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DAVIS CUP WEEKEND: USA SETS UP UPSET IN SWITZERLAND, FEDERER NOT DOWN AND OUT

freakyfrites — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:55:23 +0000

AP Photo/Keystone/Peter Schneider via Daylife.com Oh gosh, I’ve fallen behind. No Men in Tracksuits, no preview post. Sorry guys. Davis Cup just came upon me like a whirlwind, leaving me a bit unprepared. Roger Federer obviously felt the same way today in Fribourg, at least when faced with John Isner’s serve. Perhaps he was a [...]

NOT RESTING ON HIS LAUREUS: NOVAK DJOKOVIC WINS SPORTSMAN AWARD, EYES FRENCH OPEN

freakyfrites — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:17:11 +0000

REUTERS/Paul Hackett via Daylife Novak Djokovic won the Laureus Sportsman of the Year award in London on Monday evening in recognition of his torrid 2011 season. Accompanied by girlfriend Jelena Ristic, Nole worked the event – from red carpet to acceptance speech – like a Hollywood veteran. The man’s on fire. Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for [...]

SHOULD FED AND DAVIS CUP PARTICIPATION BE TIED TO THE OLYMPICS?

Van Sias — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:36:13 +0000

Russia’s Maria Sharapova applauds during a news conference at the draw for Russia’s forthcoming Federation Cup tennis match against Spain in Moscow February 3, 2012. REUTERS/Grigory Dukor (RUSSIA – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) GTT contributor Van Sias isn’t surprised that the stars are coming out in force to play Fed Cup and Davis Cup this year, [...]

GOLDEN BOY: AUSSIE OPEN CHAMP NOVAK DJOKOVIC SETS A NEW BAR

freakyfrites — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:46:14 +0000

NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images via Daylife Incredible. Really. How on earth did Novak Djokovic pull this off? I’m not saying the win was a surprise – as they say, Nole now “owns” Rafa in finals on all surfaces – but it sure was surprising how he did it: 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7(5), 7-5. The two had [...]

AUSTRALIAN OPEN CHAMP AZARENKA SAYS THERE’S NO LIMIT

freakyfrites — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:03:48 +0000

AP Photo/Rick Rycroft via Daylife Wow, what a performance from Victoria Azarneka, whooping former champ and former No. 1 Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-0 for the Australian Open title and the World No. 1 ranking. Given Maria’s repuration as a fighter, and the general feeling that first time finalists don’t win, you’d think there would have [...]

FLASHBACK CITY: NADAL TRUMPS FEDERER IN ANOTHER GREAT MATCH

freakyfrites — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:39:15 +0000

AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill via Daylife Ahhhhh. . . .for the first few games it was all so sweet for Fed fans. Roger was playing flawless tennis. Rafa was shanking, playing a bit tentatively. Then, at 4-2 up, Roger hit a few funny shots – netted a volley, hit an inside in forehand a bit wide, [...]

AUSSIE OPEN FINALS/SEMIFINALS: BRING IT ON!

freakyfrites — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:39:25 +0000

GREG WOOD/AFP/Getty Images via Daylife We just watched the women semifinalists play six sets of nervy, dramatic, up and down tennis. Sharapova finally took the match from Petra Kvitova, overcoming the usual double faults and streaky tennis to get to that final victory shriek. As a late-blooming Masha fan (love the clenched fist, love the [...]

VIDEO: ROGER FEDERER AND ROD LAVER ESPN INTERVIEW

freakyfritters — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:06:04 +0000

For all those who missed this endearing ESPN video interview with Rod Laver and Roger Federer. Unfortunately the audio cuts out at the end. but you get the point. Enjoy!

ROGER FEDERER POST DEL POTRO MATCH INTERVIEW

freakyfrites — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:47:34 +0000

Wow! Roger played a spectacular quarterfinal match vs. Juan Martin Del Potro in Melbourne. It was billed as a dogfight and instead we got a ballet. How fitting that Federer played his 1000th match (winning his 2000th set in the process) on his own high falootin’ terms. It’s 2:15am where I am and we’re still [...]

2012 AUSTRALIAN OPEN QUARTERFINALS SET

freakyfrites — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:17:13 +0000

Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images via Daylife It’s been a dramatic few days in Melbourne, topped off yesterday with some big upsets. A few random thoughts and feelings: A second week without Serena and Jo-Wilfried? As the crowd watching Almagro vs. Berdych (the jerk) would say: Boooo! (Though huge props to Kei Nishikori for becoming [...]

NEXT GEN: TOMIC LOOKS FORWARD TO PLAYING “IDOL” FEDERER

freakyfrites — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:36:16 +0000

Photo by SMP Images via DavisCup.com So, have you been enjoying the matches Down Under? I’m still getting my head around the first week, mulling over everything from Andy Roddick’s retirement to the Nalbandian vs. Isner marathon. That’s the killer thing about Grand Slam tennis – an epic second round match becomes old news a [...]

BERNARD TOMIC’S GIRLFRIEND, DONAY MEIJER

freakyfritters — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:58:50 +0000

Bernard Tomic’s goldcoast model girlfriend Donay Meijer. A 21 year old pharmacy student and model. The pair started dating about six months ago after meeting through friends. Donay has apparently turned her back on full-time modelling to concentrate on graduating as a chemist. Whether or not he wins against Dolgopolov tonight, he at least wins [...]

FEDAL RIFT REPORT: NADAL CRITICISES “GENTLEMAN” FEDERER, FED GOES ON FINESS-IVE

freakyfritters — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:14:29 +0000

AFP PHOTO / NICOLAS ASFOURI via Daylife.com Discord at the top! Players’ Council Coup! Tennis strike! In a rare show of public disagreement, Player Council Vice President Rafael Nadal has vented his frustrations with President and Gentleman-in-Chief, Roger Federer to the press Down Under. The evergreen complaint about the schedule, uproar over Slam prize money, [...]

AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2012 MENS DRAW: GO FIGURE

freakyfrites — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:50:25 +0000

NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images via Daylife I’m on the road this weekend, and was scolded on the plane yesterday morning for peeking at the Australian Open draw on my iPhone too close to take off. Sigh. I had to wait until I landed to log back in, and immediately started taking notes on the back of [...]

FREE LIVE STREAMING: 2012 AUSTRALIAN OPEN

freakyfritters — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:52:56 +0000

FREE LIVE STREAMING: 2012 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2012 Australian Open Live Streaming on AustralianOpen.com AustralianOpen.com will be offering free live streaming content for the qualifying round and on demand content. Also they will be offering archived matches and other on demand content on AOTV. 2012 Australian Open Live Streaming on ESPN3 ESPN will be offering [...]