Shopping for tennis goods in Tokyo? Victoria Wardrobe in Kanda is probably the best place to visit (unless any of my readers could prove me otherwise). They have tennis goods at the 4th floor, men’s wear at the 2nd and women’s wear at the 3rd. This week, I bought me a new set of tennis…
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Graf beats Navratilova (2008)
Dream Match 2008 was a surprisingly good set of matches! Kimiko Date beats Martina Navratilova. Steffi Graf beats Navratilova. Date beats Graf. Against Navratilova, Graf won the tiebreaker 10-5. Both were playing very well. Shots, slices and serves were accurate. Navratilova was refreshingly funny. Graf was still a force to reckon with although she was…
Playing With Miho Seiki
Guess who was at tennis school today? Miho Seiki! Didn’t ring a bell? Check her WTA profile site. We were given the chance to play some points against her. At first, I found it hard to adjust to her serve mostly because I was more used to weaker serves from my fellow-intermediate level players. Later…
Quickie Tennis for Gaijins
Foreigners new to Tokyo find it very hard to find courts to play tennis and people to play tennis with. There is a solution – Tokyo Gaijins! Ricky (the organizer) makes tennis court reservations, sends out an email asking who would like to participate. All you have to do is reply to his email, and…
Gaora and the WTA
Gaora seems to be showing more women’s tennis than men’s tennis. I get the feeling they have a special deal with the WTA and not with the ATP. Not that I’m complaining especially when they’re showing Sharapova or Ivanovic but once in a while, I would also like to watch the greatest player the world…
Roddick Humbles Nishikori
Kei Nishikori beat James Blake, Number 2 in the US, to win a Florida Tournament. Today, he was against Andy Roddick, Number 1 in the US, in a San Jose Tournament. Unfortunately, he lost 6-2 6-4. He’s just 18. He has many many years ahead of him.
Kei Nishikori: Hope of Japan
For a long time, Takao Suzuki has been Japan’s best male tennis player but the other day, a new guy has appeared and won his first ATP Title — the first by a Japanese in nearly 16 (!) years. His name is Kei Nishikori. He’s 18 years old and I’m sure Japan’s tennis community is…
Graf/Navratilova, Here I Come!
Got my tickets for this exhibition and I think we’ll be sitting pretty close to the center of the court! Here’s a picture of Ariake Coliseum Yehey!
Feel It – BNP Paribas Masters
Another one of those Feel it ads. If the last one was “Feel the Ferocity”, this one is “Feel the Intensity”, “Feel the Power” and “Feel the Passion”. It was used last year at the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris.
Corporate Spring Tournament
Spring is just around the corner and corporate tennis clubs in Tokyo are all getting ready for the Corporate Spring Tournament (春東京実業団対抗リーグ戦) 2008. Big companies such as NTT (previous champion), NIPPO (previous runner-up), Mizuho, Ricoh, Microsoft, Fujitsu, Goldman Sachs, Sony, among others are expected to be there. It’s going to be held at the Ariake…
Feel It
This is the new ATP ad as part of it’s FEEL IT campaign. So cool!
Graf vs Navratilova in Tokyo!
What more could you ask for? Two of probably the best women tennis players in history, together with probably the best Japanese tennis player of all time in an exhibition match here in Tokyo. They call it Dream Match 2008 and it’s going to be held on March 15, 2008 (13:00) at the Ariake Coliseum….
Enrico in Tokyo 