With the BNP Paribas Open just around the corner, we here at tennisthis.com are taking a look at what is to come of this awesome tennis tournament. Last year in 2009, Rafael Nadal cleaned up the field with his booming forehand and laser like backhand, will he be able to do it again? Judging by Nadal's recent performance at the Australian Open, we highly doubt that he will be … [Read more...]
The cat is out of the bag for Nadal and Shakira
After all the denial in the tennis world of Nadal and Shakira as a couple, we found Shakira's music video featuring Rafael Nadal, Gypsy. The song is not bad at all, however; Rafa's acting skills need to be tuned up. The former number one is side by side with Shakira looking like they are happy and enjoying their time together. Guess the reports are wrong. Enjoy! … [Read more...]
We were very wrong…!
Sorry folks, we were very wrong with our 2010 Australian Open Tennis Championships final predictions. We had our dollars (figuratively speaking) on Andy Murray and Justine Henin to win over the weekend. Obviously we didn't really see that the tennis veterans were going to clean up rather quickly, that had to have been the fastest grand slam final in history. Both finals were … [Read more...]
Adios Nadal.
In the quarterfinals of the Aussie open where Rafael Nadal met Andy Murray, we were set to have a marathon match. In the opening set, each player was looking in good form until Murray broke Nadal twice in the set and eventually ran with it, 6-3. In the second set, Nadal seemed to come alive like he usually does, holding serve and ripping forehands cross court and blistering … [Read more...]