Sharapova Ousted by Jie Zheng

In a battle of all out offense versus quick feet and steadiness Chinese WTA player Jie Zheng defeated Maria Sharapova in three sets, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3. Sharapova is said to have gained a lot of strength and confidence in her hitting shoulder since she had surgery on it not too long ago, but this didn’t keep her from committing a whopping 14 double faults through out the match, sometimes as many as four in a single game. Sharapova’s offense kept her in the match, however as she continued attacking off the ground against the 5′ 4″ Zheng. The match lasted almost three hours as Zheng played a variety of defense, counter punching, and offense of her own. At the end of the day the more well rounded player ended up on top, but not by much.

Serena Williams – featured by popular demand!

By popular demand, we now feature another tennis cutie pie, Serena Williams. Serena Williams is 27 years old and was born in Saginaw, Michigan, USA. She currently resides in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA.

Serena Williams is currently ranked No. 3 in the world. She reached the No. 1 ranking for the first time on July 8, 2002. She was ranked No. 1 again earlier this year. She has 32 career Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles titles including nine Grand Slam titles, three each at the Australian Open and US Open, one at Roland Garros, and two at Wimbledon.

Ivanovic – vote for her or others as World’s Hottest Athlete

Would you like to vote for your favorite cutie pie tennis player to be the World’s Hottest Athlete? At InGameNow, you can vote for cutie pies such as
Ana Ivanovic. There are four one-on-one votes with another player.

InGameNow provides several brackets in which to vote. Bracket # 2 is Tennis Vixens. Bracket # 1 is Girls With Balls (soccer, billiards, softball, golf, basketball, handball, volleyball). Other brackets will be coming up later this month.

Check it out and vote for your favorite tennis cutie pie. Plus, there are great photos of the hot athletes.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – keep an eye on her!

Keep an eye on this Russian tennis cutie pie, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. At the age of 17, she is already ranked 76th in the world.

Pavlyuchenkova is from Samara, Russia and turned pro in December, 2005. In 2006 she won both the Australian Open and U.S. Open junior titles and finished the season as the top-ranked girl in the ITF world rankings at age 15. In 2007 she didn’t do quite as well after joining the WTA tour. Still, she reached the 2nd round at Roland Garros, the 3rd round at Wimbledon, and the 2nd round at the US Open. She already has one career WTA doubles title, 3 ITF Women’s Circuit singles titles, and eight ITF Women’s Circuit doubles titles.

Ana Ivanovic sexy with a mustache!

Sexy Serbian tennis cutie pie, Ana Ivanovic, looks cute and sexy even with a mustache! She looks like she is inviting someone to lick the milk mustache off of her lip.

Ana Ivanovic has joined other celebrities in the “got milk?” advertising campaign which promotes drinking milk and its health benefits. Ivanovic says in the ad: “Power Serve. I give it my all, so milk’s the perfect match for me. Milk is a great choice after exercise, with protein to help build muscle and a unique mix of nutrients to refuel. So train hard and drink lowfat or fat free milk. That’s what I call a nice return”. The ad was created to encourage teens to drink three glasses of lowfat or fat free milk every day, be active and eat right to stay lean and healthy.

Playboy cover girl, Ashley Harkleroad – pregnant?

Tennis cutie pie, Ashley Harkleroad, is perhaps more famous for her August Playboy cover girl image than for her tennis skills right now. But Playboy and tennis may soon take a back seat to a new development in Ashley Harkleroad’s life. According to her agent, Sam Duvall, Harkleroad pulled out of the US Open because she is pregnant.

Harkleroad pulled out of the US Open before the draw with what was at first reported as back problems. But now the truth comes out, she is pregnant. Harkleroad, who is 23 years-old, lives in Los Angles with her finance, former tennis pro Charles Adams.

Maria Sharapova – sexy power girl

Sexy, Russian cutie pie, Maria Sharapova, has been named to the Forbes’ Celebrity 100 list, according to the September 2008 issue of Tennis magazine. The Celebrity 100 list is a ranking of the most powerful, well-known, and best-paid celebrities in the world.

Maria Sharapova was ranked # 61 on the Celebrity 100 list, along with fellow women tennis stars, Serena Williams at # 69 and Justine Henin at # 81.

Now, consider that Maria Sharapova was also 30th on the annual FHM Magazine’s 100 Sexiest Women in the world. Add together 30th sexiest woman and 61st most powerful, well-known, best-paid celebrity – that sounds like a dangerous combination to me. What do you think?

Ashley Harkleroad – in the flesh!

Ashley Harkleroad is definitely a cutie pie, and a very sexy one at that. She has not been one of our featured cutie pies, but with a picture like this from an upcoming Playboy spread, how could we pass her up?

The cutie pies we’ve been following have been from the top 50 ranked women’s tennis players. Ashley is currently ranked # 72. But we may have to begin following her anyway. She’s too cute and sexy not to follow!

Ashley is from Los Angeles, California, USA. That’s probably where she got her nice tan. She is 23 years old and turned pro in June, 2000. She has not had a lot of success on the tennis court, reaching the 3rd round of a major tournament only twice – The Australian Open in 07, and Roland Garros in 03. This year she has lost in the 1st round of every major tournament.

Maria Sharapova – 30th sexy woman

Cutie pie, Maria Sharapova, was voted 30th on the annual FHM Magazine’s 100 Sexiest Women in the World poll.

Almost nine million votes were cast in the world’s most popular countdown of its kind. It doesn’t take that many votes to know she is one hot sexy tennis player. That’s why she is on our list of featured cutie pies.

Two other tennis players made the list. Another one of our featured cutie pies, Ana Ivanovic, was voted the “best looking athlete on the planet” and came in 23rd on the “sexiest women list.” Anna Kournikova, who retired from professional tennis in 2004 because of chronic back pain, finished 81st on the top 100 sexiest women list.

Ana Ivanovic – best looking athlete on the planet!

Cutie pie, Ana Ivanovic has been voted the “best looking athlete on the planet as she rocketed in at No.23 on the annual FHM Magazine’s 100 Sexiest Women in the World poll. As well as beating all other sportswomen, the 20-year-old finished ahead of the likes of Charlize Theron, Natalie Portman and Salma Hayek,” according to The Ana Ivanovic official web site.

Almost nine million votes were cast in the world’s most popular countdown of its kind. We knew a long time ago, way before the vote, that Ana is a hot, sexy, sizzling athlete. That’s why she is on our list of cutie pies.