Andy Roddick was dismantled by Russian qualifier Teimuraz Ga”bash”vili 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 on Saturday at Roland Garros – any match where Roddick doesn’t play at least one tiebreak is a wash out. In case you don’t know too much about Teimuraz Gabashvili, here’s all you need to know about him: He’s crazy. And he doesn’t [...]

I know I’ve been neglecting the WTA this week – I blame the relative lack of TV coverage, hot Spanish men and yachts with helipads. Saturday’s semifinals are set at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston: Caroline Wozniacki vs. Vera Zvonareva and Daniela Hantuchova vs. Sam Stosur. I like this line up – every single [...]

Hi everyone – just a quick update on the happenings on a rainy Monday at the Sony Ericsson Open. Monday in Miami did have some upsets, but few of them were that surprising. Top seed Svetlana Kuznetsova was upset by lucky No. 13 seed Marion Bartoli, but Sveta was suffering a muscle pull in her [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The big news out of the US Open this Friday? Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal both needed four sets to get through to the third round. They both lost their second sets – Murray beating Paul Capdeville: 6-2, 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 and Nadal beating Nicolas Keifer: 6-0, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Capdeville is currently ranked 82 [...]

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 [...]

Photos from Wednesday’s Day Session at the LA Women’s Tennis Championships. Interesting results so far: Safina def. Hantuchova: 6-2, 6-4 Zheng def. Vesnina: 6-4, 4-6, 6-0 Stosur def. Kirilenko: 6-2, 6-4 Chakvetadze def. Kleybanova: 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 A. Radwanska def. Sugiyama: 6-2, 6-1 U. Radwanska def. Cibulkova: 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-4 Li def Wozniak: 4-6. 2-6, [...]

The WTA side of the Madrid Open won’t be televised in the States until the weekend, so I thought I’d post some highlights here. Tuesday’s biggest upset was the newly minted World No. 3, Venus Williams, going down to Alisa “jerky head” Kleybanova in three sets. Here are the highlights: In the day session, Wozniacki [...]

This one is for the guys. Hello magazine did a photoshoot with Daniela Hantuchova, while she was in Miami for the Sony Ericsson Open, at the Four Seasons Hotel. Daniela Hantuchova was also featured in this years Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Issue along side Maria Kirilenko + Tatiana Golovin. Photographer: Chris Bott

Besides the golfing, dance-offs and awards ceremonies, there is some tennis being played at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami! The top seeds join in second round action today, with Federer, Djokovic, Dementieva, Ivanovic, Roddick and Tsonga headlining (and Nadal playing doubles with Marc Lopez) but we’ve already had some first rounders worth mentioning. Eight [...]

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 [...]