Quotable Quotes: Soulmates.

 
That’s right folks – Marion and JJ, peas in a pod. They just don’t know it yet. 
 
Marion Bartoli on facing the winner of the Jankovic-Lisicki match: “I always beat Jankovic so who do you think I want to play?”
Jelena Jankovic on Marion Bartoli: “She talks like she’s just Serena Williams. Everybody has a right to say [...]

Quotable Quotes: Nikolay Davydenko is more interesting than a pencil sharpener.

I mean it! Kinda…
 
DAMIR DJ: Hi man,how many beers or vodka would u drink from the trophy if you win the turnament?!
Nikolay Davydenko: I would start with beer and finish with Vodka
From: Umag Webchat
 
Because apparently in the world according to Dootsie, interesting = alcoholic. 
 
By the way, Davydenko progressed to the quarterfinal, [...]

Quotable quotes: Pot and Kettle.

Serbia’s Jelena Jankovic, a Slam-less former No. 1, conceded that Safina’s 2-9 record against Serena and Venus Williams undermines her position.
“If you want to be the best one out there, with or without a Grand Slam, you’ve got to be beating them,”says No. 6 Jankovic, who is 8-8 against the Williams sisters.
Source: USA Today
 
I love [...]

Aussies Update: Please let this be true.

 
 
BREAKING NEWS: RETIRED Australian tennis player Alicia Molik is embarking on a comeback.
Molik is fit and injury-free after regular sessions at Melbourne Park and ready for another tilt on the pro circuit, with doubles believed to be her major focus at this stage. 
The former top-10 player had hoped to keep her return low-key, but the training [...]

Sasha who? I am … Masha Fierce

Yes folks, she gets sweat stains, 
just like us mere mortals: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images

 
Now that’s what I call a confidence booster. Maria Sharapova def Nadia Petrova 61 62. Time for Bruce Lee to make another guest appearance.
 

 
Never mind Nadia played like she had a plane to catch, Maria’s problems lately has been match fitness, and steamrolling a [...]

Wotevs. You’re still on bandwagon suspension.

What do you know? Ernests Gulbis won a match. Against Rendy Lu no less, 75 62.
I don’t know what to say about Ernie. He explained during Wimbledon that his unimpressive results this year were due to the physical training he’s been going through that will hopefully benefit his game in the long run. 
I don’t know. [...]

Stanford Mosaics: erm hello Tennis Gods, we need JJ back.

(4) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. (Q) Angela Haynes (USA) 63 61
I might’ve been angry at her performance and comments towards Melanie Oudin at Wimbledon, but who am I kidding? I love watching JJ play, I love her pre-pubescent whining. I love her body glitter and happy splits.
Hurrah! 
 

 
After a vacation in Dubai post-Wimbly, JJ’s back with a solid win – [...]

The Lefty’s back.

Rafa’s interview with TVE1 was aired on SBS in Australia this morning, not that I understood a single word of it. Doesn’t matter – I kinda went deaf when I saw footages of Rafa training topless in the pool anyway. 
 
JAIME REINA/AFP/Getty Images
 
From what I gather, Rafa mainly talked about his injury, and why he chose [...]

Fashion Faux Pas Picspam: Can we get Trinny & Susannah here ASAP?

Fact: the WTA is my fashion hell.
Please tell me this was not made from her wedding dress? 
 
Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images
 
Bethanie Mattek-Sands lost to Nadia Petrova, 63 36 63, though her victor was just as fashionistically-challenged as her. Whoever’s designing Nad’s dress clearly wasn’t fired after Wimbledon. 
 
It’s Sharapova v Petrova next round: will Maria score another [...]

Stella Fug: I mean, seriously?

Apart from Woz’s legs, nothing in Stella’s catalogue looks good. Do I want to pay a few hundred dollars to look like a frilly cabbage?