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Tennis Served Fresh covers fashion, style, art, media and culture surrounding the worlds of tennis and sport. | Twitter: @TSFtennis | Facebook: Tennis Served Fresh | Our friendly URL: TSFtennis.com
The TSF Family: Nick McCarvel, Editor
Nick McCarvel has been a tennis fan long since his days of playing the sport against a barn wall in his hometown of Helena, Montana, as a child. As Editor of TSF, Nick writes on a variety of topics, but especially enjoys WTA catfights, anything to do with Novak Djokovic and Andy Roddick’s Twitter updates. He is a regular contributor to the pop culture and politics web site Powerwall and his tennis writing has been featured in The New York Times, USA Today, ESPN The Magazine and Tennis View Magazine. He can be reached at nmccarvel at gmail.com. | Twitter: @nickmccarvel
Erwin Ong, Founder
Erwin Ong started the TSF blog in 2007. He likes hearing from readers with tips, love, complaints, and feedback. Reach him by e-mail: erwin.c.ong at gmail.com. | Twitter: ruberdcky
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tennis served fresh 
March 16, 2007 at 7:43 am |
I love your site! I have to include you in my blogroll.
March 22, 2007 at 9:25 pm |
Unique site. I like it. Good thinking.
May 2, 2007 at 2:00 am |
Wow!! Great stuff. Exceptionally clever. What a unique idea. Congratulations! I won’t miss an entry.
May 4, 2007 at 12:39 am |
Anyone have any statistics from the grass/clay exhibition? I’m better that the player on the grass side could only win 20% or less of the points. Anyone know?
June 8, 2007 at 4:35 pm |
I’m linking you to my site. This site is just too good. It’s addictive.
June 12, 2007 at 7:20 am |
Definitely addictive! I visit about 5 times a day! lol…
June 12, 2007 at 12:13 pm |
Thanks for your comment on my site’s About. Keep the good work mate! Your site rules!! 😉
June 21, 2007 at 8:33 am |
I thought you would find this website amusing:
I Hate Roger Federer
http://ihaterogerfederer.wordpress.com/
July 2, 2007 at 3:55 pm |
Erwin,
I’m loving this site…you always keep it ‘fresh’ and surprising!
July 4, 2007 at 3:24 pm |
I have just discovered your site and I love it. Almost as good as playing tennis! Now I just have to look stylish while I’m doing it!
July 19, 2007 at 1:50 pm |
Hi Erwin
Great site and extremely stylish.
Les
July 19, 2007 at 1:53 pm |
Bye the way I bet you are glad Roger won again so we can see what next years Wimbledon outfit is going to be.
Les
July 21, 2007 at 7:27 am |
You have a great site. The thing I like most about it is that your writing style and your site design are very dynamic and fresh. It really is unique. Keep up the good work.
July 30, 2007 at 4:51 pm |
Great site… and thanks for the link and using our Monaco pics in your Trophy section this week :o)
Keep up the good work!
August 9, 2007 at 6:44 am |
Hey!
Your blog is super.Thank you for providing thought-provoking topics.
August 10, 2007 at 6:57 pm |
Thanks for the message. I really enjoy your site. I love the little drama behind the scenes with tennis… fleshes out the people a little bit.
August 22, 2007 at 5:53 pm |
Great blog! I’ve visited many other tennis sites/blogs and you do serve tennis fresh! Love all the fashion stuff and insights. And I appreciate that you update frequently. Keep it up!
August 30, 2007 at 9:51 pm |
I’m a big tennis fan, and I feel I must add you to my blogroll. Hope you don’t mind. Keep up the good work.
September 3, 2007 at 7:53 pm |
just found your site. this is what i’ve been looking for! a tennis fashion blog.
September 6, 2007 at 2:44 am |
Is the McEnroe/Connors photo of any significance? Is there a story behind it or just some random shot?
September 6, 2007 at 10:44 am |
Vic O’Din: it’s just a picture that appeared in the Daily Mail during their coverage of this year’s Wimbledon.
September 6, 2007 at 9:45 pm |
finally, i can start reading about tennis related stuff again.
man i hope this is symbolic of things getting cool.
nice job on hitting the mark.
cheers,
matt
September 11, 2007 at 9:52 am |
anyone find any pics on davenports first win in Bali?
September 14, 2007 at 12:02 am |
Incredible site! Probably like most of the readers (and yourselves), i have some kind of self-confessed tennis disorder where the world revolves around the tour and every other thought & breath is based on the game.
I’ve been searching around for a tennis site which serves to tell the story of tennis in all its glorious aspects (especially players and fashions etc)… needless to say, its now in my ‘favourites’ folder… above the links to tennis-x and tennis-week; and slightly below the link to my sanity. =)
i have a strong dislike for run-of-the-mill thinking and responses; and a dire love for all things cynical, satirical and sarcastic. i love frankness, honesty and straight out opinions without dodging/skirting the edges. i appreciate any thoughts people share, even if i don’t necessarily agree – because the world needs difference to stay interesting and uncommunist-like.
I believe that tennis makes the world go round, and its people like kim clijsters who help it do so.
i believe that sharapova and fed will continue effortlessly being in-style; and other players should give up trying to be stylishly something they’re not *cough, serena*. i also believe some players have to try a little harder to forego the cargos and t-shirt when showing off a trophy in NY.
i wish all players could come with skill and personality – novak-like. and i have dearly missed clijsters, rafter, graf and 90’s hingis like crazy.
so that ends my exam-induced procrastination rant/intro. i’ve added you to ‘myspace’… so “Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship”.
=)
September 15, 2007 at 2:58 am |
Bilder von einem Photoshooting mit der russischen Tennisspielerin Anna Chakvetadze (Weltrangliste Nr.5 US Open Finalistin)
Exklusives Photoshooting mit Anna Chakvetadze:
http://www.tennis-reinecke.de/spieler.php?kez=anch
September 28, 2007 at 3:23 am |
Wonderful site.
Your hard work and love of the game is apparent and greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
October 2, 2007 at 11:03 am |
cool blog
check my blog too
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October 5, 2007 at 8:25 pm |
I love the overall style of this site. It combines two of my great passions — tennis and fashion, so automatically, it’s a must read. But the writing style is quite simply “fresh” and overall refreshing.
October 6, 2007 at 2:51 pm |
Love the blog.
Thanks for linking me!
Pleats
http://pleatsncleats.blogspot.com
October 10, 2007 at 7:36 pm |
I love your blog!!! one request: more DAVID FERRER!!! (can you find out why he wears 20 necklaces?) Thank you and Keep it up!!!
October 13, 2007 at 1:38 am |
Daniela Krajnc meets Anna Chakvetadze
Nice photo report:
http://www.kollermedia.at/page/2/
October 27, 2007 at 8:48 am |
Hello,
My name is Nawin from Singapore. I am the author for the Regentville Tennis Blog http://www.regentville.com. It’s a personal tennis blog about my research and findings on tennis related issues.
I have gone through your blog and I feel that it is a wonderful resource to the tennis blogging community. I have added a link to your blog on my website and I sincerely hope you will be able to do the same as well.
Let’s hope to be able to grow the tennis community via tennis blogs together. Hope to hear from you soon.
Thanks & Best regards,
—
Nawin
Regentville Tennis Blog
http://www.regentville.com
November 18, 2007 at 11:15 am |
Kewl blog. Crush ng bayan Andy Roddick? Pinoy ka! Yey mabuhay!
November 28, 2007 at 8:00 am |
Unusual tennis-website
Daniela Krajnc meets Anna Chakvetadze
http://www.annachakvetadze.com/
January 22, 2008 at 12:47 pm |
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January 31, 2008 at 12:00 am |
Hah! I was just going onto the splash page of wordpress.com minding my own business and there’s your picture. I kept on promising to call after we ran into each other last time. Well. We should get coffee or a drink before Jeff and John’s next party. Peace, Bryan from Texas. Check out my blog, yo. http://www.spittingtacks.com
February 29, 2008 at 12:49 am |
Brilliant blog. I can’t believe the depth you go in discussing the fashions of the game. Bookmarked and checked daily.
March 10, 2008 at 3:15 pm |
wow, great site! i’m linking you to my site! 🙂
March 14, 2008 at 5:23 am |
Hi there, I like your site. I’m putting you on my blog roll, please check out my tennis blog http://www.thetenniscentre.wordpress.com
May 16, 2008 at 8:55 am |
Hi there,
Just came here by chance, read your post about Justine and browsed your blog a bit. How I like it! Great job! tennis and fashion, Fashion and tennis. One is passion, another is …errr… passion too! Am not a fashionista though but will check here regularly.
Enjoy the w-e!
Regards from Madagascar
June 12, 2008 at 8:18 am |
Hello Erwin,
Great work, we will follow your updates. But just one question : Who’s the icon now, Roger or Rafa ?
Julien, from Paris
June 19, 2008 at 8:15 am |
Your site is really great !
I love to read your updates !
That’s it ! 🙂
BYE !
I hope that I didn’t make a lot of mistake !
June 23, 2008 at 9:59 am |
Great site! Any comments on the belted shorts Federer wore on his opening match against Hrbaty?
Hollister
NYC
July 2, 2008 at 11:26 pm |
Hey contact
I have a tattoo watch for you but I don’t know if I have to link it or not. I will just tell you where to look for it.
It was a player (he looked like Willy Canas) who was playing the challenger event in Lugano this week. If you go to the gallery section page 3 you will see a player with a big tattoo on his back. He is getting treatment on his shoulder.
To me the guy looks hot maybe it is Canas then.
July 11, 2008 at 11:12 pm |
Hello Erwin,
Saw your site in the home page… glad to find a fellow Roger fan here!
RF’s still the best! 🙂
Chel
July 12, 2008 at 1:43 am |
Go UST!
July 30, 2008 at 12:28 am |
I found your blog today and i relate to a lot of what you have here and so i will be back. I have added you to my blogroll and wondered if you would like to check out my sports art blog and do the same. Thanks “Nipper Jane”
July 31, 2008 at 5:19 am |
I am linking you! 😀
August 12, 2008 at 10:49 am |
I can’t believe you guys…so slow. Sharapova’s US Open Dress is already out on Tennis Warehouse! Check it out!
August 12, 2008 at 10:50 am |
And when I mean US Open, I mean 2008 day and night dresses. Velvet seems like it would be uncomfortable…
August 29, 2008 at 11:40 pm |
You should add Patty Snyder to your tattoo watch. She has one on her back shoulder. Got a photo of it … if you need.
September 2, 2008 at 5:49 pm |
What are your thoughts on the Federer jersey for US Open 2008? I have to admit I hate Federer’s fashion sense with a passion and yet I’m okay with the jersey. I absolutely cringed watching him play with the tuxedo pants.
The gillette commercial drives me crazy. I walk up and down my living room waving my arms when it comes on because I just can’t stand the fact that an athlete as talented as Roger is lathering up and shaving as if he was some two-bit actor. Ick.
September 20, 2008 at 2:38 pm |
Great blog! I am a tennis-holic so this looks like a blog for me.
(grin)
I’ve added you to my blogroll. Hope that’s ok.
SOC
October 9, 2008 at 10:40 pm |
hi Erwin, do you have any info about the Barricade V Shanghai special edition?
I saw it on ShopAdidas.com a couple of days ago, but when I checked today, it disappeared completely…
October 10, 2008 at 11:11 am |
Seems like the red ones are gone, but the black/gold ones are still around at holabird:
http://www.holabirdsports.com/cgi-bin/product?product=111577
I saw a red in size 10 (US) on ebay.co.uk, too. For that colorway, those secondhand sites are probably the way to go. Good luck!
October 22, 2008 at 4:52 pm |
is this a gay tennis site?
October 31, 2008 at 1:12 pm |
Been reading you for a while now and gotta say….where have you been lately? You never fail to make me laugh…hurry back soon.
November 15, 2008 at 3:49 pm |
I have missed your blog too. Nothing since the Paris Masters and I will wait till a new post.
December 16, 2008 at 10:33 am |
Hi, Congrats for your fisrt year.
? NOvak was wearing a graph tee for his trophy ceremonie, do u know what was it?
I’m surprised that you did not noticed it
Yass
December 19, 2008 at 10:46 am |
We really enjoy visiting your blog, its fun and trendy, and always current! Keeping coming off the hot iron… we love your stuff!
-edgar
tennismobster.blogspot.com
January 13, 2009 at 8:48 am |
Hello,
my name is Krsto, and I am running a blog on http://www.wtaladies.com. If you are interested, I would like to exchange textual link or a banner with you. Please respond to this e-mail asap.
Thanks ahead. By
January 14, 2009 at 10:23 am |
OK .. no ‘skimpy’ clothes at Australian Open!!!
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24898266-953,00.html
The picture is of the ‘see through’ top that brought shame on the Hopman cup. One of the problems of being an old lech is that you can’t see through ‘see through’ tops.
January 28, 2009 at 4:45 am |
This is one of my favorite blogs.
What is better than tennis and fasion???!!!
Always look forward to the postings
March 5, 2009 at 5:02 pm |
what brand and style of underwear the tennis players wear.
March 25, 2009 at 2:24 pm |
Longtime lover of your site! I’d love to do a link exchange!
March 30, 2009 at 6:41 am |
hi!!!
ur site is very nice!!!
I’m planning to start playing tennis…could u advice me a cool racket?? i’m female 1.80m tall beginners!
thankkkkkkksss
ps. can’t find racket’s rank in any place in the web! maybe u could write a blog with tips n coolest racks for 2009…
March 31, 2009 at 2:00 pm |
seen australian by l’alpina on a website called microzine. emailed them and they have loadsa polos now but getting in track tops and a full italian federation davis cup tracksuit! don’t get why you don’t see many players wearing it!
April 24, 2009 at 5:37 am |
i think it’s a tennis blog
May 12, 2009 at 12:23 pm |
Awesome blog. 🙂
Check out mine.
http://tennishunter.blogspot.com/
May 15, 2009 at 11:08 am |
Hi Erwin,
If you want to add Facebook or email sharing buttons to your blog posts, there’s a plugin that does it for you: http://tinyurl.com/sharebuttons
Hope you find it helpful!
Cheers,
May 28, 2009 at 2:24 pm |
Hi,
Please can you tell me where I can purchase a Le Coq Sportif t-shirt as worn by Starace against Murray in the French open.
Pictures can be found at
http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?p=3472414
August 15, 2009 at 4:57 pm |
That?s going. Thanks for the 2 cents!
Yet to happen to any of our 300 users as far as I am aware.
That?s not how it works at all 😛 Read the tin and come back.
Comments like this really get under my skin.
Thanks for the tip. Will check it out.
Looks like very good tool. I might use it for my work.
I just love to download free music . cheers
September 4, 2009 at 1:20 pm |
Hey–I run a blog about being unemployed. I just posted a piece about my afternoon at the US Open qualifiers last week. I thought you might appreciate it. Here’s the link…
http://www.joblessandless.com/2009/09/unemployed-guy-fits-right-in-at-the-us-open/
Feel free to link to it if you like. I hope you’re enjoying the tournament.
Norm
October 20, 2009 at 4:39 pm |
Love the site! For this week’s poll though, I wish you had asked readers who they thought were the two ATP players under investigation for soliciting prostitutes in Stockholm. Those would have been some funny posts!
October 21, 2009 at 11:44 pm |
Really good blog. Keep it up. Definitely one of the sites I will probably check at least once a week.
January 18, 2010 at 7:25 am |
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January 24, 2010 at 8:56 am |
I’m interested in tennis fashion and so I love this blog. It gives fun information on the players and their sponsors that can’t be found anywhere else.
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February 9, 2010 at 2:54 pm |
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May 7, 2010 at 3:35 am |
Hi Erwin,
Love to see you do another article on DTL. We enjoy reading your blog!
Visit us soon at http://www.dtlsport.com for high fashion ladies tennis apparel!
May 16, 2010 at 3:46 pm |
thanks admin
May 31, 2010 at 9:16 am |
What a set of jobless, pathetic folk….. bla bla bla about the LEAST important things about sport.
June 6, 2010 at 9:37 am |
Hey there!
I really like your Tennis Blog.
I make you an offer: I will translate the Blog postings you write within 24h into German (for a small fee).
If I make a mistake (with translating) you don’t have to pay!
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June 28, 2010 at 6:02 am |
Love your blog – just added it to my TennisFixation blogroll!
June 29, 2010 at 5:41 pm |
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August 27, 2010 at 1:13 pm |
Love it! Great job!
I love fashion and I love tennis…. you guys are gonna be on my blogroll!
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October 6, 2010 at 12:55 pm |
Two tennis events in the Los Angeles (San Fernando Valley) are in October:
The USTA Men’s Pro Tennis Championship of Calabasas in Calabasas, CA
(Jeff@TopSeed.us) October 16-October 24
The Vijay Amritraj Foundation Charity Tennis Classic honoring Jimmy Connors
October 29 @ The Calabasas Swim and Tennis Club (www.THEVAF.com)
October 18, 2010 at 7:06 am |
Dear Tennis Served Fresh,
We are really excited about the Chris Evert Raffle that Chris and her charity are running through NetRaffle by Celebrities For Charity and want to share the news with as many tennis enthusiasts as possible.
The winner receives a “Once in a Lifetime” experience to attend her Pro Celebrity Tennis Classic in Florida and meet Chris Evert. The best part is that the proceeds benefit the Chris Evert Charity.
I hope that you are able to share news about this “Once In A Lifetime” event with your readers.
I have attached a press release about the raffle and you may also learn more about it on Celebrities For Charity website: http://www.celebritiesforcharity.org/raffle/Chris-Everts-Pro-Celebrity-Tennis-Classic/
Please feel free to contact me should you require any additional information.
Thanks,
Matt
January 15, 2011 at 2:09 am |
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July 12, 2011 at 1:14 pm |
Mr. McCarvel,
My name is Nick Weaver and I am a marketing intern at SnagFilms.com. We have a great documentary on our site called “Unstrung” which follows 7 or 8 young tennis players during their amateur days on the junior circuit. The film takes place in 2005 and is a great behind-the-scenes look at the world of competitive tennis. It would be great, if you had interest in this film, to give it a mention or a review on your blogsite during the U.S. Open this upcoming August. A big part of the film is that the winner of the national tournament in kalamazoo, MI gets a automatic bid to the U.S Open which I think would be great for audiences to see around the time of the Open. Let me know what you think and thank you very much for your time. Here is a link for the film… http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/unstrung/
Sincerely,
Nick Weaver
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