http://www.gototennisblog.com Tennis blog. Tennis news. Tennis gossip. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:07:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/03/photos-marat-safin-with-anastasia-myskina-in-moscow/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/03/photos-marat-safin-with-anastasia-myskina-in-moscow/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:09:50 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=16868
How about a mid-week Marat Safin pick-me-up? This photo was just too cute not to post. Marat Safin and Anastasia Myskina were photographed at the Novinsky Passazh shopping arcade in Moscow on Friday for the draw of the Tennis Legends in Moscow event. Last weekend’s exhibition tournament featured “the brightest tennis stars of the 90s” in [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/03/photos-marat-safin-with-anastasia-myskina-in-moscow/feed/ 7 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/04/tennis-hunk-at-home-marat-safin-in-his-moscow-penthouse/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/04/tennis-hunk-at-home-marat-safin-in-his-moscow-penthouse/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:40:10 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=16096
Photo via Spletnik.ru In the doldrums of the post-Australian Open tennis season, why not take a Marat Safin break? Marat was interviewed late last last year by Russian HELLO! and photographed hanging out in his Moscow penthouse, where he will be spending more time now that he’s retired. It’s a thrill to see the super-private Safin in [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/04/tennis-hunk-at-home-marat-safin-in-his-moscow-penthouse/feed/ 19 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/12/22/gtt-best-of-2009-tennis-love-matches-romances-and-hookups/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/12/22/gtt-best-of-2009-tennis-love-matches-romances-and-hookups/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:44:35 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=14836 It was love-all for tennis in 2009, with nuptials, hookups, and enough juicy rumors to keep us bloggers chattering like overworked yentas. Here’s a review of some of the year’s juiciest love matches. TENNIS HOOKUPS: Ana Ivanovic and her Australian golfing beau, Adam Scott, inspired this post. She’s been in Australia for over a month now to [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/12/22/gtt-best-of-2009-tennis-love-matches-romances-and-hookups/feed/ 7 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/12/10/mixed-doubles-mania-with-marat-safin-and-the-ioc/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/12/10/mixed-doubles-mania-with-marat-safin-and-the-ioc/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:56:01 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=13774 Photo of the then-engaged 1971 Wimbledon Champions by: Tony Triolo/SI “Mixed doubles are always starting divorces. If you play with your wife, you fight with her. If you play with somebody else, she fights with you.” – Sidney B.Wood Jr. , 1931 Wimbledon champion. I don’t know, Mirka and Roger seemed to do all right (Hopman Cup [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/12/10/mixed-doubles-mania-with-marat-safin-and-the-ioc/feed/ 8 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/12/01/round-up-king-kolya-federers-last-chance-andy-murray-prefers-playstation-to-girlfriend/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/12/01/round-up-king-kolya-federers-last-chance-andy-murray-prefers-playstation-to-girlfriend/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:50:20 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=14398
Enough turkey, it’s back to tennis! Too bad the 2009 season is over. Here are a few of the loose threads begging to be tugged or tied: All hail Nikolay Davydenko, King of Tennis! (At least for a month or two. . .) Yes, round robin makes for a different tennis ball game and the end [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/12/01/round-up-king-kolya-federers-last-chance-andy-murray-prefers-playstation-to-girlfriend/feed/ 23 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/17/marat-safin-retirement-watch-marat-honored-at-russian-cup-awards/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/17/marat-safin-retirement-watch-marat-honored-at-russian-cup-awards/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:37:03 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=14152
Photo via www.tennis-russia.ru There are so many talented tennis players in Russia, that the country has its own awards ceremony to honor them. Last night’s Russian Cup awards, hosted by Anastasia Myskina at Moscow’s Radisson Slavyanskaya hotel, honored Nikolay Davydenko as Tennis Player of the Year (for being the top male Russian player for the 5th [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/17/marat-safin-retirement-watch-marat-honored-at-russian-cup-awards/feed/ 13 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/16/marat-safin-retirement-watch-he-blames-his-forehand/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/16/marat-safin-retirement-watch-he-blames-his-forehand/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:02:23 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=14143
I love this video interview of Marat Safin, speaking in Paris after losing the last match of his career to Juan Martin del Potro. He says he realized during that match that he has a terrible forehand and maybe should have worked on it at some point during his career. I’m assuming he’s joking, but [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/16/marat-safin-retirement-watch-he-blames-his-forehand/feed/ 10 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/12/photo-roger-federer-and-marat-safin-in-paris/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/12/photo-roger-federer-and-marat-safin-in-paris/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:52:23 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=13990
I love this photo: Thanks to the Safin fan at Mens Tennis Forum for finding/posting this. So. . .anyone know if the now-retired Safin (wahhh!) and the Bercy-loser Federer (wahhh!) spent the night on the town together? Were you with them, by chance, doing body shots off Marat’s clavicle and cooing over photos of the Federer twins?  [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/12/photo-roger-federer-and-marat-safin-in-paris/feed/ 17 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/11/video-lowlights-safin-and-federer-out-at-wednesdays-paris-masters/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/11/video-lowlights-safin-and-federer-out-at-wednesdays-paris-masters/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:21:06 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=13983
Any day that Marat Safin and Roger Federer are kicked out of a tournament is a bad one. And today Marat’s gone forever! Oh well, at least some people are happy after Wednesday’s Paris Masters. Julien Benneteau got his best win, ever. Rafael Nadal saved 5 match points. Marat Safin doesn’t have to play tennis [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/11/video-lowlights-safin-and-federer-out-at-wednesdays-paris-masters/feed/ 19 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/11/all-boxed-up-marat-safin-retires-in-paris/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/11/all-boxed-up-marat-safin-retires-in-paris/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:16:21 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=13967
Marat Safin played the last match of his professional career today at the Paris Masters in Bercy, losing in three sets to Juan Martin del Potro: 6-4, 5-7, 6-4. It was a “good” loss for him, the dignified exit he was hoping for. He could have won it, but didn’t “lose” it. He smashed just [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/11/all-boxed-up-marat-safin-retires-in-paris/feed/ 8 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/10/videos-marat-safin-wants-to-retire-with-dignity/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/10/videos-marat-safin-wants-to-retire-with-dignity/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:20:22 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=13911
Marat Safin almost played the last match of his career yesterday, fighting past three match points to beat the 168 ranked Thierry Ascione at the Paris Masters. After that close call, Marat told the ATP that he wants “to retire with dignity.” He also said that it won’t be “too painful” to lose to his [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/10/videos-marat-safin-wants-to-retire-with-dignity/feed/ 10 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/09/marat-safin-retirement-watch-dead-man-playing-in-paris/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/09/marat-safin-retirement-watch-dead-man-playing-in-paris/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:28:17 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=13898 Photo by JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP/Getty Images via Daylife Marat Safin saved three match points today in the first round of the Paris Masters, a tournament he’s won three times in his career (a record he shares with Boris Becker). Watching him nearly flame-out against Thierry Ascione, a stocky 28-year-old French qualifier ranked 168 in the world, confirmed [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/09/marat-safin-retirement-watch-dead-man-playing-in-paris/feed/ 12 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/09/video-tribute-fabrice-santoro-retires-at-the-paris-masters/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/09/video-tribute-fabrice-santoro-retires-at-the-paris-masters/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:37:54 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=13868
On Sunday, Fabrice “the Magician” Santoro played what he says is the last professional tennis match of his 20-year career, losing to James Blake 6-4, 6-3 in the first round of the Paris Masters. After the match, Blake and Santoro exchanged “jerseys” and Santoro took his own kind of victory lap around the Bercy arena. “Thank [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/09/video-tribute-fabrice-santoro-retires-at-the-paris-masters/feed/ 11 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/02/weekend-wrap-ljubicic-does-it-for-the-dads-stakhovsky-saves-safin-fans-from-heartbreak/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/02/weekend-wrap-ljubicic-does-it-for-the-dads-stakhovsky-saves-safin-fans-from-heartbreak/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:52:13 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=13686 AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani via Daylife Andre Agassi wasn’t the only bald tennis-playing daddy making news this weekend. Ivan Ljubicic told his own inspirational story (minus the meth and hair piece), after beating Michael Llodra, 7-5, 6-3 in the finals of the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon. It was the 30-year-old’s ninth ATP title and his [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/02/weekend-wrap-ljubicic-does-it-for-the-dads-stakhovsky-saves-safin-fans-from-heartbreak/feed/ 2 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/01/marat-safin-retirement-watch-he-wont-pull-an-agassi/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/01/marat-safin-retirement-watch-he-wont-pull-an-agassi/#comments Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:16:02 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=13631
Marat Safin may be limping off the tour in a couple weeks (WAH!), but he still has the best BS meter in the game. Here are Safin’s thoughts on Andre Agassi’s recent admission (via his autobiography) that he lied his way out of a drug suspension (CBS Sports): “One should know how to be silent, but [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/01/marat-safin-retirement-watch-he-wont-pull-an-agassi/feed/ 15 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/28/marat-safin-retirement-watch-you-can-call-him-papa/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/28/marat-safin-retirement-watch-you-can-call-him-papa/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:24:47 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=13561
Marat Safin and Teimuraz Gabashvili visited an orphanage in St. Petersburg while in town for the St. Petersburg Open. Listen carefully, gals, Marat has a message for you: Hear that? Marat says retirement will give him plenty of time to find the right woman and make babies. Single ladies, renew those passports! Oh, and of course it’s [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/28/marat-safin-retirement-watch-you-can-call-him-papa/feed/ 15 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/24/marat-safin-retirement-watch-marat-is-nobodys-monkey/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/24/marat-safin-retirement-watch-marat-is-nobodys-monkey/#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:51:52 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=13471
GTT buddy Lorrie sent us these links to Marat Safin’s last press conference at the Kremlin Cup this week (after beating Nikolay Davydenko, Marat went out to Korolev in the second round.) The video is in Russian (non-Russian speakers will enjoy casting Safin into their fantasy James Bond film) but the English transcript shows Marat [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/24/marat-safin-retirement-watch-marat-is-nobodys-monkey/feed/ 5 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/18/shanghai-quotes-djokovic-on-sex-nadal-on-sports-cars/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/18/shanghai-quotes-djokovic-on-sex-nadal-on-sports-cars/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:47:06 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=13333
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 [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/18/shanghai-quotes-djokovic-on-sex-nadal-on-sports-cars/feed/ 8 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/15/andy-roddick-proposes-a-fix-to-the-atp-calendar/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/15/andy-roddick-proposes-a-fix-to-the-atp-calendar/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:08:31 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=13334
We’ve been following the (never ending?) story of the tennis players vs. the tennis schedule this week, as both Andy Roddick and Rafael Nadal have said that current scheduling commitments are hurting the players. Roddick, who retired from his second round match in Shanghai, offered some solutions to the problem via Twitter today (I cleaned [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/15/andy-roddick-proposes-a-fix-to-the-atp-calendar/feed/ 7 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/15/video-novak-djokovic-and-gilles-simon-at-the-shanghai-masters-party/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/15/video-novak-djokovic-and-gilles-simon-at-the-shanghai-masters-party/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:57:45 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=13328
The players partied on the helipad of the Shanghai Hilton to celebrate this week’s Masters tournament. They managed not to look too grumpy, and Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal even dressed up a little: Marat, do you really want to wrap up your final season wearing plaid flannels? Come on now: That’s more like it! ]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/15/video-novak-djokovic-and-gilles-simon-at-the-shanghai-masters-party/feed/ 13