A jetsetting Fernando Verdasco is featured in the September issue of GQ, adding some dapper decoration to Madrid-Barajas’s already stunning Terminal 4. (Hmm. . .wonder what those Lindt girls would do to him?) Once you peel your eyes away from the photos, you can read Verdasco’s thoughts on “la Época de Oro” – Spain’s sporting [...]

Looking at an exciting Friday in Cincy with Fish vs. Murray, Roddick vs. Djokovic, Federer vs. Davydenko and Nadal vs. Baghdatis in the quarterfinals. Murray, Nadal, Davydenko and Roddick all survived tough three set matches on Thursday while Fed has played a grand total of 37 minutes this week, with a retirement vs. Istomin in [...]

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 [...]

The 2010 Davis Cup quarterfinals are here, less than a week after the Wimbledon finals. Who is ready to fight on? SPAIN VS. FRANCE: Wimby champ Rafael Nadal has pulled from the anticipated Spain vs. France quarterfinal in Clermont-Ferrand, France, to rest his knees. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is also out with a knee injury. As the [...]

What do you do when you go out early at Wimbledon? Ibiza… on a boat… with bikini clad babes, of course. I”M ON A BOAT! Enjoy. Source: X17online.com via GreatTennisPhotos

Andy Roddick was dismantled by Russian qualifier Teimuraz Ga”bash”vili 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 on Saturday at Roland Garros – any match where Roddick doesn’t play at least one tiebreak is a wash out. In case you don’t know too much about Teimuraz Gabashvili, here’s all you need to know about him: He’s crazy. And he doesn’t [...]

The truth gas they’re pumping into the Roland Garros press room seems to be working. The players were in a sharing mood on Tuesday – for the most part. Rafael Nadal made a winning debut on Court Suzanne Lenglen on Tuesday, taking out French teenager and World No. 655, Gianni Mina 6-2, 6-2, 6-2. But [...]

Just browsing through my photo service and noticing some cool, awkward and/or noteworthy tennis photos. Take a look: This colorful shot of Juan Monaco was taken at this week’s ARAG World Team Cup in Dusseldorf – i.e. proof that a Davis Cup-lite exhibition tournament will attract even less media attention than Davis Cup, itself. And [...]

Adidas has created a new ad to cheer on Madrid-native, Fernando Verdasco, ahead of next week’s Madrid Masters. It’s also a good promo for the sportswear company’s Player Development Program, which got some major press when adidas-paid gurus Darren Cahill and Gil Reyes mentored Nando into the semifinals of the 2009 Australian Open. According to [...]

I hear Gulbis is entertaining a la Safin in his press conferences this week. Take this snippet after beating Volandri on Thursday (via tournament website): Gulbis cannot win a match at the moment without being asked about his misspent youth – that lost 2009 season when he spent more time off court than on. This [...]

Rafael Nadal decimated Fernando Verdasco 6-0, 6-1 in the final of the Monte-Carlo Masters on Sunday. What an emphatic way to break an eleven-month long (singles) title drought. A beat down over a top 10 opponent always makes an impression. But in case the scoreline isn’t impressive enough: * Nadal is the first player in [...]

It’s semifinal time! 2010 MONTE-CARLO ROLEX MASTERS ORDER OF PLAY FOR SATURDAY, 17 APRIL 2010 COURT CENTRAL start 11:30 am [7] S Aspelin (SWE) / P Hanley (AUS) vs [5] M Bhupathi (IND) / M Mirnyi (BLR) Not Before 1:30 PM [11] D Ferrer (ESP) vs [2] R Nadal (ESP) [1] N Djokovic (SRB) vs [...]