Weekend winners: Roger Federer's no. 16; Elena Dementieva bites in disbelief

C'mon stop djoking... this trophy looks like mine...

Roger Federer captured his 16th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title at the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters after defeating Novak Djokovic 6-1, 7-5 in just one hour and 31 minutes.

Is the number 16 going to bring him more luck at the US Open? We'll see!

In the men's doubles final, Nenad Zimonjic and Daniel Nestor took down home favourite Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan.

The American twin brothers defeat is understandable as they are busy preparing for the launch of their debut album in September.

Elena Dementieva had to bite herself to believe she had won the Rogers Cup title yesterday.

The no. 4 seed had a bad start against Maria Sharapova but soon took over the match and won 6-4, 6-3.

Will she be able to maintain her top form (and most importantly not choke up) at the US Open to eventually win her first Grand Slam?

Let's discuss this again when Dementieva can get into the semifinals.

In the women's doubles, Spaniards Nuria Llagostera Vives and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez defeated Australians Samantha Stosur and Rennae Stubbs.

(Images by Getty Images via Yahoo! Sports)

Work it, girl, work it!

Jelena Jankovic was recently featured in an Austrian-based Story magazine.

Don't you think Jankovic make a great high fashion model with that 'quirky' attribute and memorably unusual face?


(Images by Bobisa via tennisforum.com)

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.