Marat, I’m not sure what is that you’re giving Nole as part of the Davis Cup gift exchange, but I can only hope it’s the number of your tailor. Oh well, at least Nole’s moved on from draping himself in a couch cover at last year’s U.S. Open… It was too good to be true: […]
davis cup: moscow is currently the center of my universe
Mikhail Youzhny. Marat Safin. Kolya Davydenko. Dmitry Tursunov. plus Nole Djokovic. and Janko Tipsarevic. all under one roof. That’s a heart attack waiting to happen. Match-up: 2007 Davis Cup finalist Russia faces Serbia in the World Group first round tie at the Luzhniki indoor arena in Moscow. Russia has the experience (they’ve won this before) […]
trophy watch: doubles and wheelchair action at the australian open
As with any Grand Slam, plenty of silver (both as cups and platters) were doled out to runner-ups and winners of the various events at the Australian Open. The team of Jonathan Ehrlich and Andy Ram capped a historic weekend for Israeli sports by becoming the first Israeli team to win a Grand Slam title. […]
trophy watch: rome, berlin, and prague
A few animals in the trophy list this week. Look at this cute bear they gave out to the Juniors runner-up at the Qatar German Open. And they brought out the same trophies they handed out in Doha. Ana Ivanovic gets a hawk and Svetlana Kuznetsova gets a clock tower.