That’s Bojana Jovanovski, Ana Jovanovic, captain Dejan Vranes, Jelena Jankovic, and Ana Ivanovic at the official Fed Cup dinner on the eve of the tie between Serbia and Russia. As you can see from the schedule below, the headcase Ivanovic will go up against Svetlana Kuznetsova first, and then Jelena, whose back injury could hamper […]
eight men, five rubbers, one weekend…
Bulging biceps, tag teams, marathon sessions, tattoos, bears, Eastern Europeans, Brazilians… Yes, my friends, it must be Davis Cup! World Group 2008 – Semifinal Argentina v Russia, 3 – 2 Tarpischev’s doubles trick couldn’t shake off del Potro. Spain v USA, 4 – 1 America’s rich Davis Cup history gets blown to bits when a […]
davis cup: don’t let kolya’s pink scarf fool you — the russians play dirty
The Russian doubles pair of Dmitry Tursunov and Igor Kunitsyn hacked their way into a 6-2, 6-1, 6-7(9), 3-6, 8-6 win over Guillermo Canas and David Nalbandian using some unusual tactics: For the first two sets, Tursunov and Kunitsyn bamboozled their opponents with very little pace. In fact at times it was almost as if […]
davis cup final: russia vs. usa
Davis Cup quickies: — The Oregonian‘s Davis Cup blog gave TSF a shout-out yesterday. We laughed out loud when our blogging was described as an “SI swimsuit-issue fantasy.” Le sigh. If only their swimsuit issue looked like this. — Hitting partners for the American team of Andy Roddick, Mike Bryan, James Blake, and Bob Bryan […]
americans in l.a. + coaching updates…
(Kendrick — left, middle; Fleishman — right) An All-American match-up: Z. Fleishman d. R. Kendrick 7-6 (4), 6-3 at the Countrywide Classic. Zack is cleaning up on his home court, and will face Radek Stepanek in the quarters. Shamil drops a bomb: Russian Fed Cup captain Shamil Tarpishchev didn’t invite Maria Sharapova to play in […]