Hopman Cup

Group A
Serbia - Ivanovic and Djokovic
Belgium - Henin and Bemelmans
Australia - Molik and Hewitt
Kazakhstan - Shvedova and Golubev

Group B
Great Britain - Robson and Murray
Italy - Schiavone and Starace
France - Mladenovic and Mahut
United States - Mattek-Sands and Isner

Schedule (WTA match followed by ATP match ending with mixed doubles)
Jan 1 at 2 AM: Belgium vs Australia
Jan 2 at 4 AM: Serbia vs Kazakhstan
Jan 2 at 8:30 PM: Great Britain vs Italy
Jan 3 at 4 AM: France vs United States(DELAY on Tennis Channel at 8:30 PM)
Jan 3 at 8:30 PM: Belgium vs Kazakhstan
Jan 4 at 4 AM: Serbia vs Australia
Jan 4 at 8:30 PM: Italy vs United States(LIVE on Tennis Channel)
Jan 5 at 4 AM: Great Britain vs France
Jan 6 at 2 AM on Centre: Hewitt vs Golubev followed by Serbia vs Belgium
Jan 6 at 2 AM on Court 1: Molik vs Shvedova followed by Australia vs Kazakhstan mixed dobules
Jan 7 at Midnight on Centre: Schiavone vs Mladenovic followed by Great Britain vs United States(LIVE on Tennis Channel)
Jan 7 at Midnight on Court 1: Starace vs Mahut followed by Italy vs France mixed doubles
Jan 8 at 2 AM - Group A winner vs Group B winner (LIVE on Tennis Channel)

Abu Dhabi exhibition matches

Dec 30 at 6 AM: Baghdatis vs Berdych
Dec 30 at 8 AM: Soderling vs Tsonga
Dec 31 at 6 AM: Federer vs Soderling or Tsonga
Dec 31 at 8 AM: Nadal vs Baghdatis or Berdych
Jan 01 at 6 AM: Nadal, Baghdatis or Berdych loser on 12/31 vs Federer, Soderling or Tsonga loser on 12/31
Jan 01 at 8 AM: Nadal, Baghdatis or Berdych winner on 12/31 vs Federer, Soderling or Tsonga winner on 12/31

Thailand exhibition matches on 1/1 at 5 AM

Bryan Brothers vs Rattwatana Brothers
Caroline Wozniacki vs Kim Clijsters

Can always count on you, MA. :)

Merry Christmas Master Ace and Jackie,

Finished dinner and just got Olivia into her Santa pj's. We are expecting a dusting of snow here in Atlanta tomorrow, a very rare thing so it should be a fun Christmas morning.

Hey Diane! I didn't miss you this time! It's snowing as I speak...

Olivia must be excited for Christmas, eh? :)

A Happy Christmas Eve to all from my dad's home in the fine community of Horsepasture, Virginia. Watching one of my favorite Christmas movies "Scrooge." I love singing the song "I Love Life" throughout the year.

happy holidays, jackie. sent you an email(s). (that's 4 am in my neck of the woods!).

have a nice christmas/holiday/time off/etc...

Happy holidays, Roddick fan and susan!

susan, I've read them all! Want to give them the proper attention they deserve, so can't respond now ... but will do so shortly. :)

jackie, please take your time; nothing urgent at all. it's the holiday!! i'm off.... nice sentiment from pete in his last post.

that's off to work, can you believe it?
hope to speak to some family via phone today. i think they called at the wrong time (as usual) this morning (5 am!) while I was asleep. why are time zone differentials so difficult?!!!

happy holidays~~~~~

everyone

Perhaps not ... but I like responding to e-mails. :)

Wait, our holiday party will start at 4 AM for you?? Worry not, I'm sure we'll keep it going for hours. Hopefully you can catch the end? Fingers crossed.

TANNNNN!

Happy holidays, love!

Okay, being a bad daughter. ;) Time for birthday dinner, then candlelight service. Will try to check in periodically.

Hope everyone is staying warm, traveling safely, enjoying this time with family and friends, etc. And warmest wishes to all, once again, for a very Merry Christmas and a festive holiday season!

All I want for Christmas is you (and a warm beach on which to let my hair grow):
http://tinyurl.com/27c6olf

Hope to have my nearest & dearest near after particularly stinking losses:
http://tinyurl.com/3596dlu

Get down & dirty. Get job done. Need shower. Then change into something festive:
http://tinyurl.com/36jzgts

Something like this:
http://tinyurl.com/37cnz2m

Hi Jackie, merry Xmas from Kuala Lumpur, it has already arrived here. Though it's just another holiday here, Xmas celebrations are limited to a lunch with colleagues at some fancy place and a late afternoon get together with friends at some bar in the week before. Many of locals, as well as other regional expatriates like me, usually take this time of the year to go back home on long leaves.

So, with most friends out of town, I am at bit of a loose end. But I just got back from a 4 week trip to Houston, week before last, so quite happy to potter around in my apartment. Might round up someone later this afternoon to see a movie. Or watch youtube clips of some of the matches I missed in the last month / earlier this year, or even dig up some old pair ice-skating clips from 1992/ 94 winter Olympics if I am really bored. Already checked out NP's link to Tchaikovsky - Waltz Of The Snowflakes in earlier thread, it's really wonderful.

Heard about all the travelling woes in Europe, isn't this like 3rd or 4rth year in a row that something has happened there just around Xmas time. Hope everyone makes it safe and sound to their respective destinations and happy holidays to all.

Jackie - holiday cheer to you...my Dad's birthday was Christmas Eve as well. He made a yearly, 3 act play about the injustice of it all...lol..and therefore, got TONS of presents, even if most of them we VERY silly.

HA, great photos, Tic!

Merry Christmas right back at ya, jita! My vote is for the skating vids - Gordeeva and Grinkov will make you feel all warm and fuzzy. :) (Wait, that was before '92, no?)

CL! Happy holidays to you! And I love the story about your Dad - my mom's not so lucky. :(

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it! I haven't been as active around here this year, but still am very fond of the blog. And what a lovely idea for an online party! I'll try to join in.

Aw, Jackie- sorry about your Mom. Cheers to you all.

NP - I recently saw the Nutcracker Suite performed by a brass quintet. With a Tuba solo for Waltz of the Flowers. That Peter Y - he could sure write a tune.or two..or a hundred or so...

Merry and Blessed Christmas to all who celebrate! and to all who don't celebrate still wish many blessings at this time and to come. wishing much happiness and good health to all in the coming years! Enjoy!

Thanks Pete and Jackie for this great place for tennis talk and updates!

Jackie, Gordeeva & Grinkov were there in 1994; but my favourites were Dimitriev & Mishkutenok. Hey, even found one of my favourite performances from them, video quality isn't great but it was still worth going down the memory lane :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cMoy9TEshY
Back to housekeeping :(

Merry Christmas, Heidi! Good to see you here. And I do hope you'll be able to make it to our party!

Enjoy the holidays, Monica! And we thank YOU for being a part of this fantastic community.

jita, watching the video now. :)

Oh great, now watching Gordeeva/Grinkov and starting to tear up ...

"That Peter Y - he could sure write a tune.or two..or a hundred or so..."

CL, Swan Lake is even better as an endless supply of memorable tunes, but yes, Peter was one of the best tunesmiths ever. Try to name one piece that boasts as many sparkling tunes as The Nutcracker--you won't be able to come up with little more than a handful. Even Schubert would've been jealous.

Also, Tchaikovsky's phenomenal command of orchestral colors deserves an honorary mention. Respighi is the last big-name composer who came close, but he had just a tenth of Peter's magic wand.

jita65, glad you liked the music. I also don't remember seeing your name before. If you're new, welcome to TW.

More tidbit: Hard it may be to believe, but Tchaikovsky didn't care for The Nutcracker that much. He thought--correctly--his 2nd ballet The Sleeping Beauty superior. Here's the famous waltz from the ballet (IMO, the best orchestral waltz ever written--the single-instrument honor still belongs to Chopin):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Sb8WCPjPDs

Thanks NP, not exactly new here, but don't post as much, though read up whenever I can. I will keep an eye on future events at the Philharmonics hall in KLCC for Tchaikovsky. Actually my cousin, in some fit of house cleaning has recently dumped a whole set of odd CDs on me, there is a 4-CD collection of Gypsy music from eastern European countries, one CD from Golden Series of Russian Choral Music (Igor Ushakov?), there are 3 CD titled in Russian so I don’t know what they are .. but there is one CD of Tchaikovsky (says Violin Concerto and Rococo Variations). I still have to check these out :)
Sorry Jackie, didn’t mean to make you sad, but they were a lovely couple.

Good morning,

Thank you, Jackie, for this Virtual Party. And Happy Holidays / Merry Christmas to you all again.
We´ve haven´t got to bed yet after celebrating Christmas dinner. The young ones are now getting ready to go here for a traditional breakfast:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr5muHbL4-4&NR=1

Specially for NP. I´m sending you a virtual "chocolate con churros"
as a Christmas present.

Jackie, Just saw the link on Twit. Committment hosting DC on Cmas eve. :)
Happy Christmas to all!!! :)
I'm still baking...and taste testing the Coquito.

"Dec 31 at 6 AM: Federer vs Soderling or Tsonga
Dec 31 at 8 AM: Nadal vs Baghdatis or Berdych"

Is that Eastern standard time?

Oy, I am definitely excited/worried (defends on which side I lean, that is) about crybaby Fed's new wide serve to Ad side that NOBODY, especially puny server Rafa, can return. Ever since YEC, if Fed hits the spot even slightly well with his 1st serve, Fed didn't lose any single point I can think of.

You'll shoot your eye out!!!

jita65, T's violin concerto is one of the more famous (and, of course, popular) ones. And also one of my faves. Definitely worth a try. (OTOH I don't like his arguably more popular piano concerto as much.)

zenggi, gracias, but just to let you know, even in virtual reality I'm still very frugal.

Be back to see the Kobies toy with the Heat later.

Crybaby Fed/Puny Server Rafa Fan,
Yes, that is Eastern Standard Time.

Feliz Navidad para todos (Merry Christmas everybody)

"Churros" is not just typical in Madrid but in all around Spain and more at north where they are the best, I miss them!!!

Today Wade and his team against Lakers. Maybe Wade is not going to play because his knee but I'm sure the rest of the team can do something good
I can see that NP likes the classic music but "maybe" he likes this one too LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW2hmtvVuOc

Happy holidays all! :)

seasons greetings to all twibers...i rarely post but really enjoy the opinions info and links that people are thoughtful enough to post here...even the cyber highway rumbles that break out here over certain players:)thank you....

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays TWibe!!! Hope all have had a wonderful day!

Thanks to Pete, Steve, Ed and everyone else here at Tennis.com for giving all of us diehard tennis fans a place to go! It's so nice to find so many who truly love and enjoy the sport as much as I do - and that is a gift that keeps on giving:)

Is it too early to start counting down to the 2011 season?

merry christmas everybody!!!!

A Merry Christmas, seasons greetings to Jackie and everyone.

I have no idea what time this party will be my time in Melbourne. Hope I can join for a little bit.

Here, it's now Boxing day, time for a, hopefully, gripping cricket Ashes Test match at the MCG, and time for the beach and movies - I recently saw "The King's Speech", which is terrific and maybe will garner an Oscar, though as a non US film I'm not sure how that works.

The Kobies are being generous as expected. Way too generous!

On a more serious note, Kobe looks uptight. Dunno what's up with him these days, last time he got thrown out for getting 2 technicals and he just got another one today. Hopefully this is just temporary.

Artest is being a major dumbass this evening, even by his standards.

np,

the whole lakers crew is sucking like hail. i don't care if the heat are playing so-called great defense - "plug that darn hole!" while, i must say, i could care less if they lost this game tonight, i just don't like the vibe and hype this would give the tottering heat. sometimes, even in sports, "perception (can be) everything."

merry christmas, btw.

sf, same 2 U.

Yeah, according to Van Gundy the only reason the Kobies are sucking is 'cause of the Miami defense. I'm still waiting to see the Heat end up with 73 wins. :)

And I repeat, Kobe is really uptight. I'm not just talking about his TO, BTW, but also his movement without the ball. Maybe age is finally taking its toll on him.

The dumbass commies are still without a clue. The Heat are "dominating" because their opposition has been crap for the last couple of weeks. Expect these know-nothings to eat crow again at the end of the season.

np,

i'm with you about the commies. they suck to high heavens, it's amazing how quickly they forget! hello, this is back-2-back champs!

anyhoo, kobe may not be all there, but methinks the lakers have a christmas day curse - we never seem to do well on this holiday.

so it ends 96-80. pffttt.

sf, what worries me is that last season Kobe was playing awfully well before his injury. This season, OTOH, has been consistently mediocre for him. Maybe Kobe is saving himself for the postseason, like the Celtics last yr. At least I hope so.

And yes, this is just another reason why Christmas is my least favorite holiday. :)

the whole lakers crew seemed downcast today, it's weird. no energy. whatever little energy we had was nervous energy. so many near misses -

pau's usually soft hands deserted him under the rim today.
artest could not even control balls without a tackle (ala when he kneed a ball and dived into the miami bench trying to retrieve it).
kobe was ho-hum.

sigh.

Here to say another MERRY CHRISTMAS! to all those who celebrate it. Hope it's been warm, relaxing, wondrous. :)

sf, the Kobies were being especially generous. You know, the Christmas crap and all that.

np, re: kobe. i think i agree with you. knowing him and his pedigree and what's been able to accomplish, i think he's saving himself. dude is too smart to just be playing to lose (or just for the sake of playing) - there must be a method to this madness.

you'll recall how we wondered about him not doing his surgery over the summer in the off-season. he must know something we don't. at least I hope we're right.

all i ask is a 3-peat, is that too much to ask? ;)

Jax, it's been pretty quiet around here today. Anyhoo hope you've had a good one.

np, you are a good trooper - never despair in the face of defeat, eh? love that.

hello jackie, happy bday to your mom, and a merry christmas to you, too!

sf, if there's one thing I learned from the last season, it's that the regular season don't mean much. I just hope Kobe will be back to his usual level once the playoffs kick off. The Celtics will be tougher this time around.

NP and SF,
Lakers quit in the 4th quarter as there were no spark from them. Gasol and Odom failed big time to dominate the Heat weakness inside. However, give Heat credit for executing their game plan.

NP, no kidding. Hope things pick up once the party rolls around!

sf, thank you!! (Mom thanks you too. :)) Are you having a good one, bball notwithstanding?

MA, I hear ya. Even the dumbass commies should've noticed that Bosh had only 2 RBs today.

Jax, is X-mas your mom's b-day? Does that mean you have to get her 2 presents every yr? Ouch!

np,
for repeat champs (like the lakers, celtics), a sub-par regular season should never be used as a yardstick. they have proved over and over that they can produce results when it really, really counts. so i'm not too concerned. i only hope that they learned something tonight that they can use when push comes to shove in the play-offs. i bet phil jackson did.

jackie,
thanks again. nice christmas i'm having, with friends and family, eating like crazy. lol, but true.

master ace!

thanks for the christmas wishes upstream and your insights on the heat-lakers game. i totally agree that the lakers simply gave up after their initial push at the start of the 2nd half was rebuffed by the heat. i am convincing myself, though, that this is a ploy by the lakers to lure the heat into complacency should we clash in the nba finals! lol, but it's my kind of survivalist thinking!

Guys, my Internet is failing me atm, so I'll have to bid adieu. Have fun for the rest of the weekend. Try not to overindulge. :)

Later.

OOPS, ran away. NP, Mom's b-day was yesterday. And silly, we get her more than 2 gifts. ;)

good night, np, i'll try to heed your advise. NOT! :) tis that season.

good girl, jackie, for not cheating your our mom out of her special day. b'days like hers get cheated all the time.

hey np,

if u read this later...

i was just listening to a clip of kobe's post-game interview and he says "we always suck on christmas" we don't have the meanness to go all out on that particular day. then he makes a key point: let's get something straight, this match was more important to them than to us. people shouldn't read too much into it; but i don't like our lack of effort, energy, etc., i just don't like it.

same thing we were saying, bro.

man, we should get paid for our views on games - lol.

Hi Miss Jackie

Hopefully I wont be too "jet lagged" and will be here for the Party!

Had a traditional Christmas with Midnight Mass and food and more food.

NP and SF

Hmmmm we lost again? maybe the Lakers need a coursr of Vitamen Pills? I am not happy at all.pfft.

Some quick Aussie news if I may which I received by email

Marino Matosevic received a w/card into the Brisbane International.He will have a precautionary x ray on his hip which was tight in the recent play offs in Melbourne.He thinks it was tight because he was not playing matches since early November.

Good news for Aussie posters.Fox Sports pay tv will broadcast the AO 2011 after entering a new agreement with Tennis Australia and the Seven network to provide a live and extensive coverage of the first GS of the year.

The new agreement,to commence includes live rights for all matches on televised courts,apart from Rod Laver arena,between day 1 and day 8 of the tournament.

Fox Sports also has the right to replay all Rod Laver Arena matches as well as all the action from the q/finals onwards.Great News for all of us Fox Pay tc subscribers.Good to see channel 7 hasnnt got the monopoly on the AO 2011.

I think Aussie cricketers think this is a one day match not a series in Melbourne.Woeful as I look at the scores.Unless it rains England will retain the Ashes easy and well deserved too.

again... merry christmas everybody...

and 6 days for a new year!!!!

happy new year in advance!!!

well , tis the day after Christmas and my house is a mess
but we had a great day with family
I have to wish you all a belated Merry Christmas and hope you had a great day
I do plan on being around for the holiday party
Thanks for hosting as always, Pete and Jackie!

as for the Lakers - yes , they stunk it up
Word is around these parts , that the Lakers do not want to play ( work ) on Christmas Day
Jackson, Kobe et al , would rather be at home with their families like the rest of the world
So maybe they were staging a little mini protest to the network

"you gonna make us work - well we will show you - the game will stink and so will your ratings - Ha "
or something like that . I don't know for sure
All I do know is that Pau Gasol could not have hit water if he fell out of a boat yesterday
and the rest of the team did not look much better
and what in the world was with those hideous green shoes ?

@beth,
thanks for the "inside info" on the lakers. i feel so much better, lol.
merry christmas to you and yours, too. and thank gawd for moms, who would clean after us without them, eh? ;)

@am,
don't despair, fellow lakers fan. it is all a conspiracy - we will hit 'em where it hurts later.
so, as far as the ao wildcards go, i hope that guy who feigned injury to avoid the qualies doesn't get one, but what do i know!

hey everyone...
a bit random...but is there a site that has all the md and QUALIFIER entry lists for upcoming events??? i know the lists must exist...they don't seem to be easy to find
(i know about the individual event sites)
Happy holidays

sf,
Merry Christmas to you!. I hope you are still here, by the way.

I wish that all your dreams (and Robin's) come true in 2011.

New video behind my avatar. :)

ESPN had their sports images for 2010 and here are the ones from tennis

Federer's tweener against Dabul at USO
Isner standing at scoreboard after defeating Mahut 70-68 in 5th set at Wimbledon
Federer raising AO trophy after defeating Murray
Nadal falling to ground behind baseline after winning against Djokovic at USO
Serena smiling during AO

greatings from paris :)
i hope everyone enjoyed his family and friends during christmas... it's allways special to have the ones we love around...

having all my family in spain, christmas was almost only about the 4 of us at home... i used to have some old aunties when i was a kid, and i was spoiled of course ;)

i wish everyone a good holiday !

Hi all,

Just getting a breath here after non stop family and my dear little Olivia who kept us up all Christmas Eve night every 2 hours, teething is so much fun.....but we survived and tired and all, it was my best Christmas in many years. A little one in the family brings back the magic!
Just wishing you all a little bit of that special magic in your life!

oi vey, zenggi! merry belated merry christmas to you, sweetheart!

close your eyes. make a wish. from your heart to gawd's ears. i hope 2011 brings you (and your roger) the very best too.

feliz navidad, ahhhh sumptious tune, traditional as it is contemporary! talking of which, a friend sent me a really, really neat e-christmas card, interactive to the point where you click through to building a very nice christmas village. it's a powerpoint attachment in an email, and after downloading it, i am having a hard time copying/pasting it into this typepad space. any hint how to do this, so i can share this beauty with all? if not, no worries, there are many youtube yuletide improvisations to last one a lifetime.

Hey everyone. :) Hope you all had lovely Christmases.

am late, but I don't like missing DCs, so - Christmas Eve is usually spent doing all the stuff I left to the last minute which is pretty much everything. :) I prefer it that way generally; somehow doesn't feel like magic if you start things like tree-decorating too early in the month. :)

Can't arrive at a party without bringing a contribution. :)

Thank you all for giving the Colts some of your love (as I requested). They won. Only 21 more days until the Aus. Open. Yippeee

Merry Christmas to all, had a really great Christmas, one of the best, but now I'm completely snowed in with 12ft and climbing, the road are also closed but it looks pretty.

beth at 12:34 PM "as for the Lakers - yes , they stunk it up Word is around these parts , that the Lakers do not want to play ( work ) on Christmas Day. Jackson, Kobe et al , would rather be at home with their families like the rest of the world So maybe they were staging a little mini protest to the network"

~~~~~~~~~

Somehow I can't feel too sorry for Jackson and Kobe et al who each earned several hundreds of thousand dollars to show up for a few hours. It's the parking lot attendants and hot dog vendors and arena janitors et al who I've got the most sympathy for. Although maybe they were glad of the chance to earn $50 or so.

To our European friends, how are the airports and highways and whatnot? Were people finally able to get to where they were trying to go for Christmas? The US northeast is really getting slammed right now. Boy this has sure been a tough travel season for a lot of people.

Good for us but I can't help but feel some sympathy for Rafa and Roger. They haven't had much of a break at all. They're both doing an autograph signing this Thursday at Abu Dhabi so it all starts already for them. Click on activity schedule here: http://www.mubadalawtc.com/en/home.aspx

iB3 is airing a prime time special on Rafa and his amazing year tonight. This promo is in Mallorqui but the video is kind of interesting if only to see him a little worked up at a practice session. At Toni? An irate Rafa is kind of sexy! :D http://ib3noticies.com/20101226_128525-rafel-nadal-sha-superat.html

Jackson,
2011 season should start shortly. Speaking of Nadal and Federer, I would think they have completed their off season workouts. After AO, both guys are not scheduled to play again until Federer in Dubai and Nadal in Davis Cup action.

A belated "Merry Christmas" to all my TW friends. I'm looking forward to the party this Friday.

Marie, good to see you! It's been a while. Hope you are well. :)

Lennon 1980, glad the Colts came through for you. Equally glad the Jags gagged for you too. :)

Master Ace, are you ready for bowl season to get serious? :)

And happy birthday to one of our special posters here. He he. :)

Sherlock,
As you know the SEC "season" do not start until Dec 30 and hopefully, the games will be pretty good.

WTA Roadmap Bonus Money for 2011 if the players met the requirement

Caroline - 1,000,000
Vera - 800,000
Kim - 700,000
Serena - 500,000
Venus - 500,000
Samantha - 400,000
Francesca - 250,000
Jelena - 250,000
Victoria - 250,000
Na - 250,000

MA, I don't mind if the SEC wins every game up to January 10th, as long as the Ducks win that day. :)

Sherlock,
That day is doomsday for the Ducks as his pushups will be limited. Newton will lead the Tigers to the BCS Championship.

Blasphemy, my friend. :)

But sadly, probably accurate. That's ok, though, I'm not giving up hope. :)

Wish jewell a very happy birthday if you haven't already, guys!

Sherls, the party's on Thursday! Don't come the day after - then you'll be stuck with clean-up duties. :)

Happy Birthday, Jewell.

Doh!! Thanks, Jax! That would be just like me. :)

Hope you had a very nice Christmas, Jackie. :)

And now that the cat is out of the bag, yes, happy birthday to our wonderful Jewell. Hope you have a great day. :)

Off to watch some basketball on my day off. Have a great day, gang. :)

Hope you are having a wonderful birthday, jewell! Hello to Master Ace, Jackie, Sherlock and anyone else about. I hope Amit made it to Paris and I hope no Twibe members are being inconvenienced by the snow storm on the east coast of the U.S.

Happy, Happy Birthday, jewell! And many happy returns of the day to you!

jackson: If I were going to feel sorry for one or the other of those two groups of players you mentioned @9:29 am, I'd probably pick the Lakers who have a "mandatory" Christmas Day assignment over Roger and Rafa and their welcome, but definitely voluntary, exo/tourney in Abu Dhabi! :)

Just popping in to say

Happy Birthday Jewell!

Hmm I see the weather in your part of the world hasnt got any better?

I will be flying home tomorrow Ugh just 23 hours flying time I will be stopping over at Dubai? maybe Roger can spare me a bed lol!.I am not getting off the plane.I hope it remembers to refuel or we wont make it back to Australia lol!

Have a safe trip, Aussiemarg.

Holds2Love

Hi! back

I am now a weather expert lol! I hope my friends in NYC are ok and Boston too they have been copping snow like Europe at the moment.I also hope Amit made it to Paris.The airport has been closed on and off.Also the train was also cancelled.Though back running now.I hope our weather in Sydney is warm and hot.I cant wait for the tennis to start at least I can watch 4 tournaments on my time zone.Like Yay!!!! and Oi,Oi,Oi,

Got to go.Bye!

Bye, AM. Hope you are greeted by warm and sunny weather. :)

Maria has arrived in Auckland but Dinara has not:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/tennis/4497820/Maria-Sharapova-arrives-in-Auckland

P.S. - Sania is scheduled to make her comeback from injury

happy birthday jewell... so you double the presents in one week ;) lucky you !
sherlock, hi yes i'm doing fine... just haveing a break holyday, very much needed after the epic snow delays at my favorite airport :)
i don't know if any triber had someone stuck in an european airport, but the worst part after having so much people on the ground, now thousands of luggage are left over... i'm grateful i don't work in that department !

so when tennis is starting ? the good thing of the off season it's that you become eager to watch some tennis, no matter who's playing ;)

the one i really want to watch is del potro... it's just been too long !

master ace, acording to dinara twitter she was stuch in the transit area of santiago airport cause no visa to go out for an hotel... she's travelling alone, she board this morning for a 13hour fligh going east ! rough life sometimes ;)

happy birthday, Jewell!

Jewell, happy birthday to you ♫ ♫ ♫!!!!

jackson, thanks for the Rafa link!!!!

And about the basketball, I rather don't say anything because I can see here many Lakers fan LOL, but come on guys, give some credit to the Heats, they are playing great although Wade has a sore knee injury but he's helping a lot

AM, I've just found out that you are in Europe, have a good trip back to Sydney!!!