Weekend Tennis Roundup

Well, the joy has already worn off ... but Damian and I made our annual pilgrimage to Queens to watch some U.S. Open action. Sloane Stephens played incredibly well to fend off a very talented Elise Mertens, who had beaten her in their only previous meeting a couple weeks ago in Cincinnati. The American looked poised to go even deeper but was just taken out in straight sets by Anastasija Sevastova (I'm not happy about this at all).

Time to update this ...

Then we saw Juan Martin del Potro take on my Croatian crush, Borna Coric, in their first-ever meeting. We hoped for a similarly high quality match, only for Borna to fizzle out after the first set. 

Eventually the Argentine buried his face in the pillow, but not in a good way ..

Love and love ...

Still, Coric's weak performance did little to dampen our excitement for our upcoming vacation to Dubrovnik and Split, in addition to Venice and Rome, and Zakynthos and Athens  in what we're calling our #AdriaticAdvetnure!

And then there was the Richard Gasquet SHOW.

P.S. Did you get a load of John Millman's shorts last night during his shocking upset of Roger Federer? This Aussie's got legs and he knows how to use 'em -- plus a killer backhand!

French Toast!

Kudos to Richard Gasquet, who fought off a two-set rally by David "Energizer Bunny" Ferrer to reach his second Grand Slam semifinal. Here's hoping he has better luck against Rafael Nadal than Tommy Robredo did.

   Best ass in the game?

French Bulldog

Richard Gasquet looked awfully tough in his straigt-sets win over Mikhail Youzhny of Russia at the Sony Open in Miami today. Anyone down there?

Crack Addict: Richard Gasquet

 I know I said I thought Novak Djokovic deserved to be called the Number 1 player of 2012 no matter what happened the rest of the year. But this photo of the poor boy who Frenched some cocaine into his system from a club girl has me reconsidering the criteria. More HERE.

Butt Seriously?

Anyone watching this match between Richard Gasquet and Grigor Dimitrov? A guy could do some serious blow off that ass ...

UPDATE: GASSquet ended up winning, 5-7, 7-5, 6-2, 6-3.

Richard Gasquet Brings It On ...

 

It's 3 a.m. Sunday morning and I just got home from my trip out West. Lots of stories and photos TK, but first I wanted to say thanks to Frank Anthony Polito for doing such a great job filling in for me this week. I have literally hundreds of e-mails to catch up on, but one I did get around to reading was a heads-up from my friend Greg about this fun little clip, which is probably not the best way for sexy Richard to put those gay rumors to rest ...

Sporting Goods: Richard Gasquet

French tennis cutie Richard Gasquet.