We Are Moving. Cincinnati Is Improving. Serena is Posing. Fed Is Viral And So Much More
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 Another week, another post from the world infamous blog of Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™. This week we'll talk about the current Cincinnati event for the men, kinda. Serena poses for Hamptons Magazine (injured foot and all...what a trooper!). Roger Federer makes a viral video, and other amazing stuff that you have come to expect from Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™

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...




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...



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."



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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EAT. PRAY. READ MY BLOG. Ivanovic Injury. Fashion feelings and James Bond Healing.
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 Another week of tennis news is upon us. That means Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ will be chiming in with our take on the happenings of the tennis world. The majority of week's blog will be formulated by our Fashion Editor.

But before Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ dive into this week's topics, let me just say that Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ has received an outrageous amount of feedback from our Single Energy Xchange™ (SEX) concept we proposed last week. There has been a more positive reaction, perverse groundswell, and devotees for the Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ idea than the book and newly released movie "Eat, Pray, Love."

The only difference is...my SEX™ idea is alot more realistic and appealing to a mass audience than a book and movie about shameless wish-fulfillment, a simple Harlequin novel crossed with a mystic travelogue. And while I'm at it, allow me to use the sexy art of alliteration and say it sounds like the BIGGEST BUNCH OF BULLSHIT I've ever heard. I do thank our fans for their amazing support, but now its time for me to go on a tangent about a film that serves no purpose and gives women terrible ideas on how to live
their life although they portray it as some UC Berkeley-esque, granola eating, tree hugging, woman's lib, female empowerment movie.

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Although I have never read the book (because I'm a straight male) and I will never in a million years see the movie (because I'm a straight male), I have been unfortunately bombarded by trailers of this chick flick while watching TV. Having seen enough of the 1 minute trailer, and cause I'm a pretty smart guy who loves to generalize, I'll take a wild stab in the dark about this movie. I guess we can call this portion of my post as the Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ Movie Review.
This is a story that celebrates selfish behavior without ever examining the necessity of self-worth, “Eat Pray Love” is a vapid hornet’s nest of irrational behavior, wrapped up snugly in a smug, shallow, and diseased feature film that does a masterful job brainlessly wiggling around for an interminable amount of screentime. Two hours of your life down the drain.
I'm sure every woman at some point in their life would love to ditch the husband, kids, everyday stresses of life and go to some amazing destination halfway around the world, with only a purse full of tic tacs, translation books, tampons, and colloquial exuberance. Then, eat as much as they want, hook up with some sleazy euro trash piece of shit and find a non-existent idea of spirituality, an "inner peace" and "happy place" that somehow wraps up your entire life's existence. KEEP DREAMING! Remember, in the world of tennis, Love means nothing. So quite fittingly, I believe this movie should be called "Eat, Pray, and Jack Shit".

Perhaps in life, its more realistic if Julia Roberts would have just have stayed a hooker on Hollywood Blvd.  
Also, looking at the credits, there is no sign of the 3 greatest actors in american cinema today... Val Kilmer, Jeff Goldblum, or Christian Bale. That's 3 strikes right there!


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Moving on...

...Speaking of women Looking For Empowerment

Sexy Tennis Star and former world #1 Ana Ivanovic has been on the losing battle of tennis matches and mental sturdiness in the last year and a half. Having a ranking that has plummeted outside the top 50 and struggling with her confidence, which is more shaky than Michael J. Fox working with a jackhammer on a windy day.

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Despite her issues, she is still HOT! CALL ME™ In the following picture, Ana shows us her "O" face.
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Ana was recently involved in a Montreal Tournament PR debacle. Despite the fact that she is a former world #1 player, plus a past champion of the Montreal event, the Tournament Director informed her that she would be forced to play qualifying to get into the event, and they would not grant her a wild card. In an interview with the Montreal Gazette, Tournament Director Eugene Lapierre said Ivanovic did not merit a wildcard, saying he planned to hand entry to a local player like Stephanie Dubois or Valerie Tetreault. "She has a lot of charisma," he said. "Everyone likes her. But the fact is that she hasn't demonstrated that she deserves a wild card."

Well...
With Serena Williams pulling out, Venus Williams not a sure bet to show up after injuring her knee and homegirl Stephanie Dubois almost guaranteed a WC as the Canadian No.2, the Montreal tourney made the super smart move of going back on their decision to deny NaturAna and offered the Serb direct entry into the main draw this past Tuesday. Can you guess what she decided? No really, take a guess. Exactly.
 
The former top lady baller had already made her disappointment known publicly but went into more detail, even accusing the tourney of "stepping over the line" with the comments to the Montreal Gazette and "misrepresenting" their discussion.
 
 "I would have loved to have played in Montreal, but I was quite hurt by the comments of Mr Lapierre that I was shown in The Montreal Gazette recently. I don’t think his comments were necessary, and they contradicted everything he had told my management previously: that I was not getting a wild card because I am not Canadian.

"The fact that my original request was turned down isn’t really an issue. I would have been happy to play qualifying, but I felt that they kind of stepped over the line with this interview, making public our correspondence and even misrepresenting it. Unfortunately I don’t feel welcome at this tournament.

Hell hath no fury like a hot Eastern European woman scorned! Good for Ana! She is doing awesome this week in Cincinnati, she does not need that Montreal bullshit.

Unfortunately for Montreal, it's a major blow. Ana certainly would bring in spectators. But due to the tournaments disrespect for a woman so beautiful, they will suffer the consequences. Just imagine all the adolescent Québécois boys who were looking forward to buying a ticket to see the Belgrade beauty. Unfortunately, due to the insensitive remarks of a Mr. LaPierre...Dreams have been shattered, Calloused hands have been given reprieve for the week, and sales of Jergens hand lotion in the Province of Quebec will not meet the estimates set forth by upper management.
 
Plus, I will have to go one week without being able to see the toned, and powerful hind legs of this Serbian Sweetheart!

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GREAT PICTURE! ISN'T IT?

Breaking News
Cincinnati, Ohio- Ana Ivanovic was in the semifinals of a major tournament for the first time in a long time. She beat some big players and looked like her old winning self. Earlier today, she was competing against Kim Clijsters when, in just the fourth game of the match, After stepping in to try an put away a short forehand down the line, Ana hit the shot, immediately dropped her racquet, and bent over a suddenly gimpy left foot. 

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She walked to the back of the court to try and compose herself but finally called the trainer in tears.
 
The injury looks to be on the inside of her left foot, around the bone (insert erection joke here), muscle, and tissue that make up her arch/instep.  She stepped back on the court to try and continue (cracking a forehand return winner in her first shot), but was clearly hobbling.  
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She retired in tears after the next point, giving Kim a kiss at the net and saying "I'm sorry."  After the match, Kim said Ana told her she heard "a crack". That could mean a whole lot of things but she didn't do press after the match, instead going immediately to the hospital. 
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She tries so hard, works so hard, all with a smile on her face as she's had to answer for over a year now a barrage of questions as to why she sucks so hard.  Then she has a week where everything clicks and her body gives out on her.  Had she won the title here she would have potentially been seeded for the US Open.  Even if she lost today, a mediocre showing at New Haven would have probably earned her a seeded spot, too.  But no. Tennis can be cruel. 

But Ana, with a broken foot or not, is still HOT!


 (Special thanks to Sports Illustrated for the pic. And for the Anna K. pic later on)

This picture looks familiar...

Asians, Serbians, Russians playing in balls. OH MY!
Yen-Hsun Lu, a Wimbledon quarterfinalist this season after his upset of Andy Roddick at the All England Club, styles out on the August cover of Taiwanese GQ. But, wait! I'm smelling a theme here:



Ana Ivanovic - Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, February 2010


 Anna Kournikova - K-Swiss ad, March 2009
 
It's awesome to have a male player finally pushed into a vat of balls while giving his best puss face (though I'm glad they passed on the tini-wini bikini.) But why do these art directors keep pushing this concept? It's a bit done now. Just my thoughts.

 Federer Fancies for 20.


When you've already set nearly every important Grand Slam record on the books, goal-setting can be a difficult endeavor. Roger Federer has already climbed the tennis equivalent of Mt. Everest. What's left to accomplish?
For Federer, his new quest is to get to 20 majors before the end of his career. The former No. 1 told news outlets that he hopes to add four more Slams to his current total of 16 before calling it quits.
 
"It's something that I think is very do-able for me. [...] At times I was one or two sets away from winning the calendar-year Grand Slam so obviously I feel that I have a great potential in Grand Slam play. But then again Grand Slams are not everything," he said.
 
"I'm giving 100% for each and every tournament that I play because I don't play a ton of tournaments [...]
"Tournaments like Toronto this week and Cincinnati next week are important to me, too. The motivation is huge for the next few years and obviously if I can win Grand Slams that's fantastic, but they are not the only motivation over the next few years."


Nobody values Grand Slams more than Federer, so that part about the majors not being everything is a bunch of malarkey. Federer doesn't play Toronto and Cincinnati because he wants those trophies, he plays them because he hopes that winning those trophies will help him win the one he truly wants at the U.S. Open.
Will Federer reach his goal of 20?
He just turned 29 and has four Slams to go, so it's a reasonable goal. For the foreseeable future, Federer will still be one of two favorites entering every Grand Slam outside of Paris. Let's say he'll seriously contend in Slams until he's 31 (nine more majors). If he gets two or three wins in those, he's bound to play well enough in his early-30s to sneak into a few finals, a la Andre Agassi. There's four majors to be had, barring injury.
This is all legacy building though. Federer could retire today as the greatest who ever played. If he doesn't get to 20, nobody will think it's a failure, except Federer himself. An that's precisely why we think he'll do it.

BTW, has anyone seen Federer play this week in Toronto? His light pink shirt is growing on me, however, with the chocolate brown shorts and white shoes, it does make him look like Neapolitan Ice Cream.


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Overall I'm liking this change in color direction for Fed's duds particularly the move away from black, navy and white for his shorts. You don't really see brown tones used much at all on the courts. And, while it's quite preppy it's absolutely refreshing. Unfortunately, from the Nike reps I speak with, he will be wearing his go to color of blue at the open. Blue, always blue. But it is Federer, so honestly, he deserves to wear anything he wants. I'm just sick of seeing him in blue.

That also brings us to Nike's other big name...Rafael Nadal.
The Mallorcan Matador also showcased a new new set of threads in what the clothing giant calls the "Nike Vamos Lawn Crew". There was a bit of discussion in the headquarters of Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ about what color this is (I was calling it salmon pink while I also "heard" watermelon, bubble gum, neon + flamingo pink) but here's the official color name: solar red. Hmph.
 
It was paired with the same white Vamos Woven Short from his Wimbledon run.
 
Much like the Federer shirt, it is growing on me. It's like something borrowed from Tron's color-blind cousin. 

Wimbledon Whites-Opted out for Olympics.


White and green won't be the only colors at Wimbledon during the 2012 Olympics.
Officials at the All England Club announced Friday that they would relax the traditional all-white dress code when the tennis competition is held at the venue during the London Games. In a statement, All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club executives stressed that the Olympics will be its own event and wouldn't need to conform to the usual rules in place for Wimbledon.

Too bad Agassi is no longer playing, He could finally show up on center court with his denim shorts, pink compression shorts and hair weave.



Or he could show up with his post weave (shaved head), bandana, checkered, striped, dotted ensemble he wore at the Aussie Open in 1995. Personally I think Agassi looks less like a tennis player, and more like a computer virus!


White will continue to be the required color for Wimbledon and hopefuly it will stay that way. Say what you will about Wimbledon's pompous, self-righteous rules, but I like them. Sports are overrun by logos and advertisements and awful pop songs blaring during breaks in play. It's nice to have two weeks a year where some semblence of tradition still remains.

Although, a player who respects the all white Wimbledon rule is Roger Federer. 


Even if a relaxed dress code is allowed, Roger Federer will show up in something presumably Federer/James Bond-esque dapper motif. Although traditionally, Bond stayed away from white suits, and preferred his basic dark blue suit of serge or tropical worsted or alpaca, depending on the climate, a heavy white silk shirt and a thin black knitted silk tie, dark blue socks and well-polished black moccasin shoes. 



Roger strikes me as a James Bond type. Perfectly tailored suits, high Performance, yet refined sports cars, and the women...oh wait, Roger is "happily" married with infant twin daughters. Damn, And for a second I thought Roger's life was perfect. Notice one of the items on the magazine cover "on his friendship with Tiger". Pretty funny. So maybe Tiger Woods is more like James Bond?


James Bond of course, is a legendary cocksman! He has laid more women than a carpenter has laid tile.  So many in fact, he has recently had his share of "medical troubles". How do we know, because the restless, fact-finding department of Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ known as TITS™ (Tennis Investigative Tycoon Squad) has recently uncovered a phone call that Mr. Bond delivered to a past female friend. Due to some audio trouble, we were only allowed to capture Mr. Bonds comments.
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So without further ado...

One Side of a Phone Call from James Bond...

-Hello? Is this Giganta? Giganta Crotchetta?

-Oh, grand! It's Bond.

-Y'know...James Bond? OO7?
 
-Shaken not stirred? Tuxedo? The trunk-sized jet pack? We had a run in with an Austrian terrorist with the overdeveloped reptilian brain and a predilection for man-eating octopi launching bazookas?

-Well, contacting you took quite a bit of doing actually. You see, first I tried Giganta Crotchetta. I must have looked in every phone directory that MI-6 could hack into. Then I figured out that Giganta might be a code name. I mean, who has the name Giganta Crotchetta? Rather silly, when you think about it?

-Yes, yes I suppose you do like it. Anyway, I recalled that I kept one of your garments "?your knickers actually. And there it was. "Honey Rider" is a much prettier and commonplace name. You should use that.

-Ah, yes. The, uh... point. Well, it seems that... well, there's no delicate way to put this. I have a rather nasty case of syphilis. And, um, I'm calling all my sexual partners to let them know that they should go get tested.

-Uh-huh. Right. I know it was ten years ago. But the syphilis is rather unusual.

-Well, it has gonorrhea.

-Yes, my syphilis has gonorrhea.

-And the gonorrhea has lice. And the lice have some undiscovered disease that's kind of between hemorrhagic fever and the mumps. It"s a virulent mutant strand developed by Dr. No-Means-Yes during Mission: "The Russian Spy Who Loved To Thunderball Me with Octopussy."

-Yes, I know I said I had a condom. But you see all the condoms I had were made by Q, and apparently, the condoms weren't meant to be condoms -- they were designed to be used as a pocket parachute. Good man. If you need to have your stapler work as a gun, he's your boy. Anyway, you didn't notice because while we were passionately embraced, your tongue accidentally trigged my knockout gas tooth and you, um, drifted off to sleep. But trust me, you enjoyed yourself. They all do. 

-Anyway, with all the rather bizarre ailments my, um, bizarre ailments have, the doctors have advised me to contact everyone in my sexual history about my condition. No small feat, I assure you. If you saw the list, you'd think I'd been having sex with my fellow spies for 50 years!

-Well, this is what the doctors suggest. Right now, I am in a remote island facility. Actually there's no facility. Just an island. And me. But they'e building one as soon as they can find enough hazmat suits. Anyway, a helicopter is going to pick you up and bring you to the island where we can be treated in isolation.

-Chin up darling! Look at it this way: it'll give us a chance to get caught up. And maybe once some of the redness goes down, along with some of the greenness and the larvae, we can do some REAL reminiscing.

-"Oh, James." What's that supposed to mean?




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Simple Energy Xchange. Roddick's Rough Road Ahead. POTUS. Serena's Night Moves And So Much More.
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Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ is back again with another exciting post. Many of you, much like the worlds top players are coming off of a well deserved summer vacation. The tennis action has been decent, but the real action does not heat up until the ATP Tour visits Toronto on Monday. Then, it's about 30 straight days of tennis including the US Open! Isn't that what late summer is all about?  Tennis, Tennis, and more Tennis?

Actually, there are a few other things summer brings us. For some, its the stressful family vacation, oppressive and exhausting heat, rising gas prices, the increased cost of summer utility bills with the A/C cranking, and dealing with kids all summer. For everyone else, including Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ summer is about wild international adventures to lands of gorgeous women, raucous sweaty sex, thinking of ways we can reduce our carbon footprint, and definitely not having to deal with kids.

Which brings us to an idea that Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ has been developing.

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Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ has often wondered why we rely so heavily on unsustainable resources and harsh fossil fuels. There is nothing attractive or glamorous about these resources. Except for the fact that after the BP Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil leak that a little oil coated pelican was a pleasure to cook and eat. Chef's tip: a zesty cilantro-mint sauce with a fresh corn puree goes great with this bird!



Depletion of these non-renewable sources of energy is taking place at a rapid pace because of the increasing demands of energy, with the modernization of our society. However, the time required for production of fossil fuels is millions of years. So, there is not enough scope to renew the sources of fossil fuels and therefore, it is high time that we start looking out for some renewable sources of energy that can be used as alternatives to fossil fuels. 
In the U.S., 65% of our electricity and close to 100% of our transportation energy comes from fossil fuel sources. This creates a major drain on our wallets, as well as creates pollution that, no matter your thoughts on global warming, is more than a little worrying. Fortunately, the Earth has the resources to allow the global community to climb free of fossil fuel dependency. It's just a matter of putting in the effort. And I think this is an effort everyone should want to get involved in.

This is why Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ is pushing the idea of...
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You heard correctly. Sex energy as fuel. Think about it. Each time a a couple decides to have sex, they simply hook up electrodes (artfully decorated to enhance the mood of course) to their a isolated part of their bodies, these electrodes will be hooked up to a small power box converter. This converter will store the energy created by the arousal and sexual activity. These converters could then be sent to the energy company, in exchange for a cheaper energy bill, depending on how many times you do the deed. 
The science and physics behind it are simple...
Friction=Heat=Energy
Excretion=Lubricant=Sliding Piston. 

Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ has also done extensive research into how much energy is being used during sex. The burning of calories certainly vary due to the activities, and the cooperation of both parties. Here is what our extensive research has indicated. 

The Act of Insertion

If the man is ready (same vice-versa) 1/4 calories
If the woman is not (same vice-versa) 574 calories

Satisfying Partner (organ size)
Most experts agree that size means nothing. Shape is what counts, and the man with a shaped organ can write his own ticket. In those rare instances where a man has a genuinely small member, he may have to compensate by working slightly harder, but this is good for calorie loss and energy production. A man with a really large organ, while he might not have to work as hard once inside, may exhaust himself just trying to convince his partner to let him put it inside.

Normal size 22 calories
Oversize         15 calories
Tremendous 8 calories
Teensy-weensy 163 calories

Positions
Man on top, woman on bottom (facing each other) 20 calories
Woman on top, man on bottom
(Many women find that in addition to its inherent sexual possibilities, this position affords a better view of the clock.) 25 calories
From the rear (Mysterious variation)         40 1/2 calories
Standing: Both partners of equal height 18 calories
Standing: Woman 1 foot taller than a man 90 calories
While in traction
(very useful during ski season)                 124 calories

Locations
On a bar stool                 20 calories
Rear of a Honda Civic         38 calories
In a phone booth, standing         14 calories
In a phone booth, lying down 274 calories
On an airliner, aisle seat 24 calories
On an airliner, middle seat 42 calories
On an airliner, window seat 30 calories
On an airliner, in the lavatory 100 calories

Possible Side Effects of Intercourse
Bouncing         7 calories
Sliding around 9 calories
Serious Skidding       12 calories
Full cartwheel       20 calories
Whiplash       27 calories
Knee burn         6 calories
Chafed elbows         5 calories
Chafed nose       11 calories

Sex Related Noises
Short gasps (per gasp)  3 calories
Wheezing (For Asthmatics)   5 calories
Squeals                    4 calories
Ecstatic moaning  11 calories
Low growling            8 calories
Squishing          10 calories
Shouting          16 calories
Screaming          18 calories
Urgent begging  22 calories
Any short speech giving partner directions
("Please don't stop," "Faster," "Just a little more" are common examples.) 25 calories

Approaching Orgasm
Letting go           5.5 calories
Controlling yourself   79 calories
Digging nails into your partner's back 11 calories
Trembling           15 calories
Shaking                   20 calories
Shuddering           25 calories
Trying to keep eyes open 33 calories

Orgasm
Real 27 calories
Faked 180 calories

Orgasmic Intensity Scale
Expression didn't change 1/2 calorie
Face turned purple 15 calories
Orchestra swelled 6 calories
Magical explosions 10 calories
Blazing Sheets         25 calories
Earth moved                 30 calories
Vesuvius erupted         47 calories
You began moaning in Latin 60 calories

Pulling Out
After orgasm 1/4 calorie
A few moments before orgasm 500 calories

Multiple Orgasms
For women:
2 14 calories
5 30 calories
8 47 calories
(Depending on greed, The rate of recovery a woman can enjoy around 10 orgasms within a 1 hour period without losing consciousness or disarranging her hair. As the number increases, however, she may begin to experience a form of "reduced sanity" that will temporarily interfere with her ability to cook, worship ,and ride a Moped.)
For Men:
2 21 calories
3 39 calories
4 57 calories
(For a man, its a different situation, perhaps due to physiological and biological reasons. Many men can enjoy up to 4 orgasms in an hour with little discomfort except for the slight ringing in the ears. With few exceptions, however, a man who tries to achieve more than 10 orgasms within that same period is flirting with deep coma and irreversible brain damage.)

Special Orgasms
Clitoral. 15 calories
Vaginal 21 calories
Penile 21 calories
Scrotile 15 calories
Rectal 25 calories
Oral
(can also occur during an especially good meal) 30 calories

The first indication that sex was a positive experience will be a buzzing in the pelvic area and a clear complexion. You might also feel pleasantly light, as though you were dozing in a vat of cream cheese. If sex was really terrific, you feel dangerously drained, as though your body had been connected to a large milking machine for several days. Additional reactions include:

Swooning 6 calories
Palpitations 10 calories
Shortness of breath 5 calories
Perspiring  8 calories

Possible Side Effects of Bad Sex
A less-than-sunny disposition 1 calorie

Recovering
Un-entwining 3 calories
Regaining motor control of pevis
(After especially tiring sex, you may feel numb from below the waist to the opposite wall. The result will be an inability to walk [put one foot in front of the other], which will seriously impair your chances of going to the bathroom or getting some juice.)  7 calories
Standing up 9 calories
Getting some juice  11 calories

Rolling Over and Going to Sleep After intercourse
(Classic behavior for shiftiness men who believe they've done their job and are now entilted to a rest.
This "rest" may include snoring.) 18 calories

During intercourse
(Women find this to be a subtle, yet direct way of suggesting dissatisfaction.) 32 calories

During foreplay
(Indicates either an advance case of fatigue or a serious lack of interest.) 12 calories
Avoiding the wet spot 80 calories

Trying Again
If the woman is ready 5 calories
If the man is not 456 calories

Dreaming
Regular dream 2 calories
Wet Dream
Add 10 calories if it occurs while in bed with your partner;
Add 30 calories if your partner notices 15 calories
Wet Trance
(Usually occurs in the presence of a sensual hypnotist.) 20 calories

Group Sex
Introducing yourself 3 calories
Overcoming shyness 8 calories
Swapping partners, willingly 4 calories
Swapping partners, unwillingly 62 calories
Jealousy
(Partner having more fun than you are) 16 calories
Mixed doubles         26 calories
Being nice to everyone 100 calories
Anger
(You suddenly realize that you're wanted for you body and not your mind. Difficult to cope with, especially if you have a post graduate degrees.) 10 calories
Finding your clothes   5 calories

Masturbation
For pleasure only  6 calories
For exercise, too  10 calories
For relief from tension  12 calories
To pass the time   7 calories
To avoid overeating  16 calories
To get in touch with inner self 10 calories
To get in touch with outter self 10.5 calories
To avoid insanity 24 calories
To avoid spending money on a date
(In addition to being a viable alternative to television, shopping, binges,
masturbation is a quick and inexpensive way to get warm.)     9 calories
Using your hand(s)   11 calories
Using your finger(s)     9 calories
Using tweezers  2 calories
Using an inflatable doll    44 calories
Using Any fruit or vegetable
(Except watermelon or a sprig of parsley)    19 calories
Using a vibrator, hand-operated        12 calories
Using a vibrator, windup 9 calories
Using a vibrator, electric 5 calories
Using anything not mentioned here 50 calories
In a pornographic movie theater - purchasing the ticket 2.5 calories
In a pornographic movie theater - finding isolated seat 78 calories
In a pornographic movie theater - adjusting raincoat    3 calories

Typical Sex-Related Fears
Partner hates me for what I did     4 calories
Partner hates me for what I didn't do    8 calories
Forgetting the instructions in the sex manual     10 calories
Climaxing too soon 5 calories
Climaxing too late 6 calories
Not climaxing 20 calories
Partner thinks of me as a sex object    9 calories
Partner doesn't think of me as a sex object 47 calories
Partner will neglect to adminster last rites should I not recover from orgasm    88 calories


Personal Fears
Gigantic cellulite that shake and ripple during orgasm    6 calories
Stretch marks that look like a plowed field             8 calories
Body odor of a disgruntled yak 25 calories

Getting Caught
By partner's spouse 60 calories
By your spouse 60.5 calories
Trying to explain 165 calories
Stuttering          28 calories
Throwing up
(Calorie counts here are flexible, depending on type of spouse-whether understanding and open-minded,
or narrow-minded and armed) 40 calories
Almost Getting Caught
Trying to remain calm 110 calories
Fright (includes trembling)    66 calories
Leaping out of bed   25 calories
Getting dressed in one large motion 300 calories
Thanking partner quickly    2 calories
Jumping out of window
(add 10 calories if window wasn't open)   15 calories
Landing  1 calorie
Running very fast    100 calories

Imagine all the energy produced during these acts. Now, look at your most recent electric bill, imagine a fun, exciting, and exercise friendly way of going green!

I'm not personally going to advocate safe sex (unless you live in Africa) because it is a personal thing for everyone, however, I will advocate the use of controlling the world's population. Here's a video to remind you.




Roddick gets routed, feels weak. But for a good reason. (At least, I think so) 

In the 3rd round of The Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington D.C. Andy Roddick was easily beaten by Frenchman Gilles Simon. Simon is a player that Roddick could easily dispatch on any other day. But on Thursday night, after the match, Roddick apologized to the press and claims that he has been feeling a little drained as of late.  

"I didn't feel right physically," he said. "I didn't feel right mentally. It was a pretty bad effort." Roddick admitted.
“I’m a little concerned about that. Feeling lethargic and not all there energy-wise, that’s not fun for me. I don’t enjoy nights like tonight.
It could be something simple, maybe a vitamin deficiency. I promise you I’m going to figure this out before I do that again. That’s not what I built my reputation around".


“There is a reason that I haven’t been playing a lot. It’s because I’ve been playing like crap. I felt I didn’t do one thing right tonight. I honestly don’t think it would have mattered who I played.”

No energy? A vitamin deficiency? You would have lost to anyone tonight? Those aren’t confident statements just a few weeks before the US Open, and on the eve of consecutive Masters tennis events in Toronto and Cincinnati.

Let’s hope it is just a purple patch for Andy and not some internal, physical, or personal ailment (yes, the “M” word came to mind). Whatever the issue is with Roddick – health, strategy, married to an SI swimsuit model, etc. - he needs to address it promptly.
Although, being married to the SI Swimsuit cover model makes Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ believe his fatigue may be from supplying a little too much power using the Simple Energy Exchange idea addressed earlier. 
If I was married to a swimsuit model, I don't think I would ever get out of bed with her, let alone force myself to travel to some distant city and play guys that just last year you were sleepwalking over to move to the next round.

(Many thanks to Sports Illustrated for the pics. Too bad they could not photo crop the belly button.)

Perhaps Andy and his wife Brooklyn are going green as well. But they are going green at a furious pace. I would love to see their electric bill. It better be awfully low. Too much sex is not a bad thing...unless you are bed springs, a sensitive back with fresh scratch marks, or a woman's urinary tract.

On a serious note, Roddick has confirmed that he will undergo tests to find out why he has been dragging in recent weeks. It was another disappointing loss for Roddick, who will drop out of the top 10 in the rankings next week for the first time in four years. Since winning in Miami in March, Roddick is 9-5 and hasn't defeated a player in the top 35. More alarming, each of those five losses has come to players ranked outside the top 30. Due to Roddick's loss, history will be made on Monday and for American tennis it’s not good. According to the ATP when the new rankings are issued on Monday, August 9, there will be no American men in the Top 10 for the very first time since the inception of the rankings on August 23, 1973. What's interesting, is that Roddick had commented years earlier that if he ever dropped out of the top 15 in the world, he would retire. This is surprising considering the toughness he has shown staying in the top 10 the last 8 years, as well as his huge fan base. I'll be the first to admit  that I was not the biggest Roddick fan, but I'm hoping he gets through the rough patch and gets back to his winning ways...just don't beat Federer or Del Potro.

...And speaking of Del Potro!

Here is something that has not been seen in nearly 7 months...Juan Martin del Potro, on a tennis court, with a racquet in hand! Certainly great news for all fans.


After missing almost the entire 2010 season with a wrist injury, the defending U.S. Open champion is back in training and posted a picture on twitter to prove it. The text along with it mentioned "smoothness" and how nice it is to have a racquet in his hand again.  Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ can't wait for his return. He still sticks to his return at the PTT Thailand Open. I'm so looking forward to Bangkok! For the tennis of course.

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President Barack Hussein Obama decides to help our national debt and finds solutions to the catastrophe that is the war in Afghanistan.



Our beloved leader did this by visiting Sam Querrey and the Bryan brothers, Mike and Bob, at the White House earlier this week during a promotional event for the USTA. Taking part in the USTA’s “Quick Start” and “Let’s Move” campaigns, Querrey and the Bryan twins were surprised when Obama made an unexpected appearance.
“I didn’t expect to meet the President today. We stayed a little longer and he showed up out of the blue,” Mike Bryan said.
“Tennis has given us a lot and today it was nice to give back. It was a great experience and we’ll remember this day for the rest of our lives.” Bob added.
“It was very exciting to meet him. He thanked us for coming out and hitting with the kids. It was an honour to meet him and pretty exciting that he just popped in like that.” commented Querrey. 
WHAT A BUNCH OF BULLSHIT! I'm so glad I was not involved. I would have been honest when asked my opinions. Why do these tennis players have to be so damn politically correct? Why can't they be honest and say what they really feel. Something like "We were on the south lawn, and the guy that is supposed to be controlling our country is frolicking around rubbing elbows with us. Glad to see my tax dollars hard at work."
Fix the country. Once you do that, then you can act like a celebrity. 


Although, this picture of President Obama reminds me of the last time I was in D.C. It was a few months ago. I had a layover in Washington, and in the washroom at the airport I saw a handwritten sign posted over one of those hot air hand dryers: "Please push button and listen for a short message from the President!"..........There's nothing like "hot air" and the smell of crap to give you that true Obama experience!!!!

I must admit, writing this piece on Obama, I have uncovered some incredible similarities between him and another famous Illinois Political figure. Abraham Lincoln.

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  • Lincoln eliminated involuntary servitude. Obama eliminated private sector jobs.
  • Lincoln and Obama were both married to ugly wives who went crazy.
  •  Each man's wife gained over forty pounds while living at the White House.
  •  Lincoln was hit in the head from behind. Obama hid his head up his behind.
  • Lincoln was shot in Ford's Theater. Obama shot up while riding in a Lincoln made by Ford.
  • Both men had vice-presidents who were illiterate Democrat senators.
  •  Andrew Johnson nearly lived to the age of 67. Joe Biden nearly had an IQ of 67.
  • Lincoln was born in KENtucky, Obama was born in KENya - before both moved to Illinois. 
  • Lincoln suffered from major depression. Obama caused a major depression.

Serena...Gets Some! (Warning: Vomiting will begin shortly)

The tennis star held nothing back while dancing, cuddling and even kissing Gregory! Is this the start of a new relationship?
 Serena Williams might have found a perfect partner after spending a very intimate night with TV star  from "Greek" Gregory
Michael on Aug. 3 at the Power Balance Poker Tournament & Party for charity at Drai’s in Hollywood.
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During a live performance from rapper "Flo-rida" (please don't get me started on the steaming pile of dog excrement that is rap) the couple was seen dancing in Serena’s personal VIP section. It quickly became intimate with lots of touching, cuddling and serious eye-to-eye contact when the 28-year-old tennis phenom decided to rest her medically braced right foot on the comfy leather couch.
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This was 29-year-old Gregory’s cue to start hugging her and plant occasional kisses on her forehead. For the next two hours, Serena and Gregory were inseparable as they drank Grey Goose and cranberry, danced closely and romantically touched each other. Adding even more fuel to the speculative fire, Serena and Gregory also left early — TOGETHER!

Ok. Gimme just a minute. I'm almost done vomiting. Ok. I'm back.

Let me add another thing that I personally, and Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ does not like...
Public Displays of Affection! Or PDA's as young hipsters occasionally refer to it nowadays. Public displays of affection rank quite highly on my list of "Things I passionately dislike" I have as much disdain for "PDA" as I do for umbilicus!

Random Pictures with Smirky Comments!


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Nadal is in Toronto right now, but he should have stayed in Mallorca. Say "cheese"

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Although this post has already been corrupted, I will show some discipline and not make a joke about the large phallic symbol (also known as the CN Tower) in Rafa's hands.
 
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Philippoussis was acting like a single man, out on the town in Los Angeles last week with a gaggle of beauties keeping him company, including one of his old party pals from Melbourne, aspiring actress and singer Chantelle Theos. D'DAY SHEILA! Keep in mind, they are now in L.A. Which means "aspiring singer and actress" really means waitress at TGI Fridays. But she is hot. Good job Mark. A legendary poon hound indeed.
I also guess this means his engagement is off with Actress Jennifer Esposito. NICE!



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Volunteering. Loving You and Vu! Breaking up. Feeling paltry to play but feeling perfect to party.
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 Hello Tennis Fans! Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ is back with another installment of our world famous blog. The responses to last week's post after my vacation were astounding and overall quite pleasant. I didn't know what my readers would do without me for the two weeks I was MIA. Turns out, many of you spent your time away from Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ and donated your time by volunteering. This is great and truly inspiring. I personally believe that volunteering is extremely important in keeping the community together and in creating a true partnership between the people, the business community, academia, non-governmental organizations and the Government. Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ are veterans of volunteering. I personally volunteer quite often at the local animal shelter. Animal shelters always need volunteers to help out with the workload. Just last month I had to euthanize 147 dogs and cats...all by myself!
 
Enough about volunteering, let's move onto all the happenings in the tennis world. We've got love in the air, as well as in the texts. Coaching changes, as well as an injury that erases your tennis calendar, but adds to your social calendar.

Till death do us part.
Radek Stepanek and Nicole Vaidisova were married Saturday at the Prague Castle’s Saint Vitus Cathedral.  Here’s wishing them congrats, best wishes, caviar dreams, happy families and all that good stuff. 

Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ believes marriage is a three ring circus:
engagement ring, wedding ring, suffering.

It’s the best news we’ve had from the pair all season. The 31-year-old Stepanek, currently ranked 29th in the world, missed both the French and Wimbledon this year due to injury and fatigue. 21-year-old Vaidisova, once ranked as high as No. 7 in the world, retired from the pro-circuit this year. Perhaps the young Vaidisova will reconsider? Here are some pictures...

 
Perhaps this one should not go on the mantle. Radek could have smiled

Nicole Vaidisova married Radek stepanek in Prague

One observation I have, Beware the strapless wedding dress! I always figure any girl will spend half the reception hauling it up over their boobs so that they won’t spill into their great-uncle’s Beef Wellington when they pay their respects at his table.

I'm glad these two players have found each other and decided to get married. Many people find themselves in relationships and don't know how to categorize it. Below, Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ gives you some tell tale signs on whether you are in love, lust, or married.

LOVE - When your eyes meet across a crowded room.
LUST - When your tongues meet across a crowded room.
MARRIAGE - When you try to lose your spouse in a crowded room.

LOVE - When you argue over how many children to have.
LUST - When you argue over who gets the wet spot.
MARRIAGE - When you argue over whose idea it was to have kids.

LOVE - When your only concern is for your partner's feelings.
LUST - When your only concern is to find a room with mirrors all around.
MARRIAGE - When your only concern is what's on TV.

LOVE - When you are proud to be seen in public with your partner.
LUST - When you only see each other naked.
MARRIAGE - When you never see each other awake.

LOVE - When your heart flutters every time you see them.
LUST - When your groin twitches every time you see them.
MARRIAGE - When your wallet empties every time you see them.

LOVE - When you're only interested in doing things with your partner.
LUST - When you're only interested in doing things TO your partner.
MARRIAGE - When you're only interested in your golf score.
 
LOVE- You only leave the house to buy coffee and croissants.
LUST- You only leave the house to buy condoms.
MARRIAGE- You only leave the house when you're allowed to.

Hope that helps.
 
I'm Hot For Teacher!

In recent years, If you are a school teacher, It seems like the stylish thing to do is give your students some extra attention. For those interested in seeing what I mean, here's a link...
blog.collegebars.net/hot-teachers-seduced-students/
Near my hometown of Tampa, FL, police had investigated a Plant High School tennis coach over allegations that she had a relationship with a student that involved kissing and sexual touching. In their report, police noted that thousands of text messages were exchanged between Mary Lynn Vu, a 31-year-old biology teacher, and a 16-year-old girl on the tennis team. The student claimed they kissed in the classroom and touched each other's genitals through their clothing. The student later told police she and Vu had exchanged more than 12,000 text messages over the past year. In one message sent around midnight, the student said the teacher stated "that she was drunk and that she wanted to kiss me." The student also said they had "tongue kissed" and that the teacher had put "hickies" on her stomach. The alleged genital touching occurred on at least two occasions, including at the teacher's house. Vu has since resigned from her post at Plant High School and as the head coach of the girls tennis team.

Here is Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ opinion of this...WHY THE HELL WAS THERE NEVER A HOT ASIAN TEACHER HITTING ON ME DURING HIGH SCHOOL? Assuming she is a hot asian. I couldn't even get screwed by my ugly teachers in high school. These kids today don’t know how good they have it! Having their asses pinched by WOMEN!  In 1st grade, my teacher scolded me because I was staring into her cleavage. Little did I know, she was playing hard to get! If I only knew “the move” back then.
 Kids are just not that smart nowadays. If you are bopping your teacher, don't tell anyone. That way, no one reports it, and you can keep bopping! And what's the deal with the 12,000 text messages? I don't think I will ever create 12,000 text messages in my life! This student apparently had "relations" with the teacher multiple times...which makes sense, after all, that's how kids learn...repetition, repetition, repetition. www.instantrimshot.com
Also, the young girl was an honor student...then she was off her, then on her again, then off, then on her. www.instantrimshot.com  

I was unable to find a picture of the lovely(my assumption) Ms. Vu. So I have supplied one from a stock pile of pictures I have from Miami Nightclubs of a "artists rendering" of the teacher in question. I don't know which one she might be, therefore, you can decide and have fun.



But I was able to find a picture of the current Plant High School Girls tennis team. I have debated on whether or not I should show the following picture. The question of ethics and journalistic integrity come into question, however, due to the severity of this crime, and the importance of protecting our youngsters in the future, I feel its quite important to give a face to this insensitive crime. In this case, 14 potential faces! They did not release the students name, so I have been staring at this picture seeing which girl has the most overdeveloped thumbs from the 12,000 text messages! Unfortunately, some are hiding their thumbs. Perhaps embarrassed by their overly muscular digitus primus!
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What I find amusing is the note above the team picture on the Plant High School website states 
"Contact Ms. Vu for more information about Girls Tennis.  Oh, and by the way, the girls team?  They are soooooo good."
Does the statement "soooooo good" refer to the fact that they were the 2009 Florida State 3A State champions, or something else?
See for yourself 
plant.mysdhc.org/Tennis

Yes it’s a great time to be a kid. Better time to be a horny kid. Even better time to be a horny, unscrupulous kid with a death wish against your math teacher. Now get to class! Here's a long distance video dedication to all students.


Breaking Up. The hardest thing to do.

So we all know breaking up is difficult. For tennis players, it has been happening alot recently. Of course, with breakups come newfound relationships.


Coaching carousel in full spin
Recent changes made by players to their teams:

- Maria Sharapova dumps old trainer. Now has a new trainer, Scott Burns, who once worked with Ana Ivanovic.
 - Ana Ivanovic dumped old trainer, now has a new trainer, Maria Lojanica.
- Shahar Peer is splitting up with Coach Pablo Giacopelli
- Svetlana Kuznetsova has dumped old spanish coach. Now working with Loic Courteau, former coach of Amelie Mauresmo and, most recently, Julien Benneteau.
- Julien Benneteau has split with Loic Courteau, and now working with Thierry Champion, former coach of Gael Monfils
- Marcos Baghdatis has  a double break up. He split with coach Eduardo Infantino and trainer Horacio Anselmi.
- Bernard Tomic has split with trainer Yutaka Nakamura. 

So you see, even in the tennis world, two individuals go their separate ways. Perhaps some hurt feeling, perhaps some sleepless nights, perhaps even an afternoon spent with the shades drawn to darken the mood, some prescription pills, your stereo system playing The Smiths gently in the background while you are on your couch caressing a box of wheat thins, some Krispy Kreme Donuts, and a bottle of Jim Beam to make all the pain go away.


But the two biggest changes are from Andy and Roger!
- Andy Murray has split with coach Miles Maclagan.

 In 2007, when Maclagan took on the coaching duties, Murray reached his first two Grand Slam finals at the 2008 US Open and 2010 Australian Open, losing on both occasions to Roger Federer, and rose as high as second in the world rankings last August.
However, a first Grand Slam title still eludes him and the defeat in Melbourne was a major blow as he clearly believed he was about to win his first major. A slump in form followed and, although it was arrested with an impressive run to the last four at Wimbledon, Murray remains without a title in 2010 and is now fourth in the rankings.
After this week's tournament in Los Angeles, he will play at the Rogers Cup in Toronto and the Cincinnati Masters in the build-up to the US Open, which begins on 30 August. Rumor has it that Murray will begin working with Australian Coach Darren Cahill. The Aussie has coached Hewitt, Agassi and Federer. The former top 10 player was an aggressive serve and volleyer and will hopefully tweak Andy Murray's game just enough for him to become more aggressive. This, I believe will certainly help his chances at majors. Murray's passive counter punching style has won him 0 majors and I believe the primary contributor to his lack of success in the grand slams. Plus, I don't see Cahill chilling out in an umpire's chair working on his tan like Maclagan was earlier in the year at Indian Wells.
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Fortunately, these tennis break-ups happen quite frequently, and both parties have been down this road before. But It does remind me of my college days, and how breaking up was always hard...depending on what major your significant other was studying at the time.

PSYCHOLOGY: Girl accuses guy of just using her as a substitute for his Mother.
SOCIOLOGY: One claims to have been oppressed in the relationship.
RELIGION: One prays for reconciliation and/or curses God
ARCHAEOLOGY: One tries to bury the past, and accuses the other of trying to dig it up.
THEATRE: "OH MY GOD! Life has... ENDED... as we KNOW it!"
BIOLOGY: "You just wanted to get in my genes!"
PHYSICS: One resigns themself to the fact that what goes up must come down.
JOURNALISM: "Today was the end of an era. Jack, 19, and Jill, 18, called an end to their relationship of 2 weeks..."
WOMEN'S STUDIES: "HE did it!"
BUSINESS: One decides that they are spending way too much money together, and that it's simply cheaper to be single.
HISTORY: One party argues the breakup was caused by something the other party did in the past.
GEOGRAPHY: One person decides to simply move far away to avoid the other.
ANATOMY: "I never liked your body anyway."
ECONOMICS: One party demands more than the other can supply.
ENGLISH: One writes the other a perfect breakup letter, complete with introduction, thesis, body, and conclusion, that doesn't really say anything substantively intelligible.
EDUCATION: One person concedes that the relationship was a learning experience.
COMPUTING: "Man, this bytes -- we just couldn't interface" and/or "His hard drive was more like a floppy."
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER: "It's just so shocking... I'm sure there are positives and negatives, but..."
ARCHITECTURE: "There just wasn't much to build on anyway..."
JEWISH STUDIES: "OY! You should feel so guilty!"
PHILOSOPHY: If 2 people break up in a dorm and there's no one to witness the breakup, are they really single?
ZOOLOGY: They were able to mate like banshees, but lacked sophisticated communication skills.
PHYS. ED.: One punches the other out in frustration.
CHEMISTRY: "It was just the wrong chemistry between us..."
COUNSELING: One person urges the other to, "Get help!"
MUSIC: One person utilizes an operatic lament (or, in some parts, a country song) to express his or her sorrow.
LAW: One sues the other for breach of a pre-dating agreement.

Moving on...

- Roger Federer is seeking a new coach, Paul Annacone, former coach of Pete Sampras and Tim Henman will be working with the Swiss maestro on a trial basis. 
"I've been looking to add someone to my team and I've decided to spend some days with Paul Annacone," Federer said on his website.
 "As Paul winds down his responsibilities working for the Lawn Tennis Association, we will explore our relationship through this test. 
Paul will work alongside my existing team and I am excited to learn from his experiences."
Federer's last coaching trial was a brief stint with Darren Cahill between February and March 2009. Swiss Davis Cup captain Severin Luthi has otherwise served as his part-time coach.
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Annacone is a terrific coach; His former pupil Tim Henman has nothing but the highest praise. Of course you also have to look at everything he did with Pete Sampras and conclude that that was pretty special too.

I have often thought with Federer that he is not a great match player. He is the greatest tennis player that has ever lived, and the greatest shot-maker ever by some distance, but I don't think there has ever really been a plan B to his game.

For those that need further evidence of Federer's shot-making ability, remember this shot?


Still not satisfied, remember this little gem from Roger in his younger days. Please forgive Andy Roddick for wearing a visor.

Of course, pretty much every time he goes out on the court he doesn't need a plan B but maybe his dip in form over the last couple of years has been the tipping point and he finally now feels that he needs a little help.
There is nothing that anyone, including Paul Annacone, can teach Federer about shot-making but tactically everyone needs a little boost here and there from time to time and I feel that's the one thing Roger really requires at the moment.So in that regard I think it is a good appointment. 
Annacone is very astute tactically and can help Federer get a little edge in the big matches.I'm not saying that Federer is bad tactically, but in the past he has won matches so easily because his talent is so sublime and so overpowering that he hasn't needed to be tactical when push comes to shove.However, he is now being involved in more and more tight matches and he has to find a new way to try and ensures he wins those contests. At least, That's what Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ believes.

Bad foot. Can't play. Can still party. 

Serena Williams is out of competition until (conveniently) the US Open because she has to have surgery on the foot that she cut when she stepped on a piece of glass at a restaurant.  No further details on what exactly the surgery is for. 

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So...sorry, Istanbul, Cincy, and Montreal.  Especially you, Istanbul.  We know she loved you the most.

Serena was able to shake off her "cut foot" to throw what was clearly, the best party ever!!! Didn't early reports say the injury, which took place when Serena stepped on glass at a restaurant, was on the bottom of her foot?

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Following up on news that Serena's foot injury will require her to miss all of the lead up tournaments to the US Open, now comes news that she's possibly, maybe, there's a chance, who knows, questionable for the US Open itself.  She had her foot surgery this week and is recovering.

It's still unclear why the injury was so extensive that she needed surgery, and why she's now projecting the surgery could keep her out of a tournament that is two months away.  She cut her foot on some broken glass after Wimbledon and played with the foot injury at that exhibition in Belgium (For $1 Million)  According to her WTT team, she had a cut on her foot and needed stitches.  So did she get the stitches before Belgium?  Is she just getting them now?  I'm so confused.  I'm sure she's hurt and she'll need to stay off that foot for a bit, but "stitches" ain't "surgery".
As with every Serena Williams injury, there's the usual buzz that Serena is either faking or not being entirely truthful about the extent of the ailment, mainly because she's being coy about how it happened and the timing of it (right between two majors). My guess is that she did hurt her foot but that she's milking the injury as an excuse to avoid playing the non-Slam tournaments she has long disdained. Here are some pictures after this "severe foot injury" of Serena hosting a party at her Bel-Air, California hose. For a foot injury, I wonder if dancing, and wearing heels is part of the rehab process.



Here is another picture of Serena Williams in LA at the ATP Tour men's event on the campus of UCLA. 


Oh, and here she is with a pop star named Christina Milian coming back from getting her eat on at some fancy restaurant in LA called "Madeo"


I'm sure they had fun...So much fun that my twisted mind is not really paying attention to their faces, or even at their chests, but to that stain on Milian's dress. What could that be? Let's face it, whatever is on that dress, it probably won't be as famous as that blue GAP dress from Monica Lewinsky in 1997. I'll leave it at that.

Perhaps next week, Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ can talk about cigars!


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Back From Brazil. Tennis Stars Take Time Off. JMDP Update. I'M COMING...in second!
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 Hello Tennis Fans! Did you miss us? According to many of your emails, I would say so. We missed all of you as well. Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ is back from our Brazilian vacation. Many fans asked us why we chose to go on vacation when we did. The answer is quite simple. Our vacation dates coincided with the vacations of the top tennis stars. The month after Wimbledon is a lull in the tennis calendar and many players choose this period to take a little R&R. If this time is good enough for them, then its certainly good enough for Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™

Later in the post, we will show you pictures of Federer, Nadal, Murray, and others enjoying their well deserved breaks. We also have a great new commercial that features the epic Isner-Mahut Wimbledon match. We'll get into the hearty tennis scene and results starting with the next post. But for this week, let's celebrate vacations and off court activities for tennis stars. So I apologize beforehand if this blog is not as tasteless, offensive, and blue as you had hoped for.

Back to Brazil, It was an amazing experience and one that we will not forget. There were many things that took place during our trip that Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ will always remember, such as my run-in with a pack of wild Brazilian girls who were dressed up like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!
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By the end of the night, they were big fans of Tennis Tycoon Media Inc™ as well. The only downside was that they all had belly buttons. Damn, so close to perfect.

Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ also realized how different things look, sound, and feel when you are drunk versus when you are sober. Granted, I knew before, but I believe the Brazilian climate, as well as the alcoholic beverages, plus being in the southern hemisphere had an even more powerful effect. Below I have created illustrations to provide examples of my observations.


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Ok, Ok, You guys probably wanna see pictures of beautiful beach from my trip...here are just a few...you'll have to visit yourself for the full effect.


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Now that you see what Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ has been up to on our vacation, let's take a look at what some of the game's biggest names did on theirs. 

Federer Frolics on French Island


Starting with the the Great One (sorry Gretzky) Roger Federer and his wife Mirka were hanging out in Corsica. On The beach, on a yacht, and eventually, in the water. 

Roger Federer showering on a yachtTennis champion Roger Federer enjoys some down time between tournaments by vacationing with wife Mirka in the Mediterranean. They join friends on a yacht and take a dip in the waters before hitting the beach to lay out in the sun.Tennis champion Roger Federer enjoys some down time between tournaments by vacationing with wife Mirka in the Mediterranean. They join friends on a yacht and take a dip in the waters before hitting the beach to lay out in the sun.Tennis champion Roger Federer enjoys some down time between tournaments by vacationing with wife Mirka in the Mediterranean. They join friends on a yacht and take a dip in the waters before hitting the beach to lay out in the sun.
 
 

Here are several things Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ likes about these pictures...
1. No sign of the kids!
2. Traveling in style on a yacht. A really nice yacht!!!

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3.) Federer not once looking in the direction of his wife.

Here are several things Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ does not like...

1.)  He brought his significant other with him. Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ Travel Tip: When going to an exotic locale where there will be women...don't bring yours. You would never bring sand to the beach would you?
2.) The physique is not what you would expect from one of the worlds greatest athletes. I'm not being mean, I just think it's crazy what he can do on a court looking like he does and not having an athletic physique by pro standards. Then again, It's safe to say I don't think Roger is o roids.
3.) I see a belly button. Yet another strike against him.

Rafa Rolls Onto The Beach

When Americans win big and go on a vacation, they go to Disney World. When Europeans win, and take a break, its to the Mediterranean.  
As was the case for French open and Wimbledon Champ Rafael Nadal. Even while I vacation, Nadal cannot stop playing with balls. Here he is kicking around a soccer ball on the beach. 




Yet another top player enjoying the sand and surf is Andy Murray. Here he is with his girlfreind Kim Sears in the Bahamas.
 

The couple stayed at the Atlantis resort, where they lay contentedly side by side on sunloungers, engrossed in their books and video games.

An onlooker said: "They spent about two-and-a-half hours by the pool, she was reading her book and he spent most of that playing on his Nintendo DS. BTW, Andy and Kim broke up last year because Kim claimed Andy spent too much time laying video games. Hmmm, boys will be boys. 

Our favorite swedish player Robin Soderling spent his holiday hanging out with a tennis legend. Here's Robin with Bjorn Borg. 




Gotta love it. I'd be hugging Borg as well if he said I could be #1 in the world! sports.yahoo.com/tennis/news

Maria Sharapova enjoyed her vacation with boyfriend and NBA player Sasha Vujacic. They spent time together in Italy. I must say, I'm glad Sasha is 6ft. 7in. tall. He makes Maria not look like a giant. 
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Seen in the town of Udine, located in the Northeast Italy.The couple were there at the wedding of Sasha's friend. I do love Maria's pants! Reminds me of the Hammer Pants back in the day. Can't touch this!

Personally, I preferred  "2 Legit 2 Quit". But that's just me.

Delpo debuts when??? Huh???

Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™  favorite Juan Martin Del Potro has announced that he will coming back on tour at the Thailand Open in Bangkok. Not only are we telling you this story because Juan Martin is our favorite, but also because it allows us to say Bangkok, and gives once again proves the USTA is feeding the media.



Ok, here is the full story. So our boy Del Potro has not played since the Australian Open in January (due to a wrist injury) announced on Twitter that he would be making his comeback in BANGKOK at the Thailand Open. Tennis fans got excited. Then, The USTA trying to capitalize and get some cheap PR released their "provisional" Entry list. It listed JMDP on the list. The USTA and other media outlets took this story and ran with it. Saying that Del Potro is going to defend his US Open title this year in New York. To anyone somewhat familiar with tennis, a "provisional" list is simply a list of all the players ranked high enough to enter the US OPEN, injury or not. mean, duh, he hasn't withdrawn from the US Open.  Ok.  But that doesn't mean he's playing.  So the news, well, isn't news at all.  Everyone go about their business.  Nothing to see here. But then, 75 articles via the internet appeared about how Delp is planning to play the US Open.  As if the fact that he's on the provisional list is news.  That's like Cincinnati announcing "Roger Federer will be playing!!!"  No shit, it's a mandatory tournament. Thanks for stating the obvious.

Of course, the USTA can't help itself and claim that not only is JMDP confirmed for the US Open, HE'S HITTING AGAIN!  You know, because the first organization JMDP's gonna call when he swings a racquet is the USTA! I don't think so. 
And to further humiliate the USTA, JMDP then gets on twitter and says he has not even picked up a racquet yet. Hmmm, US Open starts in 4 weeks. The good news is that he has been on twitter, so at least we know he's alive. I expect to see him in BANGKOK, and I look forward to seeing him!

 
There is pleasure coming in 2nd!

John Isner and Nicolas Mahut went at it for more than 11 hours during their epic first-round match at Wimbledon. Durex thinks you can equal that feat in the bedroom with the aid of one of their prophylactic products. This is a great commercial. Special thanks to Durex condoms for the info. 
Congrats to Isner and Mahut for playing the worlds longest, and safest tennis match. But unless you practice Tantric sex, I highly advise you to not go for 11 hours, and 5 minutes. Instead, a hard fought sweat drenching 4 set win should suffice. 

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Rafa Reigns on Rainless Wimbledon. Berdych Blossoms. Serena's Supremacy. Zany Zvonareva. BRAZIL!
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 As Wimbledon concluded on Sunday, tennis fans and Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ were fully educated on ideas that we always suspected to be true but needed a dry summer fortnight to further prove. For example...
  • Rafael Nadal is a hell of a tennis player. With or without the juice.
  • Tomas Berdych, when he matures, will be a grand slam contender and the owner of a top 5 ranking in the future.
  • Serena Williams, beyond a shadow of a doubt, is the best, most dominant player in women's tennis. When she wants to be.
  • Vera Zvonareva is talented. And a complete emotional mess!
  • Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco like each other...a little too much. These two have definitely touched swords. And by "swords", I mean penis.
These stories, plus a random thought(s) on Tiger Woods. Also, a trip to Brazil coming up for Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ 

Did anyone else find it amusing that I used the words "penis" and "coming" in the previous 2 sentences. Funny how that works.
Enough of the malarkey. Let's try to get back on track. I have a problem with that. A
s you may have been able to pick up on reading the past posts. Plus, as a philosophical insomniac with dyslexia, I often stay up late at night wondering if in fact, a dog does exist.

Also, we wanna get on with this blog because as we all know...






Rafa Rips Runner-Up Berdych at Wimbledon.

What more can be said about Rafa?  He won yet again.  At this point in his career he is virtually impossible to beat when he is healthy and full of confidence. He had a respectable hard court season before going on a tear over the last 3 months.  Since stepping foot in Europe in the second week of April, Rafa has lost ONE MATCH.  And that was in Queens after he had gone on 22-0 on his way to capturing three Masters shields and Roland Garros. Now he's also the Wimbledon Champ. He's 47-5 on the year. 

In the dullest Wimbledon final since Roger Federer beat Andy Roddick five years ago, Rafael Nadal won his eighth grand slam title, his second of the year with the prospect of many more to come, and gave the 12th seed Tomas Berdych a harsh introduction to the big time.

 
The ordinary tennis will not blight the achievement, because it is the last of seven matches needed to secure the title, but neither will this 133rd final be remembered with much affection.
Nadal still managed to thrill the crowd with a post match roll.



Congrats to Rafael Nadal as he manages to look superhuman.  Springing around the court with an infinite amount of gusto. Ripping winners from all angles of the grotesquely grey-once green grass. The thumps and rotations of his forehands and backhands pierce and gyrate through the air like a bullet fired from an elephant gun. The silent precision with a hint of  pre-meditated viciousness Nadal executes on his footwork is remarkable for a man of his size. The only other person I know who was capable of showing such innate power coupled with agility, speed, and Mikhail Baryshnikov like balance is of course myself! When I used to be a full-time, murder-for-hire Underwear Ninja! Those were the days.

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See, and you thought Underwear Ninja's did not exist. We do. We really do. Watch out.
I must say, my physique is not bad for a guy who as a kid looked more like a sculpture from Colombian Figurative artist Fernando Botero. BTW, for those of you wondering, I can explain. It was extremely cold in that room. 

Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ still questions Nadal's steroid use. Of course many Nadal fans will argue to the death that he is clean. I expect them to defend their idol. But why then is Nadal, who is one of the leaders (along with Roger Federer, and Novak Djokovic) of the ATP Tour player council adamant about the resistance to strengthen the current and somewhat lax drug testing policy. The vast majority of players call for new and more rigid testing. Nadal claims that the current policy is already "a lack of privacy" and a "disgrace". Hmmm, I wonder why? Why is the muscle man from Mallorca so hesitant because he may be on the juice? We may never know. Unless someone demands to see his "cohones" to check if they are the size of frozen green peas.

Perhaps we should ask Nadal's girlfriend Xiscia...or maybe Shakira, They were both in attendance at Wimbledon watching Nadal. 


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Ladies, I'm smelling a catfight. MEOW! Personally, I'll go for Xiscia. An exotic brunette with aviator sunglasses is always a good look. The only thing better is if she was in a kitchen...barefoot...I'll spare her the pregnancy.

But maybe Nadal is the anti-field mouse! 

For those of you who do not understand the reference. Perhaps if you do some basic research on rodent anatomy, you would then understand that a field mouse's testicles make up roughly two-thirds of it's body weight! Don't believe me?



NOW WHAT? Never doubt Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ Talk about the biggest, freshest balls in tennis! I think we just found the Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ mascot.

Berdych becomes bigger, then gets bonked by Nadal.

Mercifully for the 24-year-old Czech and those on Centre Court beginning to nod in the sunshine, the 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 execution was over in two hours and 13 minutes (about half an hour longer than Federer-Roddick), as Nadal reclaimed the crown he held before missing last year's tournament.



This big hitting Czech dethroned the Wimbledon King Roger Federer in 4 quick sets. He then took out then world #3 Novak Djokovic in straight sets. The booming serves, monster forehands and laser like backhands produced during Wimbledon served notice...finally! Many people have been promising big things from Berdych when he first arrived on tour. Little did they know it would take nearly 8 years.

Why has it finally happened. A couple things. For starters,  he believes. It's been six years since that strapping 18-year-old kid from the Czech Republic took out Roger Federer in the Olympic Games of Athens. Suddenly, it's all coming together. He reached the final at Miami, the semifinals in Paris, and now he played in the first major final of his career. He's always had the big serve and the forehand. His movement has improved and now his head is on board for the ride. A second improvement. Confidence and composure. From some of his big results in the past, he's always had the ability to play like this; the question is why he's suddenly doing it these past two Slams. It seems like the biggest difference is the he has started bringing it into big matches, like the one against Andy Murray at the French Open, or against Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon. According to Berdych and his team, the win over Federer in Miami -- where Berdych saved a match point -- and the semifinal run at the French -- on the surface where he's the least comfortable -- were a big mental boost.
 
But Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ believes It's his newfound motivation and determination. He can now do everything. And he wants to do everything. He has been content staying back and delivering thunderous blows from the baseline. Although moving forward and putting away easy volleys are a relatively new phenomenon. The Czech has even dug up some difficult volleys. As good friend Radek Stepanek pointed out this week, Berdych isn't letting the little things bother him, a transformation women's finalist Vera Zvonareva can relate to. More on that crazy bitch later. And I mean that most positive way as possible. Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ applauds the efforts of Mr. Berdych. We have been a fan for quite some time. One thing we are not a fan of...The popped collar!
 
Serena sweeps her way to the singles crown. 

A sweep. In team sports: a term generally referred to when a team does not lose a game in a designated series against a competitor. 
In the sport of tennis: When a player wins an entire tournament without dropping a set. That's impressive. That's what Serena Williams did. As she proved once again, she is the best player in this era, and arguably, of all times. One thing that numerous broadcasters agreed with is the fact that Serena has the greatest serve in the history of women's tennis. The woman is heads and shoulders above the rest, and the only thing that can stop Serena is...well, herself. the No. 1-ranked Williams overwhelmed No. 21 Vera Zvonareva (pictured below) of Russia 6-3, 6-2.


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There was no stopping Serena in Saturday's final to win her fourth Wimbledon title and, yes, 13th major tournament overall.  Just imagine how many more she would have had if she took her tennis more seriously when she was younger, did not threaten lines people, and simply gave 100% throughout the course of an entire tennis season. Now here are some not so flattering pictures of her, followed by some nice shots.
 
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Here are some pictures of Serena and Rafa at the Wimbledon Champions Ball. 
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And the goofiest couple award goes to...

And leave it up to Nike immediately after match point to promote their biggest stars and champions.

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Vera Zvonareva's Big Emotional Wimbledon. Big Emotional Career.

So as you may know, Vera Zvonareva can be a bit emotional. Her tantrums are legendary. There is no doubt she has the game to compete at the highest levels and in the biggest tournaments. But her fragile emotional state always gives fans like me plenty of ammunition. 
Vera Zvonareva endured the agony of losing not once but twice at the weekend as she followed up her defeat to Serena Williams in the singles final with loss in the women's doubles final. Many thought she'd have a similar outburst on Saturday during her 6-3, 6-2 loss to Serena Williams. They were wrong. It came a few hours later.
The 25-year old Russian played in the doubles finals a few hours after accepting the runner-up trophy on Centre Court. She and partner Elena Vesnina held a set point in the first set tiebreak, but couldn't close it out and dropped the opening set. It was all too much for Zvonareva to bear.
In between sets, she broke down in tears and had to be consoled by Vesnina. After the pair lost the second set 6-2, Zvonareva sobbed again, a loser twice over on Saturday.

Here's a picture of her Wimbledon emotions with her partner Elena Vesnina.
 

 
For those of you who would like to relive her epic 2009 US Open meltdown I have the video below. It is just over nine minutes. If you would like the cliffs notes version....skip the video and see below.


Cliffs notes version of Vera Zvonareva's meltdown.

After blowing six match points in the second set of a fourth round match against Flavia Pennetta, No. 7 seed Vera Zvonareva did the following things:
-- Cried on the court during the second set tiebreak.
-- Hysterically cried in the locker room in between the second and third sets.
-- Ripped off a portion of the medical tape that was wrapped around her thighs.
-- Complained to the chair umpire that the remaining tape left around her thighs prevented her from playing.
-- Screamed an obscenity at the chair umpire when she wouldn't give her a medical timeout to fix said medical tape.
-- Loudly yelled a compound word/profanity after hitting an unforced error.
-- Continued to rip the tape off her leg.
-- Smashed her racquet into a post.
-- Spent the final changeover sitting in her chair with a white towel draped over her head.
-- Lost the third set 6-0.

It's obvious that women are small, soft, sensitive, overly emotional creatures. For women that do not like that description, blame Vera Zvonareva for showing you in a bad light. For those women that agree with that description, keep up the good work, you can possibly be one of the Top 10 female tennis players in the world.

Romeo and Juliet...The Spanish Version.

Notorious Spanish poonhounds and BFF's Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez made the most out of there early Wimbledon exits as they were seen in Ibiza practicing their Titanic scene with one another as well as taking pictures of each other. I guess when you are such an advanced poonhound, you can act as homosexual as possible. These two lovebirds were seen on a yacht with a couple of bikini babes enjoying their free time in Ibiza. Showing their shirtless, hot and perfect bodies, they were imitating Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet's scene from "Titanic" and having a great time. Personally, I find these pictures truly disturbing. These two guys seem like they are almost as in love with each other as they are with themselves. How cute, they are even wearing similar bathing suits! Gag me with a spoon. The last time I saw this much guy on guy action was when I accidently stepped inside a Turkish prison.







The source of these pictures comes to us from the good folks at x17online.com. With assistance from Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ overseas department known as ERECT™ (European Regional Executive Committee of Tennis). Coincidentally, I think both of these guys happen to be erect during these pics. Also, they have a bit of a track record...



Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ random thought on Tiger Woods. GRRRRRRRRRRRRR
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Tiger Woods and his sexy Swedish wife Elin are heading for Splitsville (Population: A whole shit load of angry men who know they gave the woman half of everything) With the divorce comes the obvious question of how much is Elin going to get out of this deal? Some reports have the staggering amount of $750 Million while others more conservatively place it at around $300 Million. Either way, Elin, along with the kids, will be set. If she found a way to ditch the kids, she would be the most eligible bachelorette in the world. Until then, the red head with the club foot that works at the convenience store down the road tops the list. 

But the amount is not what amazes me. It's the fact that in legal filings, it has been reported that Tiger Woods spent up to $60,000
 on his sex rehab clinic he went to. Let me repeat that...$60,000!!! Folks, sit down and think about it. 

Tiger Woods went to sex rehab clinic for 6 weeks and paid $60,000! He practically bought his penis an Ivy League education. He sent his member to The Cock Academy. I mean, he's black and asian. He could have gotten a scholarship or something. The dude has got to shop around. What rehab was on his wish list? What was his dick's composite score on the SAT/ACT exams. Totally legit questions for an Ivy League level penis.





Does the price of the sex addiction treatment really make a difference? If you were to pay, say, just $20,000 for your sex addiction treatment, for example, would you be mostly cured but still wink at women? Just wondering. How much does a healthy penis cost? What defines a healthy, and cured penis? Is there a rigorous fitness, and psychological test it must pass before it can graduate and accept it's diploma?

And another thing, so many critics are all over Tiger Woods saying he was a bad example for children. Here's my question: Whose boring ass child watches golf on TV? Whose creepy, little anti-Christ, khaki pants wearing tiny tot can sit for 4 hours and watch golf? -- that's something my old, white grandfather watches while he falls asleep in his TV tray.

Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ goes to Brazil.

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Isner-Mahut Marathon Match. Kidney Stone Calamity. Wimbledon wobblers. Jennifer Jostles her Pills.
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 Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ is loving every minute of this Wimbledon fortnight. Hopefully, all you tennis fans are as well. Legendary battles, huge upsets (Federer, Roddick, Williams), saliva being hurled at spectators and a tennis player overdose! So many great story lines and the weather has been cooperating. That's scary! Alot of activity. British fans are at their most lame as well. Starwberries and cream anyone?


Plus, I had my very own epic battle.We have little time to spare...so let's get started with the biggest news out of Wimbledon since we last spoke.


THE. LONGEST. MATCH. EVER!!! BANANAS!!!
  • 11 Hours, 5 Minutes
  • 216 Aces 
  • 8 hours, 11 minutes or 491 Minutes (5th set)
  • 980 Total Points
  • 490 Winners
This was one single tennis match.
Do these numbers sound freakish to you?




The Wimbledon match between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut is so improbable, so thoroughly preposterous, one searches for comparisons. Suffice it to say that the fifth set of last year's classic Wimbledon final -- Roger Federer over Andy Roddick, 16-14 -- looks rather paltry just now.
 
Here it is – 6-4, 3-6, 6-7, 7-6, 70-68. No, this isn’t basketball. John Isner beat Nicolas Mahut as the two completed the longest match in Tennis history. Herculean, said John McEnroe. Farce, say others. Doesn’t matter which side of the fence you’re on, this was quite a physical feat by both men who need to take the rest of the year off. Here are some of the numbers, now in Wimbledon and tennis record books.
  • Longest tennis match in history – 665 Minutes, meaning 11 hours and 5 minutes, spread across three days of grueling tennis. I would have just started hitting double faults to get some rest and end it all, screw glory and professionalism. Maybe that’s why I was never good at pro sports.
  • Longest Set in history – 8 Hours! The second longest tennis match in history is Six hours, 33 minutes long, between Fabrice Santoro and Arnaud Clement in the 2004 French Open. The longest Wimbledon match before the Isner-Mahut Serve-Fest was between Greg Holmes and Todd Witsken in the 1989 tournament – 5 Hours and 28 minutes.
  • Most Games – 183 Games, 138 in the fifth set. The previous Wimbledon record, set in 1969, is 112 games.
  • Most Aces – John Isner hit 113, Nicolas Mahut 103. Both now top the most aces in a match record books, with Croatian giant behind them with a “pathetic” 78, set last year in a Davis Cup match. Karlovic also owned the ATP tour recrod, 55, from the 2009 French Open.
Sad thing is...somebody had to lose. It just happened to be the guy that won the most points, had a higher first serve percentage. Hit more winners. That's tennis. 


One last thing – With all the romantic and nostalgic notions Wimbledon creates, this was legendary! Isner and Mahut will go down in the history books as gladiators who spent almost 12 hours of serving the %#@$ out of each other, We can all tell our grandchildren, if they like tennis in the future (mine is a very distant one), that we watched two guys on the grass for 11 hours, and it’ll never happen again. I hope.

Wanna see what 11 hours of tennis does to your little toe?




If these guys were smart, they would carry this event over for more PR and more $$$. Oops, look like John Isner already has...

Nike Tagline: "Some marathons are run. Others are fought. Congratulations John Isner."

He also made an appearance on David Letterman. A pretty good top 10 in my opinion.



Inspired by Isner's stamina during the 11 hour match, David Letterman went backstage and banged one of his female interns! Unfortunately, he only lasted 11...minutes. For a guy Letterman's age, that's impressive. That's 10 minutes and 30 seconds longer than I usually go for. 



As for Mahut...A week after playing the longest match in tennis history at Wimbledon, Nicolas Mahut has landed a wild-card spot in a grass court event in Newport, R.I.

The International Tennis Hall of Fame announced Monday that Mahut will play in the Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships running from July 5-11.

Mahut will also present memorabilia from his record-setting match against John Isner to the Hall of Fame's museum. Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ was able to speak with Hall of Fame spokeswoman Anne Marie McLaughlin. She said she "Knows exactly what memorabilia will be presented." 

Unfortunately, she did not tell us. DAMN! Although, if I had used my charm, I certainly would have gotten her to give up the juicy details. But my charm was zapped, because much like John Isner and Nicolas Mahut in their 1st round encounter, I was deeply engaged in a monumentous struggle of my own...

Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ vs. The Stone of Death!

Some people had read my odd Twitter message, some, those closest friends, were in the SMS loop.

This past week was a bit of a struggle. I encountered something that I have never yet faced as a warrior of the world. An opponent so treacherous, so terrifying, so tyrannical on my body that liquid emotion many humans call "tears", dripped from my eyes. 

Your beloved leader was stricken with kidney stones. Just remembering this "winner take all steel cage match" that I competed in I must admit that words fail me at a time like this. Unfortunately, I'm writing a blog, so it would not look good if there was a lot of white space. So I shall try my best to describe this kidney conundrum that I dealt with. 

There is a long list of life experiences that young men hope to avoid; divorce, impotence, senility, and retirement community living. These are certainly some frightening possibilities, but they do not strike fear into the hearts of men the way the words "kidney stone" do.

If you know what a kidney stone is, you are probably already shuddering in pain. In fact, you are probably conjuring up images of Arnold Schwarzenegger pulling that tracking bug out of his nose in Total Recall. For those of you who are unaware of what it is, this is an introduction to one of the cruelest afflictions ever unleashed upon the human body.



Now, Imagine that ball being jagged and coarse. And instead of Arnold's nostrils, imagine my penis hole. Get the idea. Before I passed mine, I was told (by a woman) that they hurt more than going through labor. GREAT! 

Imagine shards of glass, sandpaper, and live fire ants all wrapped up into a petite meteorite form. That when activated, will cause unimaginable discomfort to your most sensitive of areas. It ripped through my uterer and urethra and out through my one-eyed monster like the hands of an obese kid tearing through a paper McDonalds bag for his lunch.



As you can imagine, the pain was intense. Almost orgasmic except for the minor details of blood, tears, intense back and groin pain, and yelling at the top of my lungs. Well, actually, just the back and groin pain were the details preventing it from being orgasmic. 

Many special thanks to my dear friend and "Urologists to the Stars" Dr. Mitchell Finkelstein of Barstow, California. 
Dr. Finkelstein, Thanks for calming me down when I was pissing blood. This song is for you...cause it mentions Barstow, on Route 66. And it's performed by the greatest band ever...DEPECHE MODE!



So, here was my worthy adversary...



Who knew kidney stones are shiny and resemble Thomas Jefferson! Actually, my opponent is lying on the nickel. I did name him Thomas though. After Thomas Muster, not President Jefferson. BTW, you may think it's small...and it may very well be according to you because you think size matters, but this is what I felt coming out...




That's right. It felt like the Rock of Gibraltar. Wow! Who knew my penis could produce the symbol for Prudential.

Ladies, don't worry. No vas deferens were harmed in the process!

It was a tough battle, but you have earned my respect Mr. Thomas. Those moments when you were scraping my urinary tract walls were truly memorable. May we never ever do battle again! Here's a tribute to you. I hope you enjoy Audioslave "Like a Stone".

 
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Roger Federer, Andy Roddick and Venus Williams get bounced out of Wimbledon.

Allow me to use a horrible pun...it was Czech mate for Tomas Berdych. King Roger will have to wait at least one more year to claim his 7th title at Wimbledon. Federer was upset by a talented player who has always had the skills, but not always the mental capacity. Federer has struggled with his form during the entire tournament. Although Berdych defeated Roger the last time they met in Miami, it's always shocking to see Roger lose. Especially on grass. Especially at Wimbledon. Especially before the finals. Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ hopes Roger can regain his form for the US Open. We are rooting for you Mr. Federer.

Photo Titled Berdych joy



Federer was emotional in the press conference afterwards saying he cannot wait for the French Open and Wimbledon to come around again next year. Roger complained about a bad back and thigh throughout the course of the last 3 weeks.  But Federer did not take anything away from his opponent as he said that Berdych played better and deserved to win.

Fifth seeded American tennis star Andy Roddick was upset on Monday by the 82nd ranked Yen-Hsun Lu of Taipei. The match lasted 4 hours and 36 minutes which unfortunately after the Isner-Mahut match seems like a stroll in the park. It took 5 sets and 3 tie-breaks as Lu frustrated Roddick with flat and penetrating strokes that stayed low on the grass. The score of 4-6, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4), 6-7 (5), 9-7 tells you how close it was, but Roddick admitted he did not play his best and his opponent deserved to win.




It's a shame for Roddick as he found himself the sentimental favorite at this year's Wimbledon after last years emotional loss to Federer. 
Ironically, 1 hour after the match with the Chinese player, Roddick said he felt like playing another set.

Meanwhile, 5 time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams was not just upset, but thoroughly beaten by Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova. Pironkova by the scoreline of 6-2, 6-3. Coincidentally, Pironkova, just like Lu, is also ranked 82 in the world. 82 seems to be a luck number. And all this time I thought it was 69. This was probably the biggest upset of the entire tournament. Venus Williams, the 5 time champion whose game is tailor made for the grass was defeated handily by a girl whose home country of Bulgaria does not have 1 single grass court!



Ok, was there at least 1 camera on the other side of her taking a picture?...Please!

This upset was more surprising than when my uncle had the balls to show up at the family reunion dressed in his professional work clothes in his most common frame of mind....an alcoholic, overweight, foul smelling circus clown!

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As I type this post, the Men's quarterfinals are being played. Typing this while watching tennis is a great test of my multi-tasking skills. If you would like to see further proof of my extraordinary skills, look no further than the picture below as evidence. I am remotely operating my tri-pod while performing coitus escapades with a friend and kicking butt on level 16 on World Of War Craft. C'MON!


As of now, It looks as if Djokovic, Berdych, Murray, and Nadal are your final four on the men's side. Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ likes Berdych...assuming he keeps up the level he played at today against Sir Fed.

On the women's side, It's Serena Williams and that's about it. The only other seed is Zvonareva is she is talented, but too emotionally unstable to handle the pressure. Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ is predicting Serena all the way, but we always appreciate the upset. 


At least Venus can remain at Wimbledon to watch her sister Serena win yet another title at the All England Club. But for Roddick, apparently he will have a little spare time on his hands to do some house hunting with his wife Brooklyn Decker. Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ reports that the tennis star and bikini model wife are looking at her namesake borough in New York. They were spotted looking at several apartments at J Condominium in DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) neighborhood. A 33-story riverfront building near the Manhattan Bridge. Sources said they "are looking for a Brooklyn apartment to complement their Texas spread and didn't want to buy in Manhattan." The pads feature floor-to-ceiling glass windows and views of the skyline. While Dumbo condo prices approach the $1000/square feet range, there are some who believe it is worth the price (either because of proximity to Manhattan or cool neighborhood vibe) and others who say that anyone who purchased in Dumbo are idiots and will not be able to sell later at their purchase price. Either way, Roddick and Decker are young, beautiful, and rich. Therefore, smart business sense and savvy investing simply does not matter at this point in their lives. It's a completely different story for the old, ugly, and poor.


 

Above are pictures of the J Condominium. Looks nice. Several people close to the couple have already admitted that the couple purchased a unit inside the posh building.

From tennis at its best, to tennis at its worst!
On Wimbledon's Court 18, Isner and Mahut showed grace, sportsmanship, and the competitive spirit that sport should personify. They did it for over 11 hours.
The next day, all those positive traits were no where to be found. Romanian Victor Hanescu was playing Germany's Daniel Brands. The incident(s) in question that happened Friday night occurs when 31st-seeded Hanescu spit towards some hecklers in the crowd at Court 18. Shortly after, Hanescu retired in the fifth set of his match with German Daniel Brands.

victor hanescu bcr open 2008 4 by Open Tenis.


The Romanian was flagged for an unsportsmanlike violation late in the match that ended
6-7, 6-7, 7-6, 6-3, 3-0, when he spat angrily while being heckled by the normally placid crowd at the All-England club. He eventually walked off the court prematurely with an apparent injury.
 
The official reason was a leg injury, but Hanescu had asked for the match to be halted because of darkness, and when it wasn't, Hanescu seemed to quit trying on many points, purposely foot-faulting and not running for balls.
 
He was issued a code violation for unsportsmanlike conduct after the spitting. The maximum fine for an unsportsmanlike conduct violation carries a maximum fine of $10,000. Either way, Hanescu was unhappy. It could have been because of his physical condition or the inconsistent play that led him to squander four match points in the third set. Here's the video. Sorry for no sound.

Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ is reporting that Hanescu originally asked the umpire to call the match because of darkness. He then was heckled after foot-faulting en route to dropping the subsequent two games -- the first two of the fifth set -- prompting him to spit, swear loudly and earn a violation. 
 
Hanescu foot-faulted twice more to go down 3-0 before approaching the net in forfeit. He shook his opponent's hand and told the umpire that his hamstring was bothering him but, according to Brands, he may have wanted relief from the jeers. Either way, you don't spit at people, you don't tank matches, and you don't quit because you can't get your way. I know these ideas may be shocking to most kids in Boca Raton, but to the rest of the world, this should be common knowledge.  

Asked if he believed the four straight foot-faults, incurred as Hanescu stood motionless on the baseline, were intentional, Daniel Brands replied: “I think so. I asked him what happened — he said he was injured and had to retire". That's just weak.

BREAKING NEWS: Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ has just received news that Victor Hanescu, has, after 5 days of silence has apologized for the spitting incident that marred his third-round Wimbledon exit at the hands of Daniel Brands.

There was speculation Hanescu could be barred from returning to Wimbledon next year but he has been fined 7,500 US dollars for unsportsmanlike conduct and the same figure for "not using best efforts" at the conclusion of the match.
 
In a statement, Hanescu said: "I would like to apologise to the fans, the AELTC (All England Lawn Tennis Club) and everyone else for my behavior last night at the end of my match against Daniel Brands.
 
"There were people in the crowd that had been insulting me since the beginning of the match.
 
"I was winning, had four match points in the third set, but unfortunately I could not close it out.
 
"Then I got a leg injury at the end of the fourth set.
 
"I lost my control briefly in the fifth set after another insult from someone in the crowd.
 
"I should never have done that but I am human and I made a mistake."
 
Hanescu's apology should draw a line under the incident. Considering his contrition it seems highly unlikely the 28-year-old will appeal against his punishment.
The Apology seems sincere, and in his defense, he has never received a penalty of any sort while playing on tour for the past 11 years. Numerous players that I have spoken with say they were "surprised" by his actions and that this emotion and behavior is "totally out of character". Perhaps the usually docile Romanian was caught on a bad day. Fair enough, but for the benefit of tennis and yourself, don't do it again.

Capriati caps out on drugs...and that's just the beginning.

Tennis star and former teenage phenom Jennifer Capriati was found in a ‘dazed’ state in her Riviera Beach condo on Sunday and was said to have swallowed a handful of pills in an attempt to end her life.
Capriati burst onto the tennis scene at the age of 14 when she became the youngest ever to reach a tour final. Two months later, in 1990, she became the youngest-ever semifinalist at the French Open.


In her career she won three Grand Slam singles titles -- two Australian Opens in 2001 and 2002 and the 2001 French Open -- one doubles title and an Olympic gold medal.

Let's hope Jennifer makes a full recovery.

BUT WAIT...This is where the story gets good!
Jennifer Capriati's ex-boyfriend Dale DaBone (stage name) claims Jen got horribly depressed every time a grand slam event went down. Interestingly, the OD occurred Sunday, during the time Wimbledon was on. Jen would always complain she was forced out of tennis because of injuries and began taking prescription meds. 

This is where Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ shines...there's something else that DaBone says sent Jen on a downward spiral -- his recent return to porn! something Jen despised. DaBone signed on with Vivid Entertainment to star in "Batman XXX: A Porn Parody." 
 
DaBone explains that after Jen OD'd, he called her in the hospital Sunday night and she was "hysterical" over his decision to return to adult films.
Not that I watch these perverse and degrading films, but for my audience Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ has to do some research.

From what we gather at the T.I.T.S.™(Tennis Investigative Tycoon Squad™) Dale DaBone started in the porn industry in 1998, when he began shooting for amateur productions. His performance in one of those films, called Carolina Girls, was considered his breakthrough achievement by many, leading to his discovery by West Coast porn producers. Shortly after, DaBone moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue a professional career in porn. His real name is Dale Newton Rutter. According to his birth records, he was born on January 8, 1972 in Roanoke, Virginia, USA. Boy oh boy do I love public records! 
His first appearance in a major pornographic film was in Taboo of Tarot in 1999. Since then, he has appeared in approximately 443 movies. 
He has also won 2 AVN(Adult Video News) Awards. The first in 2003 for Best Actor in a Adult Video in the film Betrayed by Beauty.
In 2004, his career climaxed (pun intended) yet again when he shared the AVN award for Best Group Sex Scene in the hard hitting, action packed film Fade To Black. He is also an avid tennis fan and player. Hope that helps.
 
Hot Chicks

Being a top ranked tennis player, you need a handful of things. A good serve, a big forehand, amazing speed and agility and of course, a hot girlfriend or wife. Here are a few pictures from Wimbledon of women the general male population find hot.

Brooklyn Decker-Andy Roddick's Wife



Jenni Mostrom-Robin Soderling's fiancé. If you ever break up with Robin...CALL ME!™



Jelena Ristic-Novak Djokovic's Girlfriend



Speaking of Hot

Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ was recently invited to a launch party for  FEIN Energy Crystals manufactured by Fein Innovations, LLC. They have invented revolutionary Fein energy crystals. With the trademark slogan, “Conquer the night, take on the day™”, these energy crystals can be added to any favorite beverage, even water, to make it an energy drink without altering the flavor. Fein's formula is all-natural caffeine citrate and a suite of secret, 100-percent natural “taste erasers.” It is the only energy drink product to use caffeine citrate as its primary source of caffeine, making it an all-natural, soluble power plant for busy people on the go. Fein delivers 75 mg of caffeine per stick with zero sugar, calories, carbs and artificial ingredients with no taste or aftertaste. If you are interested in this great product, please visit 
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Roger Reaches Victory From Jaws Of Defeat.The Queen Is Visiting. French Open Femmes fail and More.
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Hello to all of the ardent admirer's that follow us. So much tennis news, so little time. A Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ favorite makes a comeback,The Queen making a visit, and of course, some informative notes on the early rounds of Wimbledon. Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ staff have already seen some great matches. If the first few days of Wimbledon are any indication, we are in for an amazing fortnight. The first day alone provided plenty of story lines. Federer escapes by the skin of his teeth. French Open champ Francesca Sciavone loses first round. Novak Djokovic plays late into the London night under the roof in an epic match. And Ana Ivanovic loses in the first round. Of course, that was expected, but she is hot. Therefore, Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ will miss her.

I'm sensing a buzz in a Southwest London suburb. The grass is a perfectly manicured green parcel of tennis Shangri-La. The strawberries and cream are fresh. The Union Jack is more pronounced. There is also someone out there preparing a large bowl of spotted dick with custard!




Wimbledon is upon us!




Before Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ gets into the highlights, There is one highly anticipated event according to the British Press.

To bow, or not to bow? That is the question.




The Queen is paying a visit to the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club for the first time since 1977! Players fortunately have been given the option to bow(men) or curtsie (women) while the queen is in attendance. Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ opinion...who cares? I admire people. I respect people. But I ain't bowing for no one. Man, woman, or space creature. No tennis player, a finely tuned athletic adonis should pay homage for some old broad that was lucky enough to be born into an quasi important, rich family.
Glad to see after 33 years the queen has made a special block in her "very busy" schedule to watch a tennis match or two. Seriously, why has it taken 33 years for some lady, who happens to be the female monarch of the British Empire to visit a world famous event in her hometown? What could possibly be on her agenda. She does JACK SQUAT!!!! Her only real job is to stay alive and milk this gig a little longer. Just like her son's (Prince Charles) only job is to wait for his mom to die so he can take over. I'm sure over the last 33 years the queen has been so busy managing England and all of it's other sovereign states like Barbados, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, and of course the Polynesian island nation of Tuvalu!

Oh wait, there is also our glorious British sovereign state neighbors to the north...CANADA!

She packed my bags.....................last night, pre-flight.

Ahhhh, Canada. The country that brought us hockey, Jim Carrey, smoking hot bartenders, gorgeous beaver, Rush (see previous posts) and so much more. Canadians are similar to Americans. Only friendlier, and without guns. 

Men's Gold Medal: Canada vs. USA by s.yume.



We should all be so thankful for Canada. Especially for the adorable beaver. But also because the country brought us a fine actor in Mr. William Shatner. Now don't get me wrong, he is not in the same league as Val Kilmer, Jeff Goldblum, or Christian Bale. But he is in the next tier. Still question his skills? Here he is performing the Elton John hit, and Bernie Taupin written "Rocket Man"






Wimbledon: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly. 

So as Wimbledon kicks off, we find ourselves sitting back, relaxing, expecting a ho-hum first few days. Everyone knows a Grand Slam event does not really get started until 4 or 5 days into it. Most first round matches are blowouts and nothing out of the ordinary occurs. Well, Wimbledon did not get that memo. On the first day, Three of the top five men in the world had to go five sets to advance to the second round. Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, and Nikolay Davydenko. But we will focus on the first two. Why, because studies have consistently shown Davydenko does not light up the ratings board for you goes. But we will show you a picture of Nikolay getting down. "I wanna boogie oogie oogie..."




Roger Federer


"...If you can dream - and not make dreams your master,
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same...
-Rudyard Kipling

It would have been the greatest upset in the 133-year history of Wimbledon. Instead, it served as a reminder that Roger Federer is no longer invincible.
The six-time Wimbledon champion stormed back from a two-set deficit against 65th-ranked Alejandro Falla to avoid an unprecedented first-round loss at the All England Club. Falla had Federer on the ropes in both the third and fourth sets, but was unable to close, as the world No. 2 held on for a 5-7, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (1), 6-0 victory.


In the first two sets, Falla used his massive backhand to force Federer into uncharacteristic forehand errors. It was a bizarre sight, as the Swiss star was netting shots that he used to make look simple.
Yet even when he was down two sets and facing three break points in the third, it never felt as though Federer would lose. He's been too dominant on grass (Federer is 48-1 in the last seven years at Wimbledon) and too consistent in Grand Slams to lose to a guy who has never won a title on the ATP Tour. When Falla failed to convert three break points, which would have put him up 5-4 in the third set, the match felt finished. After blowing that chance, Falla would surely collapse in the fourth and fifth sets and Federer would cruise to victory. The outcome was inevitable. This once again proves why Roger and his consistency in slams is amazing. Sure, any guy on a good day can play two sets and squeak out a victory. But how many players can, under the pressure, in one of the 4 most important tournaments in the world have the testicular fortitude to play breathtaking tennis through the course of 3,4, or 5 sets? Let's count all the names of the guys who have beaten Federer in the last two years in a slam. Rafael Nadal, Robin Soderling, Juan Martin del Potro. Hmmm, Out of the thousands of good players on out there, this seems to be a very exclusive club. Let's hope this 1st round match was a wake up call for the Fed express. 




Novak Djokovic 

This wild and crazy guy was pushed into a 5th set by the diminutive yet powerful shot maker from Belgium, Olivier Rochus. All 5 feet 6 inches of him (in tennis shoes)! For Novak, he did manage to win - just - 4-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2.



The Serb's match ended in an enclosed Centre Court at 10:59 p.m., one minute before the Wimbledon curfew. It was the latest a match had ever finished at Wimbledon. Simply for the fact that before there was a roof, the facility had no lights and play was routinely stopped just before 9pm due to darkness. The atmosphere for this match was electric. The commentators said it was the wildest environment they had seen. The stuffy, stoic, and well-behaved Wimbledon crowd was quite feisty after a few pints and the ability to stay late at the club. They could not contain themselves. Almost like when a teenager is finally free of his parents rules and has no curfew. There was diving. There was fist pumping. There was incredible shot making and point construction. Truly an awesome match to witness. 



Olivier Rochus played well. The anti-big Belgian put on a great show for the crowd and for those that were not familiar with him they may have a new player to root for. Personally, I've always liked Olivier Rochus, maybe because he has a one-handed backhand, or maybe because he is Belgian. I love Liege waffles! Délicieux!
 For you Olivier, I would dedicate this song to you. Even though you lost, the sounds of Randy Newman should cheer you up...unless of course you do not get his irony, and satire genius behind the true meaning of the song.



Now before I continue, I must mention that I had an influx of emails concerning the light situation of both European grand slams. If you remember, The French Open had its share of "light" controversy. You see, Both Roland Garros and Wimbledon do not posses lights on any of their courts. These relics of tennis history were built before long before the modern era and simply were not constructed with the purpose of hosting globally followed events of the current size. The grounds of Roland Garros and its main stadium were built for a weekend Davis Cup match between France and the U.S.A. in 1928. As for Wimbledon, it's a private, elite country club. The clubhouse has it's hours of operations and those hours do not include past most people's bed times. Therefore, lights were never used. When it's dark. you stop playing.

But many of you wondered why these events simply don't put lights up. Although this is a popular, and very fair question. It is a simple one. There are many questions like this that exist in the world. Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ would love to answer a few of your most popular FAQ's...so that your busy minds can rest at ease knowing the facts. Simple facts.

4 FAQ's that we frequently receive at Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ along with a shout out to the reader who last made us ponder the queries.

Question: Besides the addition of Wimbledon's new roof and lights, why do Wimbledon and the French open not just put lights up on all courts for the future?
- Norma Skock     College Park, GA

Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ Answer: Because it's tradition and officials of these tournaments are stubborn and respect tradition. I happen to have these traits in common with these officials. I'm like a mule and besides I don't like change. Sorry Mr. President. But change usually sucks. As the nation has now figured out. Thanks.

Question: How can you effectively wash out blood stains from clothing and carpets?
- J. Van der Sloot   Lima, Peru

Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ Answer: Great question. I'll break it down for you in 5 easy steps.  1.) The first step when removing a blood stain is to dab (or blot) up as much blood as possible with a cotton rag or paper towel. Cotton really is the best material to get that blood up because cotton is one of the most absorbent organic fabrics. It's a double-edged sword, considering how popular cotton is as a clothing fabric. If you can't find any cotton around, you should get a paper towel on that spot ASAP. 2.)Once you've dabbed up the extra blood, you'll want to run that blood stain under some cold water. Cold water is essential, because hot water will simply "cook" the blood stain into your clothes. That's bad, because cleaning a protein-based stain that's been set with heat is like trying to kick an oak tree down. 3.) After you've flushed the blood stain with cold water, you'll want to pretreat the stain with either hydrogren peroxide or a detergent with enzymes. Stop right here. Check the tag on the fabric in question. What does it tell you to do in the event of a stain? If it needs dry cleaning, don't bother pretreating, just get it to your dry cleaner as soon as possible. 4.) Now that you've prevented the blood stain from setting, you should probably wash those clothes in cold water with a detergent that uses enzymes. Enzymes are proteins that have been engineered or isolated by biochemical engineers to specifically target and break down other proteins like blood, sweat, urine, vomit, and feces. 5.)Clothes that have been potentially blood stained should only be air dryed in a cooler, shaded environment. Whatever you do, don't try to dry those clothes in a dryer after you've treated a blood stain. There is still a possibility that you haven't cleaned the blood stain out entirely and that you could still set the stain with heat accidentally. Hope that helps. It has helped me many times.


 
Question: What is the best time to wean the baby from nursing?
- Kourtney K      Hollywood, CA

Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ Answer: When you see teeth marks!

Question: Why is sperm shaped like tadpoles. 
-Mike Hoxmall,      Liverpool, England, UK

Tennis Tycoon Media Inc™ Answer: It's because no woman would wanna swallow something that looks like a frog!

Ladies, It's your choice!



Ana, Oh How I Will Miss You.

The tough thing about tennis is that on any given day, 50% of all tennis players will lose. During the 1st round of Wimbledon, Ana Ivanovic was part of that unfortunate 50%. Although she was not expected to win the title, I feel a sense of sadness and failure that because she lost on the first day, which means for the rest of the tournament, Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ does not get to see her. What a shame! But we still got pictures! Even in the dark she looks good. 



Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ is not big on the white leggings. Ana has great legs. She should show them off...as Maria Kirilenko demonstrates here! Ana, since you won't be playing much tennis this fortnight, do yourself a favor...CALL ME!!! The same goes for you Maria. 


 French Open Female Finalists Falter. 

French Open Champion Francesca Schiavone and finalist Samantha Stosur were first round casualties at Wimbledon. The French open stars played uninspired, lethargic looking tennis The clay prowess both demonstrated in Paris did not translate well to the grass of Wimbledon. Francesca Schiavone was always a question on the grass. But Stosur with her big serve, and attacking game style would seem perfectly suited for the fast, low bouncing courts of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. Guess not.  Schiavone's loss Monday was much less surprising. She had caught lightning in a bottle in Paris and all but admitted as much. A less rational/self-aware player would have pounded her chest and said, "It's Skeevy Time. I'm going for the summer double. I won one Slam and now I'm backing it up, $*%*%$*@!" Instead, her attitude was essentially: "I can die happy now."

With Roger Federer narrowly avoiding defeat, the biggest upset of Wimbledon 2010 as Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ writes this has to be Kaia Kanepi's defeat of Stosur. The powerful, athletic player firmly embedded in the "contenders nest" who just beat Justine Henin, Serena Williams and Jelena Jankovic at the previous major; or the player still unhinged by letting a gilded opportunity to win a major slip through her fingers? We got our answer on Tuesday. What a strange performance.




 Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ favorite player making a comeback!

This is some of the best news, and craziest news we here at Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ have heard in a very long time.

Austrian tennis star Thomas Muster, The Original "King of Clay" was the Rafael Nadal of his time. Or should I say, Rafael Nadal is the Thomas Muster of our time. The former World number 1 player and 1995 French Open Champion announced  Wednesday he's accepted a wild card into the ATP challenger event Nord/LB Open starting on June 28 in Braunschweig, Germany.



 
He said he planned to appear in more events on the second-tier circuit. The clay-court specialist, who won 44 ATP Tour titles, said he "still loves competitive tennis ... I won't set my goals too high but will just play my best tennis and we'll see where it brings me."
Muster said he "wants to feel that tournament atmosphere again. With hard work and the right ambition, a lot is possible."

"I never formally retired, as I said after that match I would go on a holiday," Muster said. "So now I am just returning from my holiday."
Muster has played on the ATP's Seniors Tour since 2003, and captained the Austria Davis Cup team from 2004-06. 

One detail I almost forgot...He last played on the tour in 1999. He's 42 years old! What do Cashews, Almonds, and Thomas Muster have in common. They are all fucking nuts! This is why Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ loves Thomas Muster.
To explain how wild this truly is, playing on the ATP tour at 42 years of age is equivalent to a couple having babies in their 50's and 60's. The only upside is that the parents and baby are wearing diapers at the same time.
The guy is a machine to the highest degree. He is a workhorse. A physical freak who has beaten the odds numerous times in his life. His career was almost ruined when he severely damaged his left knee when his car was hit by a drunk driver before the final of the 1989 Key Biscayne tournament. He was told by doctors that he would never play at a high-level of tennis again. He was back on tour less than six months later. He then went on to win the French Open in 1995 and become the top ranked player in the world. That is so Muster! For those that have never seen him play, Here is a clip of a typical Muster match. Nadal fans, eat your heart out!


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I'm not gonna go into too much detail about this following topic, for possible security and legal issues in the next few weeks, but I can advise all you tennis fans to keep an eye on Wimbledon as you just might see Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ promote itself in a unique way. 
Watch out for the Wimbledon streaker! Keep your eyes posted for some Summer shenanigans brought to you by your friends at
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Plus,  In our next blog, We will cover the John Isner vs. Nicolas Mahut  marathon match. It's BANANAS! Unfotunately, the match still has not finished as of press time. After 8 hours, 32 minutes, someone has to win. Right?
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Wimby Warm-ups. Feliciano Frolics. Verdasco + vixen. Roger and Andy TV ads. Francesca's fun photos.
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For Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ and the rest of the tennis world, it's the calm before the storm. A quiet two weeks between the French Open and the beginning of Wimbledon. Starting Monday, Wimbledon begins. Which means the British Press will be in full force. The strawberries and cream will be generously served, and American television journalists will have the unenviable task of having to interview British tennis fans with their cockney accents and below average dental hygiene on display.  

For that two week gap, there are several small warm-up events that take place. The most notable being The Aegon Championships at Queen's Club in London, followed by the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany. Which really, at the end of the day, simply don't matter. 


Gerry Weber Open tennis tournament 2008, Halle by heathersills.

We will review these tournaments later...as well as Father to be Feliciano Lopez has a new lady in his life. Plus, Shakira hanging out with a Spanish tennis player not named Nadal. We will have exclusive pictures of French Open women's champion Francesca Schiavone like you have never seen her before. We will also give you a sneak peak at Roger Federer's new Wilson Commercial.

But first...


I would be foolish if I did not recognize what many of Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ international audience have been watching the past week. That of course being the 2010 FIFA World Cup! I will try not to get too involved into the analysis of teams, strategy, predictions, or the teams I am rooting for (They rhyme with Prance, and The Heatherlands!)

This is a tennis blog after all. But recognizing the hosts of this year's World Cup (South Africa) and the continent of Africa, Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ has decided to provide a public service announcement and good deed for a continent ravaged by famine, civil war, political strife, poverty, and not to mention the HIV/AIDS Virus.

We are the Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ readers.
We are the fans.
We are the players who wanna hit.
So let's start serving.
There is an "out" call we're making
We're saving our own hides.
It's true you could make a better call,  but it's on my side.
(Tablature available upon request) 

Because Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ is out to change the world, I have acquired the help of some of my closest friends who also happen to be iconic internationally renowned musical recording artists (circa 1985). After the video, Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ will provide a helpful public service announcement to my African fans. But before that, please enjoy the video. BTW, don't try to adjust your audio when Mr. Springsteen starts singing. He actually does sound like that.



There are so many issues to deal with, however HIV/AIDS is a major public health concern and cause of death in Africa. Although Africa is inhabited by just over 14.7% of the world's population, It is estimated to have more than 88% of people living with HIV and 92% of all AIDS deaths in 2009.  These statistics are alarming. Crunching these numbers, it sounds like this HIV/AIDS thing is really bad. Unless you get the type of HIV that allows you to become a business savvy entreprenuer  and your business to open restaurants, theaters, malls, motivational and corporate speaking engagements and gives you the net worth of $700 Million Dollars!


This is also known as Magic Johnson HIV. For this medical diagnosis, I really hope I get it. Ladies...There's only one way to make my dream come true! CALL ME!™  Then again...

To my many readers, yeah, I'm talking to you Africa! You can no longer be a country of Bareback avengers!

To prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS we must all remember the ABC's. 

A-Abstinence
B- Be Faithful
C-Condomize

For those who speak Swahili...
Ili kuzuia kuenea kwa VVU / UKIMWI ni lazima wote kukumbuka ABC ya kuacha. A-B-Kuwa Mwaminifu C-Condomize!







If you must "do it" Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ has thought of friendly condom use slogans so you don't forget. Enjoy!

  • Cover your stump before you hump. 
  • Before you attack her, wrap your whacker. 
  • Don't be a loner, cover your boner. 
  • You can't go wrong, if you shield your dong.
  • If you think she's spunky, cover your monkey. 
  • If you go into heat, package your meat. 
  • Especially in December, gift wrap your member. 
  • Don't make a mistake! Muzzle your snake. 
  • If you can't shield your rocket, leave it in your pocket. 
  • Garnish your oak then give her a poke.
  • House your hose then curl her toes.
  • Wrap it in foil, before checking her oil. 
There you have it. 12 simple rhymes that should keep you relatively safe.


Pictures of True Soccer Fans

One thing about soccer is that many countries and people are so passionate about it. The loyalty and fanatical tom foolery that soccer evokes from people is legendary. Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ appreciates the dedication and would like to showcase some of The World Cup's best fans. Special thanks to Vargas Bodypainting Studios!

Humina Humina Humina (An expression to imply sexual arousal. Often used when spotting a visually pleasing individual and actual words are lost. Male cartoon characters say this when seeing a particularly hot dame).




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PORUTGAL!!!   I know this girl! Seriously. CALL ME!™



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BRAZIL!!!!   I will see you in July. Nuff' said.


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MEXICO!!! They don't look like this in Tijuana! Although, when visiting that place my 12 rhymes do come in handy (no pun intended).


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GERMANY!!! Insert perverse wienerschnitzel joke here. Ich würde alles mit ihr machen. Dinge, die meine Mutter würde nicht zustimmen.


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ARGENTINA!!! When you have women like this in your country, how do you focus on soccer?



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I think this is ECUADOR!!!  I'm not positive and quite frankly looking at her the last thing I'm thinking of are the flag details of Latin American countries. Hell, I don't even think Ecuador is playing in the World Cup...but damn!!!

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I think I could really get used to this game they call "Football"



Querry's Quest for Queen's Championship

At the Aegon Championship's held at Queen's Club this past week, the tournament was loaded with big names. Nadal, Djokovic, Murray, Roddick, Cilic, Monfils, Gasquet to name a few. Many of these players arrive in London as their B and C games are on full display. needless to say, this draw was packed with talent. Unfortunately, none of those big names won even made it past the quarterfinals. But when they lost, they didn't seem too disappointed. In the finals, two Americans faced off for the first time since 1994. Sam Querrey played the
Calfless-sockless wonder Mardy Fish. 


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The big serving Querrey served 15 aces as he defeated his compatriot in one hour and twenty-four minutes on Centre Court.
It was a relatively boring match to watch. If you didn't see it I will give you a cliffs notes version. Serve. Serve. Serve. Backhand error. Bigger Serve. Volley error. Inside out forehand. Ace. 

Sam Querrey has now won three titles on three different surfaces in 2010.

Sam Querrey then gave a basic cliche post match interview. Saying the same boring stuff every other play usually states. "It was tough, finals are always tough. Conditions were tough out there, the windiest day of the week so far," said the champion afterwards. "I just tried to stay level headed and keep my composure, and fortunately I got through it." At least he got a big trophy. Let's see if this actually does something for his confidence going into Wimbledon. I doubt he'll even make the 3rd round. Mark my words!


The Roger Federer Invitational Tournament


This event, also known as the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany has been dominatedby The Supreme Swiss for the last 6 years. Roger Federer, the five time champion of this event has won 29 straight matches at this event. The five-time champion of this grass court tune-up faced The Australian redneck Lleyton Hewitt in the finals.

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Federer has won 15 straight matches against Hewitt, so we all know what happens right?...

Lleyton wins! A bit of a surprise. But good for him. Someone please wake up Roger Federer when a tournament matters.  his was a total sleepwalk and Roger does not seem to mind he lost. He's just anxious for Wimbledon. More on this later. But congrats to Hewitt for winning a tournament no one really cares about because all of Germany was transfixed on The World Cup!

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Shakira tastes "Tapas" in Toledo, Spain

"Tapas" of course means Fernado Verdasco.  I'm not sure if it's just me but I think they are trying very hard not to be photographed together... perhaps they don't want to upset Rafael Nadal. Fernando Verdasco is a notorious poonhound. Yeah...He hit it!
Remember kids, Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ 12 rhymes.


 


Feliciano Lopez passes through Paris with PYT.

It's tough to keep up with Spanish Metrosexual tennis star Felicano Lopez's personal life. His on again off again relationship ended for good as he broke up with long time girlfriend Maria Jose Suarez. Soon after the break-up, Suarez announced she is pregnant and will raise the child as a single mother.

He was seen with a model named Mireia Canalda in Paris recently.

They were seen taking a bus ride to tour the City of Love.

The model was said to be the ex-girlfriend of the legendary Brazilian Footballer Ronaldo. Feliciano...I got two words for ya... twelve rhymes!

 
Want two more pictures of Mireia Canalda? Consider it done.







You really wanna know how I feel? (Editor's Note: Serious Tangent having nothing to do with Tennis)

Wilson just launched a new commercial featuring Roger Federer playing the role of a shrink to a guy who cannot hit a backhand to save his life. Federer, who is no Val Kilmer, manages to plays the role of a Psychiatrist. He simply asks the guy "How does that make you feel?". Rather charming. See for yourself.


If Roger really wants to know how I feel...well, I'll tell him. Roger, If you do not win Wimbledon this year, this is how I will feel...



You gotta do it Roger!!! No pressure buddy, but when you win Wimby this year, it will further cement you as the GOAT! Saying you are a great player is like saying the Canadian band Rush was mildly influenced by the writings of Ayn Rand (The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged).
major understatement.


Ayn Rand's highly influential Objectivism is a deep topic, and her purely philosophical writings on it are quite dense. Realizing this, she took on the task of translating her thoughts into the realm of fiction in order to make it more accessible to the general public. Unfortunately, the task still proved formidable, and two of her resulting books totaled over 1,000 pages each. The complex nature of what she advocates even dictated that she spend the final 50 some-odd pages of Atlas Shrugged reiterating everything she had spent the previous 1,000 pages explaining. Thankfully, Neil Peart was up to the task of reinterpreting her work for her in layman's language. 

You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice.
If you choose not to decide, you still haven't made a choice.
You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill;
I will choose a path that's clear-
I will choose Free Will.

Rush - Free Will

Lyrics such as these are the basic essence of Objectivism. Free will. The power to change your destiny should you so choose. Total rejection of the idea that some people are born into situations from which they cannot rise out of without help. Another line from the above song goes, "Blame is better to give than receive". No greater sarcastic truism has ever been uttered. The simple truth of the world is that absolutely each and every person who finds themselves in difficult circumstances is there as a result of their own actions. This is what Objectivism teaches us, that those who have problems deserve no help because it is all their fault anyway. Get ready to ROCK!



HEAD...The racquets, not the anatomical body part nor the act of oral sex.

If I showed you a Wilson commercial, then I must show you a very cool HEAD video. It shows Andy Murray doing some very cool tricks and this commercial seems like an epic meditation on intangibility. At the same time, it deepens and enriches the meaning of the preceding racquet manufacturer's ad spots. It's more commercial and therefore more satisfying, in a narrower way. Just watch.




Francesca Francesca Francesca!


2010 French Open Women's Champion Francesca Schiavone is officially all over Italy. She was invited by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to visit him in Rome. 




This quote comes straight from the office of the Tennis Tycoon Media Inc™ Fashion Editor.

"The Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ Fashion Department congratulates Miss Schiavone for mocking a belt's attempt at functionality" 

Recently Chi, an Italian based fashion magazine claimed to feature some 'sexy' photos of the tennis player. Wanna see them?





Picture on the left is hot. Picture in the center shows off her strong hind legs. And the picture on the right...well, if those are in fact Francesca's breasts, there is a whole lot of squishing going on. Mammogram anyone?

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Nadal Notches Number 5. Schiavone Slays Stosur. Swiss Superman Streak Snapped. Analyzing Austria.
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Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ is back from a business trip in the Florida Keys. While down there, Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ was able to spread our words of wisdom to many tennis players, coaches, and enthusiasts. After this week, Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ will be as popular as ever. We have loads to share with you on this post. A complete wrap-up of the French Open, The end of the streak, and Inter-Austrian relations hits a snag. Plus, the factory closes for our favorite Oompa Loompa.

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But before I get into tennis, let me share with you an experience that has not just happened this past weekend in Key Largo, but all over the world in hotels that Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ visits.

Could someone please tell me why hotels insist on having the room's A/C louder and more powerful than a F16 engine! I turn the A/C on overnight to keep cool and when I wake up in the morning I feel like I'm in a cryogenics lab! I look out my window and there is entire herd of penguins trying to get in my room. And of course with the freezing cold temperature comes the dry air. Air so dry that it feels like I have a box of Triscuits up my nose. Every time I try to blow my nose I produce such a high frequency noise it sounds like Mariah Carey stuck in a bear trap! It's ridiculous. 


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Speaking of ridiculous, This BP oil spill is getting a little weird. The other night I went out to dinner. I ordered the sea bass and the waiter asked how I'd like it prepared...regular or unleaded!

Although this spill has been going on for almost two months and everyone is claiming this as a disaster. There is one positive for BP from all of this...They have broken a record and surpassed Colonel Sanders for putting more birds in oil. Congrats to BP!

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Ok, on to the Tennis!

UNDISPUTED KING OF CLAY

So not that it was a huge surprise, but the "King of Clay" Rafael Nadal won his fifth French Open title in 6 years. Not too shabby. What's more impressive, he did it without losing a set. That's scary. Bjorn Borg accomplished that same feat, twice. Nadal gets major props from everyone for winning this year.  Andy Roddick even posted on his Twitter account "rafa nadal best ever on clay.... period." 

Nadal defeated Swede Robin Soderling. The only man to have ever beaten Nadal at Roland Garros! The match was straight sets and Robin did not play his best ball. Certainly did not bring his A game and therefore, no contest for Nadal.




The good news for Soderling is that despite losing in the finals for the second year in a row, he still gets to come home to this...



HIS FIANCE!!!! Robin's engaged? Yup. You heard it here. Congrats to Robin! You are still the man! As for Jenni...DON'T CALL ME™! You had your chance. Good luck to you and Robin.


If I was engaged to Jenni I would give a fist pump as well!

Back to the Champ. Nadal's form was incredible throughout the clay court season. Having not lost a single match and winning all three masters series titles (Monte Carlo, Rome, Madrid) as well as French Open. That has never been done before. Each match Nadal punished his opponents with heavy ground strokes and ran down the seemingly impossible ball only to hit back a more breathtaking shot. He even managed to hump air as he hit a winning passing shot against Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil in the second round!




When Nadal arrived in London for a grass court event the day after winning the French Open, he received a standing ovation from players in the locker room. Perhaps it was the super human speed and endurance Nadal possesses, perhaps it's the will and heart of a champion, perhaps it's performance enhancing drugs, or perhaps it's the great Italian food he ate the Friday before the finals. He, along with the ladies' finalists Francesca Schiavone and Samantha Stosur were spotted Friday night (dining separately) at a small Italian restaurant in the back streets of Paris.
Ristorante Napoletano, tucked away from the bustling Champs-Élysées is a secret love for French Open players by providing a low-key, friendly hangout far from the bright lights of Roland Garros. As the women's finalists contemplated their fates over bowls of homemade pasta on the eve of the most crucial match of their lives, mens finalist and six-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal joined the party just hours after storming into the finals after beating Austria's Jurgen Melzer. More on Austria later!
 
The Spanish tennis sensation sat at a large, noisy table with his family.
 
"Its not a good luck charm, it just has good pasta, thats why so many players love it," Nadal said.
 
Over almost two hours, Stosur and Schiavone grazed on Italian fare and chatted with their entourage, neither acknowledging the others presence.
 
Australian Stosur dined on calamari, tomato and mozzarella and pasta, while Schiavone had spaghetti carbonara and a small tiramisu. Nadal stuck to pizza. Here are some pictures of the restaurant and  food...




For anyone visiting Paris in the near future, please check out  RISTORANTE NAPOLETANO. Located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. The address is 18, AVENUE FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT. The telephone number is 08 99 69 85 19.
I hope the restaurant owner is reading this blog. Hopefully the next plug I give this restaurant I'll get paid for! 

...And Then There Was The Ladies Final. 

Ok, so Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ assumes that not many people picked a 29 year old Italian named Francesca Schiavone and a big serving Australian named Sam Stosur to be in the finals.



Chances are, you probably had either Serena or Justine winning. Wow,  we were all wrong. To be honest, I actually enjoyed this women's final. Why? Because you had two players who made unbelievable runs to the final, upsetting great players along the way. You also knew that this was going to change the career and possibly life of the one player who wins it.  


In one of the most unexpected Grand Slam victories in recent tennis history, Schiavone won the French Open with a rousing 6-4, 7-6 victory over No. 7 seed Sam Stosur. She became the first Italian to win a Grand Slam and the second-oldest first-time Grand Slam champion.
Prior to this tournament, Schiavone had never made it to a Slam semifinal and had played her way into just three quarterfinals in her previous 39 majors. But with her wicked slice, new racquet strings and a varied strategy to combat Stosur's big serve, Schiavone pulled the upset over the woman who had knocked off three former No. 1s (Serena Williams, Justine Henin and Jelena Jankovic) en route to the final.

Francesca Schiavone also made a habit of kissing the crushed brick of Roland Garros after every victory. She did not disappoint after she won the title.


Personally, I feel bad for the clay. That's dangerous and dirty. I don't know where Schiavone's lips have been! However, I can look past that. These pictures remind me of a song performed by one of my favorite bands, INXS. Unfortunately, INXS has already been referenced on this blog numerous times and I have used all the Michael Hutchence/Autoerotic Asphyxiation jokes in my repertoire! Despite these drawbacks, here's a long distance dedication to Francesca for winning Roland garros. I hope this finds it's way over to Rome. "Kiss The Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)" by INXS.



The End of a Streak

Roger Federer lost to Robin Soderling in the quarterfinals of the French Open, thus snapping his remarkable streak of playing in 23 straight Grand Slam semifinals. Though the record doesn't have the cachet of DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak or the staggering longevity of Cal Ripken's consecutive-games mark, it should end up standing alongside those hallowed baseball streaks as the most impressive in the history of sport.
  •         The last time Federer failed to make it to the semifinal at a Slam was six years ago in Paris. There, he lost to Gustavo Kuerten in the third round. Since then, Federer had never failed to advance to the semifinals, a run which stretched almost six years, 14 Grand Slam titles and 139 Grand Slam victories.
  • As those numbers show, Fed won 14 of those 23 tournaments and made it to the finals in six more, meaning he had played for the title in 20 of the last 23 Grand Slams. (That achievement may be even more amazing than the semifinal streak, but it's not a streak so it doesn't count for the purpose of this discussion.)
  • Context is important in gauging the impressiveness of any streak, and Federer's stands up to such scrutiny. At the time Federer's streak began, the Open era record for most consecutive semifinal appearances was 10. Ivan Lendl held the record, which had stood at six before he broke it. Federer passed that mark back in 2007.
  • By the time he was done, Federer didn't just extend the record, nor did he simply shatter it. He doubled it, and then for good measure added 30 percent more to that total. It's like if Barry Bonds had broken Hank Aaron's home run record and then hit 929 more.
  • Could Federer's record ever be broken? Let's put it this way: After the French Open, The only four men on the ATP Tour with active streaks areNadal, Soderling, Tomas Berdych and Jurgen Melzer. Both their streaks are at one. The old saying is "never say never," but I feel quite comfortable in saying that this mark is never going to be surpassed.

So instead of lamenting the demise of Roger Federer's semifinal streak, let's celebrate it. We've been witnesses to the greatest sustained run of tennis in the history of the sport.  The good news, Federer still holds the quarterfinal streak, that's at 24! Thanks, Roger. 

Out Goes The Oompa Loompa!

Our good pal and suspected Oompa Loompa Teimuraz Gabashvili enjoyed only two days of fame after beating Andy Roddick in the third round of the French Open. In the fourth round he was brought back down to Earth by Jurgen Melzer! Oh well, It was fun while it lasted. 



I wrote a poem about him. Wanna hear it? Here it goes!

Oompa Loompa Doopity Doo

I have another puzzle for you

Oompa Loompa Doopity Dee

If you are wise you'll listen to me.

 

What do you do when you make the fourth round

Two days ago, Andy Roddick you downed

Will your big game hold up under stress

We want you to win so the tournament's douche-less.

 

Oh no you lost in straight sets.

 

Oompa Loompa Doopity Doo

You had a great run and we're all proud of you

Oompa Loompa Doopity Dee

Now we all know Crazy Gabashvili.


Der Führer Would Not Be Pleased With This Behavior. 

A league tennis match in Austria was halted earlier this month after a player grabbed his opponent by the throat during a changeover.

Stefan Koubek, ranked No. 121 in the world, was disqualified after choking Daniel Koellerer, ranked No. 109.  Following a heated mid-match exchange in which Koellerer reportedly insulted his opponent and knocked a racquet out of his hand

My German is a little rusty,  plus the audio is not the best, so I don't know what was being said in the clip. It's telling, however, that the fans booed Koellerer as he left the court while cheering the aggressor, Koubek. Not that physical contact with another player is ever acceptable, but given Koellerer's terrible reputation on tour (he's widely disliked and known as an instigator) and the crowd's reaction, I'd say Koubek wasn't completely in the wrong. Sometimes you have to take matters into your own hands. Literally, in this case. Check it out...


Austrians acting crazy, you don't say. Let's see if there is any sort of track record...


Dr. Sigmund Freud: Born in Příbor,Austria. Psychoanalysis. Dream interpretation. Proponent of cocaine. CHECK.

Arnold Schwarzenegger: Born in  Thal, Austria.  Body builder that used steroids. Married a Kennedy (error error). Investor in Planet Hollywood. Became a politician.  CHECK.

Marie Antoinette: Born in Vienna. "Let them eat cake". The French revolution. Slut. CHECK.

Adolf Hitler: Do I really need to justify my reasoning? CHECK. 

As a large token of little appreciation, I will dedicate this song to the Austrians I have just mentioned. However, as a small token of great appreciation, I will dedicate this song to my friend, college buddy and Austrian Mr. Martin Hoch!!! This song will be fitting since it is sung by a famous Austrian musician (Falco) about a famous Austrian Composer (Mozart) Enjoy! 

 Wow!  References to Autoerotic Asphyxiation, Oompa Loompas, Falco, and Adolf Hitler all in one single blog post! And the blogging experts said it was impossible!  HAHAHA! Tennis Tycoon Media Inc.™ laughs in the face of adversity!


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