I admit I had a hard time following all of the tennis action from the past week. We had the men and women in Brisbane, Roger and Rafa (and the mighty Kolya!) in Doha, Peer protests in New Zealand, an ATP tourny in India, Laura Robson making Andy Murray look good at the Hopman Cup [...]

The Spanish Armada was in intimidating form against the Czech Republic this weekend in Barcelona, winning the first three matches of the final and claiming the Davis Cup title for the second year in a row.
A strong cocktail of red clay, home crowd and team spirit was just what Rafael Nadal needed to perk up [...]

Photo by REUTERS/Albert Gea (SPAIN) via Daylife.com
The Davis Cup draw was released on Thursday, and Rafael Nadal and Tomas Berdych will be facing off in the first match of this weekend’s final in Barcelona. Here’s the full schedule:
Friday, December 4
Rafael Nadal v Tomas Berdych
David Ferrer  v Radek Stepanek
Saturday, December 5
Feliciano Lopez / Fernando Verdasco  [...]

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 [...]

Davis Cup is the most emotional event in tennis. The pressures of playing for team and country either lift players up to the heights of glory or push them deep into dank pits of shame and despair. Which from a fan perspective, makes Davis Cup damn entertaining, even if you’re watching a fuzzy broadcast [...]

Roger & Mirka and Steffi & Andre may have formed the ultimate tennis love-matches, but there are many more tumultuous examples: Kim Clijsters & Lleyton Hewitt, Jimmy Connors & Chris Evert and Radek Stepanek & Martina Hingis broke off their engagements, for example, while Verdasco & Ivanovic, Pennetta & Moya and Stepanek & Vaidisova experienced [...]

Spaniards Rafael Nadal, Fernando Verdasco and Tommy Robredo all won their third round match ups Thursday at the Barcelona Open. Take a look at the highlights, above.
All four of the top seeds will advance, with Friday’s quarterfinals as follows:
Nikolay Davydenko (3) vs. Radek Stepanek (Czech leads head-to-head 4-3), David Ferrer (4) vs. Tommy Robredo (Ferrer [...]

Matt Cronin of tennisreporters.net found the on-court angle to the ever-complicating story of Fernando Verdasco’s love life:

TUESDAY, MARCH 31 – Is Fernando Verdasco entering a black widower phase? In Miami, the Spaniard crushed Czech Radek “Black Widower [...]

Fernando Gonzalez went Gonzo against Radek “Worm” Stepanek last night in third round play at the Sony Ericsson Open. Stepanek wasn’t playing to Fernando’s pace and Gonzo decided to light a fire under his ass. (If by “fire” you mean a 120 mph overhead.)

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With news of Roger Federer’s impending fatherhood dominating the headlines, we couldn’t resist making some babies of our own. Check out the sweet combos we made with Roger + Mirka, Nadal + Serena (bionic baby!), Verdasco + Ana (reunite, Fernana!), Vaidisova + Stepanek, Venus + Murray (surprisingly cute!), and some of our own fantasy tennis [...]

Yeah, taking photos hunky players at an ATP tournament is not a challenge. Talk about point and shoot! Make sure to check out the gallery to find your favorites. (And our apologies for not getting everyone!)
Hot Potito! Yeah, I was surprised, too. Potito Starache was until recently a UHO – Unidentified Hunky Object – until [...]

Davis Cup is all about the thrill of VICTORY and the agony of DEFEAT, as this photo essay demonstrates. (I think you’ll agree that Gilles Simon suffered more than any one tennis player should have to bear.)
Spain over Serbia: 4 – 1

This video basically sums it up.

VICTORY! I bet Rafa wakes up every morning in [...]