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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

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

Marion Bartoli Discusses Her Exclusion From London Olympics

1 Comment Posted by on January 19, 2012

After spending the last couple of months appealing to the powers-that-be for a reprieve to the FFT’s ruiling that Bartoli would not be participating in the Olympics, it appears that Marion Bartoli finally all but admitted defeat while addressing the issue after yesterdays victory over Jelena Dokic. “It’s really heartbreaking for me. Honestly I really [...]

Dramz, London Olympics, Marion Bartoli, Quotable Quotes

Sven Groeneveld Says Some (Silly) Things About The Recent Slam Champions

4 Comments Posted by on January 15, 2012

With Caroline Wozniacki at number one without even a whiff of a slam while Li Na, Petra Kvitova and Sam Stosur all won their very first Grand Slams in 2011, the slamless #1 issue vs #1-less Grand Slam champion discussion has been one of the most prominent to come out of 2011. Recently, Karolina’s (co-co-co?) [...]

Caroline Wozniacki, Na Li, Petra Kvitova, Piotr Wozniacki, Quotable Quotes, Sam Stosur

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