The Mouratoglou Tennis Academy was officially unveiled by Patrick Mouratoglou. Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic were both present among the 1200 guests, and thereby showed their support toward Patrick Mouratoglou’s project. In an event packed inauguration which kick-started at 3PM with a press conference attended by Patrick Mouratoglou, Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic who shared […]
trophy watch: a proper send-off
French Open tourney organizers gave one of their own, Fabrice Santoro, a proper sendoff after his first-round loss in this year’s event to Christophe Rochus. Santoro, who was appearing in his record-tying 20th French Open, lost to the Belgian 6-3, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4. “Twenty years. That counts for something in a lifetime,” Santoro said after […]
serbia’s greatest export
Who knew that Victor Troicki could be as animated as his fellow Serbian, Novak Djokovic? It’s hard to contain his excitement, perhaps, of finally making some noise in these past few weeks; he’s reached back-to-back quarterfinals, first losing to Andy Roddick at the Japan Open 6-3, 6-4 and then to German Mischa Zverev 6-4, 3-6, […]
short balls: santoro wants to shine, the fall of cruella de villiers, and centre court’s ready to go!
Ask and hope you receive? Since the clock’s a-tickin’ for Fabrice Santoro, he has asked Wimbledon organizers to schedule him a match on Centre Court — an honor that’s never been bestowed on this veteran in the 13 times he’s played this grass Grand Slam (espn.com) Cruella de Villiers: It’s awesome to see the ATP’s […]
lacoste standard issue: the women pull ahead
We’re always eagerly anticipating the standard issues that Lacoste doles out for each Grand Slam, and the ones for Roland Garros turned out just fine — at least for the ladies. Gisela Dulko wore the halter from the Fine Stripe line in her loss to Alize Cornet in the second round. Cornet, the 19th seed, […]