Rendy Lu Yen-hsun grocery shopping in London

Rendy Lu Yen-hsun was spotted grocery shopping in London ahead of the Wimbledon tournament.

Earlier on, he took a bus from Eastbourne to London after an early exit at the AEGON International, losing to Ryan Harrison in the second round.

The Taiwanese player is looking forward to a great run at Wimbledon this year. However he has to clear his first hurdle, Harrison in the first round at the SW19.

(Images via Rendy Lu's Facebook fan page)

WTA Tour pre-Wimbledon bash video and photos

The women's tennis players arrives at the WTA Tour Pre-Wimbledon Party at The Roof Gardens, Kensington yesterday ahead of the SW19.

Maria Sharapova is the favourite player to win this tournament.

Petra Kvitova

Ana Ivanovic

Caroline Wozniacki

The Williams sisters

Li Na

Sorana Cirstea

(Images via Sina Sports)

Janko Tipsarevic gets neck treatment

Physiotherapist Stefan Dull gives Janko Tipsarevic a neck treatment ahead of the Wimbledon tournament. 

Dull is also the physiotherapist for Rendy Lu Yen-hsun. You can find his Facebook page here.

(Image via Janko Tipsarevic's Facebook fan page)

Sam Stosur does her own laundry

Some celebrity tennis players are more down to earth than we realise. 

I have heard that Rafael Nadal does his own laundry. So does Sam Stosur. Not only that she's doing it on her own, in fact she's having fun doing it!

(Images via Sam Stosur's Facebook fan page)

Rafael Nadal's mini vacation before Wimbledon

Rafaholics.com posted some pictures of Rafael Nadal having a blast at the beach with girlfriend Xisca and friends in Mallorca prior to flying to Wimbledon.

The 7-time French Open winner is on his quest for the 3rd Wimbledon and 12th Grand Slam title.

In another (good) news, Nadal said that he was honoured to be asked to carry the Spanish flag at the London Olympics opening ceremony.

(Images via Rafaholics, Rafael Nadal's Facebook fan page)

Roger Federer and wife Mirka out in London

Roger Federer and his wife Mirka (minus the kids) were spotted strolling on Bond Street in London while doing some afternoon shopping ahead of the Wimbledon tournament starting next week.

(Images via Zimbio.com)

Maria Sharapova celebrates victory at Juan Carlos Ferrero's Equelite tennis academy in Villena

Instead of moving on straight to the grass court after her triumph at the French Open, Maria Sharapova spent some time at Juan Carlos Ferrero's Equelite tennis academy in Villena and stayed at Ferrero's luxury hotel in Bocairente.

The academy organised a dinner specially for her. Juan Carlos Ferrero and Nicolas Almagro also attended the event.

According to the academy's website, Sharapova has been training there since young and last year has trained under the guidance of Antonio Martínez Cascales, Juan Carlos Ferrero's coach.

In case you want to know, there was a rumour between Sharapova and Ferrero dated back in 2005 but it didn't get anywhere because Ferrero had a girlfriend back then.

Sharapova is heading to London to prepare for the next Grand Slam, the Wimbledon.

In another news, Sharapova has been chosen to be Russia's flag bearer at the opening of next month's London Olympics, she announced on Facebook.

(Via Equelite.com)

Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams take Wimbledon crown

Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams were grinning from ear to ear at the Wimbledon Champions Ball in London yesterday.

Rafa can't stop smiling :D

Earlier in the day, Nadal, the current world no. 1 player had an easy win over Tomas Berdych with the results 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 to win his 2nd Wimbledon title and claim his 8th Grand Slam overall.

Nadal marked his victory with a celebratory somersault.

Nadal with his signature bite.

Meanwhile, on Saturday Serena Williams defeated Russian Vera Zvonareva 6-3, 6-2 in just 66 minutes to win a fourth Wimbledon and her 13th Grand Slam title.

Thumbs up to Serena for the win and keeping it minimal with that little jacket.

Nadal now stands halfway to Federer’s record total of 16 Grand Slams. Let's hope he'll achieve a career grand slam by winning the US Open later in August.

(Images via Yahoo! Sports)

Rafael Nadal to face Tomas Berdych in Wimbledon final

Andy Murray's body language said it all.

He's just not ready to beat one of the best players on grass surface yet. After all he's a specialist on hard court, not on this slower surface.

Dejected fans

Or maybe he was just overwhelmed by the entire nation's hope.

Murray was outclassed by 2008 Wimbledon champion Rafael Nadal in straight sets 6-4, 7-6, 6-4.

David Beckham and son Brooklyn were among the famous people at the match

Last year during this time he was said to be in front of a TV in Spain, resting his aching knees.

Nadal is back in the Wimbledon final this year to chase for his second trophy at the All England Club and eighth Grand Slam championship!

He will take on Tomas Berdych who upset Novak Djokovic 6-3, 7-6(9), 6-3.

No more chest thumping for Djokovic

Statistic wise, Nadal has a better chance to win the prestigious title this weekend as Berdych has not beaten the Spaniard since 2006.

(Images via Yahoo! Sports)

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Serena Williams, Vera Zvonareva reach Wimbledon finals

Put Vera and Serena together and you'll create a ticking time bomb (or two).

'A more composed' (according to Lindsay Davenport) Vera Zvonareva has advanced to her first Grand Slam final after defeating unseeded Tsvetana Pironkova 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the semifinals of Wimbledon today.

Pironkova is down and out but made a name for herself in this tournament.

Pironkova’s defeat ended her bid to become the first unseeded woman to reach the final at the SW19.

In another semifinal match, Serena Williams defeated unseeded Petra Kvitova in straight sets to reach her 3rd straight Wimbledon final and 6th overall.

Petra Kvitova pissed off with her performance.

Serena overcame the world no. 62 Czech player to win 7-6 (5), 6-2.

Williams is now one win away from her 4th Wimbledon title and 13th Grand Slam championship!

Serena is expected to work her ass off in order to stop Vera in the final.

I suspect this is going to be a very intense women's final.

(Images via Sina Sports)

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Novak Djokovic ends Rendy Lu Yen-hsun's fairytale run

Rendy Lu Yen-hsun's incredible run at the Wimbledon has finally come to an end.

He lost to Novak Djokovic 3-6, 2-6, 2-6 in the quarterfinal match yesterday.

But here's the good news. Rendy, the no.1 player in Asia has won so many new fans for the past two weeks.

His Facebook fanpage has soared from 600+ to more than 3000+ in just a couple of days.

A visit to his profile page on the Wimbledon tournament's official website, by scrolling down and counting the number of comments made by fans and then comparing him to popular players like Roger Federer (432), Rafael Nadal (423), Novak Djokovic (94) and Andy Murray (125), you'll know Rendy (713) is the hottest guy in SW19 right now!

Now the greatest news of all is that Rendy could have reach a career-high no. 42 in the world rankings next week! I'll keep you guys posted once the official rankings are available.

All the best to Rendy in upcoming tournaments.

I'm definitely looking forward to meeting him again in Malaysia (if he plays here at the ATP250 Malaysian Open) in September.

(Images via Yahoo! Sports)

Roger Federer out of Wimbledon, fall short of making history

I don't mean to be insensitive to Fed fans but these photos look like a great combo :D

Roger Federer will miss the Wimbledon final for the first time since 2002.

Federer lost 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the quarterfinals last night against Tomas Berdych.

The disastrous defeat also means that he failed in his bid to equal Pete Sampras's record of seven Wimbledon crowns.

According to Toronto Star, Federer "not only chose to blame leg and back woes for his defeat, but volunteered that information without being asked."

You know, people criticized Rafael Nadal a lot for putting the blame on his knees whenever he lost. Personally I think players deserve to come up with hundred of reasons including injuries as an excuse for their defeat.

It was a big match last night against Berdych and Federer's ego was crushed! So leave the guy alone!

At the post match presser, Federer gets to vent his frustration on a journalist who asked stupid questions.

I know some non-Fedfans misunderstood the champ's answer (they only read half of his answer) and called him "clASSless" but do read the transcript carefully before criticizing anyone.

Q. Andy Murray is playing a critical match at the moment. Nadal has been having some trouble. What do you think of Andy Murray as a player and do you think this might be his year, given some of the great players are not doing so well?

ROGER FEDERER: The end was what?

Q. I wonder if you think this might be his year, given some of the really threatening players haven't been doing so well this year.

ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, I mean, true, Rafa played terribly lately; Soderling is not a threat either. He's got an easy ride to this victory, that's for sure. Djokovic can't play tennis anymore it seems like.

Got to make your own work, please. Respect the players. Obviously Andy is a fantastic player and he's got all the chances to win here. We all know that.

(Images via Yahoo! Sports)

Tsvetana Pironkova is Lu Yen-hsun of women's tennis

Women's tennis kinda sucky these days so I don't really watch it lately. I really miss those days where Maria Sharapova, Jelena Jankovic and Ana Ivanovic rule the WTA.

Nevertheless, it's worth to mention Bulgaria’s Tsvetana Pironkova's achievement last night, who made it into the semifinals at Wimbledon after beating Venus Williams 6-2, 6-3.

Just like Rendy Lu Yen-hsun, she is currently ranked world no.82 and managed to pull off the biggest upset at Wimbledon thus far.

Pironkova, whose home country does not have a single grass court, will play for a spot in the Wimbledon final against the queen of meltdown Vera Zvonareva who knocked out Kim Clijsters 3-6, 6-4, 6-2.

(Images via Yahoo! Sports)