The 4th Annual Necker Cup Pro-Am is set for November 28th through December 3rd, on Necker Island, Sir Richard Branson’s private island in the British Virgin Islands. Dubbed “The World’s Most Exclusive Tennis Pro-Am,” the 6-day event pairs 16 ATP/WTA Tour Players/Legends with 16 amateur teams in an effort to raise money for worthy causes. […]
this kid has no job (home?!) anymore
We know where you live (the streets). OK, so it’s not quite that dramatic, but this poor little fella isn’t thinking about how he pissed off Viktor Troicki — he’s thinking about how he won’t ever work Court Suzanne Lengglen again. How he might be out of a (summer) job. And how he probably doesn’t […]
that painting is brill
Upper right corner, my friends. Nole posing next to his Pacific Life Open trophy. Amazing. (God, how we miss that whale.) This photo was taken during the ceremony held at this week’s Serbia Open in Belgrade to hand diplomatic passports to Ana Jovanovic, Bojana Jovanovski, Janko Tipsarevic, Nenad Zimonjic, Viktor Troicki, and Novak Djokovic. “I […]
clijsters lends her hand(writing) to the japanese cause
Fundraiser: Kim Clijsters did her part to raise awareness and funds for those affected by the tsunami that hit Japan while the tennis world had all eyes at Indian Wells. Working with her sponsor, Fila, a shirt was designed and turned around in about a week — ready for sale at the Sony Ericsson Open […]
trophy watch: winning matches by hitting the ball? so 2008
Not many repeats this week as the lower-profile players — at least when it comes to wins — chomped off pieces of the trophy pie. Golden statement: In Kuala Lumpur, Russian Nikolay Davydenko wore his gilded Airness track jacket as he received the trophy for beating Fernando Verdasco to take the Proton Malaysian Open on […]