Not really, but it looked good in this ad for Cristiano Ronaldo’s new Nike Mercurial Vapor VIII shoe.

The US Open starts Monday.  No one cares. The NY Times knows that. That’s why they signed up SNL star Andy Samberg to re-enact some of the great tennis stars of the past. It’s kind of fitting.  The star of a show that has lost nearly all of its relevance honoring a sport that has done the same.

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Is this Roger Federer trick shot video real? Hitting tennis balls off the court into a parked Mercedes sunroof seems pretty hard to believe. But if he actually did do it…WOW!

You never know with Roger. The man loves to play with our minds.
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This is how the #1 ranked player Caroline Wozniacki gets herself ready for her opening round match in the French Open. Just playing a little keepy up. Not bad at all.

Wish she wore her her Steven Gerrard jersey.

You may not know this, but before he was the successful host of “The Chair” and the pitchman for some rental car company (Budget? Avis? I can’t remember,) John McEnroe was a tennis player. He was very good one, in fact. His rivalry with Bjorn Borg is one of the best in the history of sports. It all came to a head 30 years ago, in the finals of the US Open. Author Stephen Tignor is taking on the rivalry in his new book, “High Strung,” which hits stores this week.

He was kind enough to give us a few minutes. We talked about what made the rivalry so fierce, what brought it to an end and how it may have had an indirect impact on rock and roll history.

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Just another Rebecca Black remake. This time Ryan Lipman of the Vanderbilt tennis team shows us how he gets ready for a big match day.

I really can’t make fun as I was on my high school tennis team. And i lost in states to a guy wearing a golf glove.

Head Tennis has released a new video featuring Novak Djokovic volleying some tennis ball while in mid flight on a plane. This is kind of cool, but definitely not as good as the ad featuring the perpetual motion machine powered by tennis rackets.

Who is that hot chick?

Li Na might have become the first Asian woman to reach a Grand Slam singles final, but where she really shined is her post match interview. It was like an episode of Last Comic Standing. She found ways to make fun of her husband and his snoring, their anniversary, and her mother. Basically hitting the family comedic trifecta. Ken Jeong and Bobby Lee should take notes.

Watch for yourself at the 4:57 mark.

Check out Maria Sharapova in this ad for Google Voice where she decides to rip forehands at three guys. She also speaks a little Russian for you sickos out there.

This little fracas happened during the Novak Djokovic and Philipp Petzschner match last night. For reasons unknown to us a young man gets into a shouting match with an older lady. After a couple of F bombs were dropped everything seemed to settle down until the older gentleman started to get physical. It didn’t end well as he tumbled a couple rows down.

My favorite part of the whole ordeal is how excited the guy shooting the video gets about being on YouTube.