Well, it's that time of year again. Herewith, the New Year's resolutions of a variety of WTA and ATP pros:
Rafael Nadal: Win the ATP World Tour championships in 2011, to fill the only blank on the résumé.
Tzvetana Pironkova: I'm going to do better at Wimbledon.
David Ferrer: I will improve my record against Roger Federer to 1-11.
Serena Williams: I will give up Twitter for a month. OK, three weeks. OK …
Feliciano Lopez: None. I love my own bad self just the way I am.
Nicolas Mahut: I will figure out how to break John Isner's serve.
Maria Sharapova: I will date some nice, if unknown, guy.
Andy Roddick: I will take that kid from Taipei to the woodshed at Wimbledon.
Vera Zvonareva: I will not cry for a month.
Mardy Fish: I will stay hungry. Literally.
Venus Williams: I will play as well in the second half of 2011 as I did in the first half of 2010.
John Isner: Figure out how to break Nicolas Mahut's serve.
Kimiko Date Krumm: I will put the racket down. But not just yet.
Novak Djokovic: I will not mention Serbia's Davis Cup win for three days.
Francesca Schiavone: I will make the second round at Roland Garros.
David Nalbandian: I'm going to show up.
Gael Monfils: I will stop trying to channel that rapper vibe.
Ana Ivanovic: I will stop saying, "Yeah, but it's not like Jelena is bagging the majors left and right, either."
Roger Federer: I will not show up at Wimbledon dressed like Liberace.
Caroline Wozniacki: I will downplay my babe appeal.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga: I don't know, I just want to stay healthy.
James Blake: I'm going to make one more run.
Ivan Ljubicic: What is "resolution"?
Elena Dementieva: I'm making a comeback!
Viktor Troicki: I don't need to do nothing. I'm a Davis Cup hero.
Dinara Safina: I'm going to spend more time with the chiropractor.
Mikhail Youzhny: I'm going to smack myself in the head with the racket. I'm no one-hit wonder!
Renata Voracova: I'm going to make you know who I am.
Lleyton Hewitt: I'm going to quit this stupid game. Honest. I mean it. You can't break a New Year's resolution, can you?
Aleksandra Wozniak: I'm going to add an "i" to my last name and live off the fat of the land.
Melanie Oudin: I'm going to stop watching those replays of the 2009 U.S. Open.
Ivo Karlovic: I'm going to get back my ace record. Maybe not real soon, but …
Justine Henin: I will send Kim Clijsters a Christmas card.
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