Grunt Work

Bartoli Calls Azarenka’s Grunts 'Disturbing' After BOW Loss

STANFORD, CALIF. — By no means is Victoria Azarenka the first over-the-top grunter the WTA Tour has ever seen. There’s a rich history of vociferous volleyers and bellowing baseliners that traces back to pioneer Monica Seles and threads through Maria Sharapova to Venus and Serena Williams and beyond.  But the Belarusian’s Whippoorwill-like exclamations have been known to [...]

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.”

Wimbledon and the Art of Delayed Gratification

This year, Wimbledon has been an exercise in delayed gratification.  It’s as if the Wimbledon referee’s office issued some secret edict: “Don’t shoot until you see the whites of their eyes!  Hold your fire during the first week!” The big stories of Wimbledon’s first week were soft, off-court affairs: Rafa will not defend his title. [...]

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, [...]

Serena Looking for Some Parisian Love

PARIS, MAY 26 – You can look at Serena Williams near 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-4 loss to Klara Zakapalova in two ways: one, that she’s rusty, her sore knee hurts and she’s super vulnerable; and two, that because she’s rusty, she had to scratch through the match and being pushed early on at the Slam [...]

The Buzz – May Edition

Succumbing To The Seductive Tune Of Denial

SO JUST HOW OPERATIC IS THIS THING GOING TO GET?: The inexorable demise and fall from grace of the recently married father-to-be Roger Federer. BUT THEN AGAIN…: Watch The Mighty Fed fulfill the fantasy of his most ardent fans by taking down Clay King Nadal at Roland Garros, beating Sampras’ record of 14 Slams at [...]