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Serbian tennis beauty Ana Ivanovic for the fifth time has been named "The Sexiest Female Player". Tennisreporters.net has given the 22-year-old tennis player this title.

The news of the world reported that her website received the maximum number of hits than any other sports woman's website. The tennis star's career earnings already stand at more than 5 million pounds and she is likely to twofold that through sponsorship and modeling contracts.

Jennifer Capriati is recovering from an "accidental overdose" of prescribed medication, according to a spokeswoman for the three-time Grand Slam winner.

The 34-year-old former world number one was rushed to hospital in South Florida early on Sunday morning by paramedics.

But Lacey Wickline told The Associated Press that the American is now "stable" and expected to make "a full recovery".

Capriati won the 1992 Olympics, the 2001 Australian and French Opens and the 2002 Australian Open title.

She turned professional at the age of 14 in 1990 and reached the semi-finals of Wimbledon a year later, after defeating then defending champion Martina Navratilova.

But her career was derailed by off-court problems, including a shoplifting incident in 1993 and an arrest for possession of marijuana the following year.

She did not play at all in 1995 but subsequently returned to the highest echelons of the game and picked up her three Grand Slam titles.

Her playing career was finally ended in 2005 after she underwent surgery for a persistent shoulder problem.

Source : BBC News

The longest match in the history of lawn tennis was won by John Isner of USA at Wimbledon on Thursday (24th June, 2010).

Isner and French qualifier Nicolas Mahut played a 186-game epic across three days for 11 hours and 5 minutes on Court 18 until the Isner finally won 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (7-9), 7-6 (7-3), 70-68.

The final set alone lasted 8:11, far longer than the previously longest match (6:33 hours) as all the tennis records were smashed and the new marks probably will stand forever. Isner served 112 aces while Mahut fired 103.

So special was the moment that the All England Club organized a gift presentation from former champion Ann Jones and Tim Henman for both players — and long-suffering Swedish chair umpire Mohammed Lahyani, who also sat through the entire ordeal.