In the craziest match in tennis history, John Isner beat Nicolas Mahut, 4-6, 3-6, 6-7, 7-6, 70-68. That fifth set looks like a basketball score. Isner got Mahut on a backhand rocket, the shot that had been the weakest part of Isner’s match. They played the equivalent of over three matches. Every length record was [...]
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Rafael Nadal takes fifth French Open title
Rafael Nadal is officially back in top form after missing much of last year with an injury. After winning his fifth French Open championship without losing a set, he now trails Bjorn Borg’s record of six French Open titles by one. These next few months are huge for Nadal. With seven Grand Slam titles, he [...]
Novak Djokovic’s hips don’t lie
Novak Djokovic certainly has a great sense of humor. In his latest video he puts on a blonde wig and lip syncs to Shakira’s Gypsy as his his shirtless doubles partner, Viktor Troicki, strums a ukelele. Djokovic gets hot and bothered, rubbing Troicki’s bare chest and getting a little spanking from his doubles partner. You [...]
Martina Navratilova has breast cancer
Tennis great Martina Navratilova has a noninvasive form of breast cancer and will undergo radiation treatments. She called the diagnosis her “personal 9/11.” Reports the New York Times: The early form of cancer for which Navratilova is being treated is known as D.C.I.S., or ductal carcinoma in situ. It is not a tumor and is [...]
Novak Djokovic vs. a tennis machine
Tennis player Novak Djokovic loves showing his lighter side. He’s obviously got a great sense of humor and isn’t afraid to show it. He’s done a mocking video, stripped to his briefs, and the latest is a strange “science experiment.” Watch it after the jump. Share on Facebook
Shirtless and gay-friendly tennis players
Matt Coin wrote one of our most popular coming out stories about his time as a tennis player at UC Santa Barbara. He still is an avid tennis follower and sent this report about his trip to Indian Wells for the BNP Open. By Matt Coin When I arrived to Indian Wells, my goal was [...]
Portland gay sports leader goes to Haiti
From Portland, Ore., gay publication Just Out comes a great story of a local gay-sports community leader who left home to help in Haiti. Kody Leonard started playing tennis with Team Portland Tennis six years ago and quickly became a leader for the organization. So why did he leave the comforts of Portland for Port-au-Prince? [...]
Roger Federer is the Energizer Bunny
When Roger Federer lost to Rafael Nadal in excruciating fashion in the 2008 Wimbledon Finals, the words being used to describe Federer were “Done” and “Finished.” The experts weighed in that “Roger wouldn’t win another Grand Slam title.” Since that match there have been six Grand Slam tournaments: Federer has won four of them and [...]
Injuries bounce Nadal, Safina. Roddick upset.
Has injury ever knocked two top-2 seeds from a Grand Slam tournament? I certainly can’t remember another instance. But that’s the case this year, with the 2-seeds from both the men’s and women’s sides bowing out mid-match. Rafael Nadal was headed for an early exit before he retired, down to Andy Murray in the third, [...]
Video: Andy Roddick and sex-crazed koalas
Tennis star Andy Roddick was upstaged during a visit to an Australian koala sanctuary by two of the animals getting it on. Share on Facebook
Safin: Agassi should give back his titles
As Marat Safin winds down his pro tennis-playing days, he’s lobbed a little grenade at Andre Agassi saying the tennis legend should return his 60 ATP titles and all the money he made, including his eight Grand Slam titles and Career Grand Slam. If he is as fair play as he says he is, he [...]
Agassi used crystal meth
Andre Agassi drops a bombshell in his new autobiography, Open: An Autobiography. In the book, he says he used crystal meth while he was still on the Tour. He also admits to lying to the ATP when he tested positive for the drug. Some people are saying this undermines Agassi’s legacy. I don’t see how. [...]
Bad sporstmanship rules the weekend
For coaches looking to teach their athletes about the importance of sportsmanship, this weekend was a major step backward. Serena Williams lost her cool at the U.S. Open on Saturday, then on Monday Roger Federer did the same. Michael Jordan left a lasting blemish by speaking ill of former basketball players and executives in his [...]
Serena Williams has meltdown at U.S. Open
It is never a good night for a tennis player when she is heard telling a line judge: “I swear to God, I’m fuckin’ takin’ this ball and shovin’ it in your fuckin’ throat … I swear to God.” Then has to deny that she threatened to kill the line judge. It was so bad [...]
Big Price for a Kiss
The young guy who ran onto the court to kiss Rafael Nadal is probably wishing he hadn’t. Following his arrest at Arthur Ashe Stadium during the U.S. Open, kisser Noam U. Aorta is being hit with charges of third-degree criminal trespass and interfering with a professional sporting event. If he’s convicted, the judge can hammer [...]