You sure did

"I had a Britney Spears moment after Wimbledon."

-- Andy Roddick, at the Atlanta Tennis Championships.

Hitched

Yep. The Worm got hitched.

Tut tut

It's pretty official now that Serena Williams has sustained a foot injury after her awesome win at Wimbledon and will even receive foot surgery because it's that bad...

Reports confirm that she'll miss the three events leading up to the US Open Series, and according to new reports surfacing from her spokesman, she might also actually have a chance of even missing the US Open.

My main problem is... even though she had that injury, Rere still played in that Exo match with Kim Clijsters, losing, and then she held a party for some fashion label; Burberry, a while ago, and then she held a party for the ESPYs too... which included... jousting?

Seriously, I'm no doctor, but I'm pretty sure that heels are not good for your feet!

*Sigh* Too many parties makes one injured Rere.
Smart, yes you are.

Isnut and Decker work it!

SORRYSORRYSORRY. I know. After the whole RG-Wimby swing finished I just decided to wallow in despair... but here's what you missed.

John Isner was at the 2010 ESPYS to receive an award - Best Record-Breaking Performance - for playing the longest match in tennis history, defeating Mahut. Woot. Yeah... unfortunately Mahut wasn't there to accept the award with Isner but that's okay; instead, we're left with this picture of Isner smiling his ass off.

Wow. He's excited...

The pair also beat out Roger Federer, who was nominated in the same category for breaking Pete Sampras' all-time Grand Slam record at Wimbledon last season. But in my opinion I reckon Isnut totally deserved it more than the Fed. Sorry. No offence.


Oh, and Brooklyn Decker was also there.

Umm... Where was A-Rod?

Captain Spain!

Is it me, or is Rafa Nadal's costume just the bomb?

Yeah, so as you would've been aware, instead of playing for Spain in his Davis Cup tie, Rafa Nadal instead spent his weekend all the way in South Africa, cheering for Spain in the World Cup Final against The Netherlands.

Apparently he was also auditioning for the role of Captain Spain or something, according to a post I read on TennisToday. LOL. Well he's got my vote for sure... that's a pretty convincing outfit.

The Best of Both Worlds

Serena Williams and Kim Clijsters recently made tennis history at the "Best of World" exhibition after Rere was defeated (though with a foot injury?) in front of a crowd of 35 681, beating a previous record for the largest attendance at a tennis match during 1973.

Mind you, the match was probably so popular because it was originally supposed to be the "Best of Belgium" with Clijsters and Henin... but Justine Henin had an elbow injury so she had to pull out. Good thing for Rere to be there to help out! :) ... But then I think I would've preferred to see Henin vs. Clijsters to be honest.

During the match, Martina Navratilova was the chair umpire and Francesca Schiavone made a surprise appearance. Apparently there were fireworks and a concert too held after the match. Woo! Good job to the both of them.

Bored.com

Don't blame me for getting distracted. I just get bored easily, okay?

Well since Wimbledon is over, and there's sorta nothing to really blog about except Davis Cup and Newport which frankly don't interest me as much, I recently typed into google "Cool Tennis Stuff" and look at what came up:

Tennis Ball Bracelets

Tennis Shoe Phone!!
"Hello chief. Agent 86 here, yes, it's Maxwell Smart..."

And last, but not least:

Tennis towel holder! So cute :O

*Sigh* Wake me up again when it's time for the US Open.

Awesome, much?

Look at this.

:O

Ok...

Um... do I want to know what's going on here?

Nope. Let's just leave it at that.

Best Ever?

Serena Williams has braced the front cover of this month's edition of Sports Illustrated - with the caption; Love her, Hate her. She's the Best Ever.

Okay, so I have nothing against Serena Williams at all. Nothing at all. But she's surely not the Best Ever? Rere is absolutely freaky, better than I'll ever be, but I don't think she's exactly GOAT-material as of yet... I think that title currently goes to Steffi Graf or Margaret Court or something.

But of course there's no other celebration like a Twitter celebration. She sounds stoked, but I just can't quite put my finger on it.. CONGRATS, RERE! :)

AHAHAHA

Different sourface, same result.

Ooh, Roger Federer and Tomas Berdych are gonna be maddddd.

That is obviously no way to refer to your opponents.. or your surfaces...

HELP!

HELP!: An awesome Beatles song and album... although I'm not really using it in that context.


A little bit of help, please?

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In other words; I would really love some help with news posts, player profiles, discussions, equipment/apparel reviews, or just posts with anything funny or cool that you've seen related to tennis.

I do lead a bit of a busy life so it'd be great to have a team of awesome blog-writers behind me and helping me out. So if you'd like to have a go, please don't hesitate to contact me at coeurdetennis@live.com.au, and I'll try to get back to you as soon as I can.

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I'm such a stalker...

ZOMGGGGG HEY LOOK; IT'S A NEW VIDEO OF ANDY MURRAY DOING SOMETHING! YAYYYYY! :)

AND ZOMGGGGG HE IS SO FREAKING ADORABLE IN BOTH THESE VIDEOS :D

LOL at the Autograph rapping thing though. So cute! *squeals*

Yet another reminder of why I love Andy Murray and why Andy Murray is the bomb.

Cowabunga!

:O Just went to the ATP and WTA Tour sites to look at the rankings and woweeeeeeeeee... Wimbledon can do an awful lot to you! Let's have a look:

ATP WORLD TOUR RANKINGS
1. Rafael Nadal (ESP)
2. Novak Djokovic (SRB)
3. Roger Federer (SUI)
4. Andy Murray (GBR)
5. Robin Soderling (SWE)
6. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)
7. Juan Martin del Potro (ARG)
8. Tomas Berdych (CZE)
9. Andy Roddick (USA)
10. Fernando Verdasco (ESP)

The Verdict: Okay, it was expected, but still, WTF happened here! Rafa, after winning Wimbledon, has moved wayyy ahead of the pack - expected. But Federer has moved down 2 places to no.3. Whoa. When was the last time that happened?... 1952?! The Muzz is still no.4 after executing another semi-final finish, while Soderling has moved up to no.5... 5! Berdych has re-entered the top 10 in no.8, which pushes A-Rod to no.9 :( and also puts him into the race for the World Tour Finals. Tsonga is out of the top 10 even with a Quarters showing. Yikes.

And yeah. I'm not even gonna bother with the WTA Rankings because they don't really look like they've been updated yet. This is why I love the ATP.

** Update! **
Yep. So I recently found the updated and refreshed rankings in the WTA. Well geez, that took a while, didn't it?! Anywho, drumroll please...

SONY ERICSSON WTA TOUR RANKINGS
1. Serena Williams (USA)
2. Jelena Jankovic (SRB)
3. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)
4. Venus Williams (USA)
5. Sam Stosur (AUS)
6. Elena Dementieva (RUS)
7. Kim Clijsters (BEL)
8. Francesca Schiavone (ITA)
9. Vera Zvonareva (RUS)
10. Na Li (CHN)

The Verdict: Rere keeps her WTA crown. Because Venus sorta sucked this time around, she's dropped to no.4 pushing Jankovic and Wozniacki up. Sam Stosur, despite a poor performance, has moved up to a career best of no.5 (WOO!) while Dementieva, not even playing this year, drops only one place to no.6. Clijsters has gone one better while Schiavone sucked... dropping one place. Vera, after reaching her first ever slam final, has moved up 235412024 spots to no.9 and Li, having a good grass season is once again at no.10.

Wow the WTA is really messed up, isn't it :?

Peaceout!
thetennishopper

Say 'cheeese'!

He's back

Rafael Nadal [2] d. Tomas Berdych [12] - 63 75 64

Yep. If you ever had any doubt that he's back (although I'm don't know why you would), I think yesterday proved it. Rafa's back.

Tomas Berdych didn't do too badly. Just like the women's final, it wasn't a matter of actually playing badly - it was just that no one was gonna take that trophy from the King.

Ah well, welcome back to the top 10.

Hah! It's mine.. ALLLL MINEEEEE! *Bites trophy*

He's back.

Wow

I'm really sorry.

I've been doing craploads of work during these past 2 weeks and I have missed out on blogging about Wimbledon (And boy, was it a loadedddd Wimbledon, or what?!) Life sucks. Sometimes, it has to present you with a crapload of work to do and it just punches you in the face. Or the heart. So I'm really sorry. Right now, I'm just sitting here, holding a box of strawberry gelato and eating it verrrry slowly. The only consolation I have is comfort food.

Damn I wish I was in Wimbledon.

Anyway, let's see what I missed out on.

On the WTA Tour:

... Well, let's just say; the WTA does what it does best - stuffing up women's tennis, and Wimbledon was no different as Serena (aka. The Incredible Hulk) served an amazing 89 aces overall in the tourney to achieve her 4th Wimby title (1 behind sister Venus). She now has 13 Grand Slam titles and has surpassed Billy Jean King.

ARGHHHH!!! I AM... THE INCREDIBLE HULKKKKKKKKKK!

Serena Williams [1] d. Vera Zvonereva [21] - 63 62

Of course, let's not forget one Vera Zvonereva who made the finals of both the women's Singles and Doubles. Ahem, yeah, we weren't exactly expecting that, were we...? However, she was simply just not cool enough to defeat a feisty ReRe, who reigned supreme in little over an hour. And she lost doubles too. Aw shucks. Just wasn't her day, was it?

You did well, chucky.

Oh, and did I mention that she has a hot coach/hitting partner? DAMN, girl. I don't care if his name is Crapbag; he is .. hot.

*...* Just the tiniest bit... speechless.

But let's not forget the drama - Wimbledon had some upsets like Sam Stosur in the first round, Kim Clijsters and Venus Williams, who were all knocked out by people that I really don't know of, but that's probably because I follow the ATP World Tour more closely than the WTA - but anywho, this left us with some really stuffed-up semis.

WTF GIVES.

But anywho, let's move away from that. Let's move onto the good stuff ;)

On the ATP World Tour:

It was slightly more normal-er with men's tennis - but it still had its fair share of dramas.

First; Wimbledon 2010 marked the downfall of resident GOAT Roger Federer. Now, I'm not really one to actually like the Fed. I never really did, simply because I got tired of him winning all the time and I wanted the good stuff to go to people like the Muzz... but you know, this time I felt the tiniest bit ... *gasp* SORRY.. for him.

Awww.. cheer up. You and your personalised gold cap.

But then again, I watched the first 20 min of the Fed vs. Falla match, and all I thought was "He's not gonna make it past semis... no wayy.." So yeah. I was right. He got knocked out in the quarters by one Tomas Berdych. Woot! But we'll talk about him later.

Second; this happened.

Then, this happened.

Oh, and this happened too.

11 hours. 70-68. 12 records. Legend.

Third; Tomas Berdych. He defeated Federer in the Quarters (4 sets) and then Djokovic in the Semis (3 sets) to secure a place in the Wimby finals. Now I didn't see the Fed match, but I did see a tiny, tinyyy bit of the Djoko match and can I say - whoa. He was strong, he was determined, he returned well, he played great shots, he had good timing; I'm proud of him. He's come a long way.

And is it just me, or does this pic remind you of Luke Skywalker?

Fourth; MOMA MOMENTS. Andy Murray fell to Rafa in the semis. In straight sets. I haza sad D: But it's okay, apparently he played really well, it was just that at the end of the day, Rafa was simply the better player. *Sigh* I guess this is why he's no.1.

So cute.

And the post-match pressers? They were sweet too.

"Just I felt sorry for him because he's a very nice person, very good person. I am sure he gonna win a Grand Slam very soon, because when you have final in US Open, final in Australia, semifinals here this year and the last year, you are there all the time. So one day you win. I am sure he gonna win. He deserve to win." -- Rafael Nadal.

Awwww cheer up xx

But as well as that, there was this. Although it has no relation to Wimbledon whatsoever. Just; LOLLLLLL.

And fifth; Wimbledon has some awesome celebrities! Such as:

Becks... or the bad luck charm?

Colin Firth & Entourage

And also; THE QUEEEEN!!!

Frankly, anyone who can make Andy Murray bow is just plain awesome. Just sayin'. He looks so cute with Jarkko in this piccy :D

And just to end:

Well, that's my Wimbledon wrap-up for now. All we gotta do is just wait for the Rafa vs. Berdych match tonight. I guess I don't really mind who wins either way, because they are both just as awesome, but I still think Rafa is gonna take it home tonight.

Peace out,
thetennishopper