What I Missed While I Was Gone…

Okay, I’ve been away fro nearly one month. In that time, much has happened in the world and the world of sports. In my first post back on the grind I decided to chronicle some of the events I missed: Terence Moore wrote his final column for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (I know that was April 27, but what the hell, I [read more...]

Short Note: Serena Faces Yet Another Racist French Open Slight, Loses In Quarterfinals

Today Serena Williams is playing Svetlana Kuznetsova in her continuing pursuit of an 11th Grand Slam tournament win. The Fend Federation, which puts on the event, is responsible for showing up to matches involving top or all-time great players, which Serena is both. While Serena is in her third set, Roger Federer and French player Gael Monfils took the court [read more...]

*Breaking* Nadal Upset by Soderling - Nadal Press Conference Quotes; Notes on Soderling and Nadal

Robin Soderling, the French Open #23-seed, has had a war of words with Rafael Nadal since Wimbledon two years ago. Today Soderling took his venom to the court and defeated the number one player in the world at Roland Garros in a monumental upset, 6-2, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6. Until Sunday, Nadal had never lost at Roland Garros, had a 31-match winning [read more...]

Cheating and Racism at Roland Garros: Ahhhh, It Must Be Spring in Paris

Let me just put it like this:  Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez you stinking, little racist, cheating bitch. you know the ball went off your arm, at full speed you could see that it did. When the replays were shown is was apparent that not only did the ball hit your arm first, but it never touched the racket - at all. [read more...]

Short Note: Williams Ousted at French Open

Venus Williams was unceremoniously bounced from the French Open today by Agnes Szavay 6-0, 6-4: The third-seeded Williams, who reached the 2002 final at Roland Garros, lost to No. 29 Agnes Szavay of Hungary 6-0, 6-4. The seven-time Grand Slam champion was playing for the third straight day. She lost the first set of her second-round match against Lucie Safarova on Wednesday before play was suspended [read more...]

French Open: First Post on Roland Garros…. U.S. Players Fade As Usual; Murray, Federer Battle Through

Ahhh, yes it’s time to write a bit about the second grand slam of the season, the French Open. Already Roger Federer had a close rush with tennis death Jaime Acasuso was playing Fed even for the first two sets. Federer fought off four set points in the first set to win 7-6. After going up quickly 2-0 with a [read more...]

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