Players at the Lacoste lounge

David Goffin and Albert Ramos spent some time at the Lacoste lounge today for some photo shoot.

Sadly the two players lost in their first round matches. Both Goffin and Ramos fought hard in five-setters but eventually defeated by Fernando Verdasco and Marcos Baghdatis respectively.

Albert Ramos

Arnaud Clement who retired from professional tennis last year also dropped by at the lounge.

(Images via Lacoste's Twitter page)

Rafael Nadal prepares for clay court return in February

Looks like fans will not have to wait any longer. Rafael Nadal is set to make a comeback from injury at next month's Brazil Open.

It will be Nadal's first appearance on the tour in South America since 2005.

The clay court tournament has moved from outdoors to indoors due to regular wet weather in Sao Paulo in February.

Currently Nadal is practising at Real Club Tenis Barcelona.

(Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell Facebook page) 

Andy Murray turns poster boy

Any tennis fan would already come across the famous Crocodile Dunblane poster by now.

The image recently went viral after Andy Murray's mother, Judy, tweeted it, describing it as "fabulous".

Scotsman Nial Smith who created the poster also produced a series of other posters featuring Murray for his Australian Open campaign.

(Images by Nial Smith)

H&M signs partnership with Tomas Berdych

Swedish chain H&M has signed Tomas Berdych to be their brand ambassador on and off court. That means they will collaborate to co-design the brand's first ever line of tennis wear.

According to the announcement issued by H&M, they named Berdych as "one of the brightest talents in a globally popular sport, who also has a personal love of fashion and style, which means he is the perfect partner for H&M".

(Image via Tomas Berdych's Facebook page)