Tennis
Tennis Doping Under The Spotlight Again – Nadal’s Name Keeps Coming Up
09 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Although Rafael Nadal has never failed a drug test, rumours associated with his name have constantly popped up throughout his career. According The Daily Beast, an anonymous blog titled “Tennis Has a Steroid Problem” has a list of so called “evidence” against the Spaniard. The blog has this theme, “The opinion of this blog is that Nadal […]
- Djokovic (Serbia) is playing Del Potro (Argentina) right now in the first of two Wimbledon Men's semi-finals today, and you being at work is absolutely no excuse to miss either of the games. Watch them here, now.
Yes, You Can Watch The Wimbledon Semi Final Right Now, Right Here [LIVE STREAMING]
05 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Djokovic (Serbia) is playing Del Potro (Argentina) right now in the first of two Wimbledon Men’s semi-finals today, and you being at work is absolutely no excuse to miss either of the games. Watch them here, now. Djokovic opened proceedings to serve in ideal conditions. CLICK HERE for official Wimbledon live stream. CLICK HERE for […]
Naughty Potty-Mouth: Andy Murray Swears Like A Sailor In Wimbledon Quarter-Final [VIDEO]
04 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Everyone deserves to let off some steam, especially if you’re Andy Murray and stuffing up in your Wimbledon quarter-final. The Scottish tennis pro took public venting to a new level last night during his match against Fernando Verdasco. When Murray went down in his second set, putting Verdasco 2 sets to nothing up, Murray released a […]
Ball Girl Leaves Wimbledon In Tears After Getting Hit By 205 km/h Serve [Images]
26 Jun 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 6 Comments
No one likes getting hit by things, especially when it’s by a ball served by a tennis player with the one of the fastest serves in the business. Click through to check out what happened to this poor ball girl.
Watch: French Open Final Disrupted By Shirtless Protester [PICS + VIDEO]
10 Jun 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The French Open final between Rafael Nadal And David Ferrer was interrupted yesterday when a protestor jumped onto the court while the pair were playing. Ferrer was about to serve before play was halted.
It’s All Happening At Roland Garros – Tennis Player Smashes Racquet, Gives Himself Team Talk Inside Towel [VIDEO]
03 Jun 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Ah, this is so blind. Mikhail Youzhny, a Russian tennis player who you’ve never heard of took losing a little bit too personally today at the French Open. Things started to go awry for Youzhny against Germany’s Tommy Haas, so naturally he smashed his racquet to pieces, bludgeoning the graphite masterpiece nine times against his […]
Ukrainian Tennis Player Snaps A Twitpic To Argue Umpire’s Call
28 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
During play at the French Open on Monday, Sergiy Stakhovsk, a Ukrainian tennis player, paused the match to snap a picture of the line and mark of the ball – that the head chair would not allow.
Viktor Troicki (Tennis Player) Lashes Out At Head Umpire [VIDEO]
17 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
27-year-old Serbian tennis player, Viktor Troicki, had a tricky day at the Italian Open on Wednesday. When the call that decided whether he stays in the game or not leaned to the negative, words began to fly, and fly they did.
Caroline Wozniacki Impersonates Serena Williams [VIDEO]
11 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Caroline Wozniacki has made a mid-game mockery of Serena Williams’ assets. She took the opportunity to stuff both her chest and shorts with padding, that made her resemble her much larger counterpart.
Chinese Blogger Apologises For Roger Federer Death Threat
10 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A Chinese blogger who goes by the alias of “Blue Cat Polytheistic Religion Founder 07”, has apologised for saying he planned to kill Roger Federer.
Who Is The Highest Paid Athlete Of 2012?
03 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Forbes Magazine has released its official list of highest-paid athletes of 2012. The net worth of these athletes not only comprises of their commissions from matches and games, but also from their numerous endorsements and ad campaigns, bonuses and other salaries for the past 12 months.
SA Tennis Star Puts Personal Vendetta Ahead Of Nation’s Olympic Hopes
25 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 13 Comments
It’s a sad day when someone pushes their personal agenda above the Olympic hopes and dreams of an entire nation, which is exactly what two of SA’s top-ranked tennis players have done. Kevin Anderson and Chanelle Scheepers have made themselves unavailable to compete in this year’s Olympics as a result of what at best can be called petty spite.
The Roger Federer Article You’ve Been Waiting For (Circa 2006)
09 Jul 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 3 Comments
You can always count on the New York Times to spit out the one article that you wanted to talk about or write yourself, but you could never put into words. For all Federer fans, and anyone else who has at least sensed a certain magic to his vibe. This is it. David Foster Wallace […]
Wimbeldon Fan Gives Player Advice Against Djokovic [VIDEO]
04 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yesterday at Wimbledon, Serbian player Viktor Troicki had the unfortunate task of having to take on his fellow countryman, Novak Djokovic. Things did not go too well. Suddenly a fan shouted from the crowd: “Go to his backhand, Viktor!” He did, and actually won that point!
David Nalbaldian Injures Linesman, Gets Disqualified From Queens Final [VIDEO]
18 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Argentinean tennis player, David Nalbaldian lost his marbles yesterday afternoon in the finals of the AEGON Championships at Queens in London, and kicked at some advertising boards and injured a linesman in the process; the act got him disqualified from the finals which saw Marin Cilic take the title.
Novak Djokovic Smashes Racquet In 2012 French Open Final
10 Jun 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
It’s one thing to see a professional tennis player throw or hit his racquet in a grand slam – but it’s not often you see them hitting their racquet against an advertising board and smahing it (the advertising board) to pieces. Jeepers, Novak! The final was postponed due to rain and will continue on Monday […]
Marcos Baghdatis Breaks Tennis Racquets At Australian Open [VIDEO]
19 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Back when I was three, I sometimes got so angry over not getting my way that I’d literally throw my toys to the ground. I can therefore totally relate to Marcos Baghdatis breaking four of his tennis racquets at the Australian Open yesterday. This happened just after he lost the second set of their match against Stanislas Wawrinka.
Nelson Mandela Is The World’s Most Visible Leader
21 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Nelson Mandela is a more visible world leader than Barack Obama, the Dalai Lama and the Pope. This is according to the Reputation Institute, which has done a perception assessment of 54 individuals currently considered to be global leaders. Not bad for a man who retired from presidency in the 1990s.
Maria Sharapova Really Needs To Shut Up
30 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
The time has come for tennis to tell Maria Sharapova and her fellow screamers to shut up. Enough is enough. Someone needs to take that one small step for women’s tennis and do something about this ridiculous tactic. The 2011 US Open got underway yesterday, but it looks like it will be yet another unnecessarily loud tennis championship.
Mahut Versus Isner: The Greatest Web Event Of All Time Was An Obscure Tennis Match
21 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
And today is the rematch, three days short of one year since the now-famous encounter smashed tennis and online viewership records. Last year, on June 24, John Isner and Nicolas Mahut played a First Round match at Wimbledon. That match lasted 11 hours and five minutes with a total of 183 games. The final score of the fifth and deciding set was Isner 70, Mahut 68. And that’s not even the extraordinary part.
‘Tennis Girl’ Reveals Herself 35 Years Later
25 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Hey, you guys know that photo, right? The one with the tennis-playing girl lifting up the back of her skirt in a way that’s sort of sexy but also obliviously enough for people to call it art, rather than sexy-tennis-photography? It’s by Martin Elliot, who died recently, so the model’s decided to let us know who she is.
Advantage Grunters
04 Oct 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A recent study has revealed what many of us have known for years. If you make an unholy grunting noise as you hurtle a tennis ball towards someone at 180km/h, their reaction times might be ever so slightly diminished.
Strange, but true.
SAMPRAS AND AGASSI HATE EACH OTHER
16 Mar 2010 by Seth Rotherham / 6 Comments
God, how emboerrissing! “Pistol” Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi ended up at each other’s throats during a Haiti charity event in California this weekend. 16,000 people turned up to support the action, which included a doubles match with Pete Sampras and Roger Federer on one side, and Andre Agassi and Rafael Nadal on the other. […]
US OPEN BALL BOY EATS IT
08 Sep 2009 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
For those of you who weren’t aware, the US Open is on at the moment. It’s full of dramas this year, with top seeds falling all over the show! Speaking of falling, enjoy this ball boy using his head to walk. Yu! [thanks 3]
BROOKLYN DECKER RODDICK – ANDY’S OLD LADY
06 Jul 2009 by Seth Rotherham / 7 Comments
Those of you who watched Sunday’s Wimbledon men’s final would have enjoyed the crowd viewing pleasure. Notables including Woody Allen, Russell Crowe, Sir Alex Ferguson, Pistol Pete Sampras and many others. Lest we forget runner-up Andy Roddick’s wife, Brooklyn Decker Roddick . Just a reminder of what he’s dealing with: Whatya thinkin’? That’s […]
GOOGLE NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME
06 Jul 2009 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
Please enjoy the first result in Google when I searched for “Roger Federer” DURING the Wimbledon Final. Quite mean! That was the first result – The LIVE SCORE of the game. That’s pretty damn impressive! There are loads of other tricks that you can pull with Google’s search box. You can use it […]
FEDERER AND SHARAPOVA THROWING A OLD SCHOOL FASHION VIBE AT WIMBLEDON
23 Jun 2009 by Seth Rotherham / 5 Comments
Jeepers, Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova threw out a very cool old school vibe during the first round of Wimbledon yesterday. Reminiscent of the styles of yesteryear and, dare I say, Harry Flashman, it seems the on court fashion stakes are pretty high this year. A quick game of tennis, wot?[source] General Sharapova[source] […]
LEST WE FORGET
08 Jun 2009 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
You forgot about Anna Kournikova, didn’t you? There were a few days, weeks or possibly even months that you completely forgot about her and didn’t think about her once, right? Naughty. The greatest women’s tennis player of all time You’ll miss her when she’s gone..
FEDERER WINS FRENCH OPEN – THE GREATEST TENNIS PLAYER OF ALL TIME
07 Jun 2009 by Seth Rotherham / 5 Comments
As I am currently residing in the South of France as part of the 2009 Strengthening Ties Tour, I thought it pertinent to report on what I’ve been doing for the last couple of hours – which is watching the French Open final, which featured Roger Federer playing the Swedish pretender, Robin Soderling (fresh from […]
GOOD WORK, ANDY RODDICK
23 Apr 2009 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
I toyed with the headline “Andy Roddick serves an ace,” but inducing vomit is not my scene. So, instead, I went for a hint of tennis association with the “luv” mention in the sub-heading. Are you fine with that? I thought it was fine. So, ja, hats off to Andy Roddick, who seems to have […]
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