This one’s for you, Mikey: Our Sa Watch 2008 begins with the duo of Marcelo Melo and Andre Sa — locals — winning the Brazil Open doubles trophy over Albert Montanez and Santiago Ventura. Leave it to Andre to wear yellow socks on the court. Cute. Meanwhile, it was a battle of the lankies as […]
'stretch' and mirnyi play doubles + more coaching news: monfils, mathieu, peer, murray
French No. 2 (and world No. 25) Paul-Henri Mathieu is suddenly coachless one month before the Australian Open — and he’s not happy about it. Mathieu told l’Equipe that he feels like the “turkey being joked upon” (“dindon de la farce“) by being forced to share his coach, Thierry Champion, with the lower-ranked Gael Monfils, […]
photo: max mirnyi
Our favorite Belarusian Max Mirnyi, in Nike, losing to Rafael Nadal in the second round of the Artois Championships.
speaking of Ralph Lauren…
While I was trying to figure out if Polo Ralph Lauren already released their U.S. Open 2007 goods (they haven’t), I stumbled across their current collections. Though it’s a “Cricket” collection, I can see some of these things courtside: Roger Federer can wear this to a non-Wimbledon “classy” (i.e., one where he doesn’t need to […]