Reiko took us up on the request for a closer look at Simone Vagnozzi's inner arm tattoo. Here's a pic shot later in that week of the 2011 Barcelona Open, won last month by Rafael Nadal. (Archives: TSF Tattoo Watch) Step 2: Can anyone help with a translation? (Taken in Barcelona by Reiko) … [Read more...]
tattoo watch: potito starace
Potito Starace got tangled in Andy Murray's medusa at this week's Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome. Potito went down 2-6, 3-6 to the fourth seed, who next faces Florian Mayer. The other six quarterfinalists are Nadal/Cilic, Gasquet (who beat Federer in three with two tiebreaks going his way)/Berdych, and whomever wins these third-rounders: Soderling vs. Almagro and Djokovic … [Read more...]
stefan koubek retires
One less for Tattoo Watch to keep tabs on now that pseudo-tramp-stamped Austrian Stefan Koubek has announced his retirement. The 34-year-old ATPer, ranked 261st, plans to finish his pro career off with an exhibition match on July 30. "I wanted to play Roland Garros and Wimbledon one more time but I won't make it," he told the press. "Once you've decided to quit, you lose your … [Read more...]
tattoo watch: adrian ungur
Romania's Adrian Ungur has made it through to the second round of this week's Serbia Open by beating Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in the first round (and qualifying for a spot in the main draw). Unfortunately, that's probably where it'll end; he faces Novak Djokovic in the hometown hero's opening match tonight. Tattoo watch: Ungur told TSF (by way of the Serbia Open media folks) … [Read more...]
tattoo watch: simone vagnozzi
Consolation prize: As sad as it is that Pico peaced out early at this week's Barcelona Open, TSF found the silver lining: an inner-arm tat on Italian Simone Vagnozzi, who upset 16th seed Monaco 6-3, 6-2 in the second round. Vagnozzi fell in the subsequent round to Juan Carlos Ferrero. (Archives: TSF Tattoo Watch) If anyone out there has a better pic, we'd love to see it! Read … [Read more...]