Beijing/Tokyo: Sayonara Dinara.

Yes Dina, I’m a terrible person:
 

 
Cheers erupted on Centre Court in Beijing as Zhang Shuai (not to be confused with Peng Shuai) took out the “Real World No 1″ Dinara Safina 75 76.
Zhang, ranked 226 in the world, has never won a match in the second round of a main draw [...]

Picspam: Desperate times…

You know times are dark if I’m picspamming about Nole playing golf in Beijing…
 

 
Or perving Rafa’s presscon facial massages …
 

 
Temptations. They are everywhere. 
For the first time in my life, I can safely say that Andy Roddick looked adorkable at the Beijing Airport. 
That freaks me out.
 

 

Davis Cup Picspam: We got spirit yes we do!

FACT: Homelessness is a huge problem on the ATP tour. 
 

 
The Davis Cup semifinals and World Group play-offs are underway this weekend across 3 continents. What we love about the DC is that it’s filled with manhugs, bromances, and Swiss campfires. It all comes down to having “the spirit”.
What we hate about DC is that no [...]

Davis Cup Picspam: Hot or Not

HOT! Toothy smiles from gorgeous boys.
 

 
NOT! So you think you can dance … dance … dance … 
“Spank that ace” vs “the Robot Worm”
 
REUTERS/Stringer
 
HOT! Feliciano Lopez. Period.
 
AP Photo/Manu Fernandez
 
NOT! Feliciano Lopez eating a shoe. 
 
AP Photo/Carlo Baroncini
 
HOT! His Royal Gorgeousness.
 
AP Photo/Manu Fernandez
 
NOT! WC janitors. 
 
REUTERS/Stringer
 
HOT! Davis Cup bromance.
NOT! Best-of-five set matches days after the US Open.

USO Day 2: Oh we got that disco. D-I-S-C-O.

All Masha Fierce needed was a pair of silver heels to boogey to her heart’s content. Not a fan of the randomness of this dress, nor do I like the silver bandana. But you can’t go too wrong with black. 
 

 
You can go wrong however, with vomit coloured outfits.
Exhibit A:
 

 
I hate Stella. She’s the definition of [...]

Cincy/Toronto Day 1: Ummm …

I was going to write a Day 1 wrap up, but then I saw these pictures…
… And forgot what I was going to say. 
 

 
Such hair godliness the world has ne’er seen. 
 

 

Credit to anutam from RF.com, polaroided by me for extra McDreaminess.
 
Twas a peaceful day over in Cincy with very few upsets. Karlovic took out 13th [...]

I think a part of me just died.

Still wondering how it took me two years to discover this. It’s so craptastic, it makes me want to listen to Masha Fierce play Michelle Larcher de Brito.
 

 
Oh don’t you snigger Federer fans, you’re not that much better. Anyone who rhymes “Federer” with “shrederer” should be jailed.
 
Mentioning craptasticness, who’s up for [...]

Weekly Mosaics: go thug yourself!

Mirror mirror on the wall,
Who’s the fugliest of them all? 
 

 

 

 

 

 
Yes folks, those are indeed the new mug shots the ATP put up on its website for their players’ profiles. Were the instructions “pretend the photographer’s Etienne de Villiers?”
Epic success.
 
Go-Thug-Yourself Honourable Mention: Fernando Gonzalez for his “big eye small eye” stare-down. 
Go-Thug-Yourself Third Place: Gilles Simon, for [...]

Weekly Mosaics: Sexbomb Sexbomb. You’re my Sexbomb

Here’s looking at you, Radek Stepanek, in all your mutant sexbomb glory. (Czech def Argentina 3-2)
 

 
Oh yeth, it’s the Davis Cup again. Whose smart idea was it to play Davis Cup the week  after Wimbledon? 3 best of five set tournaments in 7 weeks, talk about an overkill. 
 
Spain def Germany 3-2.
 
Fact # 1: Feliciano Lopez [...]

Wimbledon Day 8 Tidbits: the frazzles, the dazzles and the human story.

 
1) I expected Andy Roddick to win, but I hadn’t banked on it being so close. I might’ve had doubts as to whether Lleyton Hewitt really meant it when he said he still belonged in the Top 10, but I don’t doubt it now. Get out Gilles Simon, and make way for Rusty or Stan. [...]