Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Jennifer Esposito

jennifer esposito Mark Philippoussis

Jennifer Esposito is a television and movie actress. What's she doing on Tennis Babes? She just got engaged to Mark Philippoussis, the big-serving Australian tennis player who himself recently starred in the reality TV show Age Of Love, in which he chose between younger women and older women. In Esposito, chose someone his own age.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Caroline Wozniacki

Caroline Wozniacki pictures

Caroline Wozniacki did a very sporting thing at the Luxembourg Open: Ahead of Luxembourg's own Anne Kremer by a score of 7-5, 5-0, Wozniacki retired from the match with a hamstring injury. She could have closed out the match, she explained, but felt there was no chance she'd be able to play her next match. So she decided to let the Luxembourgian go through to the next round.

Great gesture, right? Not to the WTA: The Tennis Integrity Unit (the folks who investigate match fixing, among other things) are all over it because of something Wozniacki's father was overheard saying during the match. It's clear that Caroline did nothing wrong. But for the full story, see Yahoo's tennis blog.

More Caroline Wozniacki pics

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Serena Williams on the "Bodies" Cover

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Here's the cover of ESPN The Magazine's "Bodies" issue that features Serena Williams, all shiny and shimmering.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Zhang Shuai

Zhang Shuai pictures

Who is Zhang Shuai? She's the Chinese player who just beat world No. 1 (but not for long!) Dinara Safina in the Beijing tournament. Shuai was ranked No. 226 when she beat No. 1 Safina. It is the first time a player ranked below No. 200 has knocked off the No. 1 player in women's golf.

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Maria Sharapova Wins

maria sharapova pictures

Finally - another win for Maria Sharapova. The Russian mynx, beset by injuries, hadn't won a tournament since April 2008. But on Sunday, she defeated Jelena Jankovic in the finals of the Toray Pan Pacific when Jankovic stopped due to injury. Sharapova was ahead in the first set, 5-2, when Jankovic defaulted.