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Four Humiliating Moments From Agassi’s 60 Minutes Interview
5:33PM Azaria Jagger | Lucky Katie Couric scored the tell-all interview timed to coincide with Andre Agassi’s tell-all memoir, where the ex-tennis star cops to ruining his career with a meth addiction and to wearing a toupee at the French Open. More »
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Anna Wintour’s Absence A Bad Luck Charm For Federer
5:14PM Andrew Belonsky | We now know the secret of Roger Federer’s success: Anna Wintour! The Vogue editrix has been entirely devoted during the entire US Open, but left during his final set against Juan Martin del Potro yesterday. And then he lost. She-devil!
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5:05PM Jess McGuire | Now that his estranged daughter Jelena Dokic has spoken publicly (to The Age this week, in case you missed it) about her troubled relationship with her father, claiming that he was responsible for “bruises seen by coaches and competitors” during her time on the tennis circuit, Damir has reacted in a completely logical way – he’s threatened to blow up the Australian Ambassador in Belgrade’s car. More »
It Seems Damir Dokic Is As Calm And Cool-Headed As Ever
5:05PM Jess McGuire | Now that his estranged daughter Jelena Dokic has spoken publicly (to The Age this week, in case you missed it) about her troubled relationship with her father, claiming that he was responsible for “bruises seen by coaches and competitors” during her time on the tennis circuit, Damir has reacted in a completely logical way – he’s threatened to blow up the Australian Ambassador in Belgrade’s car. More »
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10:47AM Jess McGuire | Apparently professional gossip magazine cover boy and part-time tennis star Lleyton Hewitt is contemplating ditching the racket if he doesn’t start moving up the rankings.
Lleyton Hewitt’s manager believes that the former world No. 1 would probably retire from tennis if he was unable to improve his ranking from its current, unflattering position of 70. Asked whether Hewitt would keep playing in the event that he was unable to lift his ranking from its present range, Drysdale said: “I don’t think so. That’s me, getting his make-up … If he can’t get out there and give it the best that he can possibly give — and know what he can give — I don’t think he’d hang around.
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Lleyton Hewitt May Retire From Tennis If His Results Don’t Improve
10:47AM Jess McGuire | Apparently professional gossip magazine cover boy and part-time tennis star Lleyton Hewitt is contemplating ditching the racket if he doesn’t start moving up the rankings.
Lleyton Hewitt’s manager believes that the former world No. 1 would probably retire from tennis if he was unable to improve his ranking from its current, unflattering position of 70. Asked whether Hewitt would keep playing in the event that he was unable to lift his ranking from its present range, Drysdale said: “I don’t think so. That’s me, getting his make-up … If he can’t get out there and give it the best that he can possibly give — and know what he can give — I don’t think he’d hang around.
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David Duchovny’s Tennis Coach Denies Affair, Confirms Insatiable Need for Press
9:00AM Kyle Buchanan | Earlier today, America was introduced to Edit Pakay, the tennis coach who allegedly taught beleaguered sex addict David Duchovny more than just a one-handed backhand. “I am not going to deny it,” she helpfully told The Mail. “If you want to write that we have an affair then fine. I will not argue against it.” Now, though, after an abduction/probe by Duchovny’s lawyers, Pakay is doing just that. Go figure! The chatty-yet-confused tennis instructor took the new version of her story to E!:
David Duchovny’s Tennis Coach Is Excited to Have Her Truth Out There
2:27AM Kyle Buchanan | Like a good episode of The X-Files, David Duchovny’s autumn has incorporated one twist after another: shocking revelations (his sex addiction!), creepy, cigarette-smoking men (Billy Bob Thornton!) and now, finally, a guest star who truly is special. Meet Edit Pakay, the actor’s 28-year-old tennis instructor, who has given a deliciously rambling interview to The Mail in which she teases that she might have had an affair with Duchovny, though she is eternally quick to back away from the brink of total revelation (also kind of X-Filesy!): More »
Tennis Meanies Make Little Grunting Girls Cry
9:19AM Clem Bastow | You know we’re a sucker for a human interest story, and today’s winner is a touching tale of a little tennis-loving girl whose on-court noises evidently gave onlookers and opponents harrowing flashbacks to the glory days of Monica Seles and, apparently fearing a repeat of Seles’ grunting-induced stabbing (note: may not actually be real reason), have banned the little tacker from playing.
Look at that little face! Would you tell her she couldn’t pursue her dream just because of an unfortunate vocal tic? It seems such moral questions did not cross the minds of Mt Carmel Tennis Club when they advised Lauryn Edwards’ parents that she needed to shut up or ship out.
Mr Edwards said the club had asked him for an assurance Lauryn would remain silent on the court.
“They told me to guarantee she won’t grunt or she can’t play,” he said.
“How can I guarantee that? She’s been doing it since she was really little. She’s her own person.
“What do they want me to do? Put Band-Aids over her mouth? They made her cry on the court when they told her.
“She was in such a state that I had to bring her home mid-match.”
Lauryn, who has attention deficit disorder, has been playing tennis since the age of four, after it was recommended by her school psychologist at Sunbury Primary to burn energy and keep her focused.
If the admin at Mt Carmel Tennis Club were hoping for anything nice this Christmas, it’s safe to say that – at least in the eyes of the Edwards family and a few million readers of News Ltd papers and websites – they can expect a great big lump of coal now.
Not since the saga of Wild Child Acting And Dance Studios have we been so completely engrossed in this sort of small-town stage/sports parenting drama! More » 