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Hello. Oh. Grunting. Bye.

1 Comment Posted by on June 26, 2012

I wanted my comeback post to be about sunshine and butterflies, but instead - sigh - we’re back to that age-old grunting debate. I try to bite my tongue and stay away from the most ridiculous “issue” in tennis, but it just keeps on pullin’ me back in. Today the culprit is, amazingly, the WTA [...]

Ramblin', WTA

Quotable Quotes: Billie Jean Who?! Caroline fights for Tennis’ rights.

Leave a Comment Posted by on April 16, 2012

Despite losing in straight sets to Angelique Kerber the final of her own home tournament, Caroline Wozniacki still managed to leave the Kopenhagen Open with people talking about her as The Telegraph yesterday published an interesting interview on finance with the former world number one. One of her answers has caused quite the stir. DO [...]

Caroline Wozniacki, Quotable Quotes, WTA off-court

From The Vault: Jennifer Capriati’s Greatest Triumph

Leave a Comment Posted by on April 16, 2012

Last week it was announced that Jennifer Capriati will be honoured at the Tennis Hall of Fame later this year. The reaction was unanimous satisfaction at the decision to honour the former world number one and three time Grand Slam champion. And rightly so. Even by the lofty standards of those who have achieved what [...]

Jennifer Capriati, Martina Hingis, Video Vault

The Kurious Kase of Karolina’s Koaching Situation…

Leave a Comment Posted by on February 1, 2012

It’s tough to believe that it has already been a full six months since we all rolled our eyes in unison upon Caroline and Piotr Wozniacki announcement of Piotr’s resignation from his coaching post. The eyes were rolling almost immediately, and every deflected ‘mystery coach’ question from the then-#1 brought more and more skepticism and [...]

Caroline Wozniacki, Only god is the jurge(((, Piotr Wozniacki, Ramblin'

Hot Shots: Venus Works Up A Sweat Ahead Of Comeback

Leave a Comment Posted by on January 26, 2012

Despite withdrawing from this year’s Australian Open, Venus Williams has kept to her word and has been practicing heavily ahead of her long-awaited return to tennis in next week’s Fed Cup tie against Belarus. Her form upon her return is truly a mystery, with the few tiny glimpses we caught of her during the handful [...]

Pictures, Venus Williams

Quotable Quotes: Martina Hingis Discusses WTA Depth

Leave a Comment Posted by on January 26, 2012

Though often a critic of many of the WTA players on tour, when asked about the supposed lack of depth on the WTA during yesterday’s press conference, Martina Hingis’ reaction to the suggestion that there is no depth on the WTA in 2012 was very telling. Are you serious? Are you kidding? I mean, now [...]

Australian Open, Quotable Quotes, WTA

Roger Federer and Rod Laver Share Their War Stories On ESPN

Leave a Comment Posted by on January 26, 2012

It is probably not often that Roger Federer gets starstruck and nervous from merely being in the presence of a person, but judging by the amount of nervous smiling on show from the GOAT, sitting down in the ESPN studio to chat with Rod Laver was one of those rare moments.

ATP Off Court, Australian Open, Roger Federer

How To Fend Off Anti-Grunters - By Maria Sharapova

2 Comments Posted by on January 25, 2012

After her quarterfinal loss to Victoria Azarenka yesterday, Agnieszka Radwanska took aim at Maria Sharapova, calling her grunt “annoying” and “too loud” despite having no problems with her friend Azarenka’s grunt. Needless to say, the Russian didn’t take too kindly to her comments when informed of them a day later and bit back in true [...]

Agnieszka Radwanska, Dramz, Maria Sharapova, Only god is the jurge(((, Pictures, WTA off-court

Tomas Berdych Feels The Wrath Of A Drunk Australian Crowd

8 Comments Posted by on January 22, 2012

Late in their titanic four-set battle, Tomas Berdych and Nicolas Almagro found themselves in an entertaining exchange which finished with Almagro drilling a ball so hard at his opponent that the seventh-seed ended up in a heap on the ground. The incident was not quickly forgotten by Berdych, and after clinching the match he made [...]

Australian Open, Dramz, Nicolas Almagro, Tomas Berdych, Video Vault

Bernard Tomic pays tribute to Justine Henin in Melbourne

3 Comments Posted by on January 20, 2012

Only four days after happily admitting to the press that he had used gamesmanship as a main tactic to come back from two sets to love down against Fernando Verdasco, Tomic decided to take things even further while fighting for his life in a fifth set against Dolgopolov. This time, he decided to channel Justine [...]

Alexandr Dolgopolov, Bernard Tomic, Dramz, Only god is the jurge(((, Video Vault

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