Jelena Jankovic‘s purple ANTA dress from the 2010 US Open has given way to a yellow version, showing this week at the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. She’s pariing them with white shoes with purple detail. Bracket: In the singles draw, Jelena is still on track to defend her finals appearance last year (she […]
the tsf interview with laura robson
Walking up to the grounds for day one of Wimbledon in 2009, I was surprised to hear most English tennis fans weren’t really talking about Andy Murray or the Rafa-Roger rivalry, but instead about the new starlet of British tennis: Laura Robson. The year before, Laura had won the Girl’s Singles title at Wimbledon, becoming […]
trophy watch: kerchiefs, gang signs, pearl studs, and gold crosses
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 […]
i snooze and i lose, but lleyton wins
We probably can’t teach old dog new tricks, so we’re stuck dozing off while looking at pics of Lleyton Hewitt languishing in Yonex. (Can he retire already? Please?) The Aussie won his first rounder at this week’s Rakuten Japan Open, taking out wildcard Tatsuma Ito 6-1, 7-5. Couple this with top seed Juan Martin del […]
sweet sixteen cake or nadia petrova? you decide.
13th seed Nadia Petrova lost in straight sets to Rybarikova in the second round of this week’s Toray Pan Pacific Open. So much for a turnaround, Nadia. Don’t you remember what we told you about ruffles? (image via Getty Images)