tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:58:59 +0000Check out our latest news, updates, stories, upcoming activities etc (even photos???).http://viatennis.smakdesign.com.au/vtp/vtpblog/noreply@blogger.com (Via)Blogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-5051561931661260011Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:04:00 +00002010-01-25T18:19:58.996+11:00competition2010australian tennismelbournehttp://www.australianopenshop.com/prodetail.asp?proid=21993#i have a tennis ball keyring to give away ... so this is what i'll do: the best comment posted on any of my 2010 posts on this blog, will be rewarded with this souvenir as your prize. feel free to comment before (hmm..) february 5 and the best/smartest/funniest will be the winner. don't forget to leave an email or link to your blog for http://viatennis.smakdesign.com.au/vtp/vtpblog/2010/01/vtp-blog-competition.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Via)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-6821204718817131138Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:58:00 +00002010-01-25T12:37:38.276+11:002010australian tennismelbournelet me help wipe down your thighs, rafadon't you ever touch me again!!!!how about... i let you use me for a target?.... like this?don't be ridiculous!now that i've landed on all fours, i'm not so amusedgee this rafa is hard to pleasei must think of a way to get rid of him... there you belong!!awwwwplay finishes, all smiles with haiti repwrapping up... i have a dreamhttp://viatennis.smakdesign.com.au/vtp/vtpblog/2010/01/hit-for-haiti-ii-rafa-and-nole-playing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Via)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-6845199013155337483Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:06:00 +00002010-01-24T13:02:31.083+11:002010australian tennismelbourneserena williamsrafael nadal & andy roddickkim clijstersnovak djokovic... stuffed with towelsserena still in stitcheskeep it up, partnerif i do more push ups, i may just get more bulk herei complain for the fun of itneed my help, rafa?i'm still in chargelet's dancehttp://viatennis.smakdesign.com.au/vtp/vtpblog/2010/01/hit-for-haiti-tennis-stars-all-laughs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Via)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-4386240193057135256Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:17:00 +00002010-01-25T19:34:26.257+11:002010australian tennisshirtlessmelbournedonald young celebrates a pointxavier malisse celebrates a winping-pong style serve?feliciano lopez shows off ... againi win !!!oh elena, what's happened to your pretty face?daniela hantuchova practises hardjanko the tattoo mananimated chatpuffing andy roddicka hot day for tommy robredonot so great for sebastien grosjeanhttp://viatennis.smakdesign.com.au/vtp/vtpblog/2010/01/melbourne-2010-qualifying-practice-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Via)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-8402875100083278707Fri, 22 Jan 2010 06:39:00 +00002010-01-22T18:14:12.602+11:002010australian tennisfrench tennis playersmelbournelet me check the towel ... hmmi can show you a thing or two, ballkidcloseup 1am i smelly?....closeup 2umpire, are you sure??http://viatennis.smakdesign.com.au/vtp/vtpblog/2010/01/another-player-special-arnaud-antics.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Via)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-6358005186916618453Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:49:00 +00002010-01-11T11:15:11.986+11:00sydney2010australian tennisshirtlessSvetlana Kuznetsova grimaces during practiceDaniela Hantuchova waits at practiceJelena Jankovic gets lots of sunscreenwho's striking a posenew doubles partners Llodra and Ramtennis gossipsAndreas Seppi hits at practiceNick Lindahl at practicehttp://viatennis.smakdesign.com.au/vtp/vtpblog/2010/01/sydney-2010-qualifying-and-practice.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Via)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-5614704178890830197Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:01:00 +00002009-12-10T21:15:31.341+11:002010i've requested google not to index my tennis photos anymore. from now on, apart from older pics which i expect not to go away for ages, they should not be showing my new pics in their image search. if anyone wants to see them, they will have to search for them here on my site.it's not an easy decision to make... not long ago google image search had brought me a lot of traffic... but the last 18 http://viatennis.smakdesign.com.au/vtp/vtpblog/2009/12/no-more-google-image-search-on-vtp.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Via)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-2657168657279207522Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:35:00 +00002009-11-22T19:15:33.061+11:00sydneybeijing20092010player cardsaustralian tenniscalendarmelbourne yup the bejing tennis photos are slowly being added to the new gallery: beijing 2009also while you're browsing around the photos, don't forget to take a look at the calendar cards and the calendar poster. Clearing 2009 stock now, at not to be repeated prices! i have no plan to make any 2010 calendars this year, so they may truly be 'never repeated'...so far, things are all looking good at the http://viatennis.smakdesign.com.au/vtp/vtpblog/2009/11/new-bejing-2009-gallery-featuring-nadal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Via)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-1757076272409848591Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:22:00 +00002009-10-16T03:14:59.610+11:00sydney2010australian tennismelbourneif you're a media organisation that needs photographic coverage of the tennis season down under in 2010... have a good size circulation, with a sports/tennis interest... you should contact me quick! i know a few freelancers who have the skills and experience to do the job at a very good price. but hurry, application has to go in before end of october. please email me (viatennis at http://viatennis.smakdesign.com.au/vtp/vtpblog/2009/10/freelance-photographers-available-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Via)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-778966586023808423Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:56:00 +00002009-10-17T01:31:03.949+11:00beijing2009shirtlesschange....stretch....bend....fierce opposition....pull....celebrate....pack....wave.... hasta la vista baby!this must be the first pic posted here that is not taken at a tournament... a familiar face in a taipei street scenemore images coming soon to this blog and at Via's Tennis Photos :)http://viatennis.smakdesign.com.au/vtp/vtpblog/2009/10/guess-whos-getting-special-vias-tennis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Via)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-494738167141763302Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:13:00 +00002009-02-15T00:30:57.148+11:002009australian tennisbrisbaneyes and you can go and view all the lovely tennis action pics hereas usual, the more popular a player, the more of his/her pics i'll add to the gallery.daniela is the most popular right now within the brisbane gallery... someone must have found them and told others :)on another note... wondering where the melbourne pics are? well me too. hopefully i'll get hold of them in a few days.but first... http://viatennis.smakdesign.com.au/vtp/vtpblog/2009/01/brisbanes-gallery-is-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Via)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-693978312055228679Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:34:00 +00002009-01-15T19:05:47.523+11:00sydney2009australian tennisshirtlessfrench tennis playersthis was monday, 12 jan 2009....mr 'balcony guy' richard gasquet, seen here with his coach (?) at a men's singles match. it wasn't the hottest day yet, but spectators were already taking shade and rest outside the centre court.these motor carts (how else to call them?) seen in european tournaments last year, have made their way to australia. yay.has mario ancic turned into a mean muscle machine, http://viatennis.smakdesign.com.au/vtp/vtpblog/2009/01/sydney-tennis-2009-part-i.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Via)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-1134717240803189431Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:23:00 +00002009-01-14T12:33:04.823+11:00sydney2009australian tennisshirtlessfrench tennis players(yup part II... last things first!)tuesday was a more interesting day than monday, since this year the men's draw is cut back to a field of 28, so there are fewer first round matches. i don't know if that helps with attracting top players (with byes on offer), as i think those who play will play anyway, and those (rafa?) who won't come, won't come anyway.miss long legs stretching out in a 'quiet http://viatennis.smakdesign.com.au/vtp/vtpblog/2009/01/sydney-tennis-2009-part-ii.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Via)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-1702891923013751573Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:08:00 +00002009-01-11T09:44:28.225+11:00sydney2009australian tennisfrench tennis playersjeremy chardy at qualies... another puffing frenchman! lolunfortunately this was how arnaud clement played... arriving a split second after the ball went in (and out of reach). his big serving opponent was... ahem, peter luczak. granted, peter was better than many other aussies on the day, so this had to be a 'tough draw'.to be fair, this was how it looked when arnaud got to the ballspectators http://viatennis.smakdesign.com.au/vtp/vtpblog/2009/01/frenchies-special-sydney-2009.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Via)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-4326045637657966110Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:51:00 +00002009-01-10T22:07:29.320+11:002009australian tennisbrisbanefrench tennis playersa view from brisbane's south bank 'beach' - the two player hotels are in the background. i don't know much about the history, but to me the it's a very pleasant precinct, new, clean, upmarket, quiet, but close to city centre, and served by public transport. (hmm should check out some properties in the area... )'mr berdych, believe me when i tell you i have the greatest admiration for you...''http://viatennis.smakdesign.com.au/vtp/vtpblog/2009/01/brisbane-tennis-2009-part-ii.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Via)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-3433633173538299722Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:55:00 +00002009-01-09T20:48:09.288+11:002009australian tennisbrisbanefrench tennis playersi'm back from this brand new tournament and tennis centre in australia... with blisters on my feet. i'm not a public transport type, and it's altogether too much walking for me (especially with the shoes that i'd got :()but as you can see, there's plenty of shade around the grounds. the centre court and courts 1 and 2 have roofs on them, although they don't give shade to the seats on 1 and 2.or http://viatennis.smakdesign.com.au/vtp/vtpblog/2009/01/brisbane-tennis-2009-qualifying-up-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Via)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-6800711669285349612Fri, 26 Dec 2008 23:37:00 +00002008-12-27T10:52:10.014+11:002009australian tennismelbourneguest photographer a.cheung has secured a media pass to the australian open tennis in melbourne. he will be on site during a more interesting stage of the competition... the middle weekend and early 2nd week. that will comprise the round of 16, and quarter-final stages, and we can expect the most competitive matches.go to see some examples of a.cheung's work on Via's Tennis Photosnow that we can http://viatennis.smakdesign.com.au/vtp/vtpblog/2008/12/update-on-melbourne-plans-good-news.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Via)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-222974575892701065Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:27:00 +00002008-12-04T10:52:15.770+11:00sydney2009australian tennisbrisbanemelbourne... to get ready for the new year, and the new tennis season down under!i'm planning to go to the new combined tournament in brisbane, and then back home to the old favourite sydney.but i'll give melbourne a miss in 2009. crowd conditions, for me, have been getting intolerable the last two years. it just seems to me that the grand slam down under is only keen about growing attendance numbers, http://viatennis.smakdesign.com.au/vtp/vtpblog/2008/12/its-that-time-of-year-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Via)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-1429852106996163492Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:30:00 +00002008-09-09T12:49:06.973+10:00beijing olympics2008thanks to the effort of guest photographer andy cheung - we now have photos from august 15, which consisted of men's semi-final and women's quarter-final matches, a very exciting day at this past olympics tennis. (a list of matches and results can be found here)rumour has it that mr cheung took some 2000 photos that day... but for now at VTP, photos are still trickling in.http://viatennis.smakdesign.com.au/vtp/vtpblog/2008/09/new-beijing-olympics-gallery-added.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Via)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-1794700647830997011Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:25:00 +00002008-08-24T13:26:41.240+10:002009player cardscalendar2008yes, that's a mouthful for a name... :)VTP is proud to offer these new cards for the coming year 2009. wall calendars are out, but it won't hurt to print a small calendar at the back of these player cards, i hope. after all, they are really an enormous size compared to the standard pocket size varieties. and larger images of players should always be more desirable, i think.for more information, http://viatennis.smakdesign.com.au/vtp/vtpblog/2008/08/tennis-calendar-player-cards-what.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Via)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-5202341612173166210Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:23:00 +00002008-08-04T09:42:35.518+10:002008as the beijing olympic games are coming this week, i hope to alert fans to some internet ticketing scams that have only been recently uncovered.see this article for more information.it's hard to believe how one of the scam sites, www.beijingticketing.com, is still in operation as of this current moment.VTP provides links to a ticketing website too. if anyone has problems with this agency, please http://viatennis.smakdesign.com.au/vtp/vtpblog/2008/08/beijing-ticketing-scam.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Via)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-5261329190566641564Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:39:00 +00002008-07-18T18:48:54.721+10:00videos2008this final will get people talking for a long time :)(foxsports video swapped for ESPN's highlights on youtube swapped for another ESPN video that is guaranteed to be there for a long long time ;)this is the video that features the kipling's poem 'if'.also a link to another video with a match summaryhttp://viatennis.smakdesign.com.au/vtp/vtpblog/2008/07/congratulations-rafa-nadal-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Via)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-6343172858606185027Sat, 05 Apr 2008 06:18:00 +00002008-07-08T10:02:58.497+10:00videos2008just have to post it... the hottest tennis video on youtube has little to do with tennis. the men's tour may need some more of this bloody action to generate more publicity :p so the atp should be pleased.http://viatennis.smakdesign.com.au/vtp/vtpblog/2008/04/mikhail-youzhny-head-injury.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Via)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-2700381612897052428Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:02:00 +00002008-08-21T09:47:01.842+10:00competitioncalendar2008thanks to all who have bought the 2008 calendar... it's been quite an interesting exercise for me.there's now only one and only one left from the limited stock, and instead of waiting for that last buyer while the year is moving on fast (clay season almost upon us, after miami) i've decided to run a competition to give it away.of course in exchange for that, i will demand some answers for kind ofhttp://viatennis.smakdesign.com.au/vtp/vtpblog/2008/03/win-free-tennis-calendar.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Via)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-2887413558709407510Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:24:00 +00002008-01-24T17:35:24.975+11:00australian tennismelbourne2008there are now more photos and many more players from the australian open at my australian open 2008 gallery. and they're not just french! apart from ana, there are many other top female players, players who played french players (lol), some doubles players, a few pics of rafa and marcos as usual, and even practice pics of roger and lleyton. (luckily, to satisfy viewer demand).http://viatennis.smakdesign.com.au/vtp/vtpblog/2008/01/australian-open-2008-gallery-is-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Via)0