Caroline Wozniacki secured her third consecutive Pilot Pen tennis title over the weekend, knocking out Nadia Petrova of Russia, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
The Saturday afternoon success is the second in a week for the 20-year-old Dane, who took home top honors in Montreal.
Wozniacki, who improved her New Haven record to 13-0, is slated to begin the [...]
Watch five-time US Open champion Roger Federer’s new spot for Lindt Lindor Truffles. We give it (and his surprising salacious sense of humor) a 10.
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Incarcerated rapper Lil Wayne, who is serving a year sentence on felony gun charges, has given the US Open nod to Rafael Nadal and Kim Clijsters. The sports fanatic is a “huge Rafael Nadal fan!” and despite worries over the in-form Andy Murray, still thinks Nadal has what it takes to complete the career [...]
World No. 1 Serena Williams takes center stage in a NY Times article, which details the how the power game has influenced the development of modern tennis.
Other WTA Tour stars taking part include: Victoria Azarenka (pictured above), Elena Dementieva, Jelena Jankovic, Samantha Stosur, Vera Zvonareva and Kim Clijsters.
A still-injured World No. 1 Serena Williams hosted a Hampton Magazine Cover party in New York City on Wednesday. Williams was on hand to celebrate the efforts of the Diamond Empowerment Fund, a non-profit organization developed by the tennis superstar and her partner, Russell Simmons. The DEF provides funding and supports education for underprivileged individuals [...]
ATP World Tour veteran Carlos Moya and his girlfriend, actress Carolina Cerezuela, became parents to a baby girl last week. The couple, together since 2007, welcomed little Carla in Mallorca at approximately 9:20 am on Wednesday.
The former French Open champion joins a list of other fathers on tour that includes Roger Federer and Lleyton Hewitt.
The [...]
Brooklyn Decker’s meteoric rise to superstar status shows no sign of slowing down. The 23-year-old Mrs. Andy Roddick bombshell has accepted a role in the upcoming Battleship movie, a film based on the board game of the same name.
Decker will play the lead love interest in the Peter Berg-directed movie, which also features True Blood [...]
In a nifty little change of pace, tireless famewhore Fernando Verdasco took a break from fashioning himself into a credible tennis player his regular day job and decided to mix things up for the September issue of GQ.
The 26-year-old Spaniard, ranked World No. 8, eschewed his traditional nearly-naked fare for a more sophisticated look, posing [...]
Chris Evert on the state of women’s tennis:
“Everybody goes, ‘Oh, look at the state of women’s tennis in America,’ But really, you can safely say the Williams sisters have been the two dominant players in the last 10 years. Yes, there have been players that have won a Grand Slam here and there, but kudos [...]