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Thursday, October 28, 2010
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010
Yaroslava Vyacheslavovna Shvedova (Russian born September 12, 1987 in Moscow) is a Russian-born professional tennis player representing Kazakhstan. She has achieved a career high ranking of No. 29 as of June 21, 2010. She has won 1 WTA singles title, 3 ITF Women's Circuit singles titles and 3 doubles titles, including the 2010 Wimbledon and US Open Ladies' Doubles titles. She was taught tennis at the age of six by her father who is currently her coach.She has made one Grand Slam singles quarterfinal, at the 2010 French Open.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Dirk Werner Nowitzki (pronounced as DURK No-VIT-skee) (born June 19, 1978 in Würzburg, Germany) is a German professional basketball player who plays for the Dallas Mavericks of the NBA (National Basketball Association). An alumnus of Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Gymnasium Grammar School and DJK Würzburg basketball club, Nowitzki was drafted 9th overall by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1998 NBA Draft, and was immediately traded to the Mavericks, where he has played ever since. Standing at 7'0 ft. tall, Nowitzki plays the power forward position, but is also capable of playing other frontcourt positions like center or small forward.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Roberta Vinci (born 18 February 1983 in Taranto) is an Italian tennis player. As of 12 September 2009 she is ranked No. 45 at the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Rankings.Vinci has won seven WTA Tour titles, two in singles and five in doubles.
One of the biggest victories of her career came in 2005 when she beat former World No. 2 and 2004 French Open champion Anastasia Myskina in the quartefinals at the Hastings Direct International Championships in Eastbourne; as a qualifier she reached the semifinals against another qualifier, Russian Vera Douchevina. Alongside Sandrine Testud, Vinci reached the semifinals of 2004 French Open in women's doubles. On 25 February 2007 at Bogotá, Roberta Vinci won her first WTA title, against the top seed Tathiana Garbin, also of Italy, in 3 sets after falling behind 0–3 in the final set. She won the title after Garbin had to retire.She won her second title at the 2009 Barcelona Ladies Open, over Maria Kirilenko.
She and her Italian team mates Mara Santangelo, Flavia Pennetta and Francesca Schiavone beat the Belgium team 3–2 in the 2006 Fed Cup final. Justine Henin-Hardenne had to retire in the fifth and final match due to an injury in her right knee, which let Italy win their first Fed Cup trophy
Roberta Vinci celebrate won
