To round out our munchkin reports (Janko? Check. Andre Sa? Check. Nono? Here we go!) — French munchkin Arnaud Clement got bounced out early in both singles and doubles at this year’s Australian Open. As expected, he played in solid-colored Lacoste performance polos. Clement needed five sets to defeat Ukranian Sergiy Stakhovsky in the first […]
trophy watch: youzhny salutes a fatigued rafa
A fatigued Rafael Nadal fell to the always dangerous Mikhail Youzhny 6-0, 6-1 in the singles final of the Chennai Open on Sunday. Mikhail conceded that he won the match only because Rafa couldn’t move well (uhm, negative mental state for the Russian?) and Rafa agreed; the Spaniard brushed off any talks of his chronic […]
trophy watch: basel, linz, lyon, st. petersburg
This past week the men played in three tournaments (Basel, Lyon, St. Petersburg) while the women made a showing in Linz, Austria. Lots of shiny things were handed out, save for a purple oddity in Lyon… At the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, Sebastien Grosjean defeated fellow Frenchman Marc Gicquel 7-6 (5), 6-4 to […]