Mike and Bob Bryan, hold the award they received from the City of Oxnard on
Friday, Sept. 26, 2008, at Plaza Park in Oxnard. After winning the US Open and bringing home the bronze in Beijing, Bob and Mike Bryan are set to host the first ever event for their new charity, The Bryan Brothers Foundation.
The Bryan Brothers’ All-Star Tennis Smash will take place on Saturday, September 27, 2008 at the Sherwood Country Club.
The event will feature tennis stars and celebrities, including Andre Agassi, Gavin Rossdale, Lindsay Davenport, James Blake, Sam Querrey, John Isner, Thomas Blake, Justin Gimelstob, Corina Morariu, Jon Lovitz, Amaury Nolasco, Brandi Carlile and Mardy Fish.
The event is Agassi’s first scheduled public playing tennis appearance this year. The All-Star Tennis Smash will benefit local and national charities including City Impact, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping kids in Ventura County.
Agassi, in a large part, is the reason why the Bryans have forged ahead with this effort. "Andre really inspired them, as well as alot of American players, to give back," said Wayne Bryan, the players' father, after a ceremony Friday to honour the foundation.
"We've been trying for two years to get this going, and Sherwood's a great venue to kick it off," said Mike, who recently teamed with Fish on the U.S. doubles team in Spain during the Davis Cup semis.
Hopefully we'll see some of the photos from this event soon.
(Image by Tina Burch/dailynews.com)
Alright now. I still can't get over this photo of Fernando Verdasco flirting with Ana Ivanovic.
For the past couple of days, 'Verdasco and Ivanovic' is the most searched keyword in my blog.
Now there are more pictures found!
Looks like Verdasco was trying very hard jocking Ivanovic at the official reception of the 2008 China Open.



And check out more pictures taken during Ivanovic practice. Guess who was in the background?
Yes, that was Verdasco right there!


I wonder if something is going on here between the two hotties? Someone please enlighten me :D
By the way, Ivanovic is out of the tournament after losing in the quarterfinal against Zheng Jie 6-7, 6-2, 4-6. Verdasco suffered the same fate after beaten by Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-5, 6-4 which denied him from moving into the quarterfinal.
Updates: More pictures!
So the older woman sitting beside Verdasco is Ivanovic's mom, Dragana.
When you want to impress the girl, you must impress the mom too. And Verdasco did just that.


And by the way, most probably Verdasco is single now because he hasn't been seeing Priscila de Gustin for months.Updates: More pictures!
A Chinese fan, Lola, captured these pictures hanging out together. Looks like a hotel in the background I suppose.
More info: Ivanovic and Verdasco are with Adidas together. Sven, Ivanovic´s coach, also a part-time coach of Verdasco. Both of them also share the same sparring partner (info from menstennisforums)


(Images from sina.com, menstennisforums,sports266.com)