Only moments after I found John Isner on David Letterman, he has popped up throwing the first pitch at a New York Yankees vs Seattle Mariners Baseball game. Isner received a warm standing ovation from the Yankee Stadium crowd, in contrast to the welcome plate umpire Joe West got. In April, West criticized the Yankees [...]
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John Isner Appears on David Letterman
The media run for John Isner has begun and he has just appeared on Late Night with David Letterman. The longest tennis match ever can make you a lot of money! John read out “Top Ten Thoughts That Went Through John Isner’s Mind During the 11-Hour Tennis Match.”
Nicolas Mahut Receives Wildcard into Hall of Fame Tennis Championships
A week after playing the longest match in tennis history at Wimbledon, Nicolas Mahut has landed a wild-card spot in a grass court event in Newport, R.I. The International Tennis Hall of Fame announced Monday that Mahut will play in the Campbell’s Hall of Fame Tennis Championships running from July 5-11. Mahut will also present [...]
Rafael Nadal Fined $2,000 for Coaching at Wimbledon
Rafael Nadal has been fined $2,000 by Wimbledon officials for receiving coaching during his third-round match. The match was against Philipp Petzschner in which Nadal was down 2 sets to 1. Typical! Nadal was given a code violation by French umpire Cedric Mourier for allegedly receiving advice from his coach, uncle Toni Nadal, during his [...]
Novak Djokovic is No Andrew Ilie! Not Even Strong Enough to Rip His Own Shirt
I remember back in the day when Andrew Ilie used to play on the pro tour and whenever he won a game at the Australia Open he used to rip his shirt off. It seems like Novak Djokovic tried to do that the other day, but without any luck. Maybe you should head back to [...]
Official Professional Tennis Players Twitter List
Twitter is already a huge medium for players to reach their fans online. Twitter provides a little personal touch and allows players and the general public to communicate in a simple way. I have been wondering for a while now, which players are actually already using Twitter! So here is our official WTA and ATP [...]
Yen-Hsun Lu Makes Asian Tennis History by Defeating Andy Roddick
Today is a great day for Asian tennis. Yen-Hsun Lu from Chinese Taipei is the first ever player from that country to make the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam event. Lu had an amazing win by knocking out Andy Roddick 4-6 7-6 7-6 6-7 9-7. Lu is currently ranked 82nd in the world, but today [...]
Jennifer Capriati Rushed to Hospital After Drug Overdose
It has been reported that Jennifer Capriati has been rushed to hospital from a suspected accidental overdose. Her spokesperson said that Jennifer had accidentally overdosed on prescription medicine’s. The call came from a hotel in Riviera Beach, FL. Of course the gossip site TMZ was first on the report and Stefano Capriati told them she [...]
Svetlana Kuznetsova Refuses to Shake Hands with Anastasia Rodionova after Wimbledon Match
After losing her second round match at Wimbledon, Svetlana Kuznetsova refused to shake hands with Anastasia Rodionova. Radionova who is now an Australian citizen defeated Kuznetsova 6-2 2-6 6-4. Radionova is known for on-court theatrics and tactics. During the match Radionova questioned a huge amount of line calls and even went for a medical break [...]
Bethanie Mattek-Sands Looking Terrible at Wimbledon
The New York Times recently did a story about Bethanie Mattek-Sands dressing herself up in soccer-like garb every four years for the World Cup. I think it might also be a bit of a coincidence that Bethanie has been playing terrible tennis and even looking a bit sick, since she got married!
Longest Tennis Match in History: Nicolas Mahut and John Isner Wimbledon 2010
The longest tennis match ever played is still going and scheduled to continue today at 3:30pm. John Isner and Nicolas Mahut are set to continue their titanic battle on court 18 later today with the score standing at 4-6 6-3 7-6 6-7 59-59. It’s already the longest match in tennis history at 10 hours but [...]
Sam Stosur Crashes Out of Wimbledon to Kaia Kanepi
Samantha Stosur offered no excuses after her first-round loss to Estonian qualifier Kaia Kanepi. “I just didn’t play as well as I know that I can today,” the French Open runner-up said after the 6-4 6-4 loss on Tuesday. “But I thought she played well. She served very well. I didn’t serve as well as [...]
Roger Federer Gets a Lucky and Wins in 5 Sets at Wimbledon
Roger Federer survives first round scare at Wimbledon. Federer was down 2 sets to love against Alejandro Falla. Federer win in 5 sets 5-7 4-6 6-4 7-6 6-0. Federer has reached the tournament final each of the past seven years, but Monday he barely survived the traditional opening match on Centre Court as defending champion. [...]
Maria Sharapova Sells Out and Becomes the Face of Bottled Water
It has been reported that just before Wimbledon, Maria Sharapova has signed a multiyear agreement with Evian. Maria will now be the face of their Rollerbabies campaign. For the world famous campaign, Sharapova is wearing a t-shirt with a printed figure of a baby and a bottle of Evian water. Sharapova was chosen by the [...]
Watch Wimbledon Live in USA on ESPN
There is some great Wimbledon coverage this year by ESPN in the USA. Cliff Drysdale and Dick Enberg lead the ESPN tennis team, working with Darren Cahill, Mary Carillo, Mary Joe Fernandez, Brad Gilbert, Luke Jensen, Patrick McEnroe and Pam Shriver. Hannah Storm will host while Tom Rinaldi will be on hand for essays and [...]
Wimbledon Dresses 2010: Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams and Li Na
Here are the Nike dresses that Li Na, Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams, will be wearing at Wimbledon.
Dinara Safina Withdraws from Wimbledon
Dinara Safina has withdrawn from Wimbledon due to the lower back injury that has plagued her since November. Last year Safina reached the semifinals of Wimbledon and was set to be seeded 20th for this years Championships. Safina’s seeded spot in the draw has been taken by Melanie Oudin, who made a dramatic run to [...]
James Blake and Pam Shriver Have a Few Choice Words for Each other at Wimbledon
James Blake wasnt really having a great time at Wimbledon yesterday. While playing his match he could hear Pam Shriver talking about him and not being very pleasant about his game! All happens at about 4:30. Sorry for the intro on the video. JB: “Amazing you used to play tennis. I can still hear you.” [...]