GOOOOAAAAALLLLLL!: Confessed soccer fanatic Caroline Wozniacki fulfilled a longtime goal when she met the Galaxy’s David Beckham during the L.A. Women’s Tennis Championships.
PRETTY IN PINK: A pair of teens at the Legg Mason Classic in D.C. wore pink T-shirts that read, “RODDICK-ULOUS!”
ANDY RODDICK TO STAR IN HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 4 – THE POSTGRADUATE YEARS!!!!: Andy Roddick says the media has cast him in more than a few roles over the years, including “the new eager guy. They tried to turn me into Zac Efron. Then you’re the punk. Then you’re the has-been. Then you’re the guy who’s just somewhere in the middle and blends in. Then you’re – after Wimbledon – the Andy-every-guy who people are cheering for all the sudden. And all the meat and potatoes of who I am hasn’t really changed much.”
BABY BORIS: Boris Becker’s new bride, Sharlely Kerssenberg, is expecting her first child.
THE NUMBERS
3,075: Dollars it will cost you for one-night’s stay in the two-bedroom Roger Federer Suite on the 16th floor of the Carlyle in New York. (Among the amenities: a decked-out kitchen, 24-bottle mini-bar, espresso machine and a leopard-print rug.)
55: Minutes it took for Andy Roddick to dispatch Benjamin Becker 6-3, 6-2 in his opening match at the Legg Mason Classic – less time than it took him to play the telltale fifth set against Roger Federer in the Wimbledon final.
HEADLINES
Kim Clijsters: Ready For the Mother of All Comebacks
Boris Becker’s Bohemian Beauty Shows Off Baby Bump
QUOTEBOOK
“I started looking for answers in all the wrong places.” – Ana Ivanovic on her fall from No. 1
“I’m motivated again.” – 29-year-old Spaniard and former No. 1 J.C. Ferrero, who last year finished outside the top 50 for the first time in a decade
“Sometimes I would see stars.” – Dinara Safina on the pain of a patella inflammation in her left knee
