http://www.gototennisblog.com Tennis blog. Tennis news. Tennis gossip. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:00:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/11/indian-wells-report-day-1/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/11/indian-wells-report-day-1/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:00:12 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=17080 Fritters and I made it out to Indian Wells for Day 1 action – at least the WTA main draw started today. Justine Henin was the only major star on the schedule today thanks to lame first round byes for every seed. Glad she made it through Magdalena Rybarikova, at least. But who needs real, competitive [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/11/indian-wells-report-day-1/feed/ 24 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/10/photos-tennis-babes-practicing-at-indian-wells/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/10/photos-tennis-babes-practicing-at-indian-wells/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:02:24 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=17102
Did they mean “Tennis Babes or Tennis Babies ?” you may ask, after seeing Victoria Azarenka in a diaper. We’ll leave it to you to decide. Check out our shots of Zheng Jie, Alize Cornet, Gisela Dulko, Jelena Jankovic, Victoria Azarenka and Nadia Petrova. (Tennis Babe perverts should right click on the images for supa-dupa high [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/10/photos-tennis-babes-practicing-at-indian-wells/feed/ 8 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/09/indian-wells-wta-draw-and-preview-belgians-vs-russians-in-the-desert/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/09/indian-wells-wta-draw-and-preview-belgians-vs-russians-in-the-desert/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:00:02 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=17042 So the ladies’ draw is out for the Indian Wells tournament (click here) and the first question that comes to mind is: Really, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Caroline Wozniacki are the top seeds? I mean no offense to either of these players – it’s just a jarring reminder that Serena (boycott) and Dinara (back) are not showing [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/09/indian-wells-wta-draw-and-preview-belgians-vs-russians-in-the-desert/feed/ 6 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/15/photos-williams-wozniacki-azarenka-at-dubai-media-day/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/15/photos-williams-wozniacki-azarenka-at-dubai-media-day/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:30:29 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=16407 The WTA’s top players have gathered in Dubai this week to play the Premier-level Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships. Caroline Wozniacki is the top seed, with Li Na the seed in her quarter and Elena Dementieva or defending champ Venus Williams her potential semifinal opponents. Svetlana Kuznetsova anchors the second half of the draw with Agnieszka Radwanska [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/15/photos-williams-wozniacki-azarenka-at-dubai-media-day/feed/ 3 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/27/australian-open-crazy-day-wrap-roger-federer-serena-williams-almost-sink/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/27/australian-open-crazy-day-wrap-roger-federer-serena-williams-almost-sink/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:48:03 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=15807
Pass the Dramamine! Day 10 at the Australian Open was one wicked ride – the kind you enjoy in hindsight, once your feet are back on terra firma and you’ve emptied your guts into a trash can. (Sorry, Nole fans, I wrote that before he started dry heaving.) Each of the day session winners lost their [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/27/australian-open-crazy-day-wrap-roger-federer-serena-williams-almost-sink/feed/ 29 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/2010/01/10/video-sydney-player-party-with-serena-jankovic-gasquet/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/10/video-sydney-player-party-with-serena-jankovic-gasquet/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:34:37 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=15220
Yay! My first player party video post of 2010! I won’t say much about the Sydney soiree for the Medibank International, except that there are a few too many pervy camera pans and Tomas Berdych has good hair. Oh, and Sabine Lisicki radiates loveliness! And where’s Dinara? The song’s lyrics are weird in the context of [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/10/video-sydney-player-party-with-serena-jankovic-gasquet/feed/ 7 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/03/video-pushers-and-bashers-at-the-doha-player-party/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/03/video-pushers-and-bashers-at-the-doha-player-party/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:13:42 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=13750
I just can’t get closure on a tournament until I see the player party video, can you? Here’s the party in Doha. I love Wozniacki’s “brainless ball basher” vs. “pusher” analysis of her match vs. Azarenka! Also, I didn’t realize Jelena Jankovic was a budding fashion designer. I propose that Serena and J.J. design the evening [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/03/video-pushers-and-bashers-at-the-doha-player-party/feed/ 3 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/28/doha-day-2-dinara-safina-a-casualty-in-the-battle-for-no-1/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/28/doha-day-2-dinara-safina-a-casualty-in-the-battle-for-no-1/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:24:50 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=13576 Dinara Safina’s retirement against Jelena Jankovic and subsequent withdrawal from the year ending championships was Wednesday’s big news out of Doha.  She tapped out in the third game of the match, leaving the court after a series of gut wrenching sobs no doubt caused by both pain and disappointment. In what was supposed to be [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/28/doha-day-2-dinara-safina-a-casualty-in-the-battle-for-no-1/feed/ 5 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/27/doha-day-one-venus-stuck-serena-sharp-and-testy-jankovic-not-in-the-mood/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/27/doha-day-one-venus-stuck-serena-sharp-and-testy-jankovic-not-in-the-mood/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:01:52 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=13546 Photo via www.sonyericsson-championships.com The best thing about the year ending championships is the format – from the very first day you have the best players playing against each other and the promise of seeing them again soon, win or lose. The first match was an interesting one. YEC rookie, Victoria Azarenka, trounced former world number one Jelena [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/27/doha-day-one-venus-stuck-serena-sharp-and-testy-jankovic-not-in-the-mood/feed/ 8 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/25/doha-glam-sony-ericsson-year-end-championships-draw-ceremony/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/25/doha-glam-sony-ericsson-year-end-championships-draw-ceremony/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:10:33 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=13495
Serena and Venus Williams, Dinara Safina and the rest of the WTA’s top eight gathered at the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar on Sunday to take part in the Sony Ericsson Year End Championships draw ceremony. Here’s the lowdown on the draw via tennis.com: WHITE GROUP: Dinara Safina Caroline Wozniacki Victoria Azarenka Jelena Jankovic MAROON [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/25/doha-glam-sony-ericsson-year-end-championships-draw-ceremony/feed/ 9 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/09/04/us-open-day-5-wrap-azarenka-out-nadal-and-murray-need-4/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/09/04/us-open-day-5-wrap-azarenka-out-nadal-and-murray-need-4/#comments Sat, 05 Sep 2009 07:34:27 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=12131
The big news out of the US Open this Friday? Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal both needed four sets to get through to the third round. They both lost their second sets – Murray beating Paul Capdeville: 6-2, 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 and Nadal beating Nicolas Keifer: 6-0, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Capdeville is currently ranked 82 in [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/09/04/us-open-day-5-wrap-azarenka-out-nadal-and-murray-need-4/feed/ 2 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/09/04/us-open-photos-day-5-azarenka-kirilenko-del-potro-tsonga-gonzalez/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/09/04/us-open-photos-day-5-azarenka-kirilenko-del-potro-tsonga-gonzalez/#comments Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:31:43 +0000 freakyfritters http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=12123
Our last day in NYC was fairly productive – with the highlight being a three set match between Azarenka and Schiavone. Victoria joins the crew of top 20 seeds who have been booted out of the singles draw on the women’s side. Enjoy these photos of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Juan Martin Del Potro (who advanced), and [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/09/04/us-open-photos-day-5-azarenka-kirilenko-del-potro-tsonga-gonzalez/feed/ 11 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/09/03/us-open-day-4-photos-safina-peer-williams-sisters-lisicki/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/09/03/us-open-day-4-photos-safina-peer-williams-sisters-lisicki/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:56:02 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=12072
We enjoyed a very busy (and photogenic) Day 4 at the US Open on Thursday, catching the Venus and Serena playing doubles, Shahar Peer beating down Carla Suarez Navarro, Sabine Lisicki rolling an ankle after losing her match, and Dinara Safina battling though as always. Here are some of the photos we took along the [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/09/03/us-open-day-4-photos-safina-peer-williams-sisters-lisicki/feed/ 4 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/09/02/us-open-photo-album-safin-clijsters-nadal-on-day-3/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/09/02/us-open-photo-album-safin-clijsters-nadal-on-day-3/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 06:40:09 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=12063
It’s not a full line-up of the Day 3 roster, but we thought we’d share some photos we snapped of Marat Safin, Kim Clijsters, Rafael Nadal, Richard Gasquet, Victoria Azarenka, a semi-shirtless David Ferrer and others from Wednesday at the US Open. The attractive woman you might not recognize is Polona Hercog - an eighteen year [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/09/02/us-open-photo-album-safin-clijsters-nadal-on-day-3/feed/ 8 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/08/30/photo-album-safina-dementieva-sharapova-at-us-open-practice-day/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/08/30/photo-album-safina-dementieva-sharapova-at-us-open-practice-day/#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:09:15 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=11969
Practice makes perfect and the ladies were looking pretty dang good at the official US Open Practice Day on Sunday. Kuznetsova, Dementieva, Jankovic, Sharapova, Safina, Azarenka and Mauresmo were all sweating up the courts. Based on the effort level out there, it looks like each and every one of them expects to make it to [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/08/30/photo-album-safina-dementieva-sharapova-at-us-open-practice-day/feed/ 13 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/08/26/report-from-nyc-happy-nadal-chatty-serena-far-away-federer/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/08/26/report-from-nyc-happy-nadal-chatty-serena-far-away-federer/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:05:52 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=11781
Big thanks to GTT reader and big-time tennis fan, Judy Salas, for her report and candid photos of Rafa, Serena and others from Wednesday’s GAME. SET. NYC. event in Manhattan. She came for Roger, but stayed for Rafa – and boy, is she glad she did! Here’s her story: I spent most of my day at [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/08/26/report-from-nyc-happy-nadal-chatty-serena-far-away-federer/feed/ 10 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/08/05/photo-album-maria-sharapova-vs-victoria-azarenka/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/08/05/photo-album-maria-sharapova-vs-victoria-azarenka/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:10:32 +0000 freakyfritters http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=11047
I am Maria Sharapova, hear me roar! Maria Sharapova defeated Victoria Azarenka Tuesday night at the LA Tennis Championships in a rousing battle of the big-shrieking, headband-wearing, ball-whacking, thigh-slapping, coach-calling, no-prisoners-taking tennis lionesses: 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-2 “I knew going into this match that I would have to dig deep,” Maria said afterwards. “I might be down, I [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/08/05/photo-album-maria-sharapova-vs-victoria-azarenka/feed/ 5 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/08/04/maria-sharapova-in-la-reality-stinks-sometimes/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/08/04/maria-sharapova-in-la-reality-stinks-sometimes/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:19:47 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=10983
“Reality stinks sometimes,” said Maria Sharapova after beating Jarmila Groth 6-0, 6-4 in the first round of the LA Women’s Tennis Championships on Monday. Of course, reality is relative when you’re talking about the life of a glamorous tennis superstar and self-proclaimed global “brand.” “As a 22 year old, you’re almost finding yourself on the old wagon.“ [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/08/04/maria-sharapova-in-la-reality-stinks-sometimes/feed/ 5 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/06/29/wimbledon-ladies-quarterfinals-schedulepreviewupset-watch/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/06/29/wimbledon-ladies-quarterfinals-schedulepreviewupset-watch/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:39:34 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=9913
Tuesday is ladies’ day at the All England Club, with all four singles quarterfinal matches in contention. WIMBLEDON: LADIES’ QUARTERFINALS SCHEDULE times BST (Seedings in brackets) Centre Court (1pm): (1) Dinara Safina v Sabine Lisicki (8) Victoria Azarenka v (2) Serena Williams No. 1 Court (1pm): (3) Venus Williams  v (11) Agnieszka Radwanska Francesca Schiavone v (4) Elena Dementieva (Click here [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/06/29/wimbledon-ladies-quarterfinals-schedulepreviewupset-watch/feed/ 2