Rafael Nadal's rehab in Mauritius

It's off season break for Rafael Nadal but it seems that he's not really taking things slow.

Instead of resting and recuperating from his knee injury, Nadal was seen participating in a resort's array of activities during his holiday with girlfriend Xisca in Mauritius.

Nadal flexed his muscles while riding a 'doughnut', snorkeling, swimming and running along the beach, showing no sign of the injury which prevented him from playing in the Davis Cup in Argentina.

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His fellow Spaniard team mates will be playing against the Argentines tonight in a final match.

(Via downthelinetennis; Images via jezebel.com, The Sun)

Sometimes I wonder if he's really into Ana Ivanovic

At this point, whether you like it or not, many tennis fans have accepted the romance between Fernando Verdasco and Ana Ivanovic.

But does Nando really in love with Ana? To be specific, is Ana his type???


(Images via Yahoo! Sport, 2nd and 3rd last photos via Forty Deuce)

Macau Tennis Showdown: Roger Federer wraps up Asian exhibition with another win

Roger Federer wraps up his 2008 season in Macau last night as he, James Blake, Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe conclude this week's lucrative pair of Asian paydays.

Personally I don't care about the results as these are only exhibition tours.

Nevertheless, here are the final scores:

Kuala Lumpur
Borg vs McENROE 6-7 (11-13)
FEDERER vs Blake 7-6 (10-7)
TEAM AMERICA (McEnroe & Blake) vs Team Europe (Borg & Federer) 7-5

Macau
BORG vs McEnroe 7-6
FEDERER vs Blake 6-4, 6-4
Team America (McEnroe & Blake) vs Team Europe (Borg & Federer) (No results provided)

Here are some photos before and during the exhibition match as well as post match press conference photos in Kuala Lumpur earlier this week.

Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images

Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images

And here are some photos of the players in gondolas during their appearance at the Macau Tennis Showdown at the Venetian resort.

While Roger and Blake have wrapped up their Asian exhibition, Borg and McEnroe will continue to play in Bangkok tomorrow.

(Images via Mike Clarke/AFP/Getty Images)

Kei Nishikori is back in Japan, kicks football at Sony event

It's been awhile since we heard from Kei Nishikori.

According to bunny in MTF, Kei is back in Shimane for holiday and perhaps for some work.

Just like Serena Williams and Ana Ivanovic, Kei took time to visit a local primary school where he used to be a student.

Kei was welcomed by about 1,000 students at the school!

He told the kids that when he was a student there, he had a big dream about tennis and he has wonderful memories from the school.

In the Q&A session, a girl asked him what she sholud do to make her dream of becoming a piano teacher true. Kei told the girl that it's important that she continues to like piano.

He also held a press conference at the school where he said he wanted to enter Top 50 as soon as he can and to win consistently in many tournaments.

In another event later, Kei was in Tokyo for a Sony event.

In one of the interviews he was quoted as saying that he wants to reach last 8 at Australian Open! He also said he want to stay injury free and reach top 50 as soon as he can.

Here are some photos from the event where Kei shows off his football juggling skills.


(Via menstennisforums.com; Images via sankei.jp.msn.com)