I know, it's hard to swallow, the 2011 tennis season is pretty much over. Except for the 8 men who qualified for the the Barclays World Tour Finals held at the O2 arena in London, the rest of the field is on vacation until the beginning of the the 2012 tennis season. Roger Federer kicked off the week long tennis hiatus in perfect form, capturing his first BNP Paribas Masters … [Read more...]
Robin Soderling as quiet as a mouse
I guess if you're not in the "Big 3," you can easily slip under the radar as far as the spotlight can be concerned, at least that's the case with top Swede Robin Soderling. There has not been much of anything of his whereabouts and playing activity on the ATP world tour. The last time he played competitive tennis was way back in July of 2011 at the SkiStar Swedish Open, … [Read more...]
Is Serena Williams on drugs?
When it comes to professional athletes, especially the elite, it's no surprise when they are required to submit to random drug testing. You know, to just make sure that they are, in fact, capable of performing as well as they do by their own efforts and without the help of performance enhancing drugs. Just last week, former WTA #1, Serena Williams was the victim of random … [Read more...]
New Balance MC 851 shoe review
I'm thinking the same thing that you are thinking, I don't typically write shoe reviews. I know, I would much rather stick to writing tennis racquet reviews and string reviews, however; I have to share my love for New Balance's MC 851 tennis shoe. Like many of my string reviews, I search far and wide for the less expensive tennis products and I found just that with New … [Read more...]
Breaking the abused tennis racquet rule
We've all have or wanted to do it, we've all seen it happen by a professional tennis player, and we all feel a slight disappointment when it almost happen. I'm talking about the tennis racquet smash or throwing of the racquet out of frustration. Unfortunately, the USTA/ITF player code of conduct (entire CoC here) says that players can't abuse their tennis racquets: "Section … [Read more...]
Who really is the greatest of all time? Part 2 – Novak Djokovic
The other day, I started a series of posts to determine which current tennis player is really the greatest male tennis player of all time; you can read Part 1 here. I say current because previous records have been smashed and passed by the current generation of players. In part 2 of who the greatest tennis player of all time I give you Serbia's Novak Djokovic. Up until the … [Read more...]
Who really is the greatest of all time? Part 1 – Rafael Nadal
Just the other day I was talking with a friend about who the greatest tennis player of this current generation of players is. We threw around the usual names like Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, and Novak Djokovic. This debate has been bugging me ever since my friend and I started talking about it; so I have decided to do a bunch of research and find out which male player is … [Read more...]
Vera Zvonareva to pose nude – UPDATED
UPDATE! The issue is out now! Check out the picture of Vera Zvonareva posing nude for ESPN. I'm all for a nudie of Vera, but I have to say, it's those eyes that get me. I thank her parents for making such a beautiful creature :) In the upcoming edition of ESPN's "Body Issue," world #3 Vera Zvonareva will be posing in the buff for ESPN. Of course we won't see Vera completely … [Read more...]
New Wilson racquet for 2012?
Click here to enter to win a brand new 2012 Wilson ProStaff Six.One 90, 95, 100 tennis racquet! I'm sure you've already heard all the buzz about a new tennis racquet coming from Wilson in 2012. I cannot confirm this yet; however, there have been reports that the new model could be used by the great Roger Federer. Currently, Federer uses Wilson's BLX SixOne Tour (just so … [Read more...]
The coolest tee you don’t own…
...yet. Every once in a while, I come across a tennis product that I have to have. Most recently I was introduced to one of the most impressive t-shirts I have ever seen, coming from Tennisfiends.com. I know, you're thinking it's just another tennis t-shirt, but it's not just a tennis t-shirt, it is a shirt that speaks to the tennis player. Not only is the material really … [Read more...]