We’re only 5 days away from the start of the WTA Year End Championships a.k.a. the Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha, Qatar. And with Jelena Jenkovic progressing to the quarterfinals of the Kremlin Cup this week (and Vera Zvonareva being upset in the second round), the Serbian’s secured the 8th and final spot in the [...]

Justine Henin claims it was Roger Federer, not Kim Clijsters, who really inspired her return to tennis – by sparking her longing for the one Major she hasn’t won: Wimbledon. These quotes come from her t.v. appearance on RTL-TVI:
“Roger Federer’s victory at Roland Garros spoke to me much more (than Clijster’s comeback) because it made [...]

Will the thought of Justine Henin back on the court – sporting her no-nonsense Adidas kit and a stick-straight ponytail – strike fear into the hearts of her WTA colleagues? Will the threat of her steely resolve, butterfly feet and whipping forehand cut beach holidays short? Will the words of Carlos Rodriguez make the blood [...]

Juan Martin del Potro made a media splash after beating Roger Federer in the US Open final
Here’s Juan Martin doing his best Roger Federer impression at the US Open champion photo shoot.

Sorry, I know it’s not always about Roger. Except that it is:

Here’s a little wrap of the men’s final featuring some new post-match [...]

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Kim Clijsters won the US Open on Sunday night, defeating Caroline Wozniacki: 7-5, 6-3.
She was playing in her third tournament since coming off of a two year maternity leave. She was unranked, unseeded, and “defending” her title from 2005, the only major she’d ever won. After defeating both Williams sisters [...]

Kim Clijsters outplayed Serena Williams in the US Open semifinals on Saturday night, despite being only three tournaments into a comeback and having a dismal pre-retirement record against Serena. (Saturday’s straight-set victory brings Clijsters win-loss record to 2-7 vs. S. Williams.) The unseeded Belgian will play teenager and first time Major finalist, Caroline Wozniacki, for [...]

So Roger Federer played second fiddle today, taking the court against Tommy Robredo after Melanie Oudin’s big win over Nadia Petrova. He did his best to wow the crowd in his own way, coming back from a tight first set to dominate the Spaniard in vintage Fed style: 7-5, 6-2, 6-2.
I loved what Roger had [...]

Sunday at the US Open saw yet another upset of a top female seed by a lower ranked “nobody.” Oh wait, that wasn’t a nobody – that was Kim Clijsters, 2005 US Open Champion! And the top player was Venus Williams, who has been working the mummy-wrap on her knee since Wimbledon. The crazy scoreline [...]

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 [...]

There are two story lines to any tournament – what you experience as a fan and what actually happens on court. For example, these are the experiences that stick in my mind after attending Day 3 of the US Open on Wednesday:
1.   Witnessing a lady puking near the big fountain at about 11:30 a.m. (Hope [...]

As of Monday, Roger Federer is the first player ever to win $50 million dollars in prize money. Just another reason that he is the World No. 1 in Happy :

Q. You were just talking about young players, but what do you think the young Roger Federer who was trying to win the Orange Bowl [...]

Here’s a nice US Open preview touching on some mild controversies and featuring press conference snippets with Roger Federer, Andy Roddick, Serena Williams, Dinara Safina and Kim Clijsters:

Can’t. . .wait. . .for. . .tennis. . .to. . .begin!