November 3, 2009 - DINARA SAFINA WALLPAPER

TENNIS PATRONUS - Dinara Safina Wallpaper

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October 11, 2009 - TOPSPIN TOPIC

In the tennis world, this time could probably be called the "off season", especially that all the majors already concluded. And what could give fans a healthy dose of tennis during this lazy tail-end of 2009? Tennis video games! All the action...all the excitement...all the lying around on fat a****, pigging out on potato chips and soda....ahhhhhhh.....the life of a true sports fan.

Arguably the most popular tennis video game has just released its latest version this year -- Virtua Tennis 2009. Developed by Sumo Digital and Sega, VT 2009 comes off the heels of the successful predecessor, Virtua Tennis 3. The most notable addition since VT3 is the inclusion of legends Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg, and Tim Henman, who could actually act as you coaches!

The player list? For the men, there are the usual suspects: the Roger Federers, the Rafael Nadals...the debut of Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray. And then there's also the injury-plagued David Nalbandian, the ill-stricken Mario Ancic, the aging Tommy Haas, the inflexible James Blake...players you wouldn't bet on in the real thing. Perhaps, these names were significant in 2008, when the development of the game was figuratively already on its "round of 16". But looking at the happenings during recent months, relevant newer names are unfortunately excluded.

Hence, the TOPSPIN TOPIC of the week:

Which ATP player should have been included in Virtua Tennis 2009?
	JO-WILFRED TSONGA! Gotta bring some color in there. James Blake who?
	US Open champion JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO! 'Nuff said.
	FERNANDO VERDASCO! Wouldn't it be fun to play doubles with Ana Ivanovic!
	FERNANDO GONZALEZ! Every game needs a villain
	GILLES SIMON! He did well last year, didn't he?
	NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO! Care to make a wager? This guy can make it interesting
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October 1, 2009 - JUSTINE HENIN SCREENSAVER

TENNIS MOSAICS - Screensaver

JUSTINE HENIN
coming 2010


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Welcome back the queen...
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September 22, 2009 - TENNIS TOP TEN

This week...the US Open has produced a new star in Juan Martin del Potro, who surprised many by winning a major this soon. Hence, he joins the party of the top players and climbs up to number 5. This does not bode well for Britain's Andy Murray who continues to miss the golden opportunity of a maiden Grand Slam at a young age. Amidst the hype that he has carried on for the past couple of years, he is now seemingly being left behind by contemporaries Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and del Potro in the Grand Slam department.

Dinara Safina's ranking continues to be a joke in the books of critics, as she holds on as top woman in WTA. Eclipsed by the universally celebrated fairy tale comeback and Grand Slam victory by Kim Clijsters, one wonders if the top ranking is a curse to Marat's little sister. But beyond the surprise Championships in Men's and Women's singles, the talk of the town remains to be Serena Williams behavior and disagreeable non-apology as a sore loser. It will definitely go down in history as one of tennis' ugliest moments. She drops one spot to number 7.

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1	ROGER FEDERER	625
2	RAFAEL NADAL	520
3	ANDY MURRAY	442
4	NOVAK DJOKOVIC	340
5	JUAN MARTIN del POTRO**	297
6	DINARA SAFINA	293
7	SERENA WILLIAMS*	289
8	VENUS WILLIAMS*	246
9	ANDY RODDICK	241
10	ELENA DEMENTIEVA	191

Points are accumulated average per tournament, and adjusted to parallel Men's and Women's points

* least number of tournaments played
** most number of tournaments played