Elena Dementieva retires from tennis

Elena Dementieva made a shocking announcement by announcing her retirement at the end of her match against Francesca Schiavone at the season-ending WTA Championships in Doha.

She delivered a touching speech that sent everyone in tears including Vera Zvonareva and Kim Clijsters.

All seven of the other players involved in the end-of-season event gathered on court to pay tribute to the beautiful Russian player.

Elena, you'll be greatly missed!

(Image via Yahoo! Sports)

Maria Sharapova engaged to LA Lakers' Sasha Vujacic!

The most eligible bachelorette in tennis is off the market.

Maria Sharapova's agent has confirmed that the tennis star is now engaged to LA Lakers' guard Sasha Vujacic

Vujacic popped the question to Sharapova on Tuesday night at his Manhattan Beach, California home.

The couple who has been dating for nearly a year were first spotted last November cuddling at a U2 concert in Los Angeles.

Congrats to the lovely couple. Here are more photos of them.

(Via people.com; Photos via Sina Sports)

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Players' arrival photos in Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur

As a big tennis fan and tennis mamarazzi, nothing beats welcoming my favourite players at the airport with a bunch of flowers :D

Unlike last year, this time I only got to know Rendy Lu Yen-hsun's flight schedule. Rendy arrived together with his mom, brother and his team.

Meanwhile in Bangkok, the organiser sent me some arrival photos of their star players - Juan Martin Del Potro, Ernests Gulbis, Fernando Verdasco and Jurgen Melzer (in sequence).

Yay, Del Potro is back in tournament!

(Images via PTT Thailand Open 2010, HSFoo of HCFoo's Tennis Blog)

It's not easy being Kei Nishikori

Kei Nishikori is probably one of the few players whom I want to meet personally.

My wish came true yesterday when he was present at the Malaysian Open Main Draw ceremony.


Poor Nishikori... he suffered jet lag and couldn't stop yawning from the moment he sat down during the event which was made public this year.

Yawning or not I'm still cute :D

After the Main Draw ceremony, Nishikori went to the Wilson booth for an autograph session. The crowd was quite amazing!

Hope you like the candid photos and the video below.



For original photos without watermark, you can request from me at hcfoo7@gmail.com


(Images by HSFoo of HCFoo's Tennis Blog)

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You know you're blessed when you're Rafael Nadal

There's nothing more beautiful than seeing Rafael Nadal in the following photos - offering lotus flowers to the Buddhist monks at a beach in Prachuab Khirikhan province, south of Bangkok, Thailand.

Hope he'll be blessed with more meaningful success in the future.

(Images via Facebook)

Serena Williams, Andy Murray & Kim Sears at Burberry Prorsum Spring 2011 London Fashion Week Show

It's London Fashion Week and tennis players Serena Williams and Andy Murray together with girlfriend Kim Sears were in attendance at the Burberry Prorsum Spring/Summer 2011 fashion show.

Murray looked rather dapper in his Burberry outfit while Sears looked perfectly fine and safe in that cobalt blue trench coat.

Well, what can I say, I love Murray's sense of fashion these days.

Murray and Williams together with designer Christopher Bailey

Murray, Williams and Sears were spotted sitting at the front row with the likes of Sarah Jessica Parker and Alexa Chung.

(Images via zimbio.com)

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Rafael Nadal finally lands in Thailand

It took Rafael Nadal more than three years to finally make it to Bangkok!

There's no perfect time than now - healthy, year-end no.1 and a with a Career Slam. Lucky Thai fans!

Nadal arrived in Hua Hin ahead of next week’s PTT Thailand Open which will be held from 25 September to 3 October at Impact Arena, Muang Thong Thani, Bangkok.

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Before he plays his first match in Bangkok, Nadal will participate in a tree-planting ceremony at Kasetsart University Veterinary Hospital in Hua Hin on Tuesday 28 September as part of PTT Group’s “One Million Trees for the King” anti-global warming project.

If you want to watch Nadal in action, tickets are available through all ThaiticketMajor outlets, Thai Post’s 52 Bangkok offices, Major and EGV outlets. For more information log on to www.thaiticketmajor.com or call 02 262 3838.

(Images sports.sina.com)

Celebrities spotted at the US Open

Every time the US Open is played in New York, we get to see a handful of celebrities at big, important matches.

Here are some of the celebrities spotted at the tournament.

Cameron Diaz and a female friend, no?

Cameron Diaz hanging out with Ashley Simpson during the match between Roger Federer and Jurgen Melzer

Ashley Simpson with hubby Pete Wentz

Oh no! Is that Ethan Hawke? I want the old Ethan Hawke back!

Yawn~ Gavin Rossdale and Gwen Stefani

Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees

Earlier last week, Usher was at a press conference where the USTA announced a partnership between USTA Serves and the Usher New Look Foundation.

Also from earlier last week, Kanye West and the cast of Gossip Girls

(Images via Yahoo! Sports)

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Congrats to new dad Gilles Simon

Gilles Simon has become a daddy for the first time!

His longtime girlfriend Carine Lauret gave birth to a boy on September 2 whom they named, Timothée.

The baby was born four weeks early and Simon missed his birth because he was competing in the US Open.

Simon did not enter the Thailand Open to defend his title as his son was supposed to due at end of September. I wonder if he will request for a wild card to play in Bangkok since he is the defending champion...

(Images via menstennisforums.com)

Andy Murray, Fernando Verdasco get classy

It's pretty usual to see tennis players featured in fashion magazines whenever they play in the US.

In the latest edition of the Vogue magazine, Andy Murray got the help from professional photographer Mario Testino and came up with some really cool shots... perhaps not the last picture :P

Meanwhile the very suave looking Fernando Verdasco does a GQ shoot.


Now only if he can produce good results in tennis like he did in photo shoots *sigh*



(Images via menstennisforums.com)

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