As a person who loves playing chess and keeping my monkey-mind busy with Sudoku, I was nicely surprised to read that Ana Ivonovic also has a passion for Sudoku. “From the time I was young, I have loved these sort of games that require some mental exercise. Sudoko helps me keep my focus and concentrate on my thinking. I find Sudoko is the best way to get prepared for a match,” Ivanovic said.

I also believe it helps reducing the risk of developing an Alzheimer’s disease–not that Ana needs to worry about it now:-) (Via On the Baseline)

Breaking tennis celebrity news:-) Tennis blogosphere is a buzz about the marriage license application submitted by Nicole Vaidisova and Radek Stepanek. According to Bradenton Herald:

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Voting is now open for the first annual Baseline Tennis Awards, organized by the On the Baseline women’s tennis site. Among many categories you can choose the Player of 2007, Newcomer of 2007, Best Website of 2007, and Best Blog of 2007.Voting will be closed at 12:00 AM (U.S Eastern Time) on December 22.

Go vote and have some fun.

The winners will be announced on January 1, 2008.

Masters Cup, Shanghai - Andy Roddick to Novak Djokovic about his tendency to bounce the ball numerous times before serving.

“I could make like eight phone calls and order a pizza by the time you hit a service.”

Check out Roger Federer dressed up as King Arthur.

Tennis great Martina Navratilova is schedule for a guest appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO. Bill’s other guests will be Gen. Wesley Clark, and conservative commentator Andrew Sullivan. Let’s hope that this week’s program will go smoother compared to what happened last week during the live show.

Though I don’t know what they are singing about, I find this video hilarious! David’s singing is as good as my tennis skills

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 Well, apparently Novak Djokovic is not only good at playing tennis in an empty swimming pool.

There have been many media reports about how Novak Djokovic, world No. 3 tennis player, along with his childhood friend Ana Ivanovic, currently ranked No 6, practiced in an empty swimming pool while growing up in Belgrad. A sports club official drained an Olympic-size swimming pool in the winter and put down a green carpet and net.

Ana Ivanovic is the first Serbian woman to reach a Grand Slam final at Roland Garros since Monica Seles. The 20-year-old Djokovic is ranked No. 3 after winning four titles this year and reaching the U.S. Open final only to lose the top-ranked Roger Federer.

Don’t we love those Cinderella stories?

(Photo source: wtatour.ru)

Why Rafa is doing it? Many fans have wondered about it.

Here is Nadal’s answer published in a recent interview with Time magazine.

Question to Rafael Nadal

“Why wear the Capri pants that you have to constantly pull out of your rear? Why not shorts? —Sara Norm, Chicago

[Laughs.] It’s not the fault of the clothes. It’s a habit that I picked up when I was competing when I was young. I am trying to break the habit, but it’s not easy.”

Here is Novak Djokovic’s impersonation of Nadal and Maria Sharapova which he, by the way, repeated yesterday after beating Carlos Moya at U.S. Open.