HAHAHA did you see what Novak Djokovic posted? Hey @Novak, is that your new road to success – trying to be me? I am a little disappointed you did not wear my dress and think you could work on your body language a bit more! And the hair… no comment on that… what do you guys think?
Tomas Berdych debuted his new racquet at the Rogers Cup last week and it seem to somehow improved his game. Berdych lost in the quarterfinals to Janko Tipsarevic 6-4 6-4, but it looks promising for Tomas.
The racquet is the HEAD YouTek™ IG Instinct MP.
This racquet is already used by Tomas Berdych and Maria Sharapova, so if your a top level player it might be worth checking it out. Currently they are on sale on Tennis Warehouse for $169.95
The new WTA Tour rankings are out and here is what has changed after the Rogers Cup in Toronto.
The complete top ten according to the August 15 rankings is below:
1. Caroline Wozniacki
2. Vera Zvonareva
3. Kim Clijsters
4. Victoria Azarenka
5. Na Li
6. Petra Kvitova
7. Maria Sharapova
8. Francesca Schiavone
9. Marion Bartoli
10. Samantha Stosur
Serena Williams won the Rogers Cup in Toronto and she is now 31st in the world rankings.
This week is the Cincinnati tournament in which we will see Serena Williams possibly play Samanthat Stosur in the second round.
Li Na is now by far the richest tennis player! Maria Sharapova was previously the highest, earning over $24 million each year in prizemoney and endorsements. Now, Li Na has over $42 million on endorsement contracts.
“We could do five more endorsement deals but she just doesn’t have the time,” said Eisenbud, a vice president at Coral Gables, Florida-based IMG Tennis who signed Li in November 2009. “It’s incredible.”
Since winning the French Open, Li Na has signed contracts with Daimler and Chinese insurance company Taikang Life Insurance Co.
“It was hard to set the price” after Li’s triumph in Paris, Eisenbud said. “We had to change it a lot.”
There is a very interesting article over at PostGame that showcases the top 5 highest paid female athletes. Out of the top 5 there are 4 tennis players in the list!
Thus, if your a female and you want to earn a lot of money from sport, then Tennis is the game for you.
Li Na is climbing towards Maria Sharapova in terms of the Highest Earning Emale Athlete , as the first Chinese Grand Slam champion has signed seven endorsement deals that range from $2 million to $3.5 million. Li Na’s agent, Max Eisenbud, who is also Sharapova’s agent, said that if she would have te time, she could easily sign five more deals.
Na’s endorsement deals include Mercedes Benz, Rolex, Haagen Dazs, and many more. All of Na’s new endorsement contracts are for a period of three years, and are worth at least $42 million combined.
Maria Sharapova sat down with Justin Gimelstob for Tennis Channel’s “World of Tennis” presented by BNP Paribas, to discuss her comeback from injury, her childhood, the state of women’s tennis, her life off the court, her foundation and much more!
Maria Sharapova, Caroline Wozniacki and Li Na will be taking part in a tennis charity event on September 25th at the Pan Pacific Open in Japan for vicitms of the earthquake.
The trio will meet children from the Fukushima Prefecture, where the nuclear power plant suffered a massive meltdown following the disaster.
We will let everyone know more details when we have them to hand.
Maria Sharapova was looking very sexy at the recent ESPY awards. All the talk seemed to be about her shoes. We have embedded the video so you can check them out.
Next year Maria Sharapova will be starting her 2012 campaign at my home tournament of the Brisbane International 2012. It is great to see Maria and other players are heading to the event, which has been growing very nicely over the past few years.
It was about time we had another large tennis tournament in Queensland and Brisbane. I remember when they used to play all the big tournaments at Milton!
It has been rumored that Grand Slam champion and former world number 1, Maria Sharapova has been outed as the mystery buyer of a terraced house worth 10,000 British pounds, which is located on Pritchard Street in Burnley, Lancashire (really Burnley, not the nicest place in the world!).
The property, listed as being possibly the UK’s cheapest house, is in need of extensive renovation and refurbishment, but it is within easy walking distance of Scott Park, which happens to have some tennis courts. Some sources also say that she plans to construct an underground complex right under the house which could be worth around 6 million British pounds.
These are only rumors, but it would be an interesting choice of housing for Maria… if it were true.
World number 5, Maria Sharapova has decided not to play the ASB Classic which is held in Auckland, New Zealand but instead commit to the Brisbane event which will be promoted to Premier status for next year’s tournament. She played at the Auckland event this year as a warm-up for the Australian Open but lost in the quarters to eventual champion Greta Arn. She was the number one seed and was payed an appearance fee of over US$100,000, despite the fact that she earned only around US$5000 as prize money.
I hope the Kiwi fans won’t be upset at her decision, and now the Australian crowd has so much to look forward to at the next Brisbane tournament, especially since the event attracted so many star players in the past.
Maria Sharapova sat down and was interviewed by a group of kids via a competition run by the LTA. Some of these questions were actually very difficult.
Earlier this year, tennis superstar Maria Sharapova unveiled her Cole Haan Spring 2011 shoe collection. In this video, she talks about how she is inspired by street style and how she sees girls wearing accessories in different ways. She also talks about how she brought flats to the Cole Haan brand and that they have really evolved since they are nw being released in so many new colors for the collection.
Maria Sharapova’s US Open day dress is different from the one that was posted earlier, as that was her Wimbledon dress. Here is a picture of both day and night dresses:
HEAD has released some photos of Maria Sharapova with her brand new Sharapova racquet bag.
