Found! A photo where Marat Safin does not look drop dead gorgeous! And I have nothing against hookah smoking – I’m just not finding him attractive in this shot. It’s like finding a photo of the real Big Foot – never thought it could exist.
The best deal of the decade? Online auction company Charity Buzz is offering a meet and greet with the Williams sisters at the Miami Open Tournament party, (“Rafael Nadal will be there. Serena and Venus Williams will be there. Where will you be?”) and four tickets to the women’s semifinals. The lot’s been open for almost a month and has no bids. It closes on March 13. Someone’s gotta snatch this sucker up – the starting bid is “only” $1,000 and proceeds benefit Russell Simmons’s “Art for Life” charity. Click here to start bidding and don’t forget to invite me along!
Guess the abs game:
(like you need a hint!)
Here’s Maria Sharapova’s recent reading list, obviously picked up at the Burbank Airport bookstore:
1. The Alchemist by Paul Coelho
2. The Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman
3. The Associate by John Grisham
4. Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
5. The Tipping Point by Malcom Gladwell
6. Winter in Madrid by C.J. Sansom
7. The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry by Kathleen Flinn – “I love food especially French cuisine so this was a real treat!”
8. Chasing Cool by Noan Kerner and Gene Preeman – “It’s about making a business successful and creating original ideas.”
9. The Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer – the third one is her favorite
Tennis Terrorist?: “A tennis player today won his case at the European Court of Justice against airport security staff who believed that his racquets posed a terrorist threat and threw him off a flight” Click here to keep reading from The Times Online.
Roger Federer ranked No. 8 on British Esquire’s Best Dressed Men in the World list. Prince Charles came in first! Who’s judging this thing, anyway?
Speaking of fashion, we all know that 80s tennis fashion is seriously awesome and this site lets us indulge in our shorty-short fantasies. Click here to see the best Adidas ad ever (hint – Stefan Edberg), and then get lost for hours lusting after Fred Perry tennies and John McEnroe’s Sergio Tacchini jacket. In the words of Hollywood stylist Rachel Zoe: “I die!”
If you’re still stewing about the Williams sisters’ non-action in Dubai, click here to read a NYT article with Venus’s own take on the matter. And then get Larry Scott’s play by play of how the situation went down here.
Click here for an interesting piece on Nicole Vaidisova’s fall from No. 7 in the world in 2007 to the bottom of the top 100. Money quote: “The one thing that’s unfair is to say it’s all about Radek. If it wasn’t him, it would be another boyfriend.”
Breaking news! Someone at the New York Post just figured out that tennis players are hot – like, DUH! (Click here to comment on the writer’s glaring omissions.)
Bjorg/McEnroe image via
Stepanek image: AP/Mark Avery
Marat Photo: tennis.com
RAFA abs photo: Manuel Queimadelos Alonso/Getty Images
Tags: Federer, Nadal, Safin, Serena, Sharapova, tennis, Venus
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I guess I would not put Andy Murray on my list of top 5 smokin’ hot tennis guys. Marat in his jacket during last year’s US Open opening ceremonies — he can be on that list.
Poor Nicole. Maybe she just needs some time to be a girl instead of a commodity.
Hey Liz!
So do you think Nicole will ever come back? Or is her career over?
Personally, I never loved her game so I don’t really miss her as a fan. But I hate to see someone with talent struggle. . .
Nadal’s abs are like, world renowned! I think Nicole is virtually done, unfortunately. And people realizing tennis players are good looking, well it’s about time.
Hi ya!
I don’t think Nicole has ever shown signs of the intensity she needs to be a top player. I’ve never been a big fan of hers either (I’m still waiting for Justine to come back!), but when she was playing well, she could be dangerous. But she was your classic “win a big match, get creamed in the next one” player. What I want to know is what Radek’s got that makes him catnip to the ladies?
Ha! We must start calling him Radek “catnip” Stepanek! I really have no idea – if any of us befriend a pro player, let’s be sure to find out.
Maybe he’s funny? Maybe he’s kind? Maybe he’s trained as a hypnotist? Gotta give him credit for aiming high and scoring big.
Those Perry shoes are classic and so so timeless. *sigh* WANT!
And that article about hot tennis players? I’m sorry, but RAFA IS NUMBER FOUR?!? Marat’s not even in it! And where’s Feli?
I know! I want them too – they’re perfect.
Ha! That hot list was so jacked up – Andy Murray and no Marat!? I guess we need to cut her some slack because she’s new to the game.
No no no – I will allow Murray because he is The Ginge Hotness. I rate player’s hotness by their play
So Roddick has been out of the hotness list a looong time ago.
But really – no Fed?? Blasphemy!
HA! But then where would Marat be? He’s kind of an underachiever tennis-wise, but never fails in the hotness category. Perhaps he’s so goodl ooking that he eclipses all regular measures of hotness?
I love me some Roger, but I’m willing to admit that he’s at his hottest fully clothed. His best looks are 1. in a Prada suit, coiffed 2.On court in a simple Nike polo and white shorts, with headband, 3. The press conference look: warmup jacket/Nike t-shirt and cap.
Roger shirtless is a bit of an acquired taste (mats of chest hair, too skinny left arm) so I can understand him being left off a tennis neophytes top 5 list.
Can you tell I’ve put a lot of thought into this???
Darn! You mean my laws of hotness is flawed?? Drat!
I think being a fan involves putting a lot of thought into every aspect of the player, doesn’t it?
I choose number 3. Relaxed Roger. But what I’d pay to see him in 19th century clothes.. Embroidered waistcoats, skintight pantaloons, top hats, gloves, cravats, canes, Hesian boots… Boy. *fans self*
Can you tell I’ve thought about Rog in my spare time too??
You’re cracking me up, Babz! Roger in a waistcoat and pantalooons?! They did that to Gonzo and Monfils once, in Germany, didn’t they?
I don’t know about the tights, but Roger could definitely rock an ascot.
The thing is, you’d know he’d love dressing up like that – he’s like a living Ken doll with all his outfits. Or Barbie – he has more outfits than any Ken doll I ever had.
Gonzo and Monfils?? Must find pics!
By the mid 1800’s they don’t wear tights anymore, at least not all the time. He’d look great. And he’d love it too, dressing the “gentleman” and all that.
I never had a Ken doll! I thought I didn’t want a man, so my Barbie wouldn’t too!
Oh, I got it. So we’re talking Daniel Day Lewis in The Age of Innocence? YES! Get Roger in the remake! SWOOOOON!!!!
YES!! The more “current” take is the latest Pride and Prejudice movie with Keira Knightley, or Being Jane with James Macavoy and Anne Hathaway.
Now you see what I mean!! Totally Roger, no?
Brilliant, Babz – can you go work in publicity for the ATP? I wanna make sure this happens.
James McAvoy looks like Philipp Kohlschreiber, by the way.