Archive for: September 2008

Russian tennis cutie pie, Maria Kirilenko, is shown here with her championship trophy from the Hansol Korea Open on Sept. 28, 2008. With this win, Kirilenko added to her previous singles titles this year. She won the Estoril and Barcelona championships earlier this year, and has five WTA titles to her name.

Kirilenko was the top seed in the tournament. She defeated 61st ranked Samantha Stosur of Australia, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4.

According to her official website, MariaSharapova.com, Russian tennis cutie pie Maria Sharapova has decided to “shut it down” for the year. She has been nursing a shoulder injury which is taking longer than expected to heal. She says, “Just put me in a suit and I easily fit in to the everyday 9 to 5 workday hours, weekends off sort of deal.”

Serbian sexy tennis cutie pie, Ana Ivanovic, is out of the 2008 WTA Tour China Open in Beijing, China. She was defeated in the Quarterfinals by 30th ranked Zheng Jie of China, 6-7 (4-7), 6-2, 4-6.

Ivanovic is shown here in the photo playing in her 2nd round match against Alize Cornet of France. Ivanovic won that match 6-1, 7-6 (7-1).

Ivanovic had a Bye into the 2nd round. So she only won one match in this tournament. Ivanovic has won only five matches in her last five tournaments combined. I know she can do better than that. Next year will be better. It will, it will, it will.

Daniela Hantuchova shows that sweat counts for something. At least it makes the photo a little more interesting. However, whatever sweating she did in this practice session wasn’t enough to beat Jelena Jankovic in the 2008 WTA Tour China Open held Sept. 22-28 in Beijing, China. Hantuchova lost the Quarterfinal match 5-7, 1-6.

Hantuchova was seeded 7th in the match. She won her first two rounds against 47th ranked Gisela Dulko of Argentina (6-3, 6-1) and 38th ranked Tamarine Tanasugarn of USA, 6-1, 0-6, 7-5. But running up against # 2 ranked Jankovic proved too much.

Russian tennis cutie pie, Anna Chakvetadze, lost in the second round of the 2008 WTA Tour China Open being played in Beijing, China Sept 22-28. Her tennis didn’t look as good in her match as she does in this photo, where she seems to be saying, “How dare you beat me! Anyone else want to try?”

Chakvetadze, seeded 8th in the tournament, won her first match against 42nd ranked Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic, 6-4, 7-5. Then she lost in the next round in straight sets to 20th ranked unseeded Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia.3-6, 2-6.

Ana Ivanovic may look hot, steamy, and sexy off the court, but her game is anything but hot on the court. Ivanovic lost her first match, again.

Ivanovic lost to 18th ranked Nadia Petrova 1-6, 6-1, 2-6 in the 2nd round of the WTA Tour Toray Pan Pacific tournament played in Tokyo, Japan Sep. 15-21. She had a Bye in the 1st round, or she might not have made it into the 2nd round.

According to The Sun, Russian sexy tennis cutie pie, Maria Kirilenko has been voted the sexiest tennis player on the WTA tour. The poll was run for six weeks and with 7,000 votes giving Maria Kirilenko the top spot. The poll was done by Orange.co.uk.

Here’s the top nine list. Six cutie pies featured on this site made the list!

1. Maria Kirilenko of Russia.
2. Maria Sharapova of Russia.
3. Ana Ivanovic of Serbia.
4. Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark.
5. Nicole Vaidisova who is Czech.
6. Sania Mirza who is Indian.
7. Ashley Harkleroad from the USA.

She’s the Champion! Patty Schnyder, the tennis cutie pie from Switzerland, ranked 13th in the world and seeded 2nd in the tournament, proudly holds her trophy after winning the finals of the 2008 WTA Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic in Bali, Indonesia. Schnyder easily defeated 85th ranked Austrian, Tamira Paszek, in straight sets, 6-3, 6-0. Great championship win, Patty!

This was Patty Schnyder’s first championship of the year. She reached one other final, in the Bangalore Open where she lost to Serena Williams 5-7, 3-6.

Daniela Hantuchova, tennis cutie pie from Slovakia, has been beaten out of the 2008 WTA Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic currently being held in Bali, Indonesia.

Daniela Hantuchova, ranked 11th in the world, won her Quarterfinal match against 59th ranked Yung-Jan Chan of China in a close 3-setter, 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 6-2. She then lost in the Semifinals in another 3-setter, 2-6, 7-5, 4-6, to 85th ranked 17-year-old Tamira Paszek of Austria.

Tennis cutie pie, Patty Schnyder, of Switzerland has received the # 2 seeding in the 2008 WTA Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic being played in Bali, Indonesia.

Patty Schnyder, currently ranked 13th in the world, had a Bye into the 2nd round. In the 2nd round she faced 98th ranked Meng Yuan of China, defeating her 6-2, 7-5. In the Quarterfinal round, she defeated 57th ranked Marta Domachowska of Poland, 6-2, 6-2.

Schnyder will now face the 4th seed, 22nd ranked Nadia Petrova of Russia in the Semifinals. She is making a good run in this tournament. Perhaps she can take home some hardware to add to her collection.