You could basically write a book of the accomplishments Roger Federer has achieved in his tennis career. Today, Federer tied the great Pete Sampras in singles titles. Federer ousted Florian Mayer (6-4, 6-3) at the Stockholm Open today, which gave Federer 64 career singles titles. That places Federer and Sampras 4th on the list of most singles titles won, just behind John … [Read more...]
All in a days work…
If you're Roger Federer, you're probably not worrying about the allegations about you giving inside information, instead you continue doing what you're best at...Tennis! Not but an hour ago (at the time of this post) Roger Federer set another notch on his domination belt, he just won his 900th career singles tennis match. That's right, 900, that sure is a lot. It took … [Read more...]
Does Roger Federer have a gambling problem?
Earlier this week there have been several allegations that Roger Federer has been giving inside information about his upcoming matches. With this inside information, the president of Federer’s management company placed bets against those tennis matches. Federer has already made statements that these allegations are “100% NOT true.” Agate Printing, Inc. filed a lawsuit … [Read more...]
Federer down but not out.
Ok, so Roger Federer lost today in the second round of the Rome Masters tennis event! We have gotten countless emails about how he's already showing a poor performance on the clay tennis courts this year. Really? Already showing a poor performance? Come on tennis fans, it's not a grand slam tennis event! You know Roger can pull out the guns (or tennis racquet if you please) … [Read more...]
Hit for Haiti scammers…beware!
Hey folks, while looking around for the sold out event at the BNP Open, Hit for Haiti - where tennis super stars, current and former, play exhibition style tennis to raise money for the recovery effort in Haiti - we have found several postings on Craigslist and Ebay selling for hundreds of dollars more than the price of the ticket! Over here at tennisthis.com, we are … [Read more...]
BNP Paribas Open (formerly Pacific Life Open) Preview
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 winning tennis racquets of 2010 AO
While watching the Australian Open tennis championships, you might have noticed a couple of new racquets being used by the tennis pros. We have identified most of the new tennis racquets that were showcased at the beginning of the tennis season and we have highlighted them right her for you. We start with our personal favorite tennis racquet - the Head YouTek Prestige Mid … [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...]
Australian Open Finals…Who's ready?
The finalist are all set to compete Saturday and Sunday at the Australian Open Tennis Championships. In the women's final, we have Serena Williams meeting Justine Henin, their history is pretty even, with Williams edging Henin by 1 win (total head to head 7-6, Williams). Both tennis players have had a bit of trouble in this particular tennis tournament, both struggling with … [Read more...]