WTF Day 1: Would the Real Roger Federer please stand up?

Who was that guy that turned up in the first set to play Fernando Verdasco in London yesterday? Seriously, who was that?!
We all have different names for him – Fred, Federror, the Evil One, Ferd the turd – you know?! That guy who lives in Shanksville, double faults on important points, forehands flying into the [...]

WTF: That’s it, I’m confiscating all hair products boys.

Rafa, WHYYYYYYYYY?! You had your hair perfectly done a few months ago, and now even Roger’s trying to avoid staring at it.
Hair gel, hand over, NOW! 
 

 
You too Nando. I could make fried rice with all that grease in your hair. 
 

 
Having gone to an all-girls high school next to an all-boys high school where all the [...]

Tennis Fashion: Die, Adidas.

How do you confuse your opponent on a tennis court? By dressing in the same frigging colour as the tennis ball of course!
Adidas’s S/S range, complete with manboobs.
 

 
Please don’t tell me Mandy’s gonna wear this colour.
And Nando in collars? Now I can totally relate to Andre’s pyromaniac tendencies.
 

 

 
By the way, Maria Sharapova’s Oz Open dress [...]

WTF?!!!!

 
Sorry for the impromptu MIA. And I’m not “back” yet. I have one last trust law exam tomorrow before I’m free as a bird til March next year. Yeah suckers, summer lovin’ had me a blast…
ANYWAY… just sneaked in to give you the WTF draws to frazzle over. And WTF is just about the way you’d [...]

Quotable Quotes: Real prediction, false prophet.

I came across this freakish gem today, written back in 2001 by Chris Bowers, right before a certain R16 Wimbledon match.
Now that’s what I call a real prediction. 
 
So just who is going to stop Pete Sampras at Wimbledon? The great American has lost just once on centre court, and in the 1996 quarter-finals he was [...]

Picspam: Things we love about tennis in China

1) Safin-worship.
 

 
2) MCs who just won’t take a hint. 
 

 
Mentioning MCs, is the Shanghai MC from last year back?
Because life wouldn’t be complete without his OTT “Logeeeerrrr Feduhlahhhhh!” intro. 
Not that Loger Feduhlah is even playing.
 
3) Tennis cheerleaders. 
 

 
4) Well-staged photo-ops to show off domestic infrastructure to the foreign media. 
 

 
Tsonga and Nando demonstrated their tennis skills [...]

Picspam: White Flag.

Fernando Verdasco, I SURRENDER.
Dimples + melty moments with wee nippers = all my ovary-related vices captured in one picture. 
 

 
FLOVE.
 

Picket Fence Vid: GOO GOO GAH GAH.

Basically my reaction to the video. 
Bad boy + tan + dimples + shaggy mane + a tender moment with kids = a paroxysm of speech loss. 
 

 
Beware the dimpled ones folks, those are the type that’ll getcha.

ATP Notes: Fast and Furious.

I’ve completely neglected ATP tennis this week. Me bad. But really, men’s tennis without Federer, Nadal or Djokovic is a grim wasteland on which only the occasional wild flower is worth the pause to appreciate. 
Managed to catch two of Jo-Willy’s matches this week against Chiudinelli and Gulbis. And frankly, I got enough power tennis from [...]

Picspam: Truly Aaaaaasia.

The tournament in KL is underway as the PMO organisers arranged a players party at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. 
Go back to your room Reeshie, you’re GROUNDED.
 

 
One of the great things about having tournaments in non-Western countries is that the organisers always feel obliged to dress the players up in traditional costumes.
Can you imagine tournaments in [...]