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‘Wham, bam, thank-you-ma’am?’ David Bowie coming back from ‘Suffragette City’? Or Dustin Johnson coming back from Maui? Is Maui the new Las Vegas? But what happens there does not stay there? Glamorous Natalie Gulbis innocently revealed that she and Bam-Bam long hitting DJ were dating and said “I’ll let Dustin handle our PR.” For the record, after the...
Published: January 17, 2011
Get all the latest tennis news from www.TennisNow.com. (January 16, 2011) A week ago, Mardy Fish found raising his head from the pillow was a challenging task. Today, Fish climbed off the competitive canvas in fighting back from a two-set deficit for the first time in his career in a rousing 2-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 victory over Victor Hanescu in the Australian Open first round. “I’ve...
Published: January 17, 2011
Get all the latest tennis news from www.TennisNow.com Rod Laver Arena will play host to five massive matches today. Three will feature Top 3 seeds in their first action of the tournament. No. 1 Rafael Nadal, No. 2 Vera Zvonareva and No. 3 Kim Clijsters all take the court at various intervals for Day Two of the Australian Open. The other two matches allow the locals to cheer on their...
Published: January 17, 2011
Caroline Wozniacki spent some of her offseason training time in a boxing ring and started the season absorbing some hard knocks on court. In a battle of the women who top the world rankings in singles and doubles, the top-seeded Wozniacki combined her counter-punching control and quick court coverage to earn her first win of the season with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Gisela Dulko in the Australian Open...
Published: January 17, 2011
A supremely confident Roger Federer transformed his Australian Open first-round match into a tennis tutorial in schooling Lukas Lacko, 6-1, 6-1, 6-3. Launching defense of his Oz Open crown by sending a message to the field, Federer flew through the first round in one hour, 24 minutes. It was Federer’s 43rd straight-sets win in 62 career Melbourne Park matches. “I thought I played great....
Published: January 17, 2011
The second PGA event of the season, and the first with a full field, finished up on Sunday in Honolulu with a 36-hole marathon. Rain washed out the first day of the tournament on Thursday, forcing the long Sunday. The survivor of the weekend was Mark Wilson, who hung on to beat South African, Tim Clark, by two shots. The win earned Wilson his first trip ever to the Masters in April. Here’s a...
Published: January 17, 2011
Get all the latest tennis news from www.TennisNow.com. Two of tennis’ leading ladies over the past decade returned from long injury stints to win their opening round matches at the Australian Open Monday. The US’ Venus Williams, inactive since the US Open, thrashed Italy’s Sara Errani 6-3, 6-2, racking up eight aces and hitting 73 percent of her first serves for...
Published: January 17, 2011
The Australian Open is underway and so the Tennis Grand Slam season begins. Last year was another failed attempt at the Nadal-Federer rivalry to be renewed on another big stage. This years tournament still holds that hope. On the women’s side of things it’s all about Serena Williams. She has won the event 3 of the last 5 years. Can anyone knock her off her throne? Day 2 will continue to...
Published: January 17, 2011
Roger Federer showed today why he deserves the role of favourite in the Australian Open. He outright dominated his opponent, Lukas Lacko. Though he was ranked at world number 97, two weeks ago, he gave Nadal a frightful run in a three-setter, even bagelling him before losing his concentration while Nadal upped his. I haven’t heard of many world number 90-somethings who have bagelled Nadal,...
Published: January 17, 2011
Mark Wilson, the professional golfer—not Wilson the volleyball from Tom Hanks’ Cast Away movie—is coming home from the Hawaiian Islands with the 2011 SONY Open trophy in his possession. Wilson has now won in each of the last three odd years: 2007 (Honda Classic), 2009 (Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun) and now 2011. No worries since each win came with a two year exemption...