That Roddick’s a bit jammy…

Whether Brooklyn Decker has ever played tennis or not is anyone’s guess, but it hasn’t stopped her getting together with America’s favourite cheeky slugger, Andy Roddick. The pair are engaged to be married, making him a lucky boy, and her a beautiful blonde model.
When she isn’t in tennis crowds making grown [...]

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Notice anything fishy going on?

Now, Polite Applause isn’t one of those zany crystal buying loons who believes anything a passing soothsayer might say, but could red have played a part in this year’s US Open victories?
We definitely think so… ish.

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Dry those tears, Scottish friend

As you read this, Andy Murray will be sitting in the corner of a dark hotel room weeping loudly into a pillow. This was supposed to be his time, damn it! It had all looked so… doable. Federer was, they said, dwindling, and Murray had just thumped the brilliant Nadal. But [...]

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Man falls in love at nightclub

Life is crammed with big dark clouds and their gorgeous silver linings - take the last couple of weeks in the life of Spain’s second best tennis player, Fernando Verdasco (above left, mahogany tan). After crashing out in the second round of the US Open, he wandered around the streets [...]

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Wow, great looking tennis player alert!

The world of women’s tennis is crammed with beautiful ladies - most of them specifically designed to ensure that John Inverdale has a glistening film of sweat on his brow at all times during Wimbledon. Here is the best one around: 19-year-old Dominika Cibulkova, who hails from the icy shores [...]

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