By Benjamin Snyder Flip flop: As the Sony Ericsson Open winds down, two very different players are working their way up in the rankings. For the men, it’s Mardy Fish, who overtook Andy Roddick as the top American man with a win over David Ferrer in the quarterfinals. A sick Roddick succumbed to Pablo Cuevas […]
short balls: what’s your britney moment?
Leave it to Andy Roddick to make a head shave seem hilarious and semi frightening all at once. The top American, who lost in shocking fashion to unknown Yen-Hsun Lu in the fourth round at Wimbledon, told the ATP that “There was no deep reasoning. I had a Britney Spears moment after Wimbledon.” No deep […]
short balls: from both sides of the pond, juniors tennis, masha mania continues, etc.
Girls — read it and weep: Junior tennis titles do not serve as a predictor of pro success. Of the 20 champions at a Virginia Beach tourney, only two — Lindsay Davenport and Meghan Shaughnessy — cracked the Top 20 and won SEWTA titles. Two others cracked the Top 50. The rest didn’t do so […]
this, after all, is america
Anyone is free to play tennis, even Britney Spears. X17 violated her privacy caught up with her on the court at the Promises rehab facility in Malibu. Hmm… if Hantuchova and Sharapova say “no” to my suggestion about this dress, perhaps Miss Spears will take me up on the tip. She’d look so adorable! Pictures […]