Wimbledon Diary - Dancing Bug Spreads; Andy Agassi
Wimbledon, England
Lukasz Kubot and Fernando Verdasco do celebratory dances.
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Wimbledon Diary - Dancing Bug Spreads; Andy Agassi
Wimbledon, England
Lukasz Kubot and Fernando Verdasco do celebratory dances.
ATPWorldTour.com takes a look at the news and talking points at Wimbledon on the second Monday.
Dancing Kings
The dancing bug is spreading at Wimbledon. Lukasz Kubot has done the can-can down the service line following his victories this past week, and Fernando Verdasco followed by showing off his Salsa moves after his fourth-round win.
“It's something [that came] up a couple years ago,” Kubot said of his celebration. “My team told me, my coaches, that every time I'm gonna play on the big courts, the big tournaments, big events, I should do the can-can after a win. It's one of our exercises when we are practising. Coaches like when I put my legs very high. So it stays until now.”
Verdasco shared that his coach, Richie Sanchez, inspired his little dance after he spent all Sunday listening to the songs ‘Torito Guapo’ and ‘El Dinero’ by late Spanish singer El Fary. “I told him if I win, I will do the dance for him,” he said.
A new dance move might be in store should the Spaniard upset Andy Murray in the quarter-finals. “Maybe tomorrow he [listens to] something new and I do something different. But we'll see.
Andy Agassi
Murray may have conservative fashion sense now, but back in his youth, he didn’t shy away from the flashy style of his idol Andre Agassi.
“It’s fair to say it wasn’t a common sight on the streets of Dunblane but Andy didn’t care,” brother Jamie Murray wrote for The Sun. “Andy liked Agassi. So mum or dad bought him a hat with fake blond hair at the back and he wore that. He had denim shorts which Agassi wore, with the pink cycling shorts underneath, which was quite different at the time.”
Pole Position
Poland got caught up in the tennis frenzy last November when Jerzy Janowicz made his Cinderella run to the BNP Paribas Masters final. “Everybody was living with this momentum,” remembered Kubot. “They showed tennis and his matches live on TV.”
Now, tennis mania is set to reach new heights with Janowicz and Kubot set to face off in the quarter-finals - ensuring a Polish semi-finalist for the first time in Grand Slam history - and Agnieszka Radwanska into the last eight in the women’s draw.
“I think this is by far the best what possibly could happen to Polish tennis,” said Janowicz, who grew up without an idol from his homeland, instead emulating American Pete Sampras. “I think right now tennis is a really famous sport in our country. I hope we'll get still more fans.”
Poland could’ve been denied its historic quarter-final match-up, had Janowicz taken up Qatar’s offer of citizenship back in his junior days. “This was in 2006 when I won my first junior title in Saudi Arabia,” he said. “One guy came to me and talk about the situation. I actually said straightaway no.”
Instead, Janowicz proudly celebrated his fourth-round win with Kubot. “I went straightaway to his locker room. We hugged. I congratulated him. I think both [of us] are happy because what is going on right now. It’s magical.”
Photo Of The Day
How about this for a memorable souvenir? Janowicz tossed his shoes into the stands following his victory.
Tweet Of The Day
After defeating former Wimbledon semi-finalist Tommy Haas in his fourth-round match, Novak Djokovic confronted a test of a different sort:
Quote Of The Day
Djokovic was asked during his press conference if he’d support the idea of giving the winner of a Grand Slam tournament 3,000 points in the Emirates ATP Rankings.
The World No. 1 responded: “Well, if I win it, yes.”
Wimbledon Diary - Dancing Bug Spreads; Andy Agassi
Wimbledon, England
Lukasz Kubot and Fernando Verdasco do celebratory dances.
ATPWorldTour.com takes a look at the news and talking points at Wimbledon on the second Monday.
Dancing Kings
The dancing bug is spreading at Wimbledon. Lukasz Kubot has done the can-can down the service line following his victories this past week, and Fernando Verdasco followed by showing off his Salsa moves after his fourth-round win.
“It's something [that came] up a couple years ago,” Kubot said of his celebration. “My team told me, my coaches, that every time I'm gonna play on the big courts, the big tournaments, big events, I should do the can-can after a win. It's one of our exercises when we are practising. Coaches like when I put my legs very high. So it stays until now.”
Verdasco shared that his coach, Richie Sanchez, inspired his little dance after he spent all Sunday listening to the songs ‘Torito Guapo’ and ‘El Dinero’ by late Spanish singer El Fary. “I told him if I win, I will do the dance for him,” he said.
A new dance move might be in store should the Spaniard upset Andy Murray in the quarter-finals. “Maybe tomorrow he [listens to] something new and I do something different. But we'll see.
Andy Agassi
Murray may have conservative fashion sense now, but back in his youth, he didn’t shy away from the flashy style of his idol Andre Agassi.
“It’s fair to say it wasn’t a common sight on the streets of Dunblane but Andy didn’t care,” brother Jamie Murray wrote for The Sun. “Andy liked Agassi. So mum or dad bought him a hat with fake blond hair at the back and he wore that. He had denim shorts which Agassi wore, with the pink cycling shorts underneath, which was quite different at the time.”
Pole Position
Poland got caught up in the tennis frenzy last November when Jerzy Janowicz made his Cinderella run to the BNP Paribas Masters final. “Everybody was living with this momentum,” remembered Kubot. “They showed tennis and his matches live on TV.”
Now, tennis mania is set to reach new heights with Janowicz and Kubot set to face off in the quarter-finals - ensuring a Polish semi-finalist for the first time in Grand Slam history - and Agnieszka Radwanska into the last eight in the women’s draw.
“I think this is by far the best what possibly could happen to Polish tennis,” said Janowicz, who grew up without an idol from his homeland, instead emulating American Pete Sampras. “I think right now tennis is a really famous sport in our country. I hope we'll get still more fans.”
Poland could’ve been denied its historic quarter-final match-up, had Janowicz taken up Qatar’s offer of citizenship back in his junior days. “This was in 2006 when I won my first junior title in Saudi Arabia,” he said. “One guy came to me and talk about the situation. I actually said straightaway no.”
Instead, Janowicz proudly celebrated his fourth-round win with Kubot. “I went straightaway to his locker room. We hugged. I congratulated him. I think both [of us] are happy because what is going on right now. It’s magical.”
Photo Of The Day
How about this for a memorable souvenir? Janowicz tossed his shoes into the stands following his victory.
Tweet Of The Day
After defeating former Wimbledon semi-finalist Tommy Haas in his fourth-round match, Novak Djokovic confronted a test of a different sort:
Quote Of The Day
Djokovic was asked during his press conference if he’d support the idea of giving the winner of a Grand Slam tournament 3,000 points in the Emirates ATP Rankings.
The World No. 1 responded: “Well, if I win it, yes.”
