2009 Ralph Lauren Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Pre-Wimbledon Party

Vera Zvonareva, Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Anne Keothavong, Ana Ivanovic and Elena Dementieva pose during a studio session at The Ralph Lauren Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Pre-Wimbledon Party.

The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Pre-Wimbledon Party was hosted by Richard Branson at The Roof Gardens yesterday in London, England.

There are a lot of celebrities who attended this party like Sugarbabes, Blake, Kelly Rowlands, etc. But as usual, I'll only post the players' photos.

Here you go the pictures during the arrivals.

Ana Ivanovic and the host of the party that evening, Richard Branson.

I love Serena Williams' slick back hairstyle....

Vera Zvonareva looks very elegant...

Woa... that's a bad make-up again by Svetlana Kuznetsova...

One of the top tennis couples - Lucie Safarova and Tomas Berdych

Venus Williams and WTA CEO Larry Scott

(Images by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images Europe)

Rafael Nadal confirms exhibition appearance

Rafael Nadal has confirmed that he will play the exhibition today at the Hurlingham Club with Lleyton Hewitt.

“It will be good to play tomorrow to get a better idea of how I feel on court, playing at a higher level than I would normally play during training.”

Nadal had another 3-hour training session at the Wimbledon Aorangi Park Club yesterday but never really reached the intense rhythm he would normally reach for a session as long as that.

“It was 3 hours, but I took it easy, I didn’t put any pressure,” said Nadal.

Still don't get enough of Nadal? Read this interesting article called "Ripped. (Or Torn Up?)" published in NY Times website.

And speaking of training session, here are some photos taken from Wimbledon Facebook.

If you haven't add Wimbledon as your friend, perhaps you should do it right after reading my blog.

(Via Rafael Nadal official website; Images via Wimbledon Facebook)

Maria Sharapova, the strangely sexy living mannequin in London

Live mannequin maybe a thing of the past but Maria Sharapova still pull the crowd by posing in the window of a luxury department store in London, Liberty.

Perhaps she's on the phone with Charlie Ebersol... or Dad.

Wearing a white V-necked jumpsuit and a pair of brown high heels at the central London store, the former Wimbledon champion met and chatted with the winning students of London College of Fashion.

The winner shakes hand with the tennis fashionista.

The winning 'blinking' dress. Chic and sweet!

The Asian girl is probably intimidated by Sharapova.

Coming back to tennis, the Wimbledon seedings were announced yesterday and Sharapova who is currently ranked at no. 59 is in the 24th seeded position.

(Images by Getty Images for Sony Ericsson)

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