Women's World Cup Tennis 2013: Championship Match

RUSSIA - 5
Maria Sharapova
Maria Kirilenko
Svetlana Kuznetsova

vs.

ITALY - 1
Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci
Flavia Pennetta

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Russia is first to 5-1.  Russia is the 2013 Women's World Cup Tennis Champion!

CHAMPION: RUSSIA
Runner-Up: Italy
Bronze: Germany
4th: Romania

Women's World Cup Tennis Bronze Medal Match

ROMANIA - 3
Simona Halep
Sorana Cirstea
Monica Niculescu

vs.

GERMANY - 5
Angelique Kerber
Sabine Lisicki
Mona Barthel

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Germany is first to 5-3.  They win the bronze medal.

Women's World Cup Tennis 2013: Semifinals 2

GERMANY - 3
Angelique Kerber
Sabine Lisicki
Mona Barthel

vs.

ITALY - 5
Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci
Flavia Pennetta

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Italy is first to 5-3.  They go to the finals.

Women's World Cup Tennis 2013: Semifinal 1

ROMANIA - 1
Simona Halep
Sorana Cirstea
Monica Niculescu

vs.

RUSSIA - 5
Maria Sharapova
Maria Kirilenko
Svetlana Kuznetsova

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Russia is first to 5-1.  They go to the finals.

Women's World Cup Tennis 2013: Quarterfinal 4 - Italy vs. Czech Republic

ITALY - 5
Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci
Flavia Pennetta

vs.

CZECH REPUBLIC - 2
Petra Kvitova
Lucie Safarova
Klara Zakopalova 

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Italy was first to 5-2.  They go to the semifinals.

Women's World Cup Tennis 2013: Quarterfinal 3 - Serbia vs. Germany

SERBIA - 1
Jelena Jankovic
Ana Ivanovic
Bojana Jovanovski

vs.

GERMANY - 5
Angelique Kerber
Sabine Lisicki
Mona Barthel 

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Germany is first to 5-1.  They go to the semifinals.

Women's World Cup Tennis 2013: Quarterfinal 2- Slovakia vs. Russia

SLOVAKIA - 1
Dominika Cibulkova
Daniela Hantuchova
Magdalena Rybarikova

vs.

RUSSIA - 5
Maria Sharapova
Maria Kirilenko
Svetlana Kuznetsova

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Russia was first to 5-1.  They go to the semifinals.

Women's World Cup Tennis 2013: Quarterfinal 1 - United States vs. Romania

USA - 4
Serena Williams
Sloane Stephens
Jamie Hampton

vs.

ROMANIA - 5
Simona Halep
Sorana Cirstea
Monica Niculescu

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Romania goes to the semifinals.

Women's World Cup Tennis 2013: Group D Eliminations

Here are the results of the round robin competitions for Group D -


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GERMANY - 9-8-4=21 wins
Angelique Kerber
Sabine Lisicki
Mona Barthel

SLOVAKIA -8-8-5=21 wins
Dominika Cibulkova
Daniela Hantuchova
Magdalena Rybarikova

FRANCE - 1-1-5=7 wins
Alize Cornet
Kristina Mladenovic
Caroline Garcia

JAPAN - 0-1-1 =2 wins
Ayumi Morita
Kimiko Date-Krumm
Kurumi Nara 

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Germany vs. Japan - 9-0 

Slovakia vs. France -8-1

Germany vs. France -8-1

Slovakia vs. Japan - 8-1

Germany vs. Slovakia - 4-5

France vs. Japan - 5-1

Women's World Cup Tennis 2013: Group C Eliminations

Here are the round robin results of Group C eliminations -

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GROUP C

ITALY - 8-6-7= 21 wins
Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci
Flavia Pennetta

ROMANIA - 5-9-2=16 wins
Simona Halep
Sorana Cirstea
Monica Niculescu

BELARUS - 4-3-5=12 wins
Victoria Azarenka
Olga Govortsova
Aliaksandra Sasnovich

UKRAINE - 1-0-4=5 wins
Elina Svitolina
Lesia Tsurenko
Nadiya Kichenok 

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Italy vs. Ukraine - 8-1

Romania vs. Belarus - 5-4

Italy vs. Belarus - 6-3

Romania vs. Ukraine - 9-0

Italy vs. Romania - 7-2

Belarus vs. Ukraine - 5-4

Fun Picture of Paul-Henri Mathieu

Didn't know Paul-Henri Mathieu had a great sense of humor!  Such a drole photo!

Old School Sorana Cirstea

It's cool to see Sorana Cirstea browse on LP's.  Very old school yet not uncool at all!

Women's World Cup Tennis 2013: Group B Eliminations

Here are the results for the round robin competitions in Group B -

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RUSSIA - 6-9-4 = 19 wins
Maria Sharapova
Maria Kirilenko
Svetlana Kuznetsova

SERBIA - 8-6-5 = 19 wins
Jelena Jankovic
Ana Ivanovic
Bojana Jovanovski

SPAIN - 1-0-6 = 7 wins
Carla Suarez Navarro 
Garbine Muguruza
Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor 


BELGIUM - 3-3-3 = 9 wins
Kirsten Flipkens
Yanina Wickmayer
Alison Van Uytvanck 

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Russia vs. Belgium -  6-3

Serbia vs. Spain - 8-1

Russia vs. Spain - 9-0

Serbia vs. Belgium - 6-3

Russia vs. Serbia - 4-5

Spain vs. Belgium - 6-3

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Serbia and Russia proceed to the quarterfinals.

Women's World Cup Tennis 2013: Group A Eliminations

Here are the results of the round robin competitions in Group A -

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USA - 6-5-7= 18 wins
Serena Williams
Sloane Stephens
Jamie Hampton 


CZECH REPUBLIC - 6-8-2= 16 wins
Petra Kvitova
Lucie Safarova
Klara Zakopalova

CHINA - 3-4-4=11 wins
Li Na
Peng Shuai
Zhang Shuai

POLAND - 3-1-5=9 wins
Agnieszka Radwanska
Urszula Radwanska
Katarzyna Piter 

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USA vs. Poland - 6-3
Czech Republic vs. China - 6-3
USA vs. China - 5-4
Czech Republic vs. Poland - 8-1
USA vs. Czech Republic - 7-2
China vs. Poland - 4-5

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USA and the Czech Republic go to the quarterfinals.

Women's World Cup Tennis 2013: Top 16 Teams

Here are the top 16 teams competing in the Women's World Cup Tennis for 2013.  Here are their groupings:

GROUP A

USA
Serena Williams
Sloane Stephens
Jamie Hampton 


CZECH REPUBLIC
Petra Kvitova
Lucie Safarova
Klara Zakopalova

CHINA
Li Na
Peng Shuai
Zhang Shuai

POLAND
Agnieszka Radwanska
Urszula Radwanska
Katarzyna Piter
 
GROUP B

RUSSIA
Maria Sharapova
Maria Kirilenko
Svetlana Kuznetsova

SERBIA
Jelena Jankovic
Ana Ivanovic
Bojana Jovanovski

SPAIN
Carla Suarez Navarro 
Garbine Muguruza
Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor 


BELGIUM
Kirsten Flipkens
Yanina Wickmayer
Alison Van Uytvanck


GROUP C

ITALY
Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci
Flavia Pennetta

ROMANIA
Simona Halep
Sorana Cirstea
Monica Niculescu

BELARUS
Victoria Azarenka
Olga Govortsova
Aliaksandra Sasnovich

UKRAINE
Elina Svitolina
Lesia Tsurenko
Nadiya Kichenok 


GROUP D

GERMANY
Angelique Kerber
Sabine Lisicki
Mona Barthel

SLOVAKIA
Dominika Cibulkova
Daniela Hantuchova
Magdalena Rybarikova

FRANCE
Alize Cornet
Kristina Mladenovic
Caroline Garcia

JAPAN
Ayumi Morita
Kimiko Date-Krumm
Kurumi Nara 






 

Fernando Verdasco In Dashing Formal Wear

I rarely see Fernando Verdasco in formal clothing!  He looks so dashing here!

Aga Radwanszka Goes Shopping!

I don't know if this is for a commercial or this is actually Agnieszka Radwanska doing her shopping, but still, she looks cute in it!

David Ferrer Poses with Fans

I didn't have a chance to have a picture with David Ferrer during the Kuala Lumpur Open.  This one's cute though.

Cozy Picture of Some of the Best in Women's Tennis

It's pretty rare to see some of these very competitive women in such a relaxed mode!  I love this picture!

Benoit Paire Back in Practice

When I first saw Benoit Paire play in a match in Morocco, I had an inkling his ranking would go up soon.  Now, I'm betting a top 10 ranking in maybe a year or two!

Maria Kirilenko All Dolled Up

It's fun to see my favorite tennis players out of their tennis gear from time to time.  Here's Maria Kirilenko in a fancy fur coat roaming New York City.

Cute Picture of Sorana Cirstea

It's great to see pictures of my favorite tennis stars just chilling.  Sorana Cirstea is so cute in this one!  She said she was leaving Bucharest while doing this selfie!

This one is her picture as she returns to practice!  The Aussie Open is just a few weeks from now, after all!

 

Men's World Cup Tennis 2013: Championship Match

SPAIN - 5
Rafael Nadal
David Ferrer
Nicolas Almagro

vs.

SWITZERLAND - 1
Roger Federer
Stanislas Wawrinka
Marco Chiudinelli

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Spain is first to 5-1.  Spain is again, the world champion in the 2013 Men's World Cup Tennis.

CHAMPION: Spain
Runner-Up: Switzerland
Bronze: France
4th: Germany

Men's World Cup Tennis 2013: Bronze Medal Match

FRANCE - 5
Richard Gasquet
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Gilles Simon

vs.

GERMANY - 2
Tommy Haas
Philipp Kohlschreiber
Florian Mayer

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France is first to 5-2.  They win the bronze medal. 

Men's World Cup Tennis 2013: Semifinal 2 - Switzerland vs. Germany

SWITZERLAND - 5
Roger Federer
Stanislas Wawrinka
Marco Chiudinelli

vs.

GERMANY - 0
Tommy Haas
Philipp Kohlschreiber
Florian Mayer

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Switzerland is first to 5-0. They proceed to the finals.

Men's World Cup Tennis 2013: Semifinal 1 - Spain vs. France

Here are the results of the first semifinal -

SPAIN - 3
Rafael Nadal
David Ferrer
Nicolas Almagro

vs.

FRANCE - 0
Richard Gasquet
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Gilles Simon

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Spain is first to 5-0.  They proceed to the finals.

Men's World Cup Tennis 2013: Quarterfinal 4 - Germany vs. Russia

GERMANY - 5
Tommy Haas
Philipp Kohlschreiber
Florian Mayer

vs.

RUSSIA - 4
Mikhail Youzhny
Dmitry Tursunov
Nikolay Davydenko

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Germany is first to 5 wins.  They qualify for the semifinals.

Men's World Cup Tennis 2013: Quarterfinal 3 - Switzerland vs. Argentina

SWITZERLAND - 5
Roger Federer
Stanislas Wawrinka
Marco Chiudinelli

vs.

ARGENTINA - 2
Juan Martin del Potro
Juan Monaco
Carlos Berlocq

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Switzerland gets first to 5-2 wins.  They qualify for the semifinals.

Men's World Cup Tennis 2013: Quarterfinal 2 - Serbia vs. France

SERBIA - 4
Novak Djokovic
Janko Tipsarevic
Viktor Troicki

vs.

FRANCE - 5
Richard Gasquet
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Gilles Simon

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France is first to 5 wins.  They qualify for the semifinals.

Men's World Cup Tennis 2013: Quarterfinal 1 - Spain vs. Italy

SPAIN - 5
Rafael Nadal
David Ferrer
Nicolas Almagro

vs.

ITALY - 0
Fabio Fognini
Andreas Seppi
Filippo Volandri

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Spain is first to 5 wins.  They qualify for the semifinals.

Men's World Cup Tennis 2013: Group D Eliminations

GROUP D

Here are the results of the elimination for Group D -

ARGENTINA - 7-5-3 = 15 wins
Juan Martin del Potro
Juan Monaco
Carlos Berlocq

SERBIA - 5-8-6 = 19 wins
Novak Djokovic
Janko Tipsarevic
Viktor Troicki

CANADA - 4-4-6 = 14 wins
Milos Raonic
Vasek Pospisil
Frank Dancevic

UKRAINE - 2-1-3 = 6 wins
Alexandr Dolgopolov
Oleksandr Nedovyesov
Sergiy Stakhovsky 

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Argentina vs. Ukraine - 7-2

Serbia vs. Canada - 5-4

Argentina vs. Canada - 5-4

Serbia vs. Ukraine - 8-1

Argentina vs. Serbia - 3-6

Canada vs. Ukraine - 6-3

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Serbia and Argentina qualify for the quarterfinals.

Men's World Cup Tennis 2013: Group C Eliminations

Here is the result of the round robin competitions for Group C -

GERMANY - 7-8-7 = 22 wins
Tommy Haas
Philipp Kohlschreiber
Florian Mayer

ITALY - 8-7-2 = 17 wins
Fabio Fognini
Andreas Seppi
Filippo Volandri

POLAND -  1-1-5 = 7 wins
Jerzy Janowicz
Michal Przysiezny
Lukasz Kubot

NETHERLANDS - 2-2-4 = 10 wins
Robin Haase
Igor Sisjling
Jesse Huta Galung

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Germany vs. Netherlands - 7-2

Italy vs. Poland - 8-1

Germany vs. Poland - 8-1

Italy vs. Netherlands - 7-2

Germany vs. Italy - 7-2

Poland vs. Netherlands - 5-4

Men's World Cup Tennis 2013: Group B Eliminations

Here is the round robin competition for Group B -

FRANCE - 4-7-6 = 17 wins
Richard Gasquet
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Gilles Simon

CZECH REPUBLIC - 6-3-3 = 12 wins
Tomas Berdych
Radek Stepanek
Lukas Rosol

USA - 3-2-3 = 8 wins
John Isner
Sam Querrey
Tim Smyczek

SWITZERLAND -5-6-6 = 17 wins
Roger Federer
Stanislas Wawrinka
Marco Chiudinelli

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France vs. Switzerland - 4-5

Czech Republic vs. USA - 6-3

France vs. USA - 7-2

Czech Republic vs. Switzerland - 3-6

France vs. Czech Republic - 6-3

USA vs. Switzerland - 3-6

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Switzerland and France qualify for the quarterfinals.

Men's World Cup Tennis 2013: Group A Eliminations

Here is the round robin elimination round for Group A:

SPAIN - 9-8-3=20 wins
Rafael Nadal
David Ferrer
Nicolas Almagro

RUSSIA - 7-5-6=18 wins
Mikhail Youzhny
Dmitry Tursunov
Nikolay Davydenko 

CROATIA - 2-1-8=11 wins
Ivan Dodig
Marin Cilic
Ivo Karlovic 

AUSTRALIA - 0-4-1=5 wins
Bernard Tomic
Lleyton Hewitt
Marinko Matosevic

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Spain vs. Australia - 9-0

Russia vs. Croatia - 7-2

Spain vs. Croatia - 8-1

Russia vs. Australia - 5-4

Spain vs. Russia - 3-6

Croatia vs. Australia - 8-1

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Spain and Russia go to the quarterfinals.

Men's World Cup Tennis 2013: Top 16 Teams

Here are the 16 teams invited to compete in this year's World Cup final:

GROUP A

SPAIN

Rafael Nadal
David Ferrer
Nicolas Almagro

RUSSIA
Mikhail Youzhny
Dmitry Tursunov
Nikolay Davydenko 

CROATIA
Ivan Dodig
Marin Cili
Ivo Karlovic 

AUSTRALIA
Bernard Tomic
Lleyton Hewitt
Marinko Matosevic




GROUP B

FRANCE
Richard Gasquet
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Gilles Simon

CZECH REPUBLIC
Tomas Berdych
Radek Stepanek
Lukas Rosol

USA
John Isner
Sam Querrey
Tim Smyczek

SWITZERLAND
Roger Federer
Stanislas Wawrinka
Marco Chiudinelli


GROUP C

GERMANY
Tommy Haas
Philipp Kohlschreiber
Florian Mayer

ITALY
Fabio Fognini
Andreas Seppi
Filippo Volandri

POLAND
Jerzy Janowicz
Michal Przysiezny
Lukasz Kubot

NETHERLANDS
Robin Haase
Igor Sisjling
Jesse Huta Galung


GROUP D

ARGENTINA
Juan Martin del Potro
Juan Monaco
Carlos Berlocq

SERBIA
Novak Djokovic
Janko Tipsarevic
Victor Troicki

CANADA
Milos Raonic
Vasek Pospisil
Frank Dancevic


UKRAINE
Alexandr Dolgopolov
Oleksandr Nedovyesov
Sergiy Stakhovsky 

2013 Fantasy Mixed Doubles Finals

SPAIN vs. USA (4-0, 0-3, 4-3)

Rafael Nadal vs. John Isner
Carla Suarez Navarro vs. Serena Williams
Nadal/Suarez Navarro / Isner/Williams

Spain wins the 2013 Fantasy Mixed Doubles!

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RUSSIA vs. CZECH REPUBLIC (6-6, 4-2, 10-8) 2-1

Mikhail Youzhny vs. Tomas Berdych
Maria Sharapova vs. Petra Kvitova
Youzhny/Sharapova vs. Berdych/Kvitova

Russia gets third place.

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GOLD: Spain (Rafael Nadal, Carla Suarez Navarro)

SILVER: USA (John Isner, Serena Williams)

BRONZE: Russia (Mikhail Youzhny, Maria Sharapova

2013 Fantasy Mixed Doubles: Semifinals

SPAIN vs. RUSSIA (10-4, 0-1, 10-5) 2-1

Rafael Nadal vs. Mikhail Youzhny
Carla Suarez Navarro vs. Maria Sharapova
Nadal/Suarez Navarro vs Youzhny/Sharapova

Spain goes to the finals.

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USA vs. CZECH REPUBLIC (2-3, 5-0, 7-3) 2-1

John Isner vs. Tomas Berdych
Serena Williams vs. Petra Kvitova 

USA goes to the finals.

2013 Fantasy Mixed Doubles - Group B Eliminations

Here are the results of the eliminations in Group B -

 GROUP B

CZECH REPUBLIC 1-2-3=6
Tomas Berdych
Petra Kvitova 

SPAIN 2-2-2=6
Rafael Nadal
Carla Suarez Navarro


ITALY 1-1-1=3
Fabio Fognini
Sara Errani


POLAND 2-1-0=3
Jerzy Janowicz
Agnieszka Radwanska

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Czech Republic vs. Spain (3-17, 5-1,  8-18) 1-2

Italy vs. Poland (0-0, 2-7, 2-7) 1-2 

Czech Republic vs. Italy (1-2, 6-0, 7-2) 2-1 

Spain vs. Poland (2-0, 0-2, 2-2) 2-1 

Czech Republic vs. Poland (2-0, 5-1, 7-1) 3-0 

Spain vs. Italy (3-0, 3-6, 6-6) 2-1 

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Spain tops Group B and will meet Russia in the semifinals.

USA will meet the Czech Republic in the other semifinals. 

2013 Fantasy Mixed Doubles: Group A Eliminations

Here are the results for group action in Group A -


SERBIA 1-1-2=4
Novak Djokovic
Jelena Jankovic

UNITED STATES 2-2-2=6
John Isner
Serena Williams 

RUSSIA 3-2-1=6
Mikhail Youzhny
Maria Sharapova

GERMANY 0-1-1=2
Tommy Haas
Angelique Kerber 

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Serbia vs. USA (4-2, 4-8, 8-10) 1-2

Russia vs. Germany (5-4, 4-1, 9-5) 3-0

Serbia vs. Russia (6-3, 1-8, 7-11) 1-2

USA vs. Germany (3-3, 3-1, 6-4) 2-1

Serbia vs. Germany (6-3, 0-1, 6-4) 2-1

USA vs. Russia (0-2, 14-2, 14-4) 2-1

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USA tops Group A and will meet the second-ranked team of Group B.

Russia will meet the top-ranked team of Group B.

Fantasy Mixed Doubles 2013: Top Eight Teams

The tennis calendar for both the ATP and the WTA tours are finally over for 2013 so it's the time of year where I play my own fantasy tennis using this week's rankings of both tours.
The first fantasy tournament involves a 'Hopman'-like Cup where a country is composed of one male and one female player and both will play singles and doubles.
Here are the countries that qualified this year and their group assignments:


GROUP A


SERBIA
Novak Djokovic
Jelena Jankovic

UNITED STATES
John Isner
Serena Williams 

RUSSIA
Mikhail Youzhny
Maria Sharapova

GERMANY
Tommy Haas
Angelique Kerber



GROUP B

CZECH REPUBLIC 
Tomas Berdych
Petra Kvitova 

SPAIN
Rafael Nadal
Carla Suarez Navarro


ITALY
Fabio Fognini
Sara Errani


POLAND
Jerzy Janowicz
Agnieszka Radwanska

Marcos Baghdatis at the 2013 Malaysian Tennis Open

 

It was great to see Marcos Baghdatis at the 2013 Malaysian Open Tennis tournament this week.  Yun lang, he didn't win anything.  I thought he had strong ground strokes but it was just average compared to his colleagues.Still, he looks more handsome in person!