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Category Archives: ATP Off Court

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

Yannick Noah Accuses ALL Spanish Tennis Players and Sportsmen of Doping

20 Comments Posted by on November 18, 2011

Yannick Noah today launched an astonishing attack on Spanish tennis and sport in general, accusing the leading Spanish sportsmen and teams of taking “the magic potion”. The former French Open champion wrote on his column in Le Monde, eventually suggesting that doping should simply be accepted and all players free to do it. Take a [...]

ATP Off Court, Fernando Verdasco, Only god is the jurge(((, Rafael Nadal

Players Clash With The USTA; What To Take From It.

1 Comment Posted by on September 7, 2011

After Tuesday’s Day and Night sessions were completely washed out, today brought similar woes as rain threatened to completely throw off the US Open’s schedule and only around 10-12 minutes of play was managed before the players were carted off-court and play was eventually suspended. In a desperate attempt to get players on-court and the [...]

Andy Murray, Andy Roddick, ATP Off Court, Dramz, Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams, US Open, WTA off-court

Donkey Kong Ain’t Got Nothing on These Two

Leave a Comment Posted by on August 25, 2011

A week ago Novak Djokovic willingly put his life in grave danger by imitating Maria Sharapova. Luckily for him, Maria saw the light side of it and in the week that has passed, the pair have been shooting back badly tagged banter on facebook, while simultaneously trash talking each other in the press - Maria, [...]

ATP Off Court, Maria Sharapova, Novak Djokovic, WTA off-court

How Did Rafa Do On Letterman?

Leave a Comment Posted by on August 25, 2011

Yesterday, Rafael Nadal was on the US talk show Letterman ahead of the US Open. I can’t even deny that I was pretty nervous for him - these days his English is fine when talking about tennis, but as soon as the subject veers away from tennis it quickly becomes awkward silence after awkward silence [...]

Andy Roddick, ATP Off Court, Marat Safin, Maria Sharapova, Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams, Video Vault, WTA off-court

Quotable Quotes: Stacey Allaster Discusses The Grunting ‘Issue’

Leave a Comment Posted by on August 15, 2011

Last month, we saw seemingly more discussion and criticism arise about grunting in tennis than ever before, so much so that WTA CEO Stacey Allaster finally decided to discuss the ‘issue’ during the Rogers Cup in Toronto this week. “We have a hindrance rule. The reality of it is the athletes themselves are not coming [...]

ATP Off Court, WTA off-court

Quotable Quotes: Andy Murray And His New Diet

1 Comment Posted by on August 9, 2011

Andy Murray has recently spoken about his recent change of diet and the hope that it will help make that final leap to win a Grand slam.

Andy Murray, ATP Off Court

Quotable Quotes: Marat Safin Discusses Political Aims, Joining ‘United Russia’

1 Comment Posted by on August 4, 2011

We all know Marat Safin as the immensely talented champion, who thanks to injuries and a whole lotta laziness, will always go down as a great underachiever in tennis circles. After his retirement last year, most undoubtedly expected him to fall back into a chilled and laid back life, with no more troubles or toils [...]

ATP Off Court, Marat Safin, Only god is the jurge(((

I’ll Believe it When I See It, Novak

1 Comment Posted by on July 27, 2011

Riiiiight.

ATP Off Court, Caroline Wozniacki, Novak Djokovic, WTA off-court

Poppin’ That Main Draw Cherry

Leave a Comment Posted by on July 26, 2011

Pretty great effort from Laurynas Grigelis, Daniel Kosakowski and Alexandra Mueller to qualify for their first ever tour main draws in LA and Washington respectively. In the main draws, Grigelis got the unseeded Falla, Kosakowski got fellow qualie Smyczek and Mueller got Naughtya. Iiinteresting.

ATP Off Court, Laurynas Grigelis, WTA off-court

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