No, this is not China Open's new promo poster

See if you can name 6 pro tennis players in this photoshopped pic.

Now the picture below is an original poster of a very popular Hong Kong TVB drama called "War and Beauty".


(Via tennisforum.com)

Rafael Nadal celebrates 5th straight Monte Carlo Masters title

I was really pissed off with Astro, my local paid TV for not showing Rafael Nadal's historic win at the Monte Carlo Masters tournament yesterday because football is always their top priority.

It's totally absurb when they diligently covered the earlier rounds but when it comes to weekend's semifinals and finals they took away the live coverage just to pave ways for some unimportant football matches.

Enough of my rantings, I should be happy because Nadal managed to overcome Novak Djokovic, beating the third-ranked Serbian 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 for his fifth straight Monte Carlo Masters title after losing a set here for the first time since the 2006 final against Roger Federer.

“Everyone can improve in every surface, no? No one is perfect. Sure, I can improve,” Nadal said.

“I always work to improve because when you feel you can’t improve, is difficult to wake up and go on court and practice.”

Nadal is now favored to also collect a fifth straight French Open title.

He was unhappy with how he served, and plans to improve on it before heading to Roland Garros next month.

In the men's doubles final, second seeds Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic beat top seeds Bob and Mike Bryan 6-4, 6-1 in just 48 minutes.

Meanwhile, Roberta Vinci won her second WTA Tour title at the Barcelona Open on Sunday, beating beat defending champion Maria Kirilenko 6-0, 6-4.

In another WTA tourney, Sabine Lisicki beat Caroline Wozniacki 6-2, 6-4 to win the Family Circle Cup and her first tour title on Sunday.

The 19-year-old Lisicki, who is ranked No. 63 and bounced Venus Williams earlier in the tournament, consistently had serves around 120 mph at the tournament on the green clay at the Family Circle Tennis Center in Charleston, S.C.

(Via AP; Images by Michael Steele/Getty Images Europe)

Danai Udomchoke earns law degree from the Bangkok University

Thailand no.1 pro tennis player Danai Udomchoke is joining players like Max Mirnyi and Mario Ancic who earned their law degrees last year.

Congrats to Danai for completing his Law degree from the Bangkok University recently.

According to Danai, he hopes to continue his studies in MBA in the near future.

Here are some photos taken on his graduation day.


(Via Danai Udomchoke official website)

Andy Roddick is officially a married man!

It's a shame that Roger Federer's wedding did not get as much coverage as Andy Roddick's.

According to people.com, the American tennis star finally tied the knot on Friday evening in Texas with fiancée Brooklyn Decker in a twilight ceremony at his Austin, Texas.

At the ceremony, bridesmaids wore strapless, chocolate-colored gowns, and the setting was decorated with bright, tropical flowers.

The bride's gown was by Vera Wang.

The beautiful couple swapped vows before a group of family and close friends which included Andre Agassi, Steffi Graf, James Blake, Mardy Fish, Justin Gimelstob and good pal Elton John, who also performed that evening.

A dinner at the nearby Westwood Country Club followed the "I do's".

Roddick and Decker, who started dating in 2007, announced their engagement in March 2008.

The pair first met after Roddick asked his agent to track down a number for Decker, who appeared in Sports Illustrated's swimsuit edition.

(Image by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images, ATP website)