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Holy mole-y: What is it with the Spaniards and their skin? (I’m not complaining….)
FYI, Carlos Moya is busy getting ready for the 2010 Australian Open, which starts this coming Monday in Melbourne. The draw’ll come out on Friday; you can watch for it here.
(image via australianopen.com)
The Argentines: Guillermo Canas and Gaston Gaudio
The boys: Andy Roddick and Guillermo Coria
The daddies (DILFs?): Lleyton Hewitt and Tim Henman
The ILFs: Marat Safin and Carlos Moya
and Roger Federer
Roger beat Lleyton in straight sets — 6-3, 6-2 — to take his 11th title of 2004 and his second consecutive year-end title.
(photos by Getty Images)
1) Delic had surgery in April to fix a chronic sweating problem.
2) Even John McEnroe and Jim Courier were talking about the significance of that Federer/Nadal Wimbledon final. McEnroe said that we’ll learn a lot about Federer in the coming months (will he disappear ala Borg?), and that he’ll likely get more support from fans now that he’s a little more, uhm, human.
Meanwhile, Andy Roddick notched a routine win over drop shot-obsessed Serbian Dusan Vemic in the feature night match. Andy wore a black/white version of the Super Dry Stripe Polo from Lacoste‘s latest line. Fiancee Brooklyn Decker was there to cheer him on, of course, and we learn in his post-match interview with the skinny-legged Justin Gimelstob (man, what retirement can do to muscles!) that the couple now has a puppy.
Buy: Lacoste Super Dry Stripe Polo, Steward Blue/White, $95.00.
Browse: See the other U.S. Open goods here.
(image by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
Donald Young‘s white Nike Advantage Polo. See the subtle detail in the mesh backing. The 19-year-old took out Tommy Haas 6-2, 6-4 in the first night match.
Papparazi moved into the seats right behind me not during a changeover (boo) but waited until the changeover (yay) to start snapping pics of Kate Hudson, who sat next to Haas’ gf Sara Foster. Look at that bracelet!
Tommy had no less than three K-Swiss shirt changes, treating us to white/black and navy blue crewnecks plus a navy blue polo during the last game of the match.
Switcheroo: In case you didn’t notice — I didn’t until last night! — Xavier Malisse switched from K-Swiss to Lotto prior to Wimbledon. He wore the black Kontact tee with shiny screenprint against Carlos Moya. The Belgian had a shiny ring on his left middle finger to match.
Jelena’s website: Jelena Jankovic finally rejoins the 21st century with the launch of her official website. (via WTB)
So, what happened in Singapore? The Maria Sharapova Live! event has come and gone (see Regentville’s review of the event here), and now Singapore is dealing with its effects. To capitalize on tennis-mania, some folks are planning to bring a tourney to the country by 2009. (via WTB)
Lindsay’s GS sched: Lindsay Davenport, this week competing at the ASB Classic, has committed to play only through the U.S. Open, and has announced that she won’t participate in this year’s French Open. (TNZH)
Santoro to break a record: Frenchman Fabrice Santoro, this week playing at the Qatar Open, will break a record he currently holds with Andre Agassi — that of appearing in 61 Grand Slam tournaments. Santoro will participate in his 62nd at the 2008 Australian Open. FYI, his first Grand Slam appearance was at the 1989 French Open. (CNN.com)
Ladies, take notice: Serena Williams came back from the off-season looking fit and trim. This could spell trouble for anyone else trying to win the Australian Open women’s titles (in both singles AND doubles) this year.
Maria’s Mama: We see father Yuri all the time, but never Momma Yelena. She made a rare appearance next to Maria‘s Christmas tree (at her Manhattan Beach pad?). DTL dug up this photo from Masha’s official website.
Plexicushion gets a thumbs down: Players are speaking out against the newly-installed Plexicushion surface at Melbourne Park. But really, Tennis Australia had no choice but to dump Rebound Ace after 20 years of not-so-good results for that country’s tennis future.
In case you’re keeping track: Spaniard Carlos Moya endorses Rolex. (newindpress.com)
…and Andy Murray makes some more additions to his training camp by signing Miles MacIagan (The Guardian)
…and Xavier Malisse does some charity work in between competing at this week’s Chennai Open. (The Hindu)
Enrique’s gift to Anna? Enrique Iglesias, longtime boyfriend of Anna Kournikova spent Christmas Day in a red thong. (Now)
An Australian Open Court: Open Court will leave her Canadian outpost later this month to cover the Australian Open. We can’t wait!
(photo via www.jj-jelenajankovic.com)
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