Check no. We’re not quite sure of this checker-on-checker look that Gilles Simon was sporting last week. Thoughts? But lucky for the Frenchman, he walked away from the German Tennis Championships in Hamburg a (tennis) winner, beating Nicolas Almagro in the final. | TSF Vault: Gilles Simon (Gilles images via the AP)
trophy watch: golubev propelled, chakvetadze returns, goerges’s first, fish extends streak
Andrey Golubev has made history by being the first player from Kazakhstan to win a title. He upset the 15th-ranked (and 2010 Roland Garros semifinalist) Jurgen Melzer 6-3, 7-5 in the final of the German Open in Hamburg. The thirty pounds Mardy Fish lost in the last year certainly came in handy in winning the […]
don’t take tennis too seriously…
….but don’t take it for granted, either. In the middle of a serious post-match interview in Monte Carlo, Roger Federer comments on the upcoming exhibition between him and Nadal, to be played on a court that’s half-grass, half-clay. We also enjoy playing tennis for fun for a change. It doesn’t always need to be crazy […]