As of Aug. 17
Wow, what is going on with the WTA Tour? Listen up, Stacey Allaster, CEO, your product is sucking ass right now! I hate to lay it to you, honey, but you really must do something.. anything.. fast!
Take a clue from your "frenemy" the ATP, and get yourself a revamped ranking system that highlights the best players. Also, you could start getting your matches to your audience LIVE for FREE, online streaming is not such a bad idea. Here's your Draw.
01 Dinara Safina
02 Serena Williams
03 Venus Williams
04 Jelena Jankovic
05 Elena Dementieva
06 Svetlana Kuznetsova
07 Vera Zvonareva
08 Caroline Wozniacki
09 Victoria Azarenka
10 Flavia Pennetta
Lookout Top10-- they're creeping up and they're about to cut you!
17 Sam Stosur
23 Sorana Cristea
49 Maria Sharapova
NR Kim Clijsters
My Girlfriend and I are back together
Posted by tennis mobster Labels: Jelena Jankovic, My Girlfriend And I, tennis blog, WTA TourScot Andy Murray has guaranteed he will rise to a new career-high of No. 2 in the South African Airways 2009 ATP Rankings on Monday, after snapping Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal’s four-year dominance at the top of the men’s game.
Murray became the first Briton since Roger Taylor in 1970 (l. to Rod Laver) to reach the Rogers Cup final on Saturday, after defeating seventh-seeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-4, 7-6(8) in one hour and 50 minutes on Saturday afternoon. Murray saved two set points in the tie-break at 5-6 and 7-8. It was the pair’s third meeting.
Murray will be the first player other than Federer and Nadal, who both lost in the Rogers Cup quarter-finals on Friday, to rank No. 2 since 18 July 2005. Murray, 22, is already the highest-ranked Briton in ATP history (since 1973). By reaching Sunday’s final, Murray has accumulated 8,850 points to surpass Nadal’s total haul of 8,665 points. (Source)
Poll Results: Hitting your Opponent at Net?
Posted by tennis mobster Labels: tennis blog, tennis poll
From Facebook Poll
So what you guys are telling me is that 84% of you don't mind hitting your opponent at the net. Wow, guys, wow!
And 41% actually enjoy going for them! ( ouch!!)
Ok... well at least we have some nice people amongst us (15%) who would actually aim for the rest of the court. That's refreshing, since I'm pretty sure I'm part of the mean group mentioned above.
Thanks for polling everyone...
New Poll coming up this week. I'll make sure to post those results.
Bryan Brothers To Release Debut Album
Posted by tennis mobster Labels: bryan bros, tennis blog, tennis newsFrom ATP World Tour NewsBob Bryan and Mike Bryan will attempt to conquer the music world when the American twins release their debut album Let It Rip, with close friend and accomplished singer/songwriter David Baron on 1 September 2009.
The Bryan Brothers Band Featuring David Baron will perform three new songs from their debut album on the Festival Stage on Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day on 29 August at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, the venue of the US Open, in Flushing, New York. The following day, the band will play a special set at The Mercury Lounge in New York City.
“Music has always been a big part of our lives. We’ve spent countless hours jamming in hotel rooms all over the world and it’s been our dream to do a real record. We’ve had a blast making this album and we hope to share our passion for music with our fans,” said Bob Bryan.
The album, Let It Rip, will contain five songs that feature Bob Bryan playing the bass and keyboards, Mike Bryan on the drums, and David Baron as the lead vocalist also playing piano and guitar.
In 2009, The Bryan Brothers Band Featuring David Baron has already performed at the SAP Open in San Jose, the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, the US Men’s Clay Court Championship in Houston and at Wimbledon.
The Bryan twins have won 54 ATP World Tour doubles titles (54-36 overall), including seven Grand Slam championships, and an Olympic Games bronze medal in Beijing last year.
More information on The Bryan Brothers Band Featuring David Baron can be found on www.bryanbrosband.com, which will be made live before their debut at Arthur Ashe Kids Day.
So, our blog has been M.I.A for a while now.
We should have warned you the summer in Seattle hit- and boom- we were out the door. Since the sunshine arrived we've been playing tennis, hiking, canoeing and enjoying this great city. We've been meaning to get back to posting, so now that fall is around the corner we'll have more indoor time to do so.
Except, this time around we're going to blog with a new twist...
Ok, when I think of "sexy", I don't think of a Brit with crooked, bad teeth. Nor do I think about someone with such horrible fashion sense. What do you think? He looks like he's filming a Bond movie.. running in the sand, with his hair blowing, and birds flying behind. I get it, they were going for the super-hero look. Well done then!
Here kitty kitty, look this way. Smile kitty kitty, it's your day!