On Thursday night (8/27), stars of the tennis court and the kitchen aligned at the 16th Annual Taste of Tennis Gala at the W New York. Guests including Bachelorette star Andi Dorfman, #1 ranked singles player Serena Williams, who looked fabulously sporty in a fitted LBD and Nikes, as well as sister Venus Williams joined sports and culinary enthusiasts for the evening. Venus … [Read more...]
bonus round: wimbledon post match interviews with andy murray and jelena jankovic
An extra added bonus of audiofiles of Wimbledon day 6 with Andy Murray, Jelena Jankovic, Dustin Brown and the Day 6 podcast with Richard Connelly and Matt Cronin. Andy Murray on beating Seppi Andy Murray beat Italy's Andreas Seppi in four sets after an injury scare to secure a place in the second week of Wimbledon. He'll take on Croatian 23rd seed Ivo Karlovic in the fourth … [Read more...]
before the gloomy weather, some bursts of yellow at the u.s. open
Golden Girls: Both Jelena Jankovic and Elena Baltacha opted to wear shades of yellow at this year's U.S. Open. Jankovic, who lost in the third round to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, played in a gold ANTA dress. Note the boning detail, the ruching at the bust, and all that busy-ness (which we love!) at the top: a set of straps for the dress and one for the mesh bra. And in Elena … [Read more...]
wta headshots: part 3 (ladies of east coast)
Matt Trollope began covering tennis in 2008, a natural extension of his childhood obsession for the game that included hitting for countless hours against his bedroom wall and self-producing and editing a fictitious tennis magazine. Based in Melbourne, he has covered four Australian Opens and one Wimbledon championship, and his tennis writing has featured in Australian Tennis … [Read more...]
trophy watch: two wrongs don't make a trophy
Clay is meant for playing on. Well, we could be wrong... that might not be clay. But does that much matter? Whatever the trophies that Maria Sharapova and Andy Murray hoisted yesterday are made of whatever material has been sacrificed to the gods of Midwest art (read: too much Sears' sale collection, not enough Ikea faux trendiness). But, we understand: trophies don't have to … [Read more...]