Russian Ria news agency reports that Rafael Nadal will be a guest of honor at the gala opening of a Millionaire Fair in Moscow from Nov. 27 to 30.

He is invited by Vitaeibiza Homes, a company specializing in green homes. The company will also be building a luxury villa for Nadal on the southern island of the Balearic archipelago.

Why is Rafa mingling with millionaires? Because he IS a millionaire. He made $6,7 million this year, and that is only in career money. I wonder how much he is making for that appearance. Or maybe he is getting a nice discount on his house?

Maria Sharapova in Spanish GQ in December. See more photos at Craig Hickman’s tennis blog.

Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova at the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalists event at Skylight Studios on Monday, Nov. 17, 2008 in New York. And here is her casual look a day before. (AP)

Tennis superstar Serena Williams is in Kenya for a three-day charity tour as a global ambassador for HP. Serena, who was accompanied by her mother, will open a secondary school after her. Her foundation, which concentrates mainly on education projects for the poor, has set up another school in Senegal. Serena was on a similar trip in Johannesburg, South Africa, working with the Starfishgreatheart Charity for orphans infected with HIV.

(Photo by Stafford Ondego)