22nd seed Juan Carlos Ferrero, in Lotto, took out Australian Alun Jones in a second round match in Melbourne. The Spaniard will next face 10th seed David Nalbandian or another Australian, Peter Luczak. (draw) Whodathunk he’d be so freckly? RELATED POSTS >> TSF’s australian open coverage >> our ‘shirtless’ file
trophies: heineken, hobart, kooyong, sydney
The girls and boys warmed up for the start of the Australian Open with another week at various tournaments Down Under. The usual fare of crystal and silver were doled out, save for minikegs in Auckland… Philipp Kohlschreiber ends up with a silver trophy and a keg (yes!!!!) for winning the Heineken Open in Auckland, […]
juanqui wears in bright red lotto
World No. 24 Juan Carlos Ferrero shakes off his off-season rust in New Zealand; he’s made it to the finals of the Heineken Open after defeating Julien Benneteau 6-3, 6-4. His opponent is Philipp Kohlschreiber, who crushed our favorite Argentinian Juan Monaco 6-2, 6-1 in the other semi. FYI: Juanqui’s wearing the new Spirograph-inspired Lotto […]
the perils of round robin
Humility at the top For as many perks allowed by reaching the year-end top eight of men’s tennis — the glory, the attention, the serious cash, not to mention those crazy year-ending suits — participating in the Tennis Masters Cup (Shanghai) also has a potential downside: losing multiple matches in a week. In fact, the […]
short balls: masha's trainer, underground tennis, gay bloggers, bottle or tap?
Behind the scenes: The folks who run Juan Carlos Ferrero‘s Equelite Tennis Academy in Spain have started a blog to show what it’s like for the folks behind the scenes. In one post, they interview physical coach Javier Capitaine, who trains with Juanqui and Maria Sharapova (above). Gay bloggers: Ken of Kenneth in the (212) […]
