She could use a cheeseburger.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Friday, December 4, 2009
Andy Murray Chose Video Games Over Kim Sears
This may come as a suprise to some of you, but men can be very, very stupid. Take Brit tennis stud Andy Murray, for example. Murray's girlfriend is the beautiful woman pictured above, Kim Sears.
Or rather, was Kim Sears. Because Andy, you see, apparently couldn't think of anything he'd like to be doing with Kim. Instead, according to the Telegraph of London, Murray likes to play video games for up to seven hours a day.
However, sources close to Sears said one of the causes was the world number four's long hours playing video tennis and PlayStation 3 games such as the best selling Call of Duty sequel.
Brad Gilbert, Murray's former coach, has said in the past that Murray spends "seven hours a day" playing video games.
The source told The Sun: "He would spend all his time glued to them. In the end she just got fed up with it. She wanted more out of the relationship."
Kim, I'm available. Call me.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Ana Ivanovic
Ana Ivanovic recently modeled a new outfit from adidas, the SS10 adilibria dress.
Ana's feedback was instrumental in the finished design of this fusion piece with the request for a deeper neckline, close body fit, dropped waist and side pleats skirt detail all fulfilled by the adidas Tennis design team.
See the press release
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Jennifer Esposito
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 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
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
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
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.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Kimiko Date Krumm
Kimiko Date won seven singles titles back in the 1990s, then got married, started a family (becoming Kimiko Date Krumm) and left tournament tennis. For 12 years.
Now, a day before her 39th birthday, Date is a winner again on the WTA. She won the Korea Open on Sunday. She's the oldest player to win a WTA title since Billie Jean King, who won in 1983 at age 39.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Justine Henin Comeback
Hey, it worked for Kim Clijsters, so why shouldn't another Belgian give it a try? Former world No. 1 Justine Henin, the dominant players in women's tennis when she retired at age 25 two years ago, will return to tournament tennis, media reports in Belgium are saying.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Yanina Wickmayer
Yanina Wickmayer advanced into the 2009 U.S. Open semifinals by beating Kateryna Bondarenko, 7-5, 6-4, in the quarters. Wickmayer, from Belgium, entered the tournament ranked No. 50 in WTA singles. She has one win previously in 2009, at the Estoril Open.
Monday, September 7, 2009
Caroline Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki is into her first-ever grand slam quarterfinals. Wozniacki, the No. 9 seed, knocked off sixth-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova in the 2009 U.S. Open round of 16.
More Caroline Wozniacki pics
Nadia Petrova
Nadia Petrova was the 13th seed in the 2009 U.S. Open. We say "was" because teen sensation Melanie Oudin knocked Petrova out on Monday in the fourth round, 1-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-3.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Kim Clijsters
Kim Clijsters, who retired several years ago, is in the midst of a comeback following marriage and motherhood. And the former world No. 1 took a big step in the right direction in the fourth round of the 2009 U.S. Open, knocking off Venus Williams.
Daniela Hantuchova
Who was the fourth-round victim of Serena Williams at the 2009 U.S. Open? It was 22nd-seeded Daniela Hantuchova.
More Daniela Hantuchova pictures
Dinara Safina
Just as happened at Wimbledon 2009, top-seeded Dinara Safina is out early at the 2009 U.S. Open. This time she lost to little-known Czech teenager Petra Kvitova in three sets.
More Dinara Safina pics
Friday, September 4, 2009
Vania King
Vania King went down to defeat in the third round of the 2009 U.S. Open, losing to Daniela Hantuchova, 2-6, 2-6. King, an American of Chinese descent, has been ranked as high as No. 50 in WTA singles.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Elena Dementieva Out at US Open
An early exit from the 2009 U.S. Open for fourth-seeded Elena Dementieva: She lost to teenager Melanie Oudin in the second round.
More Elena Dementieva pics
Melanie Oudin
At Wimbledon '09, 17-year-old American Melanie Oudin pulled off the upset of No. 6 seed Jelena Jankovic. At the 2009 U.S. Open, she has beaten No. 4 seed Elena Dementieva in the second round, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3.
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Bethanie Mattek-Sands was the second-round victim of Venus Williams at the 2009 U.S. Open.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Vera Dushevina
Vera Dushevina put a scare into Venus Williams in the first round of the 2009 U.S. Open, winning the opening set tiebreaker. But Venus came back in the end for a 6-7, 7-5, 6-3 victory.
As for why Dushevina has a bird of prey on her arm, well ...
Monday, August 31, 2009
Michelle Larcher De Brito
Michelle Larcher De Brito was a first-round winner at the 2009 U.S. Open, defeating Mathilde Johansson. Larcher De Brito, from Portugal, is in her first year on the WTA.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Dinara Safina Gets Top Seed at US Open
Dinara Safina is the No. 1 seed in the women's draw for the 2009 U.S. Open. That shouldn't be a surprise - most tournaments follow the world rankings when handing out seeds, and Safina is currently ranked No. 1. But Serena Williams is the defending champion, and won Wimbledon a month ago.
More Dinara Safina pics
Monday, August 24, 2009
Elena Dementieva
Elena Dementieva won the Toronto Cup, beating the comebacking Maria Sharapova in the finals, 6-4 6-3. It was Dementieva's third tournament victory of 2009.
More Elena Dementieva pics
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
Sybille Bammer
Austrian Sybille Bammer pulled off a big win in Cincinnati at the WTA Cincinnati Open, defeating Serena Williams 7-5, 6-4.
Bammer entered the tournamented ranked No. 29 in WTA singles.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Flavia Pennetta
Italian player Flavia Pennetta dispatched the comebacking Maria Sharapova in the semifinals of the LA Women's Tennis Championships, beating the former world No. 1 in three sets.
Pennetta, the 10th seed in the tournament, is the No. 15 player in the WTA singles rankings. A win in LA would certainly improve that position.
More Flavia Pennetta pics
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Marion Bartoli
What a win for Marion Bartoli at the Bank of the West Classic - she beat Venus Williams for the championship, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Maria Sharapova
Maria Sharapova is back in action at the Stanford Classic in California. She made it through her first-round match, but not without some struggles. Sharapova beat Ai Sugiyama 6-4, 6-7, 6-1.
More Maria Sharapova pics
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Andrea Petkovic
An artsy snap of Germany's Andrea Petkovic taken by Jan Ehlers. Petkovic defeated Ioana Raluca Olaru 6-2, 6-3 in the finals of the 2009 Nuernberger Gastein Ladies tournament for her first-ever WTA singles title.
And don't forget to take a look at the Petko Dance!
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Barbara Schett
Thirteen WTA titles, including four singles championships for the now-retired Barbara Schett. A couple months ago she gave birth to her first child.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Serena Williams
Congratulations to Serena Williams, your 2009 Wimbledon ladies singles champion. It's Wimbledon win No. 3 for Serena, and the 11th Grand Slam singles title of her great career.
More Serena Williams pics
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Elena Dementieva
Fourth-seeded Elena Dementieva took on second-seeded Serena Williams in the Wimbledon 2009 semifinals. It was an epic match, but in the Elena came up just a wee bit short, falling 7-6, 5-7, 6-8.
More Elena Dementieva pics
Dinara Safina
Dinara Safina was the No. 1 seed at Wimbledon 2009, and she advanced through the draw to the semifinals. There she ran into Venus Williams, and Venus must've been flawless. Because Safina got whupped the way you don't normally see top seeds getting whupped - 6-1, 6-0. Ouch.
More Dinara Safina pics
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Victoria Azarenka
Victoria Azarenka lost to Serena Williams in the Wimbledon 2009 quarterfinals. Azarenka was the eighth seed. Azarenka is ranked No. 8 in WTA singles and has two tournament titles in '09.
Agnieszka Radwanska
Agnieszka Radwanska got the boot at Wimbledon 2009 in the quarterfinals. Seeded 11th, she lost to third-seeded Venus Williams.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Caroline Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki was the ninth seed at Wimbledon 2009, but she's out of the tournament now. Wozniacki was beated in the fourth round by Sabine Lisicki, 6-4, 6-4.
More Caroline Wozniacki pics
Ana Ivanovic
The showdown at Wimbledon 2009 between two former world No. 1s turned out to be not much of a showdown. Venus Williams easily dispatched Ana Ivanovic 6-1 in the first set, then Ivanovic withdrew with an injury one game into the second set.
More Ana Ivanovic pics
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Melanie Oudin
The biggest upset on the women's singles side at Wimbledon 2009 through the third round is that of Melanie Oudin beating No. 6 seed Jelena Jankovic. Oudin beat Jankovic, the former world No. 1, 6-7, 7-5, 6-2.
Oudin, a 17-year-old American, was selected for Fed Ex Cup play earlier this year. She had to win three qualifying matches to get into this Wimbledon, but will move into the Top 100 singles rankings regardless of what she does after this.
Kirsten Flipkens
A pose of repose by Kirsten Flipkens, who went out in the third round of Wimbledon 2009. Flipkens, from Belgium, was beaten by No. 1 seed Dinara Safina 7-5, 6-1.
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