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Reporter Congratulates Nicolas Mahut For Losing; Mahut Is Not Amused
We linked to the transcript of this unfortunate yet hilarious exchange yesterday, but now we finally have video of a confused reporter congratulating Nicolas Mahut on his loss at the French Open. It's better than we could have ever imagined. ...
Novak Djokovic Chills With Ball Boy During Rain Delay
During a rain delay in his first-round French Open match yesterday, Novak Djokovic made a buddy—a ball boy, whom he invited to sit down, out of the rain, and grab a beverage....
Gael Monfils And Laurent Lokoli Engage In Dance-Off Before French Open
The French Open Kids' Day featured tennis players Gael Monfils and Laurent Lokoli stealing the show for a few minutes. It was an old-fashioned dance-off, with the clay court as the stage....
Chained Wimbledon: The Joys And Perils Of Prison Tennis
The next time I commit a felony, I think I'll do it in California. It turns out that San Quentin has a fabulous tennis program. The court I played on during my time in the New York State prison system was a total wreck. Two summers at Groveland Correctional Facility (starting in 2009) did improve my...
Jeremy Chardy Saves Match Point With Amazing Forehand, Beats Federer
47th-ranked French tennis player Jeremy Chardy didn't appear to have much of a chance against Roger Federer today in Rome, especially when facing match point in the third-set tiebreaker. Then he pulled this unbelievable forehand winner off—and leveraged it to a 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (8-6) win....
Four Bodies Found In Fire At James Blake's House
A 5,800-square-foot Tampa home belonging to retired tennis star James Blake went up in flames early this morning, and authorities confirm they have found four bodies inside. A spokesman for Blake's foundation told WTSP-TV that Blake was not at home at the time of the fire....
Incredulous Tennis Player Warned For Saying "Son Of A Biscuit"
From a match at this weekend's Sarasota Open, Donald Young bowdlerized himself after hitting the ball into the net, but still earned himself a warning from the chair umpire. He then said "biscuit" like five more times, and the word lost all meaning for a bit....
100 Of Roger Federer's Best Shots
Someone put together a nearly 30-minute video of the top 100 shots of Roger Federer's career. Now, a Top 100 of anything borders on the absurd, but that's not really the point of this video. The point is to watch a surgical tennis player doing remarkable things. ...
Grigor Dimitrov Halts Match To Help Ballgirl Overcome By Heat
Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov called a timeout in his third-round match at the Sony Open yesterday afternoon. He noticed a ballgirl overcome by the 90-degree Miami heat, and escorted her off the court to get treatment. ...
Tennis Player Scolded By Cranky Announcer: "Oh Do Shut Up, Jelena"
Some drama went down during a quarterfinal match between Serena Williams and Jelena Jankovic at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships yesterday. The drama was made all the better by the presence of a fussy British TV announcer who decided that it was a good day to do some scoldin'....
Stanislas Wawrinka Dominates An Injured Nadal, Wins Australian Open
Rafael Nadal hadn't dropped a set to Stanislas Wawrinka before today's Australian Open final. Wawrinka promptly changed that by winning the first set, eventually taking the match in four sets, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. But Wawrinka didn't come out on top only because of Nadal's injury. The Swiss was in ch...
A Better Way Of Ranking The Most Dominant Tennis Players
"Who has the most rings" has always been a brainless exercise in absolutism, but at least within team sports, we're forced to consider some context when applying it to individual players. Why, then, do we still universally use this methodology when ranking tennis players?...
Rafael Nadal's Hands Are Disgusting
Rafael Nadal will play Roger Federer on Friday (overnight for U.S. audiences) in a semifinal match at the Australian Open, but forget about that for a minute. Look how gross Rafa's hands are. ...
Here Comes The Federer-Nadal To Possibly End All Federer-Nadals
Maybe every Federer-Nadal is a Federer-Nadal for the ages, and when we look back we'll marvel at our luck that these two comets coincided for a decade. But let's say with a bit of boldness that the upcoming Federer-Nadal — in a date punched when they respectively dispatched Andy Murray and Grigor Di...
It's Still Really Fucking Hot At The Australian Open
[Practicing before his loss to Florian Mayer, Jerzy Janowicz basks in the mist. Photo by Vince Caligiuri/Getty]...
Players Are Fainting, Puking, And Hallucinating At The Australian Open
It is fucking hot in Melbourne. Temperatures soared to 108 degrees today, weather unfit for human existence, let alone playing world-class tennis. A short compilation of bad things to happen to tennis players so far at the first Grand Slam event of the year:...
The Statistical Oddity That Makes Federer's Career Even More Impressive
Roger Federer is (was?) so good that even when he loses, it's kind of like him winning. Since 1990, Federer has the worst record—4-24—in matches where the loser scores more points than the winner. ...
The Jubilance And Trauma Of Victory Displayed On One Tennis Court
Today in London a pair of Spaniards took the doubles finals of the ATP World Tour. The emotion David Marrero displays on the left? Triumph, of course. And Fernando Verdasco, on the right? Why, that's triumph as well, albeit laced with relief and exhaustion....
Rafael Nadal's Serve From Second To Second
Nadal's in London playing in the ATP World Tour Finals, where this multiple-exposure picture was taken. We now can see the shift from "okay, toss it up gently" to "NOW MURDER THAT THING!" moment to moment. Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images...
Serena Williams Closes Out One Of The All-Time Great Seasons
Serena Williams came back to defeat Li Na in the WTA Championships today, 2-6, 6-3, 6-0. Williams won the final nine games, including a bagel in the third set, which caps off the greatest year of her already-storied career, and one of the most dominating seasons in the history of women's tennis. Wil...