Just came across these shirtless pics of Simone Bolelli from back in Indian Wells earlier this year. Bolelli is currently ranked 62 on the ATP world tour.
So he's into tattoos...... hmm... still hot though...
Roger Federer is an emotional bloke. And winner of the 2009 Roland Garros grand slam.
This time it's tears of joy.
14 slams, including slams on all surfaces. He may be arrogant, he may be a pussy, but he's also the GOAT! Roland Garros is no longer his elusive slam. The only thing left to do is turn around his h2h against Nadal (but let's not get picky).
Ok now back to studying.
It was set to be a repeat of the Aussie Open QF, but Kuznetsova managed to regroup after her mid-match choke to beat Serena 7-6, 5-7, 7-5 in the QF of the 2009 French Open. There was choking going on from both sides, but it was a great match nonetheless. Sh1tlana no more!
Sexy Sveta managed to show her ass to a ball boy and *seemingly* give the hot line judge a boner during the match. Meanwhile, Serena was being her usual self in the post match interview:
"In the third (set) I had an opportunity but I was a bit tight. I basically handed it to her. It was like: 'Here, do you want it? 'Cos I don't.' And she was like: 'OK.'"Original pics below.
Guest post by Phillip:
Victoria Azarenka, star of the near future
The 2009 French Open has thrown up many surprises, but the breakthrough of Victoria Azarenka should not be considered one of them. The Belarusian reached her first Grand Slam quarter final in 14 attempts and came close to knocking out in-form world number one Dinara Safina.
Safina eventually won a three-set encounter, but not before being blown away 6-1 in the first set. Azarenka was in stunning form early on, serving at 93% on her first serve and hitting 10 winners and only one unforced error.
The Russian had only lost five games in her four matches before facing Azarenka but looked lost for a response against her opponent’s aggressive approach.
The form Azarenka presented against Safina did not come out of the blue. She has been in great form all year, winning at Brisbane, Memphis and most notably the Sony Ericsson Open, where she beat Serena Williams in the final.
Here are some random pics from the Madrid Open tennis tournament. I was quite impressed with the stadium, especially the massive vertical walls behind the stands leading to the roof. The practice courts look kinda odd with the red curtains, but odd in a good way :P
The dust flying around in Djokovic's match was atrocious, but at least a photographer was able to make it look like he had a halo (halo, haloooo).
Thanks to Phillip for writing this guest post for the blog:
Richard Gasquet, another case of too much too young
Richard Gasquet’s provisional suspension for a failed drugs test is the latest in a long line of tennis doping controversies. The Frenchman has stated his innocence, but should he receive a full ban it should not be necessarily assumed that his career has been ruined.
Jennifer Capriati’s wayward teenage years appeared to typify the phenomenon of tennis ‘burnout’, whereby talented young players go off the rails, unable to cope with the pressure, riches and difficulties of top level sport.
Capriati did not play on the WTA tour for 15 months after being arrested for marijuana possession and shoplifting at the age of 17. Her reaching of the French Open semi final as a 14-year old appeared likely to be the biggest achievement of her career.
However, Capriati bounced back to forge a highly successful professional career that included three grand slam victories. Gasquet, a child prodigy like Capriati, will hope the similarities stretch far enough for him to be a multiple grand slam winner.
Serena lost 3 consecutive matches along with the #1 ranking a few weeks ago.
But I'm pretty sure she'll bounce back as she always does.
Super high quality, really ridiculously large photos - make them wallpapers or desktop backgrounds.
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