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/2010/03/12/indian-wells-report-day-2-roger-federer-and-justine-henin-conference-on-awesome/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/12/indian-wells-report-day-2-roger-federer-and-justine-henin-conference-on-awesome/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:28:47 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=17161 Okay – first of all, Rafael Nadal is not keeping the kinds of hours I’d expect of a Spaniard. Meaning, I totally missed it when he and Kim and Roger and Ana were all together on the practice courts on Thursday morning. I was still eating my breakfast! Thank goodness there are other crazed tennis [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/12/indian-wells-report-day-2-roger-federer-and-justine-henin-conference-on-awesome/feed/ 23 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/11/photos-novak-djokovic-and-fernando-verdasco-indian-wells-practice-session/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/11/photos-novak-djokovic-and-fernando-verdasco-indian-wells-practice-session/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:45:41 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=17163
Novak Djokovic and Fernando Verdasco practiced together at Indian Wells on Thursday. Quick, someone call Calvin Klein! We have an impromptu boxer briefs spread in the making here. Enjoy: ]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/11/photos-novak-djokovic-and-fernando-verdasco-indian-wells-practice-session/feed/ 5 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/13/weekend-update-oudin-dementieva-roddick-and-djokovic-into-semis/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/13/weekend-update-oudin-dementieva-roddick-and-djokovic-into-semis/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 12:42:18 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=16388 Here’s a quick peek at what’s going on in the tennis world this weekend. In Paris we have the WTA’s Open GDF Suez, a Premier-level event without the Williams sisters, Clijsters or Henin. It’s nice to see Melanie Oudin taking advantage of both the draw and the confidence she gained last weekend in Fed Cup; she’s [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/13/weekend-update-oudin-dementieva-roddick-and-djokovic-into-semis/feed/ 9 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/09/pete-sampras-at-the-sap-open-its-all-good-with-agassi-for-now/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/09/pete-sampras-at-the-sap-open-its-all-good-with-agassi-for-now/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:58:48 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=16249
Pete Sampras took to the court at the SAP Open in San Jose last night to play an exhibition match vs. Fernando Verdasco. Verdasco beat Pete 6-3, 7-6 (2), and the 38-year-old admitted afterwards that he felt “a little old” compared to the strapping 26-year-old Spaniard. (Via Guardian) Perhaps next time Nando should play in [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/09/pete-sampras-at-the-sap-open-its-all-good-with-agassi-for-now/feed/ 9 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/04/tennis-hunk-hotness-fernando-verdasco-poses-for-calvin-klein/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/04/tennis-hunk-hotness-fernando-verdasco-poses-for-calvin-klein/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:02:32 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=16069
*Updated with a ridiculous video. Thanks to DTL reader Sara. Some say Roger Federer makes being the No. 1 tennis player in the world look easy. Fernando Verdasco shows off his skills at being No. 1 tennis hunk in this shoot for Calvin Klein underwear. Feliciano must be jealous! Here’s a fun behind the scene’s making of: via [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/04/tennis-hunk-hotness-fernando-verdasco-poses-for-calvin-klein/feed/ 21 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/25/australian-open-day-eight-wrap-serena-so-good-speaking-of-federer/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/25/australian-open-day-eight-wrap-serena-so-good-speaking-of-federer/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:25:03 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=15748
Let’s start with the obvious: Scary good and Especially Relentless against Stosur Everyone else (including Justine) has No chance to win the Australian Open AND: Free to Experiment with his plan D Even Hewitt Realized that the match was an Entertaining Recreation for Roger Disagree? Consider this an acrostic smack down. Roger Federer probably won’t have as much fun against Nikolay Davydenko in the quarterfinals. Kolya’s beaten Roger the past two [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/25/australian-open-day-eight-wrap-serena-so-good-speaking-of-federer/feed/ 22 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/20/australian-open-fashion-review-nole-en-fuego-sharapovas-washed-up-dress/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/20/australian-open-fashion-review-nole-en-fuego-sharapovas-washed-up-dress/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:35:50 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=15513
By now, all of our favorite players have taken a turn or two on the Australian Open catwalk. And a few have already been “Auf’ed”  – though not for their tennis fashion sense. We’ll take care of the rest. . . THE WOMEN Maria Sharapova wasn’t around for very long, but her dress certainly made an impression. [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/20/australian-open-fashion-review-nole-en-fuego-sharapovas-washed-up-dress/feed/ 15 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/16/verdasco-isner-bondarenko-win-australian-open-warm-ups/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/16/verdasco-isner-bondarenko-win-australian-open-warm-ups/#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2010 08:34:40 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=15416
Yes, you are too sexy for that shirt. . .photo by REUTERS/Mick Tsikas via Daylife Well, we have the latest crop of weekend winners, (almost) the last before the Australian Open starts on Monday. Winning a warm up the weekend before a major is tricky – it gives a player loads of confidence but can be [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/16/verdasco-isner-bondarenko-win-australian-open-warm-ups/feed/ 8 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/14/kooyong-chaos-del-potro-and-soderling-pull-out-djokovic-fed-up-vs-verdasco/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/14/kooyong-chaos-del-potro-and-soderling-pull-out-djokovic-fed-up-vs-verdasco/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:04:15 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=15351
Kooyong Chaos – doesn’t that sound like the latest trendy cocktail? (Make it a double, barkeep!) But alas, it’s the best way to describe the final days of this week’s AAMI Kooyong Classic exhibition tournament in Melbourne. In what Australia’s The Age newspaper calls a “cotton wool approach” to Australian Open preparation, both Juan Martin [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/14/kooyong-chaos-del-potro-and-soderling-pull-out-djokovic-fed-up-vs-verdasco/feed/ 22 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/12/photos-kooyong-game-faces/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/12/photos-kooyong-game-faces/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:35:41 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=15288
Why so serious, guys? Sad that Roger pulled out? REUTERS/Mick Tsikas via Daylife The top guys did press on Tuesday in advance of the Kooyong AAMI Classic exhibition tournament, which starts on Wednesday. The line-up is led by Novak Djokovic and Juan Martin del Potro along with Robin Soderling, Fernando Verdasco, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Fernando Gonzalez, and Tommy [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/12/photos-kooyong-game-faces/feed/ 7 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/2009/12/22/andy-murrays-2010-australian-open-adidas-outfit/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/12/22/andy-murrays-2010-australian-open-adidas-outfit/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:31:14 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=14875
Andy Murray made news this fall when he dropped sponsor Fred Perry and followed the money to adidas. The five year deal is reportedly worth between £10 – £15 million. Did adidas have anything left over to pay its designers? You be the judge. Here’s Andy Murray’s 2010 Australian Open outfit (via allineedisapicketfence ): Via adidas: “Andy [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/12/22/andy-murrays-2010-australian-open-adidas-outfit/feed/ 8 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/12/07/photos-nadal-lopez-ferrer-verdasco-at-the-davis-cup-victory-receptions/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/12/07/photos-nadal-lopez-ferrer-verdasco-at-the-davis-cup-victory-receptions/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:36:37 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=14511
Photo by Miquel Benitez/Getty Images via Daylife Two things we know without a doubt about the Spanish Davis Cup Team: They’re unbeatable at home (final score after Sunday’s dead rubber play: 5-0, Spain.) The U.N. is holding the team in a bomb shelter, in the event a nuclear apocalypse necessitates that a few choice human specimens repopulate the [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/12/07/photos-nadal-lopez-ferrer-verdasco-at-the-davis-cup-victory-receptions/feed/ 7 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/12/05/vamos-spain-celebrates-2009-davis-cup-victory/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/12/05/vamos-spain-celebrates-2009-davis-cup-victory/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:45:41 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=14474
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 [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/12/05/vamos-spain-celebrates-2009-davis-cup-victory/feed/ 9 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/12/03/davis-cup-preview-nadal-and-berdych-are-friendly-competitors/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/12/03/davis-cup-preview-nadal-and-berdych-are-friendly-competitors/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:06:22 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=14442
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  [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/12/03/davis-cup-preview-nadal-and-berdych-are-friendly-competitors/feed/ 15 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/24/atp-world-tour-finals-federer-beats-murray-clinches-year-end-no-1/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/24/atp-world-tour-finals-federer-beats-murray-clinches-year-end-no-1/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:40:00 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=14340
Who’s the daddy? After one of those evil twin starts, Big Poppa Federer arrived at the O2 arena on Tuesday evening, spanking Andy Murray in the final two sets of their round robin match at the ATP World Tour Finals: 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 This win improves Roger’s record against his Scottish nemesis to 4-6, and it’s the [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/24/atp-world-tour-finals-federer-beats-murray-clinches-year-end-no-1/feed/ 23 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/22/atp-world-tour-finals-day-1-starring-roger-federers-evil-twin/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/22/atp-world-tour-finals-day-1-starring-roger-federers-evil-twin/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:36:06 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=14289
The first day of action brought out the WTF in the ATP World Tour Finals. In the first singles match of the tournament, Andy Murray beat Juan Martin Del Potro: 6-3, 3-6, 6-2. As Del Potro was getting gauze stuffed up his nose a la Vera Zvonareva in the first set, I sang to myself: Bonjour [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/22/atp-world-tour-finals-day-1-starring-roger-federers-evil-twin/feed/ 35 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/20/atp-world-tour-final-photos-federer-nadal-djokovic-and-co-in-london/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/20/atp-world-tour-final-photos-federer-nadal-djokovic-and-co-in-london/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:27:36 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=14237
Yes! The ATP World Tour Finals can’t start before the requisite Men in Suits photo session. Along with the British press, another overlooked benefit of hosting the ATP World Tour Finals in London is seeing Federer, Nadal and the rest of the top guys in bespoke tailoring (at least I’ll pretend it is.) Here are [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/20/atp-world-tour-final-photos-federer-nadal-djokovic-and-co-in-london/feed/ 30 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/18/2009-atp-world-tour-finals-draw-set-in-london/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/18/2009-atp-world-tour-finals-draw-set-in-london/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:40:20 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=14194 Andy Murray and the Bryan Brothers took part in the draw ceremony for the ATP World Tour Finals on Wednesday in a pod of the London Eye Ferris wheel. Here are the round robin groups for the singles and doubles competitions, which run from November 22 – 29: 2009 ATP World Tour Finals Singles Draw: Group [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/18/2009-atp-world-tour-finals-draw-set-in-london/feed/ 6 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/13/paris-masters-semifinals-world-tour-finals-lineup-set/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/13/paris-masters-semifinals-world-tour-finals-lineup-set/#comments Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:27:34 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=14042 Whenever I get excited for quarterfinals day, the matches never live up to my expectations. Friday at the Paris Masters was no exception. I was pulling for either a Nadal vs. Soderling grudge match in the semis or a chance for Tsonga to defend his title. Instead we get Novak Djokovic out-scrapping the Sod and [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/13/paris-masters-semifinals-world-tour-finals-lineup-set/feed/ 3