Oh, dang! Maria Sharapova was kicked out of SW19 today- going out in the second round to feisty Gisela Dulko: 6-2, 3-6, 6-4. I was rooting for her when she was saving match points in that final game, but she just couldn’t pull it off. Too bad.
Afterwards, Maria was asked a Dumb Press Conference [...]

ROME MASTERS:
I have to say, I’m thrilled we have some qualifiers in the last eight this weekend in Rome. I’m getting a little tired of the same old top guys making it. That said, five of the six top seeds are playing the quarters on Friday.
Here’s the quarterfinal run down (stats from the ATP)
Rafael Nadal [...]

Jelena Jankovic is putting out an APB for her tennis game after being kicked out of the second round for the second tournament in a row. Her latest loss came in Miami against Gisela Dulko after midnight on Sunday morning. The 6-4, 7-6 (5) scoreline is especially disappointing, considering Jelena was up 5-2 in the [...]

In case you didn’t catch this at Down the Line a couple days ago, I’m re-posting my Indian Wells practice court report here. (Can you tell I’m missing hanging out in the desert – boo hoo!)

The highlight of my visit to Indian Wells (a.k.a. the BNP Paribas Open) this weekend was hanging out at the [...]

Even with the no-shows (Williams sisters) and early upsets (Jankovic, Dementieva), GTT still managed to catch plenty of tennis babes on the grounds of this year’s BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. Enjoy!
Hantuchova is FreakyFritter’s favorite. . .
. . .as is Maria Kirilenko
. . .and he likes Dulko, too!
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Here’s Maria doing her [...]

TEAM USA WINS IN FIVE! The rookies hold their own in a nail-biter Fed Cup tie.