German cutie pie, Nicole Vaidisova, looks hot in this photo, but she wasn’t quite hot enough on the tennis court in the opening round of the 2008 WTA Tour Pilot Pen tournament being held in New Haven, Connecticut, USA Aug. 18-24.

Nicole Vaidisova’s opening match was aginst 18th ranked Alize Cornet of France. Nicole lost the match in a somewhat close 2-setter, 3-6, 6-7 (8-10). Nicole battled hard in the tie-break and kept it close right up to the end. Had she won the tie-break, she would have had the momentum and it could have completely changed the outcome of the match.

We’ll look for you in the U.S. Open, Nicole Vaidisova. Good luck!