by Benjamin Snyder IS MILOS RAONIC THE READ DEAL? OR FRANK DANCEVIC, VERSION 2.0? Move aside Greg Rusedski, there’s a new (and real) Canadian hotshot in town. No, not you Frank Dancevic. You’ve already had your fifteen minutes. Well, okay, try most of 2007. But, apparently there’s only room enough for one top Canuck at […]
serbian ham and canadian bacon
Marija went to Friday’s NAJJ Srbije tennis exhibition in Belgrade — an action-packed event capped by a mixed doubles exhibition between Jelena Jankovic, Novak Djokovic, Ana Ivanovic, and Janko Tipsarevic. Apparently, no one took the tennis too seriously, instead making sure that the fans were entertained. Something tells me Nole took that task to heart. […]
adidas making me yawn
So far I haven’t done 2007 U.S. Open coverage of players from the adidas stud ranch — aka Novak Djokovic, Mikhail Youzhny, and Marat Safin — mostly because I have nothing to write about (fashion-wise, at least). Their tennis might be speaking volumes (congrats to Marat for surviving his first-round opponent, summer sensation Frank Dancevic), […]
trophies: indianapolis, umag, austria, stanford, rio, etc.
The trophy gods worked hard to give us some good ones this week: In the hotfest over at the Austrian Open in Kitzbuehel, Argentinian Juan Monaco (in adidas) got taken to three sets by Potito Starace (wearing Le Coq Sportif). Bonnie was right: Juan should have been in my top 5. Really, I’ve never noticed […]
brazil and canada played by the rules
You can always count on the Canadians to do things by the book. Very little of their on-court uniform at last weekend’s Davis Cup tie against Brazil (in Brazil) could confuse them for the locals: Dancevic against the Brazilian, Melo; Polansky Canadian colors all the way. Daniel Nestor and Frederic Niemeyer; with costume change And […]