By Jonathan Scott Another brand of March Madness is upon us: With the unisex goodness that is the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells tournament, the 2011 pro tennis campaign kick-starts into high gear. This 1-2 punch of Cali and Miami makes for a full month of top-notch tennis. Indeed, spring’s done sprung. Now a […]
trophy watch: there’s a hole in my trophy, dear liza!
Petra Kvitova slayed the biggest giant of all this weekend in Paris: new world no. 1 and Aussie Open winner Kim Clijsters, 6-4 6-3 in the final. Isn’t there something missing from her trophy though? Like… a big chunk of it?? Meanwhile, over in San Jose, Milos Raonic became the first Canadian man to win an […]
short balls: tie goes to the winner
In this case, that winner was The West Side Tennis Club stadium at Forest Hills, which survived a club members’ vote to destroy the stadium and use the site to build luxury condos. A two-thirds majority was needed for the condo deal to go through, but members instead voted in a 123-123 tie. The future of the […]
jurgen melzer’s all-white adidas shoes
Quads are made for lunging: TSF saw Austrian Jurgen Melzer (we really need to stop thinking he’s German) work for his first round victory at the 2010 US Open. His pesky opponent? Dmitry Tursunov. Melzer needed five sets to advance and fell three rounds later to Roger Federer. (This week, in Japan, he lost in […]
shirtless: dmitry tursunov
What would a tournament be without a shirtless Dmitry Tursunov? On the eve of the 2010 US Open, we caught a peek of the Russian in the outer practice courts of the USTABJKNTC. Dmitry faced the 13th seed, Jurgen Melzer, in the first round, and he lost in five sets. More: A few more images […]