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Golovin double-faults with basketball star


Naughty Tatiana Golovin. In 2007, she turned up at last year’s Wimbledon with red knickers on, much to the All England Club’s annoyance – and the tabloids’ delight.

And this year, after the bookie’s finally had another ‘Wimbledon Specials’ bet to go with the stab in the dark at the number of strawberries to be eaten during the championships, she pulled out of the tournament.

We were backing leopard-print if you’re asking, but all bets were off when Tatiana Golovin was told to rest the back injury that had already kept her out of the French Open. So Tatiana Golovin packed her pants and headed back to France for a bit of r’n‘r.

Or should that be N’n‘N? Tatiana Golovin was spotted ambling round Paris with Joakim Noah, the Chicago Bulls basketball player and son of French tennis legend Yannick Noah, and sharing the odd kiss along the way.

No harm in that. Except that a few days later, she was watching boyfriend Samir Nasri playing for France at Euro 2008. The story might have quietly gone away, had Golovin’s beaus not been quite so newsworthy in recent weeks.


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Tim Farthing, Tennishead Editorial Director & Owner, has been a huge tennis fan his whole life. He's a tennis journalist and entrepreneur as well as playing tennis to a national standard. He also helps manage his local club and volunteers for his local tennis organisation. He's a specialist in content about the administration of professional tennis and tennis coaching for all levels.