Sorry, everyone, off-court activities here at GTT this weekend delayed my weekend winners post. But I couldn’t let another day go by without congratulating this motley crew. Sam Querrey won the battle against dope-tainted Wayne Odesnik in the Houston semis, but he lost the war to Juan Ignacio Chela, who beat the American 5-7, 6-4, [...]

Roger Federer lost to Marcos Baghdatis in the third round of Indian Wells on Tuesday evening: 7-5, 5-7, 6-7(4).  Roger squandered two match points in the second set. He was up a break in the third. And he had a match point before the third set tiebreak! Unfortunately, Roger also had 46 unforced errors (to [...]

Sveta played a late night match on Friday, getting past Angelique Kerber in three close sets. Gotta love that game face. . . Now onto Day Six Down Under, which was notable for retirements, withdrawals and old fashioned beat-downs. The men didn’t get to four-sets until Tsonga and Haas played the last match on Hisense. [...]

I know there are more important stories from Day 4 at the US Open than this, but I just had to start the wrap with this quote from Dinara Safina: Q. Who is more popular in Russia now, you or your brother? DINARA SAFINA: My brother. By the girls so far. I mean, how many [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

On the men’s side, the big Day 7 stories at Roland Garros were Novak’s upset and Roger’s chest hair (oh, and Andy Roddick’s first ever foray into the Rd. of 16!) On the women’s side it was all drama, drama, drama! Great for fans, not so great for Serena Williams: “I’m like one of those [...]

Last week’s Marbella tournament, a.k.a. the Andalucia Tennis Experience, was all about tourism tie-ins, so it’s no surprise that Jelena Jankovic was stuffed into a polka-dotted flamenco dress as soon as she won the tournament on Sunday. (Love how her tennis dress shows underneath!) Before it’s too late, I wanted to mention how great this [...]