It’s on for Carson: The city adds a few more notches to its tennis belt. The Home Depot Center will host both a men’s and women’s Challenger tournaments in the early summer. Not so fast, TTC: CBS announced that they have cut a more profitable deal with the USTA in renewing their coverage of the […]
trophy watch 2007: Battle of the Surfaces
Yet another example of a different trophy format. This time, it’s from the Battle of the Surfaces between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. Nadal beat Federer 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (10). (May 2, 2007) I know it’s just a plaque, but it looks as meticulously produced as the courts they played on. Edit: From what I […]
federer in Time magazine, puma's french77 sale, tursunov's blog, etc.
Tennis bits from around the web: — Time‘s list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World came out today, and it includes Roger Federer. (via Rachel Sklar for Eat The Press) — Get 10% off Puma French 77 gear via the Puma website. (Here are my top picks.) Just make sure to enter […]
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 […]
roger federer: vogue magazine's cover story
As you may already know, the latest issue of Men’s Vogue has a great profile of Roger Federer by writer Tim Adams. Nothing out of the ordinary: Adams talks about Roger’s transformation from tempermental juniors player to zen master (yawn), him being possibly the greatest of all time (double yawn), and his friendship with Tiger […]