But first, let me announce that Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ is in the process of moving its headquarters. There are lots of items that must be transferred and as anyone knows, moving is a tedious process.
It is even more tedious for our friends in our India Branch office!
In just 9 months of Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ existence, It's amazing the incredible stuff you find when you clean out your old office...And when I say stuff, I mean things like babies, beer bongs, albino giraffes, and the scattered remnants of Patrick Duffy's career.
Like I said, incredible stuff! Perhaps the ABC/CBS sitcom "Step by Step" in the 90's (part of ABC's "TGIF" line-up) when Duffy co-starred with Suzanne Somers was the beginning of the end.
I have added the great theme song along with lyrics. Feel free to sing along. BTW, starting at the 36 second mark, you can actually see Patrick Duffy sigh, as he knows his career, much like the amusement park roller coaster, is careening in a downward path at a high rate of speed....but seriously folks, please enjoy the wonderful theme song that should resonate with all couples and individuals dealing with making the best out of re-building one's life one step at a time after things have fallen apart.
But I digress...
The ATP Tour lands in Cincinnati this week after the women competed at the same site last week. They are there for the Western & Southern Financial Group Tennis Masters.
Cincinnati is a city that is quickly becoming known for its world class tennis tournament, and trying to shake it's other claims to fame such as their NFL team The Bengals, Skyline Chili, and a very classy sexual act known as the "Cincinnati Bowtie".
As I right this, Roger is still in it. Rafa has lost to the Ouzo soaked Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis. But to be honest, I'm in no mood to cover the latest matches and results. If you really wanna read what's going on in Cincinnati right now, click on my ATP Tour link to the right of the page...or the 8,000 other tennis sites that report the scores. I just wanted to see if after 9 months of doing this blog I could somehow find use for the term "Cincinnati Bowtie". Mission accomplished!
Serena Is Healthy To Pose, Not To Play.
BREAKING NEWS: Serena Williams pulled out of the U.S. Open on Friday, saying she still is recovering from surgery to repair cuts on her right foot. “It is with much frustration and deep sadness that I am having to pull out of the U.S. Open,” Williams said in a statement released by her publicist.
Williams, the sincere diva went on to add: “My doctors have advised against my playing so that my foot can heal.”
She called missing the tournament “one of the most devastating moments of my career.”
WAAAAAAAAAA, I'm devastated! BULLSHIT! Let me be the first to call shenanigans!
Serena reportedly was hurt by a broken glass at a restaurant while she was in Munich last month - shortly after winning her fourth Wimbledon singles title on July 3, and before...BEFORE...BEFORE...BEFORE playing in an exhibition match against Kim Clijsters that drew a tennis-record crowd of 35,681 in Brussels on July 8! She also got a million dollar pay day just for showing up. A million dollars for a 90 minute "fake" match that means nothing has amzing healing powers on my newly "injured" foot as well.
Williams had surgery in Los Angeles on July 15. She already had pulled out of three hard-court tournaments (which she has done consistently in years past) she was scheduled to enter in preparation for the U.S. Open and also skipped playing World Team Tennis, which let's face it, she would have only played in half the matches anyways with a half-assed effort.
Sniff! Sniff! Although I have anosmia, even I can smell this crap!
Perhaps her pulling out of the U.S. Open with a cut foot is really a convenient excuse for her to boycott the tournament due to her issues last year. In which, in her own convoluted mind thought she got screwed by officials. Williams lashed out at a lineswoman during her semifinal against eventual U.S. Open champion Clijsters. It was a profanity-laced, finger-pointing, racket-brandishing display during which Williams approached the official with what tournament director Jim Curley called at the time “a threatening manner.”
Remember this classy act by our beloved Serena...
Funny, I've never heard good religious girls act like that. I don't recall Jehovah's Witnesses (As Serena and Venus claim they are) dropping the "F" bomb.
About 2 1/2 months later, Williams was fined $82,500 by the Grand Slam administrator and told she would be suspended from the U.S. Open if she has another “major offense” at any Grand Slam tournament in 2010 or 2011.
This is Serena making some social statement about how she is bigger than the US Open and how they will struggle without her presence. Serena knows this will be a big story in the sports news world and she hopes this story line will permeate the tournament like grease through a McDonalds bag.
On the bright side for Serena, by skipping the Open, she'll be able to avoid what would have been an inevitable onslaught of questions about her infamous tirade against a lineswoman during last year's semifinal. The outburst, which brought about an unprecedented $250,000 fine, was sure to have been the focus of attention as Serena competed.
Of course...
Serena can still pose for magazine layouts...
Serena is featured in the latest issue of Hamptons Magazine. She talks about her summer recovering from her foot surgery and gave her some much needed time to relax.
“I can actually use the recovery time,” Williams says. “I’m so active trying to produce television shows now, writing and playing tennis—and on top of that, winning Grand Slams—that it’s good for me to just have some time off. At first I dreaded it, but I’m sleeping a lot, which is good, and I’m being babied.”
It is quite fitting that Serena poses for a magazine representing the Hamptons. They have numerous things in common...Spoiled, pretentious, god complex, over hyped, strong sense of entitlement, attitude, arrogance.
Everybody already knows that the Hamptons is the universe's vortex of suck. It's just not my place. Sorry to offend those of you who like the Hamptons, but then again, if you are a "Hamptons" type, you are too good to be reading my blog. And they love to gossip. They endlessly talk about other people, even each other. I find this offensive as I have never been a fan of gossip. I like to mind my own business and I don't want anyone else minding my business either. Both Serena and The Hamptons are fame mongers and always like to be in the spotlight. And if you've never been to the Hamptons and need more convincing of how truly awful it really is,The Blue Parrot, a place that in any other American town would be just another carbon-copy Mexican joint trying too hard to be "quirky" by serving margaritas out of mason jars, but since it's owned by Ron Perelman, Renee Zellweger and Jon Bon Jovi, it's a place where "everyone is scrambling for a table," including Martha Stewart, who I'm sure can be seen wasted after drinking a single "Dirty Bird" margarita. Plus, you have people dressed like this...
Ahhh yes...The Hamptons is in fact the den of douchebags. Congrats on the magazine spread Serena!
Juan Martin Is Also Out!
It's official. On the injured heels of Serena's announcement that she's not going to play the Open due to her foot injury, DelPo has made it official: There will be no defense of the title.
In a statement released by the ATP on Saturday, del Potro said he is “extremely sad” about pulling out of the year’s last Grand Slam tournament, which starts Aug. 30.
“But I have only started practicing in the last two weeks and unfortunately I cannot compete at the top level yet,” he said. “I look forward to returning to New York in 2011 and wish all the best to the tournament organizers and my fellow players.”
Disappointing but not shocking news. I actually find Serena's announcement more nuclear than DelPo's sparkler firecracker. But at least it's official and we can all move on grieving the best way we know how. Mine involves hard liquor, Latin women, and Mexican food.
I need to be careful though, the last time I had too much Monarch, without the women and food, I stumbled into a tattoo parlor in a inebriated state mumbling something about sea mammals and mythical creatures and ended up getting a very interesting piece of artwork...right above my ass!!!
Federer...Trick Shot. Real or fake?
Watch the video...
It's got all the hallmarks of a phony viral ad: the fake impromptu conversations, a bearded guy, jumpy camera angles that "accidentally" miss the actual event, people in the background doing other things who are suddenly interested in the proceedings, etc. On the other hand, Roger Federer isn't that good of an actor. And the second shot looks pretty real.
I have no doubt that Federer could easily knock a bottle off somebody's head, and I have no doubt that it'd be fairly easy to find someone who'd be willing to play the Walter role (William Tell's son). I mean, what's the worst that can happen, you get a tennis ball in your face. But it looks a little fake, no?
The response of Gillette's public relations firm in London doesn't shed much light on the matter.
"All we'll say at the moment is we'll leave the "real or fake" debate up to the viewers, but the evidence is there to see. Roger's skill and ability is incredible (that's why he's a Gillette ambassador!) so of course it was filmed in one take during a shoot for Gillette Fusion's partnership with the British Skin Foundation.
Claiming it's "filmed in one take" doesn't mean it's real. I'm sure some shots from "Avatar" were filmed in one take too, it doesn't mean there were blue people running around the movie set. That seems like a classic non-denial denial.
Still, I'm torn. The cynic/realist in me knows that even the most mundane of these viral clips are completely fake. There's enough realism here, though, that gives me pause. I'm sure Roger Federer could hit a ball off a guy's head if he really wanted.
Marriage...nuff said!
Until death do you part...Ukraine’s No.1 Alona Bondarenko married her coach Nikolay Dyachok on Thursday. The couple got married in an informal style, wearing jeans and T-shirts that said "Just Married."
"As athletes we have to get married in something sporty," said the 25-year-old Ukrainian version of Anna Kournikova. "[We] didn't want pompous outfits."
Alona and Nikolay will go to their honeymoney in Crete, Greece, next week.
For Bondarenko, this may be her one and only highlight. At 25, and never reaching the late rounds of a grand slam or making an impact at any significant tournament, her career is progressing slower than "Precious" star Gabourey Sidibe's metabolism!
Speaking of marriage, Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ would like to give our opinion on a recent, and controversial ruling. As many of you have heard, A couple weeks ago, a federal judge has recently struck down California's gay marriage ban, which means homosexual couples can get hitched in that state. Unfortunately,the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled that same-sex marriages remain barred while the case is on appeal. This is unfortunate. It's about time we give gays the same rights as straights! It's 2010 and if a couple, no matter what their sexual preference may be, should have the legal and constitutional right to get married. Let them be happy. Really...is that so hard? It is their choice. Who are they hurting? Except each other...when wearing assless chaps.
So, in honor of the gay community, Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ has gone out of its way to advocate same sex marriage. Hopefully, California is reading as we have compiled a list of why gay marriage would be great.
1.) Now wedding planners can actually plan their own weddings.
2.) Matching sweaters as a wedding gift will be a great idea.
3.) With gay marriage, you won't have to marry someone because you got them pregnant.
4.) You know when women say the best ones were either gay or married? Now they can be both.
5.) Gay marriage can prompt a new slogan "We're here, we're queer and we're registered at Williams-Sonoma."
6.) It would be great news for the state of California's mesh tuxedo industry.
7.) They would celebrate by rioting in the state capital building in Sacramento, causing $3 million in improvements to the interior design.
8.) It would be an ode to our forefathers, who wore wigs and satin Capri pants.
9.) Wedding registry for all California IKEA stores will go through the roof.
10) After seeing straight couples like Bristol and Levi, Larry King and his wives, Charlie Sheen and his wives, gays couldn't screw it up any worse than that, right? So what the heck, go for it.
OK all you gays! Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ tried the best we could. Hopefully that list will help your cause.
Other states in this nation as well as other countries have legalized marriage. Why can't we?
Just recently, Argentina became the first Latin American country to legalize gay marriage, granting same-sex couples all the legal rights, responsibilities and protections that marriage brings to heterosexuals.
Because of this ruling, being recognized is a new sexual position: The Reverse Gaucho!
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