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• Ok I sympathise with the players and everything re all the strike and schedule talk, but all I'm hearing from them is whine whine whine.
• Again, whine whine whine.
• Argentina and the essence of the Davis Cup.
• Rafa will bounce back - like a tennis ball that's hit a wall. AmIright?
• Cool piece from a photographer at the US Open.
• If the players do decide to strike, they'll need replacements right...? It could be more fun this way.
• So what you're saying is you can sit on bum watching tennis and still be training.
  
• Nice Q&A with Martina Hingis.
• Rafa and Quely - the perfect pair. My favourite is how many different camera angles they managed to find to film him eating the biscuits. 
• Tipsy wants his share of underwear action too. To be honest, I'm surprised it's taken him this long.
• I heart Momo Chan.
• WHAT COULD THIS MEAN???!!!

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• The 'case of the magic draw' has been quite the topic of controversy this US Open, and it's easy to see why.
• Because it's always fun to read an Ernests Gulbis article.
• Nice article on whether Roddick's meltdown mania was kindddda justified.
• Now everyone is a racquet diva.
• Wondrous illustrative article showing the best fistpumps through the years. Glorious; just glorious.
• Article about the abusive tennis coach, who's now been named and shamed as hall of famer, Bob Hewitt. Appalling.
• Exhibit A. Exhibit B. But there's nothing wrong with Harrison's temper - according to Jim courier. (No comment on Gimelstob btw. Wow.)
• Toni being candid and a little pessimistic about Rafa (sky is blue).
• Glorious animation on Rafa's forehand from the New York times. And it's informative too kids!
• With the number of retirements  as numerous as sand grains on the seashore at the USO - this certainly springs to mind.
• We all know about Ball Boys and Girls, but meet Spitz - the (over) enthusiastic Ball Lawyer.

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• The Pragmatic Federer.
• Better over the hill than under it, I always say -yeah basically Federer ain't getting any younger. 
• Lovely advice for a doubles partnerhip. Or any parternsip for that matter.
•  Another funny from Chris Chase as he analyses Rafa's first twitterings.
• In case you haven't experienced the enigma that is Ernests Gulbis...
• Nole goes on Leno and Conan. Conan wins. 
• So what if we don’t have money for the kids’ education? “We’ll pick our favourite and that one’ll get to go to college!” 
• Look at Li Na - she's gettin pay-pa. (Uhh Ye Feng - that was a bit uncalled for!) 
• Meet Wayne Odesnik in this phenomenally comprehensive article ...and form your own opinions.

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• Rafa talking food. I have to embarrassingly confess that I once used the recipe from Rafa’s 2010 It Must Be Love video to make pasta con gambas. (Yeah...) It turned out horrible. I didn’t use Spanish olive oil though so...
• Rafa bringing the LOLZ in his top 10 funniest interviews. I will NOT say "he's so cute" again. Oops!
• CNN credits Borg for changing the game. Fairy nuff.
• The GB vs Hungary Davis Cup tie is to be played in Scotland again. Andy you’d better cry harder this time. I want to see saliva!
• The ATP’s ‘Hard Court Heroes’ – noticeably absent – Rafa *sniff*
• Let’s be real, the ultimate tennis player is Nole* (...for now... >: ) )
• Loving this rally.
• Lena D looking ravishing in a beautiful ball of fluff at her wedding. If you weren’t there, do not fret; just journey back to Alla Kudryavtseva's twitter timeline that day.
• She will always be number 1 in our hearts. Kournikova will never not be relevant in tennis for a non-tennishead. Still haven't forgiven her for bagging Enrique.
• The fact that there are no top Afro tennis players is major sadz for me as Africa is my muthaa-land. Booooo!
• Things to do with your tennis balls when it’s not summer and you refuse to play in the snow again.

*I hope I'm not coming across as a Nole hater atm, but as someone who thinks Rafa is literally the best thing since organic, seedy, sliced bread, you see my predicament...

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Are you suffering from lack of major tennis or tennis on TV? Do you not have £3.99 a month for a Eurosport player subscription to keep an eye on Bastad and Stuttgart? Have you repeatedly refreshed tennis.com seven or more times? Is everyone on your twitter asleep?

If so, you're in luck! Here is a list of articles (and a couple of vids) for you which you've probably read already.

• Love Rafa articles in Spanish. They're just so much more revealing. 
• Fed being lovely.
• Candid Andy. (Candied Andy hehe.)
• Ahahahahahahaahaha.
• AAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWW BABOO.
• Happy Dancing Spaniards, enough said. (Courtesy of Nadal News).
• Ferru is a class act, even with his emphatic Davis Cup win he says this.
• Oh Isner. At least he won the darn thing.

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