Tennis Tour Tidbits

Written by: Bob Larson Tennis on 21st August 2013

Tennis Tour Tidbits

epa03830084 Rafael Nadal, of Spain, returns to John Isner, of the United States, during the finals of the ATP Masters in Mason, Ohio, USA, on 18 August 2013. Nadal won 7-6, 7-6. EPA/Mark Lyons |

Andy Murray did a meet and greet with fans at the NYC adidas Sport Performance store on Tuesday. . . CEO Eric Babolat will introduce Babolat Play at the W Hotel during the US Open. Babolat Play is said to be the first connected tennis racquet in the world . Sensors integrated into the handle of the Babolat Play racquet allow players to have access to data about their game including type and number of strokes, spin level, ball impact location, total and effective play time, power, endurance, technique, consistency, energy and rallies. . . Caroline Wozniacki wore a Yale University bulldog mascot costume for a video in New Haven “It was smelly, and sweaty and I’m happy I do not do that for a living,” she told reporters. “I did look pretty cool, though. I looked strong. Maybe more intimidating.” . . Nike will release its Tech Pack, which is said to engineered to the exact specifications of championship athletes, on August 29. . . Robby Ginepri, the only active American male to reach the semis of a major when he did it at the 2005 US Open, is playing the qualifying in New York. . . Yuri Sharapova has been coaching his daughter Maria in New York in the lead up to the US Open. . . Roger Federer was the host of a Moet party in New York on Tuesday.

Victoria Azarenka – the 2013 Western & Southern Open women’s champion – toasted her victorious win over Serena Williams with a celebratory Moët & Chandon champagne spray, popping a Jeroboam of Moët & Chandon Imperial – the official Champagne of the Western & Southern Open – and spraying it into the crowd!

Both Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka raised a bottle of Moët in celebration of their success in Cincinnati, and Azarenka took it one step further with a larger than life Moët Champagne spray!

Moët & Chandon also celebrated the men’s finals with Rafael Nadal and John Isner earlier!

IMG’s Max Eisenbud, the manager with responsibility for Maria Sharapova and Li Na, has also been appointed to handle the affairs of Britain’s Laura Robson who was recently signed from Octagon.

The US Open’s 31st seed in the women’s singles, Laura Robson is the first British female player to be seeded in any Grand Slam event since Jo Durie at the 1987 Australian Open.