Don't know about you, but I just love the grand slams live score system, in that you can click a name and see a little bit of info on the player. Is it that difficult to implement it on the other tournaments as well??

agreed on the names!

Sorry Jenni and other Ferru fans, but it is kind of nice for Misha to get a win.

There is very little anyone could legitimately do with Borg's Slam statistics that wouldn't keep them looking insanely good in any company you could name.

Fabio
You get some info if you click on the player's name.
There is a tab called Biografie

Ferru seems a little unfocused. I didn't see this match, but I've seen the one he lost in SA. Practically couldn't get the ball over the net...

Ok, that was dumb of me! Thanks ptenisnet!

Rosangel agreed, but I just loved it as a general Statement.

not at all Fabio.

How many of you people play tennis?

Fabio, no prob, I meant I agreed with your choice.

Jesse looks like this

http://tinyurl.com/bol9jx

Fabio, I play something that vaguely resembles tennis.

Fed Cup Rematch shortly as Amelie Mauresmo will play Sara Errani

There are shades of Marat in Jesse (not literally. only conceptually. or something like that).

Fabio,
What nT said.

Mmm, nice pic of Jesse, thanks naughty. :)

Fabio - I don't play at all, sadly.

I saw a Gasquet resemblance. But then, I might still be asleep.

naughty, I want to give it a shot myself. I think somewhere near spring I could get going, and perhaps even taking my wife with me!

yes it is a good mix of all that is dreamy.
gosh he even had a break point against Jo.

*does cartwheels around greenhopper*

A cross between Marat and Gasquet = fun in tennis terms.

G'morning all;

Are there any kind souls who will post a stream today.

oops forgot the cleaner is coming shower time.
see you in a bit.

Idiot Korolev, wake the fork up.

"does anyone still have a winning record against Rafa?"

Hmm...I saw this while flipping through the pages, not sure anyone mentioned this but yeah, Nalby is 2-0 over Rafa. 2-0 over Murray too.

Syd: http://www.abnamrowtt.nl/cctv/

Syd
Stream for Rotterdam - because what's a dam without flowing water?

http://www.abnamrowtt.nl/cctv/

Oh, Thanks so much, Crazyone and Ptennisnet. :)

morning, jewell.

not bad, pt.

Did I read somewhere that Errani is dating Seppi?

"Idiot Korolev, wake the fork up."
+1

lira - er, last I heard Seppi was dating Knapp

Search me - I don't get Rotterdam on TV until tomorrow, so not sure what happened to Karlovic. I saw Llodra play there last year - seem to recall he was particularly impressive at the net.

Karlovic usually has a bit more to his game than just the serve, though I'm now shuddering at the thought of his match against Rafa at Queen's last year. With three tiebreaks, I think Karlovic came closer than anyone to ending Rafa's match-winning streak that eventually stretched to 32.

Still, I got a better-than-average set of "Rafa looking distraught/annoyed/frustrated* pictures. Don't think I'd managed as many since he met Potito Starace in Hamburg.
http://tinyurl.com/c4udqv
http://tinyurl.com/c52tbp
http://tinyurl.com/dy54xt
http://tinyurl.com/d6jxa4
http://tinyurl.com/bbvfsk
http://tinyurl.com/d3px47
http://tinyurl.com/bkwl9n
http://tinyurl.com/b6o4sb
http://tinyurl.com/bw5xlf
http://tinyurl.com/dcvl34
http://tinyurl.com/c76qt4

Maybe he's dating both.

Morning All! In case anyone missed this, here's Mandy and rafa and rog weighing in on the new drug testing policies. Love Mandy's use of "draconian." it from the TW Ticker:

Andy Murray has added his voice to the criticism of new WADA rules that require athletes to make their whereabouts known for an hour each day. Not being at the stated location when drug testers arrive can add up to an anti-doping violation after three missed visits.

"These new rules are so draconian that it makes it almost impossible to live a normal life," he told The Times.

"I got a visit at 7 a.m one morning at my home right after I had travelled home from Australia. I woke up not really knowing where I was and suffering badly from jet lag. It seemed ridiculous to me as I’d been tested just four days earlier, straight after the match I had lost in the Australian Open.
“The official who came to my home wanted me to produce identification to prove who I was. He insisted on watching me provide a sample, literally with my trousers round my ankles, and then insisted that I wrote down my own address, even though he was at my private home at 7 a.m."

Speaking to Spanish reporters at the Australian Open, Rafael Nadal described the new requirements as "intolerable harassment": "To have to send a message or be concerned all day long if there is a last-minute change seems to me be totally excessive."

However, Roger Federer feels the new measures were an necessary evil. "It's a tough system, no doubt. It's a significant change to what we were used to before, so I think it takes some time getting used to it," he said at the Australian Open. "But at the same time, I feel like this is how you're going to catch them, right?

"You're not going to catch them ringing them up and saying, 'Look, I would like to test you maybe in two days'... It's an hour a day. I know it's a pain, but I would like it to be a clean sport, and that's why I'm okay with it."

Where I have I seen this...serve to the one hander's BH at all times strategy before?

***AO amnesia***

Um, that's possible too, Rachael...or jewell's version for all I know.

he's also dating Bolelli.

Did Jesse serve 4 straight aces in that game?

Lira - really? where did you read that?

And why is Korolev playing that frenchie, I thought he was supposed to play the Sod. Or am I imagining things?

Gahhhh Evgeny, you're killing me. Come on kid, you need to get your ranking up. Davai.

How the heck would someone like Muzzah know what a normal life is?

It is not fair that one man should have so much expressiveness. I'd forgotten how lovely his hair was then too, sigh...thanks for the pics, Rosangel!

I was sure Karlovic would win that match. Imagine how different the year could've have been if he had.

Murray is such an old ham.

check out t'other Andy's words on the drug testing:

Andy Roddick, who shares a nickname with the tainted baseball player, played his opening-round match of the SAP Open. Afterward, he said he wasn't bothered by the doping scandal swirling around the other A-Rod, the Yankees' Alex Rodriguez.

"It makes me prouder of tennis," Roddick said. "We have the strictest testing in sports. We literally have to provide where we are hour by hour, every day. If I was to go to San Francisco for dinner for the night, I'd have to call it in."

Roddick went on to describe the uncomfortable testing process that his baseball counterpart never had to experience. A call on the home phone or a knock on the door at 6 a.m. An observer in the bathroom for a urine test. Possibly a blood test. An ID check.

"There's no question it's an inconvenience," Roddick said. "But if you're going to err, you should err on the side of being clean. I guess it's a necessary evil."

http://www.mercurynews.com/sportsheadlines/ci_11676530

roseangel, rafa didn't seem that sweaty tough...

yeah, the dislike of the drug testing system is not universal: Roddick, Federer and the Williams sisters have all come down in support.

Amelie seems determined to win the rematch...

I read some Kuzzy's interview yesterday where she was complaining about WADA too. Something about how she had to spend an hour on New Year's eve trying to fax them about where she's gonna be.

Nancy,
I honestly have no idea where I read it and if I read it at all. It's quite possible I just made it up.
And Sod had to withdraw from Roterdam :(

Rachael: thanks for posting Randy's views on the testing. puts things in better perspective, doesn't it?

my favourite photo from that Karlovic/Nadal match
http://i44.tinypic.com/2lj40b4.jpg

that's a tennis racquet, Ivo.

I liked a lot of my Dr photos actually.

LOL Rachael. I actually quite like Karlovic, he has such a sweet-looking face.

Oh my, isn't that guy tall! No wonder he has such an extraordinary serve!

My favourite part of that picture is definitely the action ballgirl in the background.

Rosangel...thanks for the Rafa pics...wears his feelings so openly...I particularly liked the 6th one-pure irritation at the whole situation!

I feel bad for the tennis players having to be accountable to the testers all the time. If you have ever been "on call" 24/7 (I have), it totally sucks. That said, I am glad tennis is a clean sport, unlike American baseball that has been tarnished by issues, especially with A-Rod's recent admission.

Man
It seems kind of tragic that we will prolly never hear about Huta Galung until next year's Rotterdam.

he's a total BFG
http://i40.tinypic.com/34g6pg8.jpg
although I think he did end up eating that child

well, I have to go and give my mother her birthday present.

See you all later. :)

ha, that stream works now.
weird

ptenisnet, well the match seems leveled, for now.

What's a BFG?

Morning all!!!

I see Baby Owl hung in tough with PEHK, but good for him to pull through.

Oh, and benvenuto, Fabio!

I feel like the sperm that made it getting on here. Hope the chat's good now that I arrived.

Lira - whaaa? is the Sod injured? I'm obviously living under a rock.

Rachael - silly question but did you see these?
http://tinyurl.com/dllkub
http://tinyurl.com/d5vnqz

Boy, do they complete eachother. Flove them.
Forza ragazzi!

jewell: I think this might be my favourite Rafa picture from Queen's.
http://tinyurl.com/3tgznc

Or this:
http://tinyurl.com/6muba5

Or this:
http://tinyurl.com/42rcpv

lira, grazie!

Well, tie-break in the first.

Jesse forces a TB.

Huta man!!!!

10:12 headless is me :)

BFG - Big Friendly Giant.

Fabio - where are my manners? (I never had any.) welcome to TW, glad you could join us. I happen to have a little Italian fixation I will try and keep under control around you.

Nancy - ohh yes I saw them. werk it boys.

Fabio, you're new here? Where are my manners?
Benvenuto a TW :)

And you can see much better the Rotterdam match at:

htt://www.rojadirecta.com/canal/temp.asx

Tsonga in a tie-break set 1. Anyone got a link other than the Rotterdam site?

Yup, Nancy, something about his back.
Sucks that it happened during these indoors tournies. On the plus side, it meant Zhenya getting easier draw...of course, he's about to blow it and get broken here, so it doesn't really matter. Sigh...and he's 1/10 on BPs converted

I see I've reached the point where I'm offered sympathy by name when Ferru loses. Thanks, guys. :) But I think somewhere during that 1st round match at the AO I blew my Ferru fuse (not an entendre, btw), which has left me contemplating a life as a Kolya KAD. Seems like it would be a lot less stressful.

Hey Joe - are you telepathic?

oh and Nancy - the photo of Bol and the children? pretty sure my womb will never recover.

Thanks Rachael and Nancy! I see many of you speaks italian! Good!

...and Rachael, mind my wife! ;)

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Welcome Fabio

LOL Alex!

I see there are some Rafa fans here...here is a video of him arriving in Rotterdam-rocking some Hugo Boss outerwear :) I also love the greeting with MAndy.

Welcome Fabio

LOL Alex!

I see there are some Rafa fans here...here is a video of him arriving in Rotterdam-rocking some Hugo Boss outerwear :) I also love the greeting with MAndy.

http://tinyurl.com/dy6ah5

Hehe Rachael, we both have no manners obviously. no wonder we're soulmates.

Korolev, I'm gonna kick your russian behind. Davai you idiot.

Sorry for the double post..."D'oh!"

Is Zhenya = Korovlev?

Amazing point! Love you Amelie.

Ptenis - yes. Not sure why though.

ptenisnet,
yes, Evgeny=Zhenya

Thanks Lira and Nancy.

Jo wins a close first set over Jesse. On to the second...

yeh that is kind of tragic Ptenis. Guy is giving Jo a run for his money.

Rachael - yeah I saw it. And I'm literally living on his site, Seppi's too, just because it's really hilarious.

Lira - oh that's a shame. :(
Hope he'll be ok. And it doesn't matter who Evgeny plays anyway, russians know how to screw themselves over regardless of the opponent.

Evgeny, DAMNIT!

Joe, thank you for the stream.

Hey everyone

So Ferru lost,damn.

Ugh, poor Sara, she's taking a beating...

rosangel: just checked out those rafa pics from Queens. Great shots! he looks a little hippie-ish with the long hair, i kinda like it! and the candid of Ivo with the ballgirl is great. love those "frozen" moments that are so candid.

fyi: the rotterdam website provides a stream that works for me.

6-2 Mauresmo. Allez Amelie! Come on, revenge. Proper revenge. Cask of Amontillado revenge.

Thanks for the pics Rosangel.

I miss long hair Rafa.

What's with the sound of that stream? It seems soft... aha, it's a indoor match!!

nice one MoMo.

rafadoc -

Watched the rafa-murray greeting at rotterdam - tea cozies are in!

there goes Eugene.

Those BH winners from Amelie have been so good today, they make me want to cry. Errani looks like she might be about to cry.

rafadoc: hi! just watched that video you posted of rafa at the hotel. I know i shouldn't feel bad for a guy who's #1`, rich and good looking, but man, the guy can't go anywhere without a microphone shoved in his face or a fan asking for a picture. Maybe he expects it now but didn't he look a little annoyed at that reporter? but loved the part with Mandy getting in the elevator.

Gauloises: LOL @ "Cask of Amontillado "

Jo-W doesn't seems to be on his usual standard. Just missed a backhand down the line and didn't seem to care.

Now now... it seems an amateur match. Sequence: jo-w nets an impressively easy forehand, nearly loses equilibrium on serve and then jesse misses the ball completely...

Sigh Evgeny.

Allez Jo! Ferru and Korolev (and Bol later) are enough for one day. Please don't make it any worse.

Fabio - who are your favourites? and let's skip Rafa and Roger, I mean other players. :)