BAN APPEALS: Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse have asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport to overturn their one-year bans for missing drug tests.
SOMEBODY GET THOSE GUYS A RAZOR: Reflecting on his epic five-set, 16-14 in the fifth win over Andy Roddick in the Wimbledon final, Roger Federer said, “I had a feeling at changeovers that we would be there all summer long, that they would close the roof, people would sleep all night and wake up and me and Andy would still be there, beards growing, holding serve.”
SURGERY FOR VERA: Vera Zvonareva underwent minor arthroscopic surgery on her right ankle to remove scar tissue, and should be cleared to return to the court in four to five weeks.
THE NUMBERS
14: Occasions on which Liezel Huber says she’s been drug-tested since the beginning of June. Says the South African-turned-American, “I think it’s a bit ridiculous.”
6-4, 5-7, 6-4: Score in the final match of Marat Safin‘s 13-year career — a second-round loss to U.S. Open champ Juan Martin Del Potro in Paris.
10: Years in a new endorsement deal between Credit Suisse and Roger Federer.
QUOTEBOOK
“That was the greatest. I was so happy. It made my day. It was almost worth it.” —Sam Querrey on the get-well e-mail he received from Roger Federer after the Southern Californian fell through a glass table in Thailand
“I’m the most successful bad player ever. I used to hear a lot that all I could do was hit a serve, I couldn’t volley, I can’t hit a backhand, I don’t return well, and then people would turn around and tell me I’m underachieving. Well, all I’d say is, you can’t have it both ways. For a guy who can’t hit a shot, I’ve done okay.” — Andy Roddick
