Moscow, represent: Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova bagged her first title since tearing it up on the clay courts in early 2009 (with titles in Stuttgart and Roland Garros) by defeating Agnieszka Radwanska in the final of the China Open. Not sure if it’s this new positive aura of hers, but she was lookin’ damn good in […]
all quiet on the eastern front
There’s enough to deal with: In light of all this Shahar Peer and Sweden vs. Israel Davis Cup madness, you better believe we’re glad that we’ve heard nary a peep about Marin Cilic and Janko Tipsarevic‘s first-round match in Dubai. (Tensions ran high at Serbia-Croatia matches at the Australian Open…) Scoreline: The Fila-clad Slavs needed […]
trophy watch: tsonga rams chardy and cilic goes back for seconds
The inaugural South African Open in Johannesburg saw an all-French final between hitting partners Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Jeremy Chardy. Tsonga, who did not drop a set all week, earned $79,000 for his 6-4, 7-6 (5) performance. This is his third career title and first of 2009. Props to the tourney organizers for coming up with […]
ticked off slavs are hot
Rowdy nationalistic tennis fans became the talk of the Australian Open after today’s second-round matches. Paul-Henri Mathieu facedoff against Amer Delic (an American of Bosnian descent), Croat Marin Cilic defeated Serbian Janko Tipsarevic, and Delic is slated to face off against Serbian Nole Djokovic in the succeeding round. The tension today was enough to spur […]
do i really have to choose between marin and janko?
Tournament organizers should know better than to keep spectators on edge to see who comes out victorious in a fight between Serbian Janko Tipsarevic and Croat Marin Cilic. Can’t they both just move on to the next round? And no, your eyes are not deceiving you. They are both wearing tops from this season’s Fila […]