Court Six: Long Island Tennis Magazine’s Gossip Column (January/February 2011)
Tennis tweets of late
What do your favorite professional tennis players like to do I their down time?
Ivo Karlovic (@ivokarlovic)
Shopping: "Just went in the Dash store. Didn’t know the Kardashians have their own water. I’m sure its anything but pure."
Donald Young (@DonaldYoungJr)
Video Games … tennis players like to play video games in their downtime: “Just got NBA JAM for PS3 … this thing is so cold. I’m playing with Miami … the Lebron and Wade combo is outta control. Loving it!”
John Isner (@JohnIsnerTennis)
Watching WWE wrestling: “The three-hour old school RAW!"
Caroline Wozniacki (@CaroWozniacki)
Watching soccer: “Going to watch Liverpool playing tonight from my couch with my feet up!”
Jesse Levine (@jesselevine7)
Vacation: “Had an amazing time in the Bahamas. Now back to reality.”
Other Twitter news
After Justin Gimelstob’s charity event in New Jersey, Lindsay Davenport (@LDavenport76) wanted to get back to her family in California. "I’m sneaking a ride back to LA with Pete Sampras … he was kind enough to take me on his plane. Be in LA in six hours! Wake up with kids. Yes!"
Vince Spadea (@vincespadea) on his encounter with MTV’s The Jersey Shore: "Saw Paulie D from The Jersey Shore in the mall yesterday and girls were screaming and running after him like he was Elvis. Paulie D didn’t sign autos or take pics, he had two overweight friends of his posing as bodyguards.”
Jo Wilfried Tsonga (@JoWillyTsonga) on the Davis Cup: "Serbia stuns France to win the Davis Cup title … first-time finalist Serbia completed an impossible dream with 3-2 win in the Davis Cup Final.”
Sunshine
Following in the footsteps of Jessica Simpson, Katy Perry, Avril Lavigne and Serena Williams, Caroline Wozniacki is now a Proctiv girl. Wozniacki spoke about the new multi-million dollar deal, and she sure sounded like she’s been practicing her Proactiv testimonial: "When you are in the spotlight, there are thousands of pictures taken of you. I am really happy now that I have good skin, so there is one less thing to worry about."
He’s back!
U.S. Open winner Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina will resume his comeback from a 12-month injury layoff as a wild card at the Sydney International in January. Del Potro fell from a ranking of number four to 259th in the world after dropping out of the tour after this year’s Australian Open and having surgery on his right wrist in May.
