Michael Chang will make his television debut in a drama series called Prince of Tennis 2.
Guess who he'll be playing in this series?
Wrong! Michael is not going to play himself.
Instead he'll be playing a coach who'll lead his team to victory in this drama adaptation from a popular manga of the same name.
Together with his wife Amber Liu, they have been teaching the actors some basic moves including forehand, backhand, serve, etc. on the set.
Michael Chang with Kimi Qiao Renliang.
According to Michael, the reason why he's involved in this TV drama series is to better promote tennis which has become an increasingly popular sport in China.
In 2007 Shanghai-based Dragon TV bought the rights to turn Prince of Tennis into a TV series, with much support and enthusiasm from its writer, Takeshi Konomi who hoped this would help promote his manga in the Chinese market.
Konomi personally approved of the choice of Qin Junjie as the lead, Ryoma, or Long Ma in this adaption.
Qin Junjie will reprise his role as Long Ma.
New lead actress Wang Ziwen.
The actors of Fuji and Oishi.
The second season will pick up where the last season left off, as the team heads towards the national championships.
This season features a new lead actress and multiple guest stars. Purported additions to the cast include Wu Jianfei, Kimi Qiao Renliang and Bobo.
Mai Haisheng, Yu Siyuan of B.I.Z, Gao Xiaochen and Jacky Xue Zhiqian are confirmed and will be players on an opponent team.
Coming back to Michael, he'll be participating in the star-studded Chengdu Open in November, Asia's only event on the 12-leg ATP Champions Tour circuit.
(Via sports.sina.com.cn, cfensi, asianfanatics.net)
I'm not sure if you realised that Juan Martin del Potro is already ranked at no. 5.
It's okay if you don't because at times I thought this Argentine talent was still in the top 20.
After defeating birthday boy Andy Murray 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 at the Madrid Masters yesterday, there were two things on my mind: Andy Murray still has a long way to go before he can master the clay court or del Potro is on the surge to become one of the top 3 players in the world.
The slow and steady del Potro will now try to end a four-match losing streak against Roger Federer.
“I hope I have a good start against Roger tomorrow," said del Potro, who was bageled twice by Federer at this year's Australian Open quarterfinal match.
In another semifinal match, Rafael Nadal will face off with Novak Djokovic.
(Images by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
I first read about this at loltennis.
In her blog, Caroline Wozniacki wrote about being invited to dinner by Fernando Verdasco and his family in Madrid this week.
According to Wozniacki, it was a typical Spanish restaurant with a flamenco dance performance on stage while enjoying the food.
Wozniacki praised the fantastic food and the great entertainment.
She then revealed the name of the restaurant is Cafe the Chinitas which was situated on a street called Torija at the heart of Madrid.
Wonziacki highly recommend the restaurant!
Looks like she enjoyed the outing with Verdasco and his family that she didn't even mind mentioning about it in her blog.
The rumour between Fernando Verdasco and Caroline Wozniacki first sparked off at Indian Wells earlier this year.
Let's wait and see if there's any progress in their 'friendship'.
He works hard on the court. And at times he's quite lucky too..
Rafael Nadal was handed a walkover into the quartersfinals at the Madrid Masters yesterday when his third-round opponent Philipp Kohlschreiber was forced out of the claycourt event with a left leg injury.
Nadal is now bidding for a sixth title of the season and a fourth on clay.
Seriously, there's no better place to make it happen that at the Magic Box!
(Images by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
Michael Chang will make his television debut in a drama series called Prince of Tennis 2.
Michael Chang with Kimi Qiao Renliang.
Qin Junjie will reprise his role as Long Ma.
New lead actress Wang Ziwen.
The actors of Fuji and Oishi.
