A special mention by LTAM...

Thank you to the nice people at Lawn Tennis Association Malaysia (LTAM) for the special mention of this humble blog on their website.

Hopefully my little contribution will help in some way to put Malaysia on the tennis world map.

The name HCFoo is no stranger to the local blog scene. HCFoo dedicates her blog solely on tennis, featuring the gossips and tournaments that surrounds it.

HCFoo will also be covering the Malaysian Open (ATP 250) rather extensively. Such work done by our fellow Malaysians are much appreciated in a bid to further promote and create interest in the game.

Welcome to the club HCFoo!

HCFoo's Tennis Blog can be viewed at http://www.hcfoo.com/

"We Love Malaysian Open" Contest: Semifinals Tickets (Gold Seats) & Goodies Giveaway

It's contest time again!

To support my home tournament, the Malaysian Open, scheduled to run between September 26 and October 4, 2009, I'm going to giveaway the following goodies I took from media briefings to 3 lucky winners (you can take a good look at some of the prizes here).

Updates: A big thank you to the Tournament Director of the Malaysian Open who sponsors 2 pairs of Gold tickets to this exciting ATP 250 event.

Grand Prize #1
Gold Semifinals Seat (Day session) x 2

Grand Prize #2
Gold Semifinals Seat (Evening session) x 2

Second prize
Australian Open "mini tennis ball" keychain x 1
Malaysian Open notebook x 1 (not laptop, okay)
Official Guide To Professional Tennis x 1
ATP World Tour 2009 season book x 1
Wilson socks x 1
Wilson cap x 1

Third prize
Malaysian Open notebook x 1 (not laptop, okay)
ATP World Tour 2009 season book x 1
Wilson socks x 1
Wilson cap x 1

Consolation prize
Malaysian Open poster x 1

To enter for a chance to win these prizes, simply leave ANY comment(s) BASED ON THE IMAGES below.

Info: Rafael Nadal and Richard Gasquet were here in Malaysian back in 2007. Gasquet will be coming back to Malaysia again for the Malaysian Open while Nadal will be playing at the Thailand Open. Both tournaments run on the same week.

You can leave as many comments as you want (Remember to leave your e-mail address in case I need to contact you!)

However, we'll only pick 5 lucky winners (from the Asia-Pacific only) who give the most creative comments!

By the way, do spend a minute or two to go through the terms and conditions below before you participate in this contest:

Eligibility Criteria
This Contest is open to readers in the Asia-Pacific only. Sorry to friends and readers outside of Asia Pacific as HCFoo can only afford to pay for courier service within this continent.

Language of Contest
This Contest will be organised by the Organiser in the English language. Chinese and Bahasa Malaysia languages are also accepted.

Entry Procedure
1) Contestants are required to post comment(s) and leave their e-mail address on this blog post. Or else I won't be able to contact you.

2) If Contestants are selected as the Winners of this contest, he/she shall provide their full names, if requested.

Entry Deadline
Entries/comments must be received by the Organiser on or before 11:59pm on 31th August, 2009. Entries/comments received after the stipulated time will be disqualified and ineligible for consideration for prizes.

Notification of Winners
The winners’ names/nicknames will be announced by the Organiser via e-mail and will be posted on this blog.

Additional Terms
A Contestant may enter multiple entries in this Contest. However, a Contestant can only win once in this Contest. Any subsequent wins (if declared) will be automatically void.

Maria Sharapova looking for a taste of success

Russians Maria Sharapova and Elena Dementieva will meet in Sunday's final after each won their respective semifinal matches on Saturday at the Rogers Cup.

Sharapova took down Alisa Kleybanova 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 to secure her spot in the finals and a chance to win her first title after 8 months of injury layoff.

Earlier, Dementieva defeated Serena Williams 7-6, 6-1 in 1 hour and 41 minutes.

This will be the 11th all-time meeting between Sharapova and Dementieva, with Sharapova leading the head-to-head series 8-2.

(Images via Yahoo! Sports)

Andy Murray kowtow to Roger Federer

There's just too much hype about Andy Murray.

From being called the 'true no.1' to believing that he can 'easily' beat Roger Federer in the upcoming US Open, can he really live up to the hype?

Last night, Federer proved that Murray can't.... perhaps not so soon...

Federer defeated Murray 6-2, 7-6 at the Cincinnati Masters semifinals and will meet Novak Djokovic in the final after the Serbian defeated Rafael Nadal 6-1, 6-4.

(Images via Yahoo! Sports)