “I’M A WINNER!” “I’LL WIN WIMBLEDON THIS YEAR!” I didn’t miss this NYTimes story on Andy Roddick at Wimbledon – a meeting [...]

It wouldn’t be Day One of a Major without a little controversy! Just after 8:30 pm, as Olivier Rochus took the third to go up two sets to one against Novak Djokovic on Centre Court, tournament referee Andrew Jarrett declared that the players would be taking a 30 minute break while the roof was closed [...]