The test results are back. Contrary to my predictions, the results are negative, no evidence that German tennis player Tommy Haas was poisoned in Russia during the Davis Cup semi-final. However, it seems that Haas is not 100 percent sure whether he was really poisoned or not. BBC quoted him saying. “It’s no longer an issue. The tests gave no results. It was too far in the past.”

Maestro Roger beats Andy again.

Deuce Magazine features Warrior David Ferrer, who conquered Rafa Nadal to play Swiss top gun Federer in Masters Cup final.

Nikolay Davydenko wraps up his Masters Cup performance with a win over Fernando Gonzalez and goes to the Maldives to get some rest before Davis Cup final.

The German Tennis Federation plays down the Tommy Haas poisoning allegations.

Russia’s Davis Cup Captain Shamil Tarpischev reveals some of his secrets on how to motivate a player. In last year’s marathon match between Tursunov and Roddick, Tarpischev told Tursunov to get angry. When exhausted Dima said “I don’t know how,” Tarpischev’s response was: “Imagine, Volkov (another Russian coach) stole your girlfriend.”

As if recent tennis match fixing and drug allegations weren’t enough to make tennis-indifferents ( I just coined that word) become interested in the sport of tennis, now Hollywood-style-Russian-mafia stories are circulating in media. German tennis star Tommy Haas announced that he believes he was poisoned during his country’s Davis Cup semi-final defeat to Russia in Moscow last September. The International Tennis Federation has started to investigate the claim. Read more »