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 [...]

France took out defending champ Spain in Davis Cup action on Saturday. The team of Llodra/Benneteau beat Lopez/Verdasco 6-1, 6-2, 6-7(6), 7-6(5), posting an insurmountable 3-0 lead for Team France. “Even if I am 30 years, I like this kind of match,” said Llodra, who also upset Verdasco in Monday’s singles rubber. “Amazing. We play [...]

Just in case you were worried that the Serbian tennis players weren’t having enough fun during their off-season, Blic wants to put your minds to rest: Bohemian bookworm, Janko Tipsarevic, is off exploring in India with his new fiancée: After a romantic engagement with the TV host Biljana Sesevic in early November in Maldives, Janko [...]

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 [...]

“Janko Tipsarevic Unplugged” says the ATP tour. Isn’t Janko Tipsarevic always unplugged? Yes, he does say he hates Novak Djokovic – and says Rafael Nadal chokes. Watch the video and find out why. Janko’s the guy you want to invite to your next dinner party, right? And here’s a nice one of Tommy Robredo, his [...]

I stumbled upon this intensely silly post from Blic, Serbia (English edition) and thought, heck, why not? It’s about the girlfriends who may be accompanying the tennis players to the Serbia Open, which starts this Saturday in Belgrade. Notable facts that I’ve gleaned from this article: Arnaud Clement and Victor Troicki are dating out of [...]

Besides the golfing, dance-offs and awards ceremonies, there is some tennis being played at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami! The top seeds join in second round action today, with Federer, Djokovic, Dementieva, Ivanovic, Roddick and Tsonga headlining (and Nadal playing doubles with Marc Lopez) but we’ve already had some first rounders worth mentioning. Eight [...]

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 – [...]

OMG, this is some good reading! On the subject of reading. And Janko Tipsarevic, Novak Djokovic’s Davis Cup teammate, who blames his recent tennis slump on READING TOO MUCH PHILOSOPHY! Yes, folks, Janko says reading too many smart-people books messed with his brain, leading to all sorts of troublesome questions like: “Am I happy?” “What’s [...]

Half the fun of being a tennis fan is objectifying the players (or is it three-quarters?), so I couldn’t resist posting this super cute video blog of Janko Tipsarevic, who seems to be everyone’s favorite under-the-radar hottie. I never got his appeal, to be honest, until I watched this video. Those eyes! That voice! How [...]