I was really considering going to Indian Wells this year as well. Chose instead to catch the Jays in Oakland then Giants in San Fran in May. This plan may well backfire.
Also, if Fernandez wins her next match, it looks like she'll crack the top 100.
Her likely next opponent is Elina Svitolina which will obviously be a very tough match. That said, she beat Bencic in Switzerland during the Fed Cup and is playing some fine tennis.
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is it already the 10 year anniversary of the infamous Fedal/Sampragassi Hit for Haiti event? dang how a decade flies by. I still remember cringing so hard I nearly collapsed into a singularity as Pete and Andre took turns one upping each other on the dickery scale, while Roger and Rafa tried in vain to de-escalate. one of my clearest tennis fandom memories for better or worse.
is it already the 10 year anniversary of the infamous Fedal/Sampragassi Hit for Haiti event? dang how a decade flies by. I still remember cringing so hard I nearly collapsed into a singularity as Pete and Andre took turns one upping each other on the dickery scale, while Roger and Rafa tried in vain to de-escalate. one of my clearest tennis fandom memories for better or worse.
Sampras made some joke at Agassi's expense and then Agassi did an impression of Sampras basically saying he's cheap and never pays his share of a bill, which Sampras took personally, and things got a bit tense. Or that's my memory of it.
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The players all wore microphone headsets -- a common feature in exhibition matches. Agassi's mock trashtalking and Federer's game responses quickly became an enlivening feature of the contest. "Partner -- stop hitting the ball to Roger Federer," Agassi told Nadal early on. "When are you going to take off your long pants?" Federer asked Agassi..
About halfway through, however, Agassi shifted his focus to Sampras, saying, "You always have to get serious huh, Pete?"
"Okay, Andre, I'll joke round a little bit," said Sampras, proceeding to imitate Agassi's famous pigeon-toed walk.
"I want to impersonate you," replied Agassi, pulling out his pockets. "'I don't have any money... Oh, wait, I have a dollar.'"
In his autobiography published last year, Agassi had characterized Sampras as a poor tipper after seeing him give a valet driver a dollar tip at Indian Wells one year.
Sampras, who had earlier expressed disappointment over the remarks in Agassi's book, was visibily irritated by the on-court jibe, even saying at one point, "Wow, you got personal."
Federer and Nadal appeared uncomfortable with the sudden change in atmosphere, with Federer trying to break the tension by joking to Nadal, "This rivalry's intense, man."
But the jousting continued as Sampras aimed a serve at Agassi, who ducked and then quipped, "It's better than being a valet driver when you pull up." Sampras muttered something about "baggage," saying, "Here we go. I'm a bad tipper. I'm sorry, Barack Obama."
The exchanges cast a pall over the contest, with the flow of conversation dropping noticeably therest of the way. "It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt," Agassi aptly remarked.
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We've been talking about Gaby Dabrowski in women's doubles (and rightfully so), but it's time to add Sharon Fichman to the conversation. Sharon and Kateryna Bondarenko were runners-up in Acapulco last weekend and won the title in Monterrey today.
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