Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 10:08AM Talk about quick reflexes! Check out the amazing catch a ball boy made during the FEDAL semifinal last night at the Australian Open. With that kind of hand-eye coordination, I think that kiddo might have a future in sports. He should at least get ball boy of the year, if there is such a thing. Enjoy!
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 10:29AM 
Didn't you get the memo? It's 2006.by Kait O'Callahan
A dandelion is floats towards me in the humid Melbourne air. There's barely a breeze, but it drifts softly, never threatening to fall. I carefully pluck it out and cradle it in my hands. Between its soft, white hairs lie tangled green fibres. I make a wish and let it drift away.
Agnieska Radwanska moves well, defends well, and counter-punches with the best of them. But until she develops a serve and an ability to follow balls in, she'll always run into a player having a better day than her. That player today is Victoria Azarenka, although the first set doesn't fall that way. Azarenka's forehand is errant, and her serve is exposed as a real weakness as she collapses in the first set tiebreak. It's her only real lapse of the tournament so far. Yet as she's now famed for, she recovers mentally between sets superbly. She dictates play the rest of the match, doesn't allow herself to get too far behind the baseline, and hits her forehand with authority. She looks positively thrilled to be in the semi-finals.
The seats in Rod Laver begin to fill. Spoiled for choice corporates trickle in for a glimpse of Kim Clijsters. She's doing what everyone expected her to do against Caroline Wozniacki: win. The first set is wrapped up in no time, despite Clijsters getting tight near the end. Wozniacki's forehand, which has been much improved this fortnight, has reverted back to its loopy self. She misses uncharacteristic backhands, and comes to net on seemingly arbitrary shots. If Wozniacki is to win a Slam, not only does she need to become less of a pusher and more of a counter-puncher, but her shot selection also requires much work. She makes more of a match of it in the second, and forces a tiebreak, but comes up short. Clijsters pumps her fist as she dethrones the world number one. It never felt like it was going to be any other way.
Monday, January 23, 2012 at 12:07AM 
I think I look better, don't you?
No, I did with the towel his face. What, you was watching the Tomic match?
-Juan Martin del Potro when a journalist asked him to explain a joke that he did on court
He won the match point. (Smiling.) That's a joke. Nobody is laughing.
-Ivo Karlovic on the difference between winning and losing (to Roger Federer)
Yeah, that's it. Yeah, that was the last one. Yeah. So it's a nice way to go out, playing with a good mate and also playing best doubles in the world, so yeah.
-Peter Luczak on his retirement
Of course I hear it. I mean, I'm not deaf (laughter).
-Victoria Azarenka on hearing the crowd mimicking her grunt during her match with Casey Dellacqua match
Monday, January 16, 2012 at 10:38AM 
Don't touch me I might shock youFashion #fail: Above was Fernando Verdasco's Adidas kit 'Electricity With High Energy'. I usually love Adidas outfits, but I think they needed to turn the energy down just a smidge.
Best quote about his oufit:
He's a man who's not uncomfortable with his looks. Any man who's prepared to be an underwear model is not going to be afraid of this gear.
- Jim Courier via The Syndney Morning Herald
Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 8:29AM 
In PlayStation he is my rival. I think in PlayStation I am better. In tennis he’s better than me but in PlayStation, I am the Rafael Nadal!
-David Ferrer after his win over Rafael Nadal in Abu Dhabi
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