Archive: January 2014
The San Diego Aviators will make their debut this summer after local businessman Russell Geyser bought the New York franchise and relocated the professional tennis team. The Aviators will begin their inaugural season in July. The team is reviewing potential sites and will announce the final venue selection in a few weeks.
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON) became the third Canadian to reach the third round at the 2014 edition of the Australian Open on Thursday. / Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON) est devenu le troisième représentant canadien à se qualifier pour le troisième tour de l’édition 2014 des Internationaux d’Australie.
Not that long ago there was a bookmaker’s tent situated on the grounds of Melbourne Park and the on-line betting website Tab Sportsbet was one of the minor sponsors of the Australian Open. But the hard line against gambling in tennis took more force as a British man accused of secretly transmitting scores from courtside...
Never before since extreme temperatures were first recorded in Melbourne, has the thermometer risen above 100 degrees Fahrenheit four days in succession. And finally, 1:52pm today as the temperature hit 43.3 Celsius (109.94 Fahrenheit) degrees...
Novak Djokovic's new deal with his watch sponsor Seiko is paying him about $1.36 million dollars per year, and that his new deal with the auto maker Peugeot is paying him nearly $4 million dollars per year.
Australian Open officials were counting the cost of playing on in 42 Celsius heat, with a record--equaling nine first-round retirements recorded on sweltering Day two of the grand slam.
Here I am sitting and complaining about how cold it is, that I can't really go out for more then a few seconds, as for some reason I was spoiled over the last 20+ years with a tennis life and got used to chasing the Sun.
Men play one semifinal Thursday, 1/23 but it is a night match. The women, however, will play two semifinals on that day and the second of those will face some challenge from the heat, but nothing like they are facing today and tomorrow.
Canadians continue to enjoy success in Melbourne with both Eugenie Bouchard (Westmount, QC) and Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC) advancing to the third round at the first Grand Slam event of the season.
It was a patchy performance for three-time champion Victoria Azarenka as she began the quest for another Melbourne title. The tournament number two, led seeds to winning starts as she beat Swede Johanna Larsson 7-6 (7-2), 6-2 in the sweltering summer temperatures.
Rafel Nadal won his opening match 6-4 when Bernard Tomic was forced to retire after losing the the opening set 6-4 with a leg injury. The win in 41 minutes marked Nadal's return to Melbourne after missing 2013 as he recovered from knee problems.
With her tall and slender frame, Daniela Hantuchova may not look like a paragon of fitness, but given that she has unofficially played more three setters in singles than anyone else on tour -- a whopping 263 – and won 181 of them, that indicates a lot of physical and mental staying power.
Fila announced that it has signed an endorsement agreement with Sam Querrey. The multi-year agreement with Querrey continues the legacy of Fila’s sponsorship of elite tennis champions.
The heat continues to play a big role in this years AO. While it's supposed to cool down dramatically by the weekend, some players are finding it difficult to make it to week 2. Go ahead and put Djokovic in the finals, only threat on his half of the draw is Berdych, but I don't think he can hang with Djoker in best of 5.
It's often been said of Melbourne that you can see all four seasons in the same day. Not anymore. So far all we have seen is serious summer and it's a scorcher. Hot. Hotter and consistently hot. Day and night.
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