http://www.gototennisblog.com Tennis blog. Tennis news. Tennis gossip. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:27:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/15/indian-wells-report-day-6-clijsters-klubbed-djokovic-star-struck-nadal-ponders-ugly-shorts/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/15/indian-wells-report-day-6-clijsters-klubbed-djokovic-star-struck-nadal-ponders-ugly-shorts/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:47:15 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=17393 WTA stars continue to drop in the desert like beads of sweat from Rafa’s furrowed brow (or the deluge from Kleybanova’s ponytail). Sharapova, Henin, Ivanovic and Kuznetsova disappeared during the first week. On Monday 3rd-seeded Victoria Azarenka was bounced by 28-seed Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez. No. 17 Shahar Peer took out No. 9 Flavia Pennetta. No. [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/15/indian-wells-report-day-6-clijsters-klubbed-djokovic-star-struck-nadal-ponders-ugly-shorts/feed/ 8 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/12/nadal-ivanovic-roddick-at-the-2010-indian-wells-players-party/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/12/nadal-ivanovic-roddick-at-the-2010-indian-wells-players-party/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:41:32 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=17188 No, these aren’t our photos. We weren’t invited to the Indian Wells Players’ Party, sniff! And good thing we weren’t, because. . .well, we might have said something rude to Ana about her pantyhose. Let’s take a look: So far, so gorgeous, for Ana Ivanovic! And then we get to the nurse pantyhose and 80’s secretary pumps. [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/12/nadal-ivanovic-roddick-at-the-2010-indian-wells-players-party/feed/ 14 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/10/serena-clijsters-win-laureus-awards-bolt-beats-federer/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/10/serena-clijsters-win-laureus-awards-bolt-beats-federer/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:11:18 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=17081 (Amazing that Kim went back to Abu Dhabi to accept the Laureus award on Wednesday. Does Southwest fly direct from Abu Dhabi to Palm Springs?) The Laureus World Sports Awards winners were announced today and both Kim Clijsters and Serena Williams got the nod (via Laureus.com): US tennis star Serena Williams has won her second Laureus World [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/10/serena-clijsters-win-laureus-awards-bolt-beats-federer/feed/ 5 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/2010/03/02/venus-williams-wins-billie-jean-king-cup-vs-kim-clijsters/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/02/venus-williams-wins-billie-jean-king-cup-vs-kim-clijsters/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:43:21 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=16831 Venus Williams beat Kim Clijsters in the final of the Billie Jean King Cup exhibition on Monday night: 6-4, 3-6, 7-5. This is Venus’s third title in just over two weeks. Yes, I know it was only a one night exhibition but the draw was tough and the no-ad scoring format required extreme concentration. Oh, and [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/02/venus-williams-wins-billie-jean-king-cup-vs-kim-clijsters/feed/ 14 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/17/kim-clijsters-looking-forward-to-serena-rematch-back-at-bitter-defeat/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/17/kim-clijsters-looking-forward-to-serena-rematch-back-at-bitter-defeat/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:25:17 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=16495
Kim Clijsters called in from Belgium on Tuesday to take part in a media conference call promoting the BNP Paribas Showdown for the Billie Jean King Cup in Madison Square Garden. (Yes, that rolls off Kim’s tongue with ease.) The one-night exhibition on March 1 features the reigning US Open Champ, Venus and Serena Williams [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/17/kim-clijsters-looking-forward-to-serena-rematch-back-at-bitter-defeat/feed/ 1 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/11/federer-clijsters-del-potro-and-serena-nominated-for-2010-laureus-world-sports-awards/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/11/federer-clijsters-del-potro-and-serena-nominated-for-2010-laureus-world-sports-awards/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:12:54 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=16331 Back when we were joking about possible names for Baby Federer – Roland, Wimby, Rafalito – we forgot an obvious contender: Laureus. Like many Major titles, Roger Federer has won the prestigious Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award multiple times. If history holds, he’ll win it for a record 5th time next month. The 2010 [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/11/federer-clijsters-del-potro-and-serena-nominated-for-2010-laureus-world-sports-awards/feed/ 13 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/22/australian-open-day-5-wrap-tanks-yanks-and-shanks/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/22/australian-open-day-5-wrap-tanks-yanks-and-shanks/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:12:16 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=15571
Let’s be honest, Day 5 Down Under kind of sucked. I typed that sentence before listening to Kim Clijsters’s press conference. She confirmed it: “I was completely off. Just, you know, I think tennis‑wise, I didn’t feel the ball at all. . .It sucks that it has to happen at this stage of this tournament at [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/22/australian-open-day-5-wrap-tanks-yanks-and-shanks/feed/ 8 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/19/2010-australian-open-order-of-play-day-three-dementieva-vs-clijsters-plenty-of-popcorn/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/19/2010-australian-open-order-of-play-day-three-dementieva-vs-clijsters-plenty-of-popcorn/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:44:04 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=15506
Big Day Three news: Svetlana Kuznetsova is playing in Rod Laver arena! And it’s not even the second week. Amazing. But the real news on Wednesday Down Under involves Sveta’s countrywoman Elena Dementieva, who has the great misfortune of playing unseeded Justine Henin in the second round. It’s a drag to lose one of these women [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/19/2010-australian-open-order-of-play-day-three-dementieva-vs-clijsters-plenty-of-popcorn/feed/ 8 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/18/australian-open-day-one-wrap-sharapovas-upset-roddicks-dog-roger-in-the-rain/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/18/australian-open-day-one-wrap-sharapovas-upset-roddicks-dog-roger-in-the-rain/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:13:07 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=15459
A strange start to the Australian Open: rain, cold and an upset. As in really upset. Maria Sharapova went out in three sets and over three hours to Maria Kirilenko: 6-7, 6-3, 4-6. She smacked a total of 76 unforced errors on her way out of the tournament. Sharapova hasn’t lost in the first round [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/18/australian-open-day-one-wrap-sharapovas-upset-roddicks-dog-roger-in-the-rain/feed/ 13 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/17/videos-roger-federer-and-friends-hit-for-haiti/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/17/videos-roger-federer-and-friends-hit-for-haiti/#comments Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:26:18 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=15433
* Click here for the “Hit for Haiti/Indian Wells” * Click here for the Indian Wells TV Schedule and Indian Wells Live Streaming I’m probably the last person in the world to have seen this footage from Sunday’s Hits for Haiti benefit in Rod Laver Arena, but now that I have, I’m just going to watch it [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/17/videos-roger-federer-and-friends-hit-for-haiti/feed/ 8 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/12/australian-open-saviours-justine-henin-kim-clijsters-and-the-return-of-first-name-tennis/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/12/australian-open-saviours-justine-henin-kim-clijsters-and-the-return-of-first-name-tennis/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 04:02:23 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=15304
For the first time in years, women’s tennis is in the media forefront Down Under. Darren Cahill and Pam Shriver were peppered with WTA-focused questions in an ESPN2-sponsored conference call on Tuesday, and Len DeLuca, the station’s senior V.P. of programming and acquisitions, is counting on the ladies to pull their ratings weight: “Tennis is set [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/12/australian-open-saviours-justine-henin-kim-clijsters-and-the-return-of-first-name-tennis/feed/ 3 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/11/weekend-review-more-glory-for-spain-roddick-wins-and-rants-robson-a-gem/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/11/weekend-review-more-glory-for-spain-roddick-wins-and-rants-robson-a-gem/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:27:38 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=15197 I admit I had a hard time following all of the tennis action from the past week. We had the men and women in Brisbane, Roger and Rafa (and the mighty Kolya!) in Doha, Peer protests in New Zealand, an ATP tourny in India, Laura Robson making Andy Murray look good at the Hopman Cup [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/11/weekend-review-more-glory-for-spain-roddick-wins-and-rants-robson-a-gem/feed/ 10 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/09/brisbane-blockbuster-kim-clijsters-beats-justine-henin-in-a-thrilling-final/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/09/brisbane-blockbuster-kim-clijsters-beats-justine-henin-in-a-thrilling-final/#comments Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:25:07 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=15169 REUTERS/Tim Wimborne via Daylife My God, it’s not even the Australian Open yet and we’ve already been treated to one of the best matches of the year! Saturday night’s all-Belgian final in Brisbane lived up to the hype. If anything, it surpassed it. There was loads of power on display, plenty of finesse and tension you could [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/09/brisbane-blockbuster-kim-clijsters-beats-justine-henin-in-a-thrilling-final/feed/ 11 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/07/video-ivanovic-vs-henin-press-conferences/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/07/video-ivanovic-vs-henin-press-conferences/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:45:39 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=15154
Well, it’s good to be Justine Henin right now. She beat Ana Ivanovic convincingly in Friday’s semifinals at the Brisbane International, winning the match 6-3, 6-2 and bringing her head-to-head to a dominating 5-0 against the Serb. The more things change. . . Here’s Justine trying to convince reporters that it was a tough fight against [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/07/video-ivanovic-vs-henin-press-conferences/feed/ 3 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/04/video-justine-henin-beats-nadia-petrova-in-brisbane/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/04/video-justine-henin-beats-nadia-petrova-in-brisbane/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:06:05 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=15057
It looks like Justine Henin never left the tour! Here’s the former No. 1 beating Nadia Petrova 7-5, 7-5 in the first round of the Brisbane International on Monday. Henin entered the tournament with a wild card. Here are some highlights from the match (sorry if the audio is a little off): As the commentators mentioned, tournament [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/04/video-justine-henin-beats-nadia-petrova-in-brisbane/feed/ 6 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/2009/10/22/doha-dames-clijsters-free-final-8-set-for-wta-year-end-championships/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/22/doha-dames-clijsters-free-final-8-set-for-wta-year-end-championships/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:23:43 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=13455 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 [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/22/doha-dames-clijsters-free-final-8-set-for-wta-year-end-championships/feed/ 11 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/09/22/justine-henin-roger-federer-influenced-her-comeback/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/09/22/justine-henin-roger-federer-influenced-her-comeback/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:47:37 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=12708
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 [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/09/22/justine-henin-roger-federer-influenced-her-comeback/feed/ 34 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/09/22/whos-afraid-of-itty-bitty-justine-henin/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/09/22/whos-afraid-of-itty-bitty-justine-henin/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:22:31 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=12680 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 [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/09/22/whos-afraid-of-itty-bitty-justine-henin/feed/ 11