No Wimbledon hangovers here: For those players who choose to play the week after Wimbledon on the tours, they never know quite what they’re getting themselves into until they get onto the court and realize, Hey, this isn’t Wimbledon! For the men the surface transition might be a little easier (the only event offered is a […]
trophy watch: everyone gets a slice of french pie
In men’s doubles, Peruvian Luis Horna and Uruguayan player Pablo Cuevas (look at that smile!) took out Nenad Zimonjic and Daniel Nestor 6-2,6-3 in the Saturday men’s doubles final. Another tennis mama, Virginia Ruano Pascual (second right), teamed with Anabel Medina Garrigues to win the women’s doubles title over Francesca Schiavone and Casey Dellacqua. That […]
JNP's eighth day: juniors and the bondarenkos
Photo: The Bondarenko sisters on the practice court. That’s Alyona giving me a look. (She smiled at me later so we were cool for sure.) Kateryna‘s digging for water. — Pretty slow day today, but I happened to get a good look at some young talent (the U.S. Open Juniors tournament started yesterday): Polona Hercog […]