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Sharapova: pics from Womens Health 2009 edition 2008-12-20 18:24:00 21 Dec 2008: Sharapova
featured in Womens Health
Maria SharapovaEarlier this week, we got some photos of Maria Sharapova's cover for the 2009 Jan-Feb edition of Womens Health magazine. Now the full feature article is available: it contains 5 pages of photos and text on Maria, plus the black and white photo previously mentioned in this post.Click for HQ snaps of the feature article + photos.
Jankovic focused on Grand Slam success 2008-12-18 19:58:00 19 Dec 2008: Jankovic focused on Grand
Slam successJelena JankovicA determined Jelena Jankovic will be focusing on the major tournaments in 2009. After finishing this year ranked #1 in the world, Jankovic will be looking to claim her first grand slam title next year. This is just great news for her fans, many of whom are concerned with the sheer amount of tournaments she plays - even whilst injure Read more:Grand Slam
Roddick joins the Top 5 players in Abu Dhabi 2008-12-18 18:23:00 19 Dec 2008: Line-up for the Capital Tennis exhibition in Abu DhabiAndy Roddick
and the top 5 ranked playersThe Capitala Tennis World Championship exhibition in Abu Dhabi will have a hot line-up. 6 players are participating in the event, which starts on January 1 2009. Andy Roddick (ranked #8) will join the world's top 5 ranked players in the event being advertised as "6 Stars, 3 Days, 1 Winner".T
Ana Ivanovic training in Australia 2008-12-18 17:34:00 19 Dec 2008: Ana Ivanovic
training in Australia
:Ana IvanovicWe've seen Jelena hard at work whilst Ana was gallavanting around with boyfriend Fernando Verdasco. Now *finally* is some proof that Ana is indeed training hard. She's chosen to be based in the Sunshine Coast (just north of Brisbane) and was, yesterday, spotted with trainer Scott Byrnes. Ana's first tournament will be the Brisbane Interna
Pregnant again! Davenport withdraws from Australian Open 2008-12-17 20:00:00 After stirring up some excitement when she entered the Australian
Open draw last week, Lindsay Davenport withdrew from 2009's first grand slam event yesterday. She is pregnant with a second child. In a statement issued by her rep on Wednesday 17 December, Davenport stated: "Of course this unexpected but exciting surprise now means I will be putting tennis on hold for the foreseeable future."Davenp
Hantuchova's modelling pics from Madrid 2008-12-17 19:47:00 18 Dec 2008: Hantuchova
on catwalk in Madrid
Daniela HantuchovaEarlier this year, Daniela Hantuchova had her first catwalk assignment in Madrid. Photos from the show have just been released.More photos below!
Adidas Australian Open outfits 2008-12-17 19:23:00 Adidas have released a little preview of their 2009 Australian
Open attire. Jo-Wilfred Tsonga is featured above.Click below for previews of Adidas players Djokovic, Verdasco, Safina, Ivanovic and Wozniacki. Read more:Adidas
2008 ITF World Champions: Nadal + Jankovic 2008-12-17 18:56:00 Rafael Nadal
and Jelena Jankovic have been named the ITF WorldChampions
of 2008. Both Nadal and Jankovic finished the year ranked #1. This is also the first time both these players have won this award. Read the full article from ITF's website. Nadal becomes the first Spanish man to be named ITF Champion whilst Jankovic becomes the first Serbian ITF Champion (singles). Congrats to both of them: t
Caption! Mario Ancic 2008-12-16 01:27:00 What's Mario
gonna do with all that junk inside his trunk.....Does this even need a caption?! It's just hilarious when a photo is taken at just the most unfortunate instance. Read more:Caption
Djokovic and Safin hit the pub 2008-12-16 00:56:00 Nole and Marat were snapped whilst out and about in Austria. The Serb and the Russian were supposed to play an exhibition match at the ski resort in St Anton, but Marat had to pull out after spraining his ankle during practice. Janko Tipsevic (who's not in any of the pub pics) flew in as a last minute replacement, managing to beat Djokovic 9-8.More pub snaps below!
Petrova out of ASB with Meningitis 2008-12-16 00:26:00 Nadia Petrova has pulled out of Auckland's ASB Classic tournament (commencing on the 5th of January 2009) due to viral meningitis. The world's #11 ranked player is currently in hospital. Read more of the story from New Zealand's Voxy website.Continue reading this post for more information about players participating in the ASB Classic.The ASB Classic is an "International" tier event (according to
Maria Sharapova covers Womens Health 2008-12-16 00:11:00 Tennis glamazon MariaSharapova
will be featured on the cover of Womens Health
magazine for the January-February 2009 edition. It looks like she's been bronzed up with tanning lotion for the cover shot!Click below to see a black and white photo of Sharapova to be included inside Womens Health. Read more:Maria Sharapova
Swimsuits and Bikinis: WTA's Top 10 (part 1) 2008-12-15 05:26:00 Here's my compilation of WTA's top 10 ranked players (for the year ending 2008) in bikinis and various states of undress. This is the first part of the post - click here to continue on to part 2. Enjoy :P(1) Jelena JankovicThe Serbian beauty is often criticised for checking herself out on the big screen during matches and wiping her face oh-so-carefully with the towel so as to not ruin her make up Read more:Bikinis
, Swimsuits
Swimsuits and Bikinis: WTA's Top 10 (part 2) 2008-12-15 04:42:00 This is part 2 of my compilation of the top women's tennis players in bikinis. So... you've had fun with part 1 and want to see more? Then continue reading this post for some more pictures and click to enlarge!(6) Venus WilliamsVenus has been plagued by injuries these past few years, but this hasn't sotpped her from prancing around the beach in her bikinis (and showing off her perfect legs and ass Read more:Bikinis
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Unforced Errors: when tennis players get bitchy... 2008-12-15 01:37:00 Paul Fein's book "You Can Quote Me On That" (foreworded by Billie Jean King) is a collection of quotes from tennis players. There's a section in there titled "Nothing Personal" and it's just hilarious! Here are just some of the quotes you can find in it:"I'm not the next Kournikova, I want to win matches!"- Maria Sharapova (2003)"Nobody should be #1 in the world when he looks like he just swung fr Read more:Errors
Justine + Kim win awards at Sports Gala 2008-12-15 01:14:00 Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters attended Belgium's Sports
Gala in Ostend this week. Justine won a Lifetime Tennis Achievement award at the event. Interesting fact: the last 10 sportswomen of the year were all tennis players, whilst Kim has won a total of 6 sportsmanship awards!Click below to see more pics... Justine has been looking more feminine ever since her retirement and that black dress is q
Jankovic: pre Australian Open schedule 2008-12-14 03:28:00 During an interview with ESPN, the WTA's #1 ranked player revealed that her only tournament before the Australian
Open will be an exhibition in Hong Kong. In 2008, Jankovic participated in Perth's Hopman Cup as well as the Medibank International in Sydney before heading to the Australian Open. Personally, I'm quite happy that Jelena's cut down on her schedule after all the injury woes - perhaps it
Nadal goes shirtless on iSport 2008-12-13 21:44:00 Rafa was featured on the new edition of iSport Magazine. You can read the full article from iSport's website, though it's in Spanish.More Rafa below... Read more:Nadal
Sharapova attends Tiffany & Co cocktail reception 2008-12-13 19:12:00 Maria Sharapova
attended Tiffany
& Co's cocktail
party on December 11 and photos from the event have just surfaced. Sharapova has a 2 year deal with the luxury American jewellery company, which will provide her with 8 different pairs of earrings over the next 8 grand slams (starting from the 2008 French Open).Sharapova wore a white dress contrasted by a black tie-belt to the event. Her hair se
Ivanovic unveils Verano Calendar 2008-12-13 18:52:00 Ana will be at the Zira Center shopping mall in Belgrade today to unveil the 2009 VeranoCalendar
. The photo shoot for the calendar was done recently and will be revealed at the cocktail reception in the mall. However, we already have 10 of the photos courtesy of Serbia's "Press Online".See the photos below. Read more:Ivanovic
Ana Ivanovic on cover of L'Equipe 2008-12-11 20:25:00 Ana Ivanovic
posed for French newspaper & magazine L'Equipe this week. Whilst Serb compatriot Jankovic' off season training is in full swing, Ivanovic is in holiday mode - having been spotted these past few weeks shopping and watching Real Madrid soccer matches with 'unconfirmed' boyfriend Fernando Verdasco. Anyways, she looks stunning in these pics :) More from the photoshoot below:
Jelena Jankovic: off season training 2008-12-11 18:25:00 12 Dec 2008: Jelena
Jankovic training at Nick Bollettieri's AcademyNick Bollettieri and Jelena JankovicAfter her training stint in Mexico, Jelena Jankovic arrived in Florida yesterday to train at Nick Bollettieri's tennis academy. She's been working on building up her core strength and it is really showing: her arms are much more "bulky" than before! Go girl!Click for some photos of Jelena Jankovi
Shirtless: Andy Murray 2008-12-11 06:01:00 Since there's a section on WTA players in bikinis, I guess it's only fair to have shirtless pics of male tennis players as well :P Here's Murray
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training in Miami and at South Miami Beach taken from his website. He's been bulking up as part of his training regime. Click below for shirtless Andy Murray at the beach! Read more:Shirtless
Caption! Svetlana Kuznetsova 2008-12-10 22:52:00 Guess who was spotted at the MTV Russia Awards looking a hot mess....Vera: I feel pretty, oh so pretty.... Now that Maria's injured, it's my time to shine. Now the first task is to always be the prettiest girl in the photo.Sveta: Why did I let you do my make-up, Vera?! Read more:Caption
Caption! Jelena Jankovic.... 2008-12-10 03:32:00 Jelena: If you train very hard, one day you girls can be just as good as me :)Little girl on the left: Mummy, who's this clown?! I wanted Ana Ivanovic :sulk: Read more:Caption
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