Two to go. Before we turn the corner to the weekend, there’s plenty happening outside of Paris that has caught our eye the last few days. The June/July issue of Tennis View has Andre Agassi on its cover (full disclosure: I wrote one of the articles in the mag), talking about the American’s upcoming induction into […]
feeling peachy
The International Tennis Hall of Fame followed up their announcement of Andre Agassi joining the Hall in 2011 by adding another name to the list: Peachy Kellmeyer. “Peachy,” whose real name is Fern Lee, was the first employee and director of the WTA way back in 1973 and still serves the organization today as Operations Executive Consultant. […]
on the 4th day of giftmas: design between the lines
Hugh Hayden is by no means new news in the tennis design world, but he certainly keeps us interested. The designer of all things comfy (and recycled) continues to churn out tennis-inspired furniture, like the dog bed that can be seen below. Hugh hit it big this year in landing the gig to design Lacoste’s […]
short balls: tears of joy
Dressing, acting and crying like a 12-year-old boy (all so charmingly, might we add!), Rafael Nadal embraced the World Cup in all its glory by cheering on his champs, Spain, in South Africa on Sunday. The Spanish team downed The Netherlands 1-0 to win the country’s first-ever World Cup title, and Rafa got all giddy […]
trans-atlantic flight shorter than his match, mahut delivers tee to the hof
Nicolas Mahut is in Newport, R.I., this week for the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships along with Americans Sam Querrey, Taylor Dent, Ryan Harrison and Mardy Fish and stopped by the Hall to deliver a piece of tennis history. Mahut, who lost his record-setting five-set match with John Isner in the first round of Wimbledon, […]