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 [...]

Beijing: Woodshed Beatings.

My ears are still ringing. What the hell just happened?
 
I’ll tell you what: Marin Cilic just put on the lights-out performance of the year to defeat Rafael Nadal in two sets 6-1 6-3.  
And the craziest thing is – the scoreline is actually a lot closer than the match. At 5-0 in the first set, Rafa [...]

Picket Fence Vid: Not enough Federer.

Basically that’s my complaint about everything in the tennis world these days. Guess I can’t talk, since Nole or Murray fans are shortchanged altogether. 
 
The Australian Open 2010 ad: 
 

 
Meh. Funky, spashy blue paint. 
It doesn’t suck. Nor is it the most memorable ad I’ve ever seen.
Next year’s Australian Open, however, is going to [...]

Picspam: Ichi. Ni. San. Shi. SAKE BOMB!

Here I was thinking that just because Del Poop lost early, he wouldn’t be shoved in my face anymore. Clearly I was wrong.
No, it would have been too un-Japanese not to take advantage of a corporate photo-op with token black and white people learning about the local culture.
 

 
I’m all for it, if they provide me [...]

Shrimp on the barbie?

Looks like the good folks of Western Australia will be tossing plenty of shrimp on the barbie this summer, with an absolute kick-arse field headed for the Hopman Cup 2010.
 

 
As if the combined attraction of Stosur/Hewitt wasn’t enough in this country, so far four other teams have been confirmed with Dementieva/Andreev [...]

USO Day 6: Black Saturday.

There was something wild and burning in NYC today, leaving many of the top seeds singed, scorched or flat-out cremated. 
 

 
Black Saturday got off to an ominous start as Roger Federer, seemingly in control of the first set serving at 4-2 40-0, lost serve with a string of forehand errors and a double fault.
From then on, [...]

USO Day 1 Wrap: ConFederercy of Radness.

It’s Day 1 folks, apart from drooling over Federer’s “beautiful lines” and his outfit, which turned out to be pleasantly stark against the colour of the court, there ain’t much to say. Or is there?
Firstly, the obligatory drooling session starts … now:
 

 
I will never get over his uncanny balance…
 

 
Or the aesthetic value of his movement…
 

 
Slobber [...]

Cincy Day 5: Don’t worry Rogi! We’ll eat some garlic and breathe on him.

I’ve heard it works wonders against fanged creatures. 
 
Roger out-toothed
 
Roger looked sharper with a 6-3 6-4 over Lleyton Hewitt. Some of it was due to Hewitt’s limited mobility, and some of it was the return of Roger’s footwork. Clearly Mirka didn’t need another pair of legs around the house.
The first serve was MIA until the last [...]

Cincy/Toronto Day 2: Who stole Masha Fierce’s visor?

It was YOU Fernando Verdasco! 
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I want the faux hawk back. That birds nest sitting on top of Nando’s head is killing me. 
 
Expect sparrows to fly out any minute: Nick Laham/Getty Images
 
Fernando Verdasco is at the stage in his career where he’s probably thinking to himself – “I’ve made it. I’ve broken [...]

Washington Tidbits: Hair God Potential.

HOYA! Behold the Ninja-ness of Jo-Willy’s new ‘do. 
And try not to behold the less awesome scoreline of  4-6 7-6(2) 7-6(4). First to Karlovic at Wimbledon, and now to Isner in Washington, Tsonga’s not having a terribly good time with the big servers is he? 
It’s forgivable I suppose. You get stuck in a tiebreak with the [...]