Engaged!

Oh-ho; Masha Shriekapova is officially off-limits! Well... ever since she had a boyfriend, I guess she's been off the list... but anyway, they recently sealed the deal when Sasha Vuvuvuvujajac (don't really know his name, sorry LOL) proposed to her during their 1-year anniversary.

Cute!

But one's gotta wonder if she's gonna pull out for the rest of the season, to prepare for the wedding of course; with so many injuries floating around and whatnot, it's not like it'd make a difference anyway...

Good luck to the giants x

Bring it.

Hi. Just thought I'd tell you that I love Summer. Wanna know why? Because:

Summer = Summer Holidays.

Summer Holidays = 6 weeks of doing nothing.

Summer Holidays = no exams, no stress. And most importantly;

Summer Holidays = TENNIS.

My summer holidays just happen to fall in during the Hopman Cup, Medibank International, Kooyong Classic... and of course; THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN.

I'm also particularly excited for the HOPMAN CUP 2011.

Because there's gonna be this (again):

AND THIS:


HOMMEGOODNESS. I CAN'T WAIT.

And they're only 2 of the 8 competing couples that are gonna be there. *drools*

And what's better, is that since these tournaments are all held in Australia, all the TV channels scrap all their stupid, pointless soapies and show nothing but tennis. 23/7. Practically. Because they gotta show the news you know...

And the cherry on top? Summer Holidays = my birthday.

I LOVE SUMMER.

WTF-Spam

Yeppp... Robin Soderling qualified. Kinda late though, but meh. To be honest, I don't really like him anyways :D

And Andy Murray's social-awkwardness is so adorable in this vid:

It cracks me up so much. So, so much.

Fed-Express Mastered

Shanghai, 2010 - the place where Andy Murray pretty much annihilated Roger Federer, 63 62.

Sure, this is his 2nd consecutive Master's title this year - his first in Toronto (which was a hugeeee relief for me because I was almost worried that the Muzz would leave the season dry) - but I mean, this win only poses one question for me;

WHY CAN'T HE PLAY LIKE THIS IN THE SLAMS? :O

Champion!

Before I begin, I'd just like to say that I'm sorry for the lack of posting lately. It is seriously amazing how some teachers really want to clog up your life with assignments and assessments RIGHT before exams :(

Seriously insane stuff.

Anyway, even though it's late; Ana won her first title in 2 years!

In under 50 minutes (I believe?!), she absolutely demolished poor Patty Schnyder, 61 62, to take home the Linz title, which was one of her last titles before this one. WOOOOO GO ANA! :D

Seriously it makes me so genuinely happy to finally see a real smile on her face. She's been going through rough patches ever since her injury from the End-of-year Championships in 08, but to see that she's gradually climbing her way back up to the top is abso-freakin-lutely awesome.

The title win moved her up a few spots to no.29, and with a nice showing in Luxembourg (honestly, I don't keep up with the WTA well enough...), she now sits at no.26.

Would it be crazy to think of Ana getting a top 20 seeding in the Australian Open?

Sushi train!

Maybe I should get lessons.

For more photos, here. You'll see how high Agi Radwanska really is...

Juste

Well... she kinda deserves it.

Apparently Serena Williams could be losing $1M because she's been skipping so many of her commitment events. I mean, $1M isn't probably much to Serena, but it could also mean the loss of her no.1 ranking to either no.2 Caroline Wozniacki or no.4 Vera Zvonereva.

If you ask me, I kinda think they both don't deserve it that much;

• Caro is a great player and all but I think she's really young and she definitely can get better - maybe it's not exactly the time for her to be no.1 yet..
• And Vera, is just wildly inconsistent - she can get to slam finals but I think if she starts winning slams then maybe it's the time for her.

But then I guess right now Serena doesn't really deserve it either.

What do you guys think? Would love to hear from the rest of youse :)

thetennishopper x