http://www.gototennisblog.com Tennis blog. Tennis news. Tennis gossip. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:09:50 +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/ 4 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/15/indian-wells-day-5-nadal-wins-doubles-sharapova-panic-federer-fights-jinx/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/15/indian-wells-day-5-nadal-wins-doubles-sharapova-panic-federer-fights-jinx/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:08:19 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=17337 Learning our lesson from Saturday’s standing room only Roddick/Blake vs. Murray/Hutchins doubles match, we camped out early on Stadium 2 on Sunday to catch wild card entrants Rafael Nadal/Marc Lopez vs. the third-seeded doubles team of Lukas Dlouhy/Leander Paes.  The wild cards won: 6-4, 3-6, 10-6. The result made me pity the doubles specialists of [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/15/indian-wells-day-5-nadal-wins-doubles-sharapova-panic-federer-fights-jinx/feed/ 10 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/15/indian-wells-tennis-babe-photos-sharapova-dulko-azarenka-and-more/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/15/indian-wells-tennis-babe-photos-sharapova-dulko-azarenka-and-more/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:14:35 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=17346
It’s our last installment of Tennis Babes of Indian Wells (at least with our own photos). Here are some shots of Maria Sharapova, Gisela Dulko, Victoria Azarenka and a U.T.B. Please help us identify this Unidentified Tennis Babe! ]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/15/indian-wells-tennis-babe-photos-sharapova-dulko-azarenka-and-more/feed/ 4 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/14/photos-backstage-at-hit-for-haiti/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/14/photos-backstage-at-hit-for-haiti/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:00:59 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=17327 Some nice behind the scenes photos from Hit for Haiti. I’m guessing that these were all taken before the guys played their match on Friday. I’m basing this on Rafa’s t-shirt, which he changed once he was on court. Also, everyone seems to be getting along! “I know my fabrics, Rafa, and this is not 100% [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/14/photos-backstage-at-hit-for-haiti/feed/ 6 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/14/indian-wells-report-day-4-ivanovic-out-of-the-top-50-blake-and-roddick-pack-em-in/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/14/indian-wells-report-day-4-ivanovic-out-of-the-top-50-blake-and-roddick-pack-em-in/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:54:57 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=17293 Saturday was a very busy day at Indian Wells – the sold out day session, the overflow parking situation and the epic bathroom lines were just the start of it. It felt like the entire population of Tennis Landia was trying to get inside Stadium 2 to watch Andy Murray/Ross Hutchins vs. James Blake/Andy Roddick [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/14/indian-wells-report-day-4-ivanovic-out-of-the-top-50-blake-and-roddick-pack-em-in/feed/ 7 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/13/indian-wells-report-day-3-justine-bounced-andre-agassi-bombs-at-hit-for-haiti/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/13/indian-wells-report-day-3-justine-bounced-andre-agassi-bombs-at-hit-for-haiti/#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:26:00 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=17234 I thought I was witnessing the most awkward part of Day Three at Indian Wells when Maria Sharapova went down 1-5 in the first set to Vera Dushevina on Stadium 2. The crowd was groaning and wincing as she hit serve after serve into the bottom of the net. But then I heard a collective [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/13/indian-wells-report-day-3-justine-bounced-andre-agassi-bombs-at-hit-for-haiti/feed/ 48 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/12/indian-wells-report-day-2-roger-federer-and-justine-henin-conference-on-awesome/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/12/indian-wells-report-day-2-roger-federer-and-justine-henin-conference-on-awesome/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:28:47 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=17161 Okay – first of all, Rafael Nadal is not keeping the kinds of hours I’d expect of a Spaniard. Meaning, I totally missed it when he and Kim and Roger and Ana were all together on the practice courts on Thursday morning. I was still eating my breakfast! Thank goodness there are other crazed tennis [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/12/indian-wells-report-day-2-roger-federer-and-justine-henin-conference-on-awesome/feed/ 23 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/2010/03/12/indian-wells-practice-photos-tsonga-ferrer-o-henin-wozniacki-argentine-futbol-and-more/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/12/indian-wells-practice-photos-tsonga-ferrer-o-henin-wozniacki-argentine-futbol-and-more/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:39:48 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=17187
We can’t get enough of the practice courts (and practice field) at Indian Wells. Gael Monfils, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Robin Soderling, Gilles Simon, the Spanish Armada, Justine Henin and Caroline Wozniacki worked on their strokes and their foot work on Thursday. Anna Chakvetadze looked on while Marcos Baghdatis, Juan Monaco, Gaston Gaudio et. al played a [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/12/indian-wells-practice-photos-tsonga-ferrer-o-henin-wozniacki-argentine-futbol-and-more/feed/ 2 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/12/photos-maria-sharapova-indian-wells-practice-session/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/12/photos-maria-sharapova-indian-wells-practice-session/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:17:21 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=17182
At last, a Maria Sharapova sighting! Here are some shots of Maria practicing on Thursday at Indian Wells. She hit with her practice partner/non-parental coach Michael Joyce. Enjoy! ]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/12/photos-maria-sharapova-indian-wells-practice-session/feed/ 2 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-ana-ivanovic-maria-kirilenko-practice-session-at-indian-wells/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/10/photos-ana-ivanovic-maria-kirilenko-practice-session-at-indian-wells/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:08:28 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=17090
Ana Ivanovic and Maria Kirilenko attracted quite a crowd during their joint practice session at Indian Wells on Wednesday afternoon. We took a few snaps of this photogenic duo for your viewing enjoyment. Eyewitness report: It was windy enough out there to make the local weather report today, so I’m not going to get on Ana [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/10/photos-ana-ivanovic-maria-kirilenko-practice-session-at-indian-wells/feed/ 12 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/2010/03/10/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/2010/03/08/2010-indian-wells-tv-schedule/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/08/2010-indian-wells-tv-schedule/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:04:35 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=16970
Tennis Channel’s  live coverage of the 2010 Indian Wells BNP Paribas Open combined tournament starts on the evening of Friday, March 12 with the Hit for Haiti exhibition. Tune in to watch Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, Martina Navratilova, Justine Henin, Steffi Graf, and Lindsay Davenport raise money for earthquake relief. TENNIS TV [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/08/2010-indian-wells-tv-schedule/feed/ 7 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/08/2010-indian-wells-live-streaming/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/08/2010-indian-wells-live-streaming/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:07:41 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=16971
HIT FOR HAITI INDIAN WELLS LIVE STREAMING: Per the tournament’s press release Hit for Haiti “will be broadcast live in numerous countries around the world, and domestically on the Tennis Channel, beginning at 7:30 PM PST (on March 12). In addition, live web streaming will be available on bnpparibasopen.org, TennisTV.com, atpworldtour.com, sonyericssonwtatour.com, usta.com, tennis.com, espn360.com, and [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/08/2010-indian-wells-live-streaming/feed/ 0 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/08/weekend-winners-circle-davis-cup-triumphs-wta-tour-keeps-sony-ericsson/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/08/weekend-winners-circle-davis-cup-triumphs-wta-tour-keeps-sony-ericsson/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:00:51 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=16969 It was an exciting first round weekend for the Davis Cup World Group, with eight teams advancing to the quarterfinals (setting up yet more intriguing match ups come July’s quarterfinals.) Here’s how everything turned out: SERBIA def. U.S.A. 3-2 The Serbs started strong, gaining the 2-0 lead on Friday in Belgrade. But Saturday served up a couple surprises [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/08/weekend-winners-circle-davis-cup-triumphs-wta-tour-keeps-sony-ericsson/feed/ 7 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/08/photos-serena-williams-whirlwind-blows-through-oscar-parties/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/08/photos-serena-williams-whirlwind-blows-through-oscar-parties/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:00:35 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=16988 Serena Williams has been off the tour since winning the Australian Open, but that in no way means she’s taking it easy. After leaving Melbourne, she’s racked up a mind-boggling number of airline miles, wardrobe changes and Twitter updates.  She’s schmoozed at the Super Bowl, opened her second school in Kenya, embarked on a new [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/08/photos-serena-williams-whirlwind-blows-through-oscar-parties/feed/ 0 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/05/martina-hingis-engaged-to-lawyer-andreas-bieri/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/05/martina-hingis-engaged-to-lawyer-andreas-bieri/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:28:02 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=16946 Photo by ZVG via Blick Martina Hinigs is engaged (again!). This time to 38-year-old lawyer Andreas Bieri (you can click here to see his resume.) The 29-year-old former No. 1 confirmed to paper Neue Luzemer Zeitung: “It’s true: Andreas has made me a marriage proposal. I was totally surprised. Of course I accepted.” Photo by Tilllate.com via Blick Martina [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/05/martina-hingis-engaged-to-lawyer-andreas-bieri/feed/ 3