Rafael Nadal is 17 again, never too young to pen a memoir

Madrid Masters favourite Rafael Nadal was spotted with a new shorter hairstyle during a practice on court.

Doesn't he look young, like 17 again?

LOL what the heck am I talking about, Nadal is only 22 going to 23!

Recently Crain's New York Business reported that Nadal might be on the verge of writing a book about his career.

The report said literary agent Larry Kirshbaum has been speaking with publishers about a book from Nadal, an Olympic and multiple Grand Slams champion who has overtaken Swiss star Roger Federer for the top spot in the global tennis rankings.

Well, you're never be too young to write a memoir, especially for someone who has great achievement like Nadal.

(Via AFP; Images via menstennisforums.com)

Now HCFoo takes Serena Williams seriously

Serena Williams really mean it this time.

After blasted the WTA Tour over its policy for dealing with players who pull out of tournaments through injury, Serena Williams 'had no choice' but to play at the Madrid Open Tennis only to retire after the first set citing a right leg injury.

Francesca Schiavone was leading 6-4.

Although her participation was cut short, at least Serena had fun yesterday hanging out with Juan Martin del Potro test-driving a new Toyota Lexus.

Serena likes blogging, twittering and now fangirling.

Serena is no.1. Del Potro gives a cynical smile.

Take it easy, Serena!

(Images by Photo Agency via zimbio.com)

Jelena Dokic's dramatic photos in Sports & Style

Now let's put the family drama aside, here are a few Jelena Dokic photos in Sports & Style.

But there's one photo that particularly stands out from the crowd. I somehow feel a little bit uneasy and slightly disturbed with this one...


(Images via tennisforum.com)

More reports on Rendy Lu Yen-hsun's win at Israel Open

Rendy Lu's wearing a party hat; Beside him is Benjamin Becker

Thanks to Itay from the Israel Open media team who sent us photos and reports regarding Rendy Lu Yen-hsun.

According to Itay, during the prize giving ceremony, Rendy was very noble and wished his finals opponent Benjamin Becker good luck in his future and a speedy recovery (from an ailing shoulder injury).

Rendy also said that he was in Israel back in 2002 (participating in a Future tournament) and whenever anyone asked him, he says that the best place to visit is Israel.

Rendy then took the opportunity to thank everyone involved and said that the players were all very well treated. He also promised to come back to the tournament next year.

The Israel Tennis Center (ITC) CEO, Adv. Janine Strauss then answered Rendy and in front of a crowd of thousands said that Rendy is not only no.1 in Asia, but also no.1 in the hearts of many young Israeli players because he took every opportunity to play with them between his matches and they really love him.

Rendy's victory is part of a long tradition that is very important to a lot of people in Israel.

The Israel Open was first played in 1979 and returned this year after an absence of 14 years.

The winner of the singles tournament is awarded a historic floating trophy which bears the names of past Israel Open Champions.

The winners in the past include Tom Okker, Harold Solomon, Aaron Krickstein, Brad Gilbert, Amos Mansdorf, Andrie Eduardovich Chesnokov, Jeffrey Gail Tarango, Stefano Pescosolido, Wayne Richard Ferreira, Javier Sanchez and Jimmy Connors.

The trophy will now also proudly bear the name of Asia's no.1 player "Yen-Hsun Lu"!

Itay also revealed that they are planning to write an article on Rendy in their upcoming magazine which due out this summer.

Looking at the huge crowd turn up and the friendliness of the Israel Open media team, we know how passionate these guys are in organizing a world class tennis event.

According to Itay again, the ITC is also working very hard to nurture a generation of first rate tennis player.

To meet their aspirations, the ITC is currently operating 14 centres catering up to 9,000 children each week.

Most of their centres are located in disadvantaged neighborhoods or outlying development towns throughout Israel.

(Images by Israel Open)