Thanks for these moments, dudes! (2)

Carrying on with my best tennis moments for the year...

Off tour

Carlos Moya's babe

There is a picture of Nadal carrying this same little girl but I kind of like better this picture of Juan Monaco carrying her.

USO

Ha.

Nice to see people chummy and not sobbing and spoiling other people's moments.

Finals!

Top 8 dudes in London

Ferrer: Eh, how come you all sabo-ed me! I thought you all said grey, what.

All nicely posing with the PM. I think Nadal and Ferrer are the shortest of the lot?

That nice little retirement thing for Moya. And just what is Andy Roddick wearing?

Davis Cup

Oh, Serbia!

I watched and cheered Spain winning it in 2009 and 2010 but Serbia winning this year's was special.

How special it must have been for Victor Troicki, who joins Verdasco and Ferrer as dudes with Davis Cup magic moments. Though every time I hear his name, I cannot help but think of him and Djokovic doing their 'Gypsy' thing...

Year-end entertainment

Roger vs Rafa

Off-court, no matter how intense Nadal looks on court, or how much Federer wants to cry at their matches, it never really looks 'Roger versus Rafa' (watch the video!).

I have absolutely nothing to say here about the ladies, who had an almost forgettable year but I will end with this picture of Kim's little girl at the USO prize ceremony.

Aww...

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