NEW YORK: Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentine has failed to defeat his wrist injury which means he would not be available for his US Open title defence.
Juan Martin Del Potro
The wrist injury has kept the US Open title holder from action since January this year.
Juan Martin Del Potro, 21, told the ATP Tour website on Saturday, “I feel extremely sad to announce I will not be able to (more…)
Marion Bartoli flashed an early peek at Nike’s take on 2010 US Open tennis fashion last week at the Bank of the West Classic. I like her in this monochromatic combination. Good color for her.
Pictured above she wears the Nike womens challenge glow tank, $50 and challenge knit skort, $55 in liquid lime with blue lacquer.
This is a fresh color take on an outfit that showed up in pink and white earlier this season. Victoria (more…)
Svetlana Kuznetsova choked for the first time in her life and blew four match points in the second set tiebreak (two of those with double faults), but still the Russian managed to defeat fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska and win the Mercury Insurance Open in San Diego. Final score: 6-4 6-7(7) 6-3.
“My knees were shaking and I couldn’t push on my serve and now I know why people double fault on match points,” said the unseeded (more…)
Gatorade celebrated Serena William’s Wimbledon victory today with the release of this video set in 1919 London. In it Williams chugs the G Series, Gatorade’s newest line of sport drinks. Fully fueled she proceeds to unload the serves.
The Gatorade G Series is designed to fuel your body before, during and after practice, training or competition. The 3 step formula (which requires you to buy three (more…)
It’s a good thing that Lacoste continues to ally itself with dynamic athletes like Andy Roddick and Stanislas Wawrinka otherwise you might think the brand was only for the chic fashion folk that frequent their ads.
As usual Roddick and Wawrinka put the brand through its paces. Pictured above at Roland Garros Roddick wears the Men’s Spring Striped Tennis Polo, $88 in white with navy. It also comes navy with white, classic (more…)
SAN DIEGO: Once the World No. 1, Russian Dinara Safina, finally edged out the misery of defeats as she beat Alona Bondarenko by 6-1 7-6 in the first round match of the San Diego Open here late Monday.
This was Safina’s (World No 35) first victory after losing six matches on the trot.
Another Russian, Alia Kleybanova, (more…)
Talk about sweet spots! This racquet has the largest allowable headsize in tennis, 135 square inches (compare with more standard 100 sq. in.). It is hugely popular among seniors, 65s. 70s and 75s, both men and women, who enjoy the benefits of the larger than usual hitting area. It’s called The Weed and ranked senior players who use this brand stick include Jim Nelson of California who has earned 98 USTA golden balls and George McCabe of (more…)
Wimbledon is just days away and the annual party celebrating the tournament was held at the Roof Gardens in West London’s Kensington last night. As usual, the WTA players gave their best to look good and glamorous, and oh well, as usual, their success was sporadic.
Let’s start with the bright examples. Venus Williams and Maria Sharapova were spot on. Their dresses are perfect fits and just right for the (more…)
Although vivid color in every spectral hue has infused on-court fashion for months now, Victoria Azarenka chalked up a pretty change to pastels at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. Pictured here she wears Nike’s new Break Point Dress, $80. Asymmetrical in styling detail, it picks up on the one shoulder trend out there but makes the look work under movement with the added striped shoulder strap. The Break Point has a built in bra, (more…)
The 2010 Olympus US Open Series begins this weekend with players arriving at the first of 10 tournaments leading up to the U.S. Open. Here’s the line up:
Atlanta Tennis Championships; Atlanta, GA; July 19 – 25 (ATP)
Bank of the West Classic; Stanford, CA; July 26 – August 1 (WTA)
Farmer’s Classic; Los Angeles, CA; July 26 – August 1 (ATP)
Mercury Insurance Open; San Diego, CA; August 2 – 8 (WTA)
Legg (more…)
