Players at the Lacoste lounge

David Goffin and Albert Ramos spent some time at the Lacoste lounge today for some photo shoot.

Sadly the two players lost in their first round matches. Both Goffin and Ramos fought hard in five-setters but eventually defeated by Fernando Verdasco and Marcos Baghdatis respectively.

Albert Ramos

Arnaud Clement who retired from professional tennis last year also dropped by at the lounge.

(Images via Lacoste's Twitter page)

Who's in for an ice bath?

Someone in the tournament has been going around taking half naked pictures of players taking ice baths. The quality of the pictures are bad but we still appreciate them.

It is believed that ice bath helps reduce fatigue and speed up physical recovery.

Arnaud Clement

Fabio Fognini

Tomas Berdych

(Images via menstennisforums.com)

Roland Garros bids farewell to Arnaud Clement

 

Roland Garros bade farewell to 34-year-old Frenchman Arnaud Clement, who is set to retire at the end of the season.

The oldest player in the tournament, Clement lost 3-6, 7-6, 0-6, 6-2, 6-1 in his 15th appearance at the French Open to Belgian qualifier David Goffin in the second round.

A special ceremony was held after the match with the presence of the President of French Tennis Federation Jean Gachassin and former tennis player Guy Forget.

(Images via Yahoo! Tennis)

Dmitry Tursunov beats Paul-Henri Mathieu for title in Metz

Dmitry Tursunov captured the Open de Moselle title on Sunday with a three-set victory over French crowd favorite Paul-Henri Mathieu.

The fifth-seeded Tursunov notched a 7-6 (8-6), 1-6, 6-4 triumph for his fifth career title and second of 2008.

He also won in Sydney at the start of the season, and Sunday's win improved his career finals record to 5-2. One of those losses came in July at Indianapolis.

Mathieu, seeded fourth, was playing in his first final of the year and the seventh of his career. He fell to 4-3 in title matches, last winning a tournament last year in Gstaad.

The victory was worth $82,000 for Tursunov, who was born in Moscow and resides in California.

He improved to 2-0 lifetime against Mathieu, also winning a three-set match at the Queen's Club in 2007.

Frenchmen Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra retained their Open de Moselle title after defeating top seeded Poles Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski 5-7, 6-3, 10-8 in a repeat of the 2007 final.

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Arnaud Clement sticks to his trademark bandana

The pictures say it all. And it seems that his 'friend' Nolwenn Leroy shares the same interest too.

(Images by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images/AP Photo/Alastair Grant/Sang Tan)

The most intimate celebration at the 2008 Australian Open

What is the best possible way to celebrate a win with your double partner? Ask Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra.

Perhaps a little bit of intimacy wouldn't hurt especially when your team have made it into the men's doubles final.

(All pictures from Getty Images)