Wildcard recipients, the Ratiwatana twins knew they were in trouble before lost to world no. 1 doubles team Bob and Mike Bryan 6-0, 6-3 in the opening match at the US$436,000 SAP Open in San Jose on Tuesday.
The Thai twin brothers were simply not prepared for tough opponents like the Bryan twins.
The problem started on Monday when Sonchat and Sanchai were stuck at the airport in Philadelphia due to flight delays and were only due to fly to California on Tuesday morning for the match scheduled for evening."We asked the organisers to move the match to Wednesday but they didn't seem to sympathise with us."
" We just hoped to have a day's practice and be fresh for the match,'' complained Sonchat, who won a challenger event in Poland on last Sunday.
However the Ratiwatana twins expressed they were excited to play the world top doubles pair, especially when they are twins like them.
(Via nationmultimedia.com; Image via SAP Open website)
Grab a copy of the Sports Illustrated 2009 swimsuit issue this week because Daniela Hantuchova, Maria Kirilenko and Tatiana Golovin are the latest tennis babes who posed for the magazine.
The three players spent five days on a secluded beach of Cap Cana in the Dominican Republic for their photo shoot, which was photographed by Walter Iooss Jr.
Here are some of my favourites.
Daniela Hantuchova
Maria Kirilenko
Tatiana Golovin
(Via sportsillustrated.cnn.com)
I think it never really crossed our minds that Jelena Jankovic and boyfriend Mladjan Janovic would do a photo shoot together for a magazine.
