Still a few months away until Roland Garros 2010 but I thought I'd share a little story. At a very young age, American tennis player Michael Chang managed to win the prestigious Roland Garros tournament. He was only 17 years old when he raised the trophy above his head and showed it to the cheering crowd, in 1989. Michal Chang was born in 1972 and is now retired, but during his long career he was very appreciated, as he was an excellent tennis player.

He set two records during his career, one being this epic win of the Roland Garros trophy after defeating Swedish superstar Stefan Edberg (as a matter of fact, he beat Edberg almost in every tournament they met). This made him not only the youngest guy ever to win at the French Open, but also the youngest to win a Grand Slam tournament ever! The other record he set was winning the most titles at the Indian Wells Masters. There is only one player who matched this record, but did not surpass it: the king Roger Federer. He never managed to get to first place in the ATP world rankings though, his best position being 2 in the 90s.

But winning at Roland Garros sealed his position in the tennis players' all time hall of fame.

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Former tennis number one-ranked player Andy Roddick, 27, is married to model Brooklyn Decker who is featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated's 2010 Swimsuit Issue.
The latest issue hit newsstands on February 9th earlier this week featuring the 22-year old model.
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Last month's issue focused on covering international athletes. Russian tennis player Maria Kirilenko, Slovak tennis player Daniela Hantuchova, and French tennis player Tatiana Golovin were prominently featured. [ See: Top International Athletes' Salaries ]

It's been a little while since I've blogged here (okay, longer than that!) but I thought I'd get back to posting once in a while and see how things go from there.
Lots has happened in the tennis world since my last post. Let's see ... the last time I posted here, both Belgians were still in their first careers, Amelie Mauresmo was a one-time Grand Slam champion, Maria Sharapova was a top player, Martina Hingis was in her first retirement, the Serbians were still ascending, the Italians were not (quite) yet a Fed Cup dynasty, and Serena Williams was still in single digits in terms of Grand Slam singles titles. Needless to say, a lot has changed. Hey, it has been almost three-and-a-half years.
Anyway, a few thoughts on recent action:
First of all, all credit to Serena for her Australian Open. She had tough matches to close out her tournament, but she closed it out. It's easy to imagine almost any other player folding in any of those matches. Kudos to Serena for fighting until the very end.

Speaking of fighting, it's nice to see Justine Henin playing (and winning) again. I'll reserve judgment on her for now. I like her early results, but now, it's time to win something. To her credit, she seems to have adjusted her goals since the beginning of the season.

Kim Clijsters looked cool and collected in winning the U.S. Open. Coming off of that, how does one explain her loss in Australia? That one left me slack-jawed, to say the least. Kim's never been a player I can understand - she's so good, but for an elite player (one of the top five of this generation) she rarely seems able to out-tough an opponent. And yet, she seems like a relatively mentally-strong player.

What's going on with some of the younger players who had been coming up? Honestly, would you have believed in 2006 that Maria Sharapova, Nicole Vaidisova and Ana Ivanovic would not be Top 10 players by 2010? The good news is that all three are still young enough to recover and get back to where they once belonged. Can they turn it around, though? Right now, it seems like Sharapova is in the best position to do so - she's had the best results lately, but her Australian Open was discouraging. I wrote in an earlier post on WTA World that I don't fully trust matches between compatriots, but I thought we could trust Sharapova to get through Maria Kirilenko. Quite clearly, I was wrong.

Have we seen the start of the Chinese rise on the WTA? Probably. Now don't get me wrong, I don't think Na Li or Jie Zheng will be winning Grand Slams anytime soon, but this Australian Open may very well have been the Slam that really gets things going in the most heavily-populated country in the world. We may not see the results of this tournament for 5-10 years, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if we're watching a girl in a Grand Slam final sometime between 2015 and 2020 and we hear, "She was motivated to start playing when she watched Na Li and Jie Zheng reach the semifinals of the 2010 Australian Open."

Well, that's enough for now. Back with a few more thoughts later.

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Former women's tennis number one-ranked player Ana Ivanovic is featured on Sports Illustrated's famous Swimsuit Issue. The latest issue hits newsstands this week.

The 22-year old Ivanovic resides in Switzerland but is originally from Serbia.

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At the 2010 Brisbane International, Ivanovic reached her first semifinal since Indian Wells, defeating Jelena Dokic, Timea Bacsinszky and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. However, Ivanovic lost to wild card Justine Henin, 6–3, 6–2. This was Henin's first return to tennis since her retirement.

At the 2010 Australian Open, Ivanovic lost lost in the second round to Gisela Dulko 6–7(6), 7–5, 6–4. Ana Ivanovic withdrew from Dubai with shoulder tendenitis. Her next event will be the 2010 BNP Paribas Open.

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Former women's tennis number one-ranked player Ana Ivanovic is featured on Sports Illustrated's famous Swimsuit Issue which hits newsstands this week.
The 22-year old Ivanovic resides in Switzerland but is originally from Serbia.
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The Serbian tennis star struggled at the Fed Cup quarterfinal. She lost in the singles and doubles match.
Ivanovic follows in the footsteps of the now-retired Anna Kournikova who also posed for numerous high profile magazines. Serena Williams also posed for ESPN's Body Issue. Tennis player Ashley Harkleroad posed nude for Playboy in 2008.

this. please. go wickmayer and safina.

betting agia==an. For fuck sake. I never learn. :weirdo:

I hope she goes alright tomorrow :D

Well it's that time of the year, today is 4 years since the love of my life passed away, and this year is one of the worst. Sure, one year after was, but this year's been pretty hard, infact the last few months (hence no Beefy's Xmas Message last Christmas). I didn't think much about it last year, because Carmen was on my mind heaps, what with the war and everything. But last year, doing stuff which put my mind back 4 years made it hard, and it's hard still.

The reason I find it hard at this period, is because for me, I'm always looking forward or back 4 years quite a few years, because of all these different sporting events. The World Cup, Olympics, Commonwealth Games, Ashes cricket series in England, and in Australia, they're all every 4 years, and when one of them is on, I always think back to 4 years earlier to the last one, and what my life is. So between the Ashes in England last, and from then on, I've just been thinking back to 4 years earlier, and the whole fun, and now when I think back 4 years, it's all the pain.

I remember shortley after her death, and I was feeling shit, the Winter Olympics were on for Turin, and I was thinking back 4 years to the Salt Lake City Olympics, and just being with her, and having our first Valentines day together, but of course in 2006, there would be none, and it hurt. As I said, the one year mark is pretty bad, but this just seems worse, maybe because of what I've said, or maybe there's more, I don't know.

I was at the tennis yesterday, and hanging around court 9 just brings back some bad memories. I remember it was that court that on the Saturday for qualifying in 06 that it really hit me that she had tried to take her life, and was on life support, and it was that court on the Tuesday night that I had my last phone convo with her, though she didn't hear anything.

I don't know what the rest of this year is going to be like, but it hasn't really got much better in the 4 years since it changed for the worse, all I know is, I don't want to go forward, I just wanna go back, but not 4 years, further and just enjoy those times with someone who I've lost, and can't replace.

What an year we saw 2009... just chilling here I am posting my latest blog after so much time. From Kim's comback(nice cute girl and US Open title) to Justine comeback news to Dinara's two final appearances. Sad start of season for me since Maria Sharapova missing from action in opening part but it gave me time to look for other beauties with talent on tour.
1st of all Caroline Wozniacki a Dannish sweetie who jumped in top draw with her talent on tour and in my list with her looks :worship:
2ndly Victoria Azarenka she also stormed into top draw with conviction but needs to keep level going.
3rdly not new one but one of the fittest player on tour playing her best tennis form Elena Dementieva.She and her nerves only comes between her and grandslam I hope she will prove more robust this year.
4th Elena Vesnina just purely her beauty attracted me before her game some what appealed me.
Some Beauties appealed me Sabine Lisicki ,Dominika Cibulkova, Sorana Cirstea,MICHELLE LARCHER DE BRITO(15 year portugese),Yanina Wickmayer,Flavia Pennetta. These player shown considerable talent in both departments next time may be more about them.

I want some of my fav play good in 2010 with poor 2009
Nicole Vaidisova :- She had terrible year on tour dropping out of top 100 she needs strong comeback.
Maria kirilenko & Anna Chakvetadze :- both player dropped out of top 30 but not bad year though.
Ana Ivanovic: Her love may bring her new heights but she has to play well this year.

Maria Sharapova :- Needs to better her serve thats funda for next year

All the best For 2010
Happy New Year

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YAY! just sold my house...big enough news to use as a platform for bringing this blog back from the dead.
Does anyone even read this thing?
Anyway....contracts signed tomorrow and another phase begins.
Counting down the days until my summer vacation....24 working days!!!
I'm so looking forward to some relaxation.

EDIT!!! Buyers pulled out at the last second!
I jinxed myself.
Oh well.
Their loss.

EDIT AGAIN!
SOLD SOLD SOLD...Jan 26th.
I am officially homeless.

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