Kimiko Date still kick ass at 39

I don't mean to be rude to Dinara Safina with this headline.

But her lost to Japanese veteran Kimiko Date Krumm, who is just 4 months short of her 40th birthday, in the first round at the French Open comes as a huge shock!

Kimiko beats Safina 3-6, 6-4, 7-5.

Kimiko made her Roland Garros debut back in 1989, when Safina was only three.

With the victory over the former world no.1, Kimiko becomes the second oldest player after Britain's Virginia Wade to win a main draw women's singles match in Paris since the game turned pro.

Congrats to Kimiko for the win!

(Image via nikkansports.com, Sina Sports)

Astro SuperSport bans Venus Williams due to flesh-coloured undies?

The hype about Venus Williams flashing too much flesh on court is not something new.

It started off even since the Australian Open earlier this year.

Personally, I like Venus' French Open skimpy outfits but Astro, my local satellite television thinks otherwise.

According to an inside source, Astro decided to ban Venus due to her inappropriate dressing - flesh-coloured shorts, which you could have mistaken her for not wearing any underwear!

So what if Venus still wearing the same dress to the final? Let's wait and see.

Updated: Here's the latest from source... Astro will air Venus' LIVE match tonight but any repeated or delayed matches of Venus will be edited if it's inappropriate.

Rafael Nadal wins 18th Masters title in Madrid

We had the dream Fedal final showdown yesterday in Madrid and it looks like Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will battle it out again in Roland Garros next week.

Hey, no tears... there's still Roland Garros...

After winning a record breaking 18th Masters title yesterday, beating top-ranked Roger Federer 6-4, 7-6 (5), the Spanish Matador will return to No. 2 in this week's rankings.

This is how you celebrate Victory!

Nadal also won titles in Monte Carlo and Rome recently, hence he becoming the first player to win all three titles in the same season. Vamos Rafa!~

Meanwhile, in the women’s final, Venus Williams was beaten 6-2, 7-5 by unseeded Aravane Rezai of France.

(Images via sports.sina.com.cn)

Kei Nishikori wins first comeback title

Good news for all Kei Nishikori fans out there.

Nishikori won his first pro tournament since his comeback yesterday by winning the ATP Challenger in Savannah.

He defeated Ryan Sweeting 6-4, 6-0. Not bad, huh?!

Kei with NB coach Glenn Weiner.

The Japanese will probably play his first match at the Sarasota Challenger on this coming Tuesday.

Thanks IMG Tennis for the info.

(Images by IMG)