The Buzz – August Edition

The Taj Mahal’s Been Painted Blue, the Pyramids Are Square, the Leaning Tower is Straight and Wimbledon Has a Roof

I’LL TWITTER,YOU GET YOUR PHD: Serena said Venus “is really artsy and into smart things like…learning languages and getting degrees. I’m into Twitter.”
THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST: Despite beating Elena Dementieva, Serena said, “My forehand didn’t show up. I think she went to Hawaii.”

Serena, Azarenka, Dementieva Looking Good

Can Anyone Else Make a Bottom Half Impact?

From TennisReporters.net
FRIDAY, JUNE 26- Thankfully, the WTA Tour doesn’t have the capability of sending out a service bombing fest a la the Ivo Karlovic v. Jo Tsonga mind numbing contest on Friday, where there were almost no rallies of note.
But there are some fine servers on display on Friday, such as Serena Williams, who remains [...]

Anna K On Her Career: ‘I Wouldn’t Trade it for Anything’

When, mere days before her triumph at Roland Garros, Svetlana Kuznetsova was asked about the roots of the Russian Revolution, she credited some unlikely heroes for igniting a trend that has seen Sharapova, Myskina, Safina, Dementieva, Zvonareva, Petrova, Chakvetadze, etc. rise to the top of the game.

One of the Great Freak Facts in the History of Yankees in the Land of Wimbledon

NO SOUTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY SPOKEN HERE: When a reporter approaches a tennis expert at Wimbledon and says, “Let’s talk about the Andes,” he’s not referring to that towering mountain range in South America. He’s referring about a couple of Andys: Roddick and Murray.

Sveta’s Turning Point

Kuznetsova KO’s Safina for First French Title

PARIS — Few players go on such extended journeys of self-discovery as Svetlana Kuznetsova did before winning her second Grand Slam title.
But it’s a good thing she did, or else she might be out of the game altogether, back in Russia, still wondering who she is and why she ever picked up a racket.

Russian Roulette: Kuznetsova to Meet Safina in Final

ROLAND GARROS, JUNE 4–  It’s been five years since the summer of the Russian women, and finally, two of them have showed up again in a Slam final, one with load of experience and the other one chock full of ability.

Sveta’s War

Kuznetsova Finally Downs Serena in the Clutch; to Face Stosur in Semis

FROM ROLAND GARROS IN PARIS – How many times, over the past five years, have the elite Russian women been asked about why their nation has produced some many terrific players? Perhaps thousands.

Ole Madrid: Safina Leaves Rome Red Hot, Gasquet Test Positive for Coke

SUNDAY, MAY 10 – Dinara Safina backed her status as the tour’s top ranked player in a huge way in Rome, besting Venus Williams in a classic three-setter and then on Saturday, capturing her first title this season over the same woman who had taken her down the week prior, Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6-3, 6-2.