Archive for September, 2009

what should’ve been: the k-swiss switch

TSF let out a squeal when we saw this dress hanging in the K-Swiss showroom, and smiled when we learned that it would have a fall drop. Unfortunately, it didn’t appear at the 2009 U.S. Open as we’d expected, though …

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cool t-shirts on gilles simon make us smile

Photo taken at the PTT Bangkok Open Muay Thai event.
adidas “Cool Trainers Always Make Me Smile” tee, £14.99, JJB Sports.
Draw: These three guys are still in (second round), with Ginepri facing Korolev, Simon facing …

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ATP Pros Strip Off For Muay Thai Fun

At the Thailand Open this week, some of the ATP pros took in a little Muay Thai boxing to help them get buff for the rest of the year.
Gilles Simon, John Isner, and …

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robby ginepri is the baby bear…

… to our Goldilocks — he’s just right!
One of the treats of the Thailand Open is the ATPers doing some Muay Thai. This year they had the suuuuuuuper pasty John Isner, Gilles Simon, and …

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REQUIRED READING: THE MARTINA HINGIS DEFENSE

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vampire stylin’

Has anyone ever seen this Nike commercial? It looks rather ’90s, but I couldn’t quite tell when it was from. And though the tennis character has both Agassi and Sampras qualities, I’m pretty sure he’s a Joe Schmoe, right?
In any …

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Andy Roddick Foundation Gala

Here is your chance to score a once in a lifetime weekend at the Andy Roddick Foundation Gala featuring a concert with Sir Elton John in Austin, Texas. This amazing prize includes an all expense trip for …

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Head YOUTEK Radical OS Review

I find that I typically like any racket the first time I use it because I concentrate on technique when using a new racket. Click Here To Read the Full Post

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short balls: it never really ends

Erwin’s proved over the last few days that the tennis news never really ends. If you haven’t been to the site in a few days, you might want to scroll all the way to the bottom of the page – …

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sweet but short: caro’s second outing with stella

Canuck Aleksandra Wozniak’s been on a mini-roll this week at the Toray Pan Pacific Open, first dispatching Korea Open winner Kimiko Date Krumm in three sets before getting to the quarters after …

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fashion focus: verdasco’s caught (homegrown) branding fever

Blogger HC Foo caught up (vid) with Fernando Verdasco at the Proton Malaysia Open and asked him about the timeline for his own line of merch, an idea that first manifested itself last month when some fans …

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(ot) the color of art

Artist JT Nimoy calculated the average color of art based on 26,000 images in the MoMA art collection. The result is #A79F94, a brownish gray. Click Here To Read the Full Post

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the jokes keep, uhm, flowing

deadrock3 on the awesome P&G Tampax campaign featuring Serena Williams: “Maybe Serena should arrive at her next tournament on a red moped scooter — it could be called her menstrual cycle.”
Hah! Click Here To Read

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Federer’s Fatigued, Querrey Falls Through Glass

What’s happening in tennis right now? On the court, not much! Click Here To Read the Full Post

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Safina, Venus Lose Opening Round in Tokyo; WTA Circus Continues

One day the WTA appears to have no depth, the next, more than enough depth. Click Here To Read the Full Post

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do your part: donate to flood victims in southeast asia

14 inches of rain in six hours — that’s the amount of water that Typhoon Ketsana dumped onto Manila this past Saturday, leading to massive floods that have killed at least 200 and have displaced tens of thousands of others …

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party in kuala lumpur

What a motley crew, these guys. Snowman Richard Gasquet, the unsportsmanlike Robin Soderling, gambler Nikolay Davydenko, and casanova Fernando Verdasco — all in batik shirts at an event …

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rafa, kobe, maria, and… manny pacquiao?!

Yes, Manny Pacquiao, save your vocal chords and — whatever you do — don’t run for political office. Instead of going down that predictable Filipino celebrity path, you should try to mix things up a bit, eh?
The Filipino boxing champ …

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rafa, kobe, maria, and… manny pacquiao?!

Yes, Manny Pacquiao, save your vocal chords and — whatever you do — don’t run for political office. Instead of going down that predictable Filipino celebrity path, you should try to mix things up a bit, eh?
The Filipino boxing champ …

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MARAT SAFIN RETIREMENT WATCH: ASIA FAREWELL TOUR

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