[inmeirulez]

If we are still giving out awards for best injuries.


Anastasia Myskina received a serious injury earlier this week during the training for her "Stars on Ice" performance that has actually caused her to forfeit the contest show.

She fell on her knee during a move. Then, trying to bear the pain, she sat on her skate. And made a cut in her backside. It was pretty deep apparently, and the doctors couldn't even put stitches in because it was in such an "intimate" area.

I wouldn't have laughed, but she seems ok now, doing TV work for Davis Cup




Salmon, this might explain why she didn't look elated to be interviewing Haas.

Yowch.

I feel a mixture of genuine pity for her and disbelief that anyone could be stupid enough to sit on a skate hard enough to puncher themselves. I hope she gets better soon. I wouldn't mind her coming back on tour at all.

[daasayse]

And this gem from Mr. Noam Okun:



http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/905570.html

This is near the end of the article.

The part in the beginning - that Shahar doesn't deserve to be discussed.

A lot of male players don't like women's tennis (some commentator said Henin is the only one players in the men's locker room ever watch), but to say it's undeserving of attention and that what Shahar does is easy is something else.


I'd like to ask him why Shahar is getting more attention than Erlich and Ram.

I miss Harel Levy being the token male Israeli player. He was nice.

[BaselBimbooooo]

And this gem from Mr. Noam Okun:



http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/905570.html

This is near the end of the article.

Pompous patriarch.

He can retreat back into obscurity.

[daasayse]

Speaking of golf and tennis (in a different thread)


Mercedes-Benz to end sponsorship of ATP Tour

BERLIN, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Mercedes-Benz said on Friday it will end its 11-year sponsorship of men's tennis when its current deal with the ATP Tour expires at the end of 2008. The DaimlerChrysler luxury car unit, which has backed the tour since 1996, said in a statement it wanted to shift the focus of its marketing activities to golf, horse riding and soccer, as well as fashion and lifestyle.

"Over the years our partnership with the ATP has had a very high-brand fit for Mercedes-Benz but we are now adding a new angle to our revised brand positioning," said Olaf Goettgens, vice president of brand communications for Mercedes-Benz passenger cars.
The ATP said in a separate statement it was in discussions with a number of potential new sponsorship partners.
The men's tour will undergo significant changes from the start of 2009, with new tournaments, mandatory player participation and record prize money, it added.




http://uk.reuters.com/article/UK_TEN...35096020070928

[BaselBimbooooo]

Roger Federer pulls out of Japan Open tennis


TOKYO (AP) -- Roger Federer has pulled out of the Japan Open tennis tournament.

"I'm so disappointed that I have to withdraw from the Japan Open," Federer said in a statement released by organizers Friday. "I have not physically recovered 100 percent from the U.S. Open and Davis Cup."

Federer said that he was told by his doctor that in order to avoid the risk of serious injury he should not play in a tournament for at least 10 days.
Federer defeated Britain's Tim Henman 6-3, 6-3 in last year's Japan Open final.

Organizers have said that Spain's David Ferrer and France's Richard Gasquet have been added to the men's bracket.
American Venus Williams, currently playing in South Korea, has been added to the women's bracket for the tournament, which begins Monday.

http://sports.yahoo.com/ten/news;_yl...v=ap&type=lgns

[daasayse]

It seems that Bjorkman/Mirnyi are over. Bjorkman will play with Kevin Ulyett, for what this article says, will be his final year on tour

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/spo...cle2767725.ece

[kubekniekubek]

It seems that Bjorkman/Mirnyi are over. Bjorkman will play with Kevin Ulyett, for what this article says, will be his final year on tour

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/spo...cle2767725.ece

That's too bad, I loved watching Max and Jonas play together.

[Flikemommoilt]

They don't give a reason for the breakup between Jonas and Max. What's going on?

Dry

[daasayse]

They don't give a reason for the breakup between Jonas and Max. What's going on?

Dry

They haven´t had a great season, only one title, maybe that´s just it.

[Flikemommoilt]

They haven´t had a great season, only one title, maybe that´s just it.

It's really sad. I wonder who made the decision or if it was mutual. The piece kind of implies that Bjorkman dumped Max, without stating as much. I wonder what Max is going to do now...

Dry