LOL gas station fail, and cable fail are AWESOME!!

100?

Aw, nuts. I went away from the computer for too long and missed my grand moment.

in case you missed this from the previous page ;-)

Serena receives Kids Choice Award Nomination for Favorite Female Athlete.

Serena and Common still an item ;-)

More Serena news, check the link below
http://simplyserenawilliams.blogspot.com/

LOL neil, yes they are. :)

I used to work in a petrol station, but nothing like that ever happened to a customer. Pity, it was a very boring job, LOL. It should've happened to the idiots who would light up a cigarette while putting petrol in their car, and then shout at me when I went out to shout at them.

on the other hand, maybe that would've been too risky a way to have stopped them. ;)

thanks nT. funny indeed.

naughty: your 5:56 was a hoot! Guys whoop and piddle? you cannot be serious! I thought that was strictly a girl thing.

*off to watch these videos..will they pass the piddle test?*

Sher - Roddick's quote was from his pre-SAP presser.

http://www.sapopentennis.com/news/news.asp?story_id=269

lol Sherlock..typepad fail

Annie at a certain point we are all prone to bladder fail.

boy as a tall leftie, with not a bad game Bellucci should be a tad higher in the rankings and definitely on the radar as a bit of eye candy

lol - ok - failblog is the bomb. i am currently hysterical over snowdriving fail.

soon to move on to 'poledancing fail'.

oh hail. tennis. uhm. reeshard lost?! wtf? payback for reeshard making ph play davis cup....

>100?

LOL

Thanks a lot Rachael!

bye guys

drainage fail is amazing as well...failblog taking over

backhand fail is cute for tennis fans.

Crazyone,

I also think Federer's BH held up very well through sets 1-4. Actually, his defense was the best I have seen in a while for 4 sets.

About his shots to Nadal's BH - very heavy slice that keeps low to Nadal's BH (not FH, those get killed). Nalbandian and Murray both use this against Nadal as well. It takes away options from Rafa.

Rosangel,

As Pspace said, it is a matter of being a front-runner vs someone who grows as the match progresses. Rafa prefers the latter, and his match scores reflect it often. He is seldom with his back against the wall in any real terms though.

Drainage Fail is scary.

Snow Driving Fail is what would happen to me if I had to drive in the snow, LOL.

Rachael,

Do you know how to get to any other interviews on that SAP site? I couldn't find a link...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOXnxmlEkY0

slide fail

Hiya everyone

I have just been catching up on posts and I'm ok with Canas losing, though I am losing my patience with him but losing 6-7, 5-7 is not too bad at least he didn't get blown off the court by Gooch's big serve.

And I see Chucho is continuing his excellent form by beating Pico, this I am not too happy about. Why couldn't Betfair stream this match instead of Mr Potato Head.

nevermind, found it under 'news' > 'featured stories'

also, Annie: ROFL!

Sher - I don't think there has been many interviews..
but here is Sampras
http://www.sapopentennis.com/news/News.asp?story_id=265
and Blake
http://www.sapopentennis.com/news/News.asp?story_id=268

oh gawd. i have a new habit.

and it aint a good'un.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHn1n0JJiFc&NR=1

*waves to Angel*

goodnight, everyone. :)

Thanks again Rachael.

'night jewell. i'm off too, waaay too much stuff to do tonight *sigh*

jewell: i'm crying i've laughed so hard at these silly things. the snow driving one really got me. that HAD to be a hill, no?

ouch
that was quite a faceplant
I feel bad about laughing - but -it was just so funny

ok - tennis here
can I just say that Haas / Stepanek doubles team is the odd couple of all odd couples

wow, I get to be doubly nationalistically proud. Gil won today and Gucci too. sweet.

Dam I missed saying g'nite to Jewell.

And I see Pico lost boohoo, so congrats to Chuchoo fans.

Rachael: Thnx for those interview links.

er, naughty? who the heck is gil?

and beth - i know - i saw haas stepanek and thought - what the hey? definately odd couple from hail.

i just can't see them working well together. i can see them getting into a dual with their rackets - but not playing nicely... :)

lol - carillo the hott announcing the dawg show.

i want a puppy.

since they took a set off Hanley & Kerr I'd say they were playing pretty nicely.

oh dear - helen keller just went off the stage..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7INfm99741E&NR=1

must stop this.

er, going to go find food and drink. then i shall concentrate on tennis. really.
oh dear - clown car fail?

ok - they won a set
but , just wait for Steps to pull some weird delay tactic
and Tommy to get annoyed - and start whining about towel fluff or having to wait for his partner

I see a potential nightmare here

JB, Frederico Gil, portuguese who made his first semi last week in Chile

man this is a whole heap of eye candy as well. too good

Anyone up for recapping TW's reaction to JJ's thoughts on the Fed? More importantly, what did Samantha Elin have to say? ;)

or maybe, Steps isn't a complete bastard all of the time. maybe.

Rachael - it is always a possibility
but , I think Tommy H would be almost as hard to get along with at times
he's just prettier

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go caroline wozniaki...or something like that :D

mhm - good point rachael. but they're down in the second.

watching fabio fognini. empy stadium. man. you've got to watch these matches and know these guys are putting in the hard miles. man. they could be playing on a court behind the high school.

ohh there's a Brazil stream??
I'd love to watch Fognini gurn his way out of the top 100.

thanks naughty - didn't register that Gil was from Portugal! now i know. :)

LOL at nT's last post...

why is nobody at this tournament?!

slide fail is too much!!! ROFL

LOL neil, perfect precis

or maybe Steps has finally sucked the very marrow of Vaidasova's talent out of her and is now on the hunt for fresh blood.
seems to be working, they go down 6-2 in the second

Costa do Sauipe

http://www.channelsurfing.net/watch-wabuk-6.html

Fognini must like Brasilian bagels as Zampieri leads 6-0 in 21 minutes

Thanks naughty..i was worried i was about to have a Humour Fail on my hands !

Brazillians waxing Italians. Theme of the day.

uh, actually, from Fab's perspective.. he'll be glad there's a maximum of a hundred people worldwide watching this.
is he injured or something.. barely seen him move so far.

bagel.

ohh there was a particularly satisfying line-sweep just there. I'm jealous.

pole vault fail is the worst! can't. stop. laughing.

"Posted by Samantha Elin 02/10/2009 @ 4:27 PM

I just went over to the WTA world site and they're reporting Jankovic's replies to Roger's comments about her.How dare Jankovic criticize Roger and say that he needs to concentrate on his own career. He has every right to comment on the state of the women's game. She will never be half the player he's and what he said about her was the truth. Even this tennis blog called her the weakest #1 in the history of the game. JJ has a big mouth, she needs to keep it close and let her racket do the talking. I think what Roger said was right on target. Go Caroline, Scandinavia's#1!"

Ndesque,
This is what the response was as I was waiting for one also. To read other posts, click previous twice and scroll.

oh Neil I will leave that to others

Avid,
Thanks for the link to the Serena blog! I must check it out more closely when I have the time.

tennisesq. - yes you must. the part I like best is Serena and Common ;-) I thought they were no more an item ;-)

Rachael my experience of really good looking people is that they expect others to do most of the moving. I guess (not so) Fab is no exception.

ok Rabbit and Worm pull it out at the end.
Such an unlikely pair I kind of love it

MA, thanks!

I'd like to see what questions they asked her. Seems like a journo was trying to set her up, but once she was more than ready to talk some, they piled on the question about Nole.

he's beautiful, but this is too sadistic even for me.
sigh. bye Fab.

believe it or not Zampieri has a facebook profile. I wonder if he will accept my friend invitation. LOL

Ndesque, of course the reporter was trying to set her up and she fell for it. Most players would have said no comment, butn't JJ. This is because she couldn't stand to hear the truth. The truth hurts and Roger put that massage stealer in her place. Roger only said what most people were thinking. Go Caroline, Scandinavia's#1!

Roger Federer is addicted to being the best. He certainly didn't hide this proclivity during the year-end Masters Cup, explaining that when he hears himself introduced as the world No. 2, it sounds foreign.

The elegant Federer had an impregnable game. That was, until Rafael Nadal evolved into a powerhouse and began exposing weaknesses in Federer's artillery, both physical and mental. Now Federer is palpably nervous as to whether he can break the Nadal code and capture a record-tying 14th Grand Slam title.

Is the inequity between them driving Federer crazy? Well, we know for sure he has shed a few tears. Here are 10 essential ingredients Rafael Nadal has that Roger Federer doesn't.

1. Six Grand Slam titles at age 22: Nadal owns trophies from four French Opens, one Wimbledon and an Australian Open. In comparison, Federer's majors tally by age 22 was only half as large as Nadal's: two consecutive Wimbledon trophies and a lone Australian Open crown.

2. French Open champion: If not for Nadal, Federer might own three French Open titles: He has been the runner-up at Roland Garros the past three years. But it is Nadal who owns the clay. He will arrive in Paris in May as the four-time French Open champion, and there isn't a hint that his reign is likely to end.

Paul Crock/AFP/Getty Images

A pensive Roger Federer needs to make drastic moves if he ever dreams of ending Rafa's reign.

3. Olympic singles gold medal: Playing in three Olympic Games (Sydney, Athens and Beijing), the closest Federer came to a medal in singles was a losing performance in the bronze-medal match at the 2000 Sydney Games. It's hard not to imagine it galls Federer -- a gold-star candidate in the sportsmanship department -- that he went home from Beijing this summer with doubles gold while Nadal won the singles title in his first Olympics.

4. Davis Cup champion: Nadal has always considered playing Davis Cup an honor and a top priority. His teenage-hero role in the 2004 final against the U.S. made him front-page news across Spain. An injury kept him out of this year's final win over Argentina, but he was still an integral part of the team. Meanwhile, Federer has cherry-picked his Davis Cup outings, often missing the first round, which often left Switzerland out of contention. Take notice, though, that Federer is now acting with Davis Cup urgency: He has committed to first-round action against the U.S. next month.

5. World No. 1: Federer wants the ranking back, but Nadal's Australian Open victory widened the point gap between the two. Nadal is now a comfortable 3,260 points ahead of Federer.

6. Grand Slam titles on three surfaces: Nadal is the first player since Andre Agassi -- who is one of five men to capture all four Grand Slam trophies -- to win majors on all three surfaces: clay, grass and hard court. Federer's 13 Slams have come on grass and hard courts.

7. Beats the best: Nadal has a winning record against the top seven players: Federer (13-6), Novak Djokovic (10-4), Andy Murray (5-1), Nikolay Davydenko (3-2), Andy Roddick(4-2), Juan Martin del Potro (3-0) and Gilles Simon (3-1). Federer currently has a losing record against Nadal as well as Murray (2-5) and Simon (0-2).

8. Stable coaching relationship: Rafa has Uncle Toni, a career-long mentor who has transformed him into the ultimate competitor. Federer stubbornly insists he understands his game better than anyone, so a full-time coach is unnecessary. He severed his most recent semi-permanent coaching relationship, with Tony Roche, in May 2007. Unheralded Swiss Davis Cup captain Severin Luthi has been with Federer at the past few majors.

9. The French-Queens-Wimbledon trifecta: No man before Nadal had ever won successive titles at the French Open (clay), Queen's Club (grass) and Wimbledon (grass), which he achieved in 2008. Federer has played Queen's only once, in 1999, playing the softer Halle, Germany, tournament in subsequent years.

10. Southpaw advantage: Nadal is blessed with being a lefty, giving him a distinct edge over opponents not as comfortable with the southpaw's spin of the ball. Though Federer has a 61-23 record against lefties in his career, 13 of his 23 losses came against Nadal.

Sandra Harwitt is a freelance tennis writer for ESPN.com

only one way to find out, naughty.
my friend adds any lower ranker she finds. it is shameless but fantastic.

my scoreboard has broke. why would it does this to me..

mhm - fab is staging a comeback. he's decided he does in fact know what do do with that strange instrument in his hand.

Who is Todd Widom and why is he beating up on Ginep?

jb - I can show him etc etc

Fognini has decided to show up in Costa do Sauipe as he breaks to even the 2nd set at 3 after eating a bagel in the 1st set

Todd Widom is the antidote to all the beauty in Brazil
just sayin'

has Ginepri's match finished? I've been stuck on 4-3 for ages.

C1: he's the one who defeated Somdev in the Qualifiers.

Widom win match 6-4 in the decider per tennis.com scoreboard

"it is shameless but fantastic."

that could be my motto

thanks MA.

the board better rejig when Roddick starts. I'd hate to think how I'd react otherwise.

Break point for Zampieri as Fognini FH sails long and breaks as he hits FH passing shot as Fognini was at the net.

Zampieri serving for the match 6-0,5-4

ai Zampieri blowing his chance to serve out the match

0-15 Zampieri volley wide
0-30 Zampieri nets BH passing shot as Fognini hit FH approach
0-40 Zampieri volley wide after low FH by Fognini
Fognini breaks as Zampieri FH sails long

Fognini to serve 0-6,5-all

Fabio has great eyebrows. Bad luck to Caio for blowing his chance while serving for the match.

has anyone got Rod on their SB?
why can't I get mine to rejig?
is this the reward I get for staying up (through pain!) til 2am to scoreboard a first freakin' round Rod match??

Zampieri serving to force a 2nd set tiebreak 6-0,5-6 as Fognini holds even though he blew a 40-0 lead

In case of tiebreak:
F = Fabio Fognini
Z = Caio Zampieri

holy crap - its POURING in brasil. dang. what a bad time for it to rain. tough for zampieri to come out and serve to stay in the set.

Roddick/Ryderstedt match will start in 55-60 minutes to be followed by Fish/Hewitt then the Bryans play Ratiwatanas(Thailand)

Rain delay in Costa do Sauipe

rachael - i didn't think andy would start till 7? i think thats still an hour from now, isn't it? its 9 here - and they're 3 hours behin me. so 10, right?

Oh now it is raining in Brazil. I guess it is kind of late there, I can't believe the players would have to come out and keep playing this late.

Rachael: the scoreboard is working now.

No Rod yet Rachael but at least the Robby match is updated as over.
hmmm rain in Brazil.

complete bummer for Zampieri

oh crap. classic case of wrong-time-zone-change.
I thought they were 7 hours behind me.
and I seemed to remember things starting at 2 last year.

aw nuts.

aww the SAP Open website is featuring Ernie on the front.

Why is this tournament not being streamed for free? Gah.

Gulbis-Roddick should be quality.

aww the SAP Open website is featuring Ernie on the front.

Why is this tournament not being streamed for free? Gah.

Gulbis-Roddick should be quality.

crazyone - think Gulbis can take two sets this time?

Gawd...Rotterdam looks fantastic for tomorrow:

Simon-PEHK, Ferru-Youzhny, Tsonga, Rafa-Bol, and Kolya-Benneteau

Swwwwwweeeeeeeetuh! I might even get a windows system.

Ernie vs Rod? My my...a defensive battle...will prolly come down to who slices better ;-)

Play is about to resume with Zampieri serving 6-0,5-6 against Fognini

Rachael: prolly not. I'd be surprised if he hits that insane level he hit in the first set at the USO. Gosh, that was a ridiculous set of tennis.

I'm thinking two straight close sets to Roddick. He's too consistent.

And maybe Gulbis will be tired from his unfair doubles match tonight ;)

Pspace: Roddick is the purest defender in tennis, remember?

c1, yeah, it's true. One of the oddest sights in tennis....Jeez, with a serve like that, he should freak out with his forehand :-(. Anyways, I'm rooting for Andy in this one.

ok, I am watching this with no sound but this is so adorable and hilarious anyway, it's Ernie acting in his mother's movies as a child:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6aB2V4eG20&feature=related

Fognini stumbles over the net after he hit volley into the net.

holy flyin' Fogininis. Volley Fail