Federer Twins in Madrid

There's no denying it—this is pretty cute...

Federer Regains No. 2 Ranking, Wins Madrid

Federer beat Berdych 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 in Madrid to take back his No. 2 ranking from Nadal. Who would have thought that Nadal would drop in the rankings during the clay court season? Certainly not me.

Check out the Madrid award ceremony and Federer's acceptance speech below:

Federer vs. Raonic Highlights in Madrid

Milos Raonic played a highly entertaining match against Roger Federer yesterday in Madrid, and although Federer won, it was very very close. People were already talking about how great a player Milos is, and I think this match proves that it's only a matter of time before he's in the top ten.

Check out highlights from the match below:

Raonic Defeats Murray in Barcelona

Huge win for Milos Raonic as he takes out Andy Murray in straight sets in Barcelona. This has got to be one of the biggest wins of his career, and I hope he can keep it up for as long as he can (so, until he has to play Rafa). Next up for Milos will be the winner of the Feliciano Lopez/David Ferrer match. Let's hope Feliciano comes through because although he's very pretty, I think he'll be a lot easier for Milos to beat than David. 

What's Milos Raonic Bullish About?

And here's the actual Harry Rosen print ad. Looking good Milos.

Milos Raonic's Harry Rosen Ad Campaign

I posted the behind the scenes video from Federer's Jura commercial yesterday, so I definitely have to post the behind the scenes video from Milos Raonic's Harry Rosen for Lacoste ad campaign. Canada represent!

Federer Cheering for Basel's Hockey Team

So Feds, you might want to come to Canada more often because you really seem to like hockey, and we love ourselves some hockey around here. No, I'm serious. We REALLY love our hockey. Like a crazy amount. Like in a "Vancouver tried to burn itself to the ground last year after their team lost the Stanley Cup" kind of way. And yes, that really happened.

Super excited by something that no one else seems to be watching...

Intensely gripping/groping Severin Luthi's leg  

Nooooooo! (I'm going to assume the other team scored)

To see the rest of the photos click here.

Making of Federer's Jura Commercial

Roger posted the following message on his facebook page yesterday: "Looking forward to the JURA commercial. Have a look at the making-of. Will show you the final result on Tuesday."

Alright, Rog. If you say I should watch, then I most certainly will. 

Nadal Wins Eighth Straight Monte Carlo Title

Rafa won his eighth straight Monte Carlo title after beating Djokovic 6–3, 6–1 in the final yesterday. Nadal hadn't won a match against Djokovic in quite a while, so this was a much needed win for him. 

Although the score suggests a fairly one-sided match, Djokovic was certainly not at his best after learning of his grandfather's death during the tournament, so I'm not sure this is necessarily an indicator of what's to come for the remainder of the clay court season. However, regardless of the situation, eight years in a row of winning the same event is pretty awesome, so good job Rafa...and I really hope Fed doesn't wind up in your half at the French. 

Clay Court Season Begins in Monte Carlo

So, the back-to-back Indian Wells and Miami events took a lot out of me—yes, I did in fact watch the tournaments from my couch—and so I needed a little tennis break before I could focus on the clay court season. Which basically means that I missed the start of the Monte Carlo tournament and am only starting to pay attention to match results now.

The most exciting thing about Monte Carlo for me is waiting to see if Nadal can win the event for the eighth time in a row. THE EIGHTH TIME IN A ROW. It's actually pretty ridiculous.

Nadal has been having knee issues as of late, so who knows what will happen, but I think it's really important for him to win this event so he has some confidence going into the rest of the clay court season. I just realized how stupid it sounds for me to say that Nadal needs confidence going into his favourite part of the year, but if he can't win all (or at least most) of these upcoming clay events then he might have some trouble at the French Open. After all, Djokovic really really wants that trophy.