- Former world no.1 Justine Henin confirmed her return to professional tennis on Belgian TV station RTL-TVI yesterday. She is expected to return in January in Australia. [More]
- Beilgium media Le Soir reported that Telecom company Belgacom will be one of Henin's sponsors in her comeback.
- L'Equipe reported that Richard Gasquet is looking for a new coach in his preparation for next year. French great Yannick Noah has advised Gasquet to pick a foreign coach who speaks French and specifically named Brad Stein, the former coach of Jim Courier and Sebastien Grosjean.
- Andy Murray's camp confirmed that the Scot suffered "no long-term damage" to his wrist following his Davis Cup injury. Murray plans to be back on tour soon for the Japan Open.
- 2009 US Open junior champ Bernard Tomic has left the Bollettieri tennis academy and will be based in Australia again.
(Via Yahoo! Sports, tennis.com)
In less than a year, Novak Djokovic has opened four cafe and restaurant chain under his name.
‘Novak Cafe & Restaurant’, the fourth outlet, was officially opened on Sunday, next to the clay courts, the venue where the Serbia Open, the first ATP tournament in Serbia owned by his family, was held earlier in May.
His family members and girlfriend Jelena Ristic were great hosts to more than 400 guests, including the Interior Minister of Serbia.
(Images via Novak Djokovic's website, novakcafe)
Juan Martin del Potro walked out from the tunnel of the Bombonera (the stadium's nickname) and received an ovation from his home crowd, minutes before an Argentinean league football match between his favourite team Boca Juniors and Godoy Cruz in Buenos Aires on Sunday.
He wore a Boca Juniors' shirt with an inscription on the back that said “Champion U.S. Open 09”.
The club made a special tribute to del Potro after his successful bid at the US Open.
Check out del Potro's puffy eyes. Isn't it time to catch up with some sleep. Delpo?
(Images via menstennisforums.com, eldia.com.ar)
- Justine Henin is set to announce her return to competitive tennis today, according to two top Belgian newspapers. La Derniere Heure and Le Soir reported the comeback on Monday.
Serena Williams appears in Procter & Gamble Co.'s lighthearted new print ad campaign for its Tampax brand, just weeks after her U.S. Open outburst. With the theme “Outsmart Mother Nature”, we believe that's Serena's promise that we will not see the same incident happen again in the future.
- Taylor Dent won the Oklahoma challenger, defeating Wayne Odesnik in the final. With this win, Dent continues to climb in the rankings (started the year at 865) and will be ranked 122 in the world this week. IMG also announced that Dent has been offered a wildcard into the Malaysian Open next week and he will fly there early to prepare for yet another big step in his comeback.
- Martina Hingis became the first person eliminated on BBC's celebrity dancing show Strictly Come Dancing despite earning respectable debut scores from the judges for both her waltz and her rumba.
(Image via tampax.com)
