Passing Thoughts: post hoc, ergo propter hoc.

Hello there! 
Excuse the intermittent blogging of late, I have 4 exams coming up in the next 6 days. Part of the deal with being a student is that you party, play, drink and procrastinate for the majority of the year, then comes every November, when life is a hell-hole and one that’s kicking your ass.
Never [...]

He’s so lucky. He’s a star. But he cry-cry-cries in his lonely heart thinkin’

What can I say? Andre Agassi was an idiot, and he got lucky. 
He got SO. FEEKING. LUCKY.
 
In 1997, Agassi was struggling with his game and with his decision to marry actress Brooke Shields. His assistant, identified as Slim, introduced him to the drug, according to the excerpt.
“Slim is stressed too … He says, You [...]

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 [...]

Withdrawal Symptoms? A Fedophile’s guide to surviving the next month.

As you no doubt know by now, Roger Federer has pulled out of both Tokyo and Shanghai to give his body a well-deserved break.
While Federer fans may be comforting themselves with the thought that it’s all for the best, there is an inevitable sense of headlessness, seeing that the next month of tennis has just [...]

Metz: Reeshie wins a match. At last.

Thought you might like to know: Reeshard Gasquet won his first match since returning from his suspension, beating Germany’s Michael Berrer in 3 sets at the Open de Moselle in Metz, 63 26 76(5).
 
Credit: l’equipe
 
This is Gasquet’s first win in the main draw of a tournament since being reinstated in August. Reeshie failed to qualify [...]

Quotable Quotes: the only person less confident than Rafa right now…

Richard Gasquet speaking to l’equipe on his freaktastic Round 1 match up against Nadal:
 
“Rafa a été de loin le plus sympa avec moi pendant l’affaire. Il a eu des mots vachement gentils. En plus, c’est un champion exceptionnel. Si l’on combine ces deux éléments avec mon propre niveau de jeu actuel, on se dit quand [...]

Practice makes perfect eyecandies #2.

The Sod is shirtless. Why? WHY?! 
My life is full of unexpected horrors. Ditto to Vera’s porcelain six-pack.
 

 
Nice to see Reeshie out there practicing. With ARod, apparently.
 
Pictures via @reen426
 

I hope you’re happy now, New Haven.

Richard Gasquet lost in the New Haven qualies, and it annoys me more than it should – the tournament would rather let him play qualies than give him a wild card? 
 

Drop it you fuckers.

 The ITF is appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to seek a longer ban for Reeshie:
 
“The ITF can confirm that, jointly with WADA (the World Anti-Doping Agency), it has appealed to CAS (the Court of Arbitration for Sport) the decision of the independent tribunal in the case of Richard Gasquet,” the ITF said [...]

Picket Fence Picspam: the Baby Quiz

With so little tennis to inspire me, it’s time for a bit of fluff with some baby photos I’ve collected over the years of tennis players. Sorry about the size and quality of some of these, baby photos are hard to come by! 
Guess who these cuties grew up to be? Go on! You know you [...]