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Video - Toronto 2008 - Federer Preview Interview

Feeling the heat to defend his World No. 1 South African Airways Ranking, Roger Federer talks about his chances in… Continue

Added by Svetlana on July 21, 2008 at 4:11am — No Comments

Gilles Simon wins Indianapolis title

Second-seeded Frenchman Gilles Simon dispatched defending champion Dmitry Tursunov of Russia in straight sets to capture the $525,000 Indianapolis Tennis Championships Sunday.

Simon, who pocketed $83,500 for the win, defeated the third-seeded Tursunov, 6-4, 6-4, to win his fourth career ATP singles title.… Continue

Added by Svetlana on July 21, 2008 at 4:11am — No Comments

Wozniak wins at Stanford for first career title and first Canadian in 20 years

Canada's Aleksandra Wozniak bested France's Marion Bartoli to win the $600,000 Bank of the West Classic tennis event on Sunday.

Wozniak succeeded in winning her first career title by defeating Bartoli 7-5, 6-3 on the hardcourts at Taube Family Tennis Stadium.

Wozniak won the semifinal when… Continue

Added by Svetlana on July 21, 2008 at 4:08am — No Comments

Verdasco captures Croatia Open

Top-seeded Fernando Verdasco rallied to down fourth-seeded Russian Igor Andreev and win the Croatia Open title on Sunday.

Verdasco struggled in the first set, but battled back to take his second ATP singles title in three sets, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4). The match lasted 2 hours and 50 minutes.

It's the second ATP title for the Spaniard - adding to his victory… Continue

Added by Svetlana on July 21, 2008 at 4:07am — No Comments

Anna Kournikova at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim in Miami

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Anna Kournikova was spotted at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim that is presented… Continue

Added by Svetlana on July 21, 2008 at 4:06am — No Comments

Pauline Parmentier wins Gastein title

France's Pauline Parmentier won her second WTA title on Sunday, beating Czech qualifier Lucie Hradecka 6-4, 6-4 in the finals of the clay-court tournament.

The 53rd-world ranked Frenchwoman followed on from her success in the semi-finals where she eliminated top seed Agnes Szavay of Hungary in straight sets to lift her second title after Tashkent… Continue

Added by Svetlana on July 21, 2008 at 4:04am — No Comments

Montanes beats Darcis to clinch first title

Albert Montanes rallied to down Steve Darcis of Belgium and win the Dutch Open title.

Montanes was blitzed in the first set by the third-seeded Darcis, the defending champion, but settled down and came back to take his first ATP singles title in three sets, 1-6, 7-5, 6-3.

Darcis captured his… Continue

Added by Svetlana on July 21, 2008 at 4:02am — No Comments

Del Potro captures second straight ATP title

Argentine Juan Martin del Potro easily discarded crowd favorite Jurgen Melzer in Sunday's final at the Austrian Open. The 19-year-old Del Potro, who won his first-ever title last week in Stuttgart, captured his second straight ATP singles title.

"These were two great weeks for me,… Continue

Added by Svetlana on July 21, 2008 at 4:01am — No Comments

Ana Ivanovic on holidays in Palma de Mallorca

Ana Ivanovic is spending her well deserved vacation with her family in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

Ana used her free time in Palma de Mallorca to do an interview and photoshoot for… Continue

Added by Svetlana on July 21, 2008 at 4:00am — No Comments

Video - Catalina Castano - Getting To Know

She's the top player from the South American nation of Colombia, but there's a lot more to Catalina Castano than just her talents on the tennis… Continue

Added by Svetlana on July 21, 2008 at 3:58am — No Comments

Too Hot

Whew......It's hot. Too hot for Tennis in Brooklyn.

Well, maybe the time off the courts will help my tennis elbow heal.

Added by Andy O on July 20, 2008 at 11:49am — No Comments

Andy Roddick named to the OK!'s Top 50 Man Candy of The Year!

Andy Roddick was named to the Top 50 Man Candy of The Year by the editors of OK! magazine. Among other athletes, which leads David Beckham, actors, musicians and other hot men, Andy is placed No.45.

Congrats Andy!

(source… Continue

Added by Svetlana on July 19, 2008 at 5:51am — 1 Comment

Daniela Hantuchova Interview

Here is an interview Daniela did for Times Online on her love of Italian food, the fear of injury and why far too much is made of her looks. And several photos of Daniela taken by Julian Hargreaves for the article of… Continue

Added by Svetlana on July 19, 2008 at 5:50am — No Comments

Ashley Harkleroad's Playboy Photos

Finlay the day has come! The august issue of Playboy magazine is available and I couldn't wait to see Ashley's' nude photos. I have to say, she looks great.

“People put expectations on me because of the way I look,” Harkleroad, 23, tells Playboy. “But you can’t think about what people say. You just have to do your thing."

Of… Continue

Added by Svetlana on July 18, 2008 at 1:00am — 2 Comments

Jelena Jankovic blonde!

Jelena Jankovic spent two weeks in Belgrade having daily treatments on her knee so she could be ready for everything that awaits her in the next couple of months. She used her free time to do interview for Serbian "Gloria" magazine and do photoshoot where she experimented with blond hair! Well, not really, she only tried blond peruke.

Here are the photos, judge… Continue

Added by Svetlana on July 17, 2008 at 11:50am — 3 Comments

In the Spirit of the Games

That quest for Olympic Gold sure is powerful!

It's enough to bring moms out of retirement, a la Lindsay Davenport, and to me, this shocker of shockers: Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes (pictured) are teaming up for some tournaments this summer before the Olympics, which I thought would basically be the equivalent of hell freezing over, pigs flying, whatever metaphor you would want to use. They pretty much could have been a new metaphor for something unlikely happening! ("You want me… Continue

Added by Van Sias on July 17, 2008 at 5:55am — No Comments

Maria Sharapova, Camilla Belle, and... Guga?

Here is a picture of Maria and her besties, Camilla, out on a night in London. We know from the dress that they also visited Mahiki Club. Now, who is that besides Camilla? Guga, the retired Brazilian tennis champ?

Added by Alberta on July 17, 2008 at 5:49am — No Comments

Rafa+Xisca - new beach photos

Rafael Nadal was once again spotted relaxing in the Mallorca sun over the weekend, along with his girlfriend Xisca. It looks like Rafa is having a real fun, proving that he's not only talented for tennis, but for some other sports too.…

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Added by Svetlana on July 17, 2008 at 4:24am — 1 Comment

Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova won ESPYs Awards

Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova won awards for Best Male and Best Female Tennis Players. For Roger this was fourth straight year won and for Maria second.

Venus Williams (she looks amazing!!!) along with Oscar nominated actor Samuel L. Jackson and Phoenix Suns point guard Steve Nash presented Tommie Smith and John Carlos the Arthur Ashe Courage… Continue

Added by Svetlana on July 17, 2008 at 4:23am — 2 Comments

Maria Sharapova's European Travel Adventure

After Wimbledon early exit, Maria and her friend Camilla Belle traveled across the Europe. Enjoy in photos of Maria and Camilla and also some from a dinner hosted by Stella McCartney in London.…