Shirtless: Croatia's Antonio Veic did his part to make a name for the qualifiers who reached the third round of this year's French Open (the others: Leonardo Mayer, Lukasz Kubot, Lukas Rosol). In the process, Veic took down 28th seed Nikolay Davydenko 3-6, 6-2, 7-5, 3-6, 6-1. Veic next plays Nadal. (Draw: RG Men's Singles) More: A few more shots of Veic in (and out) of his … [Read more...]
sometimes we play favesies
We know he got his own post-win post (and a Trophy Watch mention), but it couldn't hurt to put up a pic of Kolya actually hoisting his BMW Open trophy for, yknow, posterity's sake. TSF hasn't seen him smile like this in a while. (image by Christof Stache/AFP/Getty Images) … [Read more...]
trophy watch: furry nice to see you
For your vest interest: We were all set and ready to make a trophy-bearing Nole, now 27-0 this season, our lead picture on this week's Trophy Watch. That was until we saw this gem of a photograph with Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario with Barcelona doubles winners Iveta Benesova and Barbara Zahlova Strycova. We want, Arantxa! She's holding her 2-year-old daughter ... Arantxa. Now that … [Read more...]
hug it out
Nikolay Davydenko battled past Florian Mayer to win the BMW Open in Munich 6-3, 3-6, 6-1. "At the beginning I played solid, but then maybe I lost concentration," explained the Russian, who bagged his first title since winning Doha in January 2010. "My confidence is very high and I just go out there fighting. It was a very important result here" -- in reference to his returnto … [Read more...]
davydenko lulls us to sleep in barcelona
Yep, we're pretty much just as bored about Nikolay Davydenko as he looks in that picture. Powder couldn't capitalize on that Qatar final appearance to start of the year. He's languished since then, stringing no more than two victories back-to-back in eight consecutive tourneys. At this week's Barcelona Open, Powder got bounced by Nicolas Almagro in the third round; Nico will … [Read more...]