A large number of fan of are searching in the google to see the hot pictures of the girlfriend of Aaron Rodgers, “Gossip Girl” Jessica Szohr. Is Aaron Rodgers dating with “Gossip Girl” Jessica Szohr??? They will make a lovely couple. And the marriage between football and the entertainment is not only normal, but those days are expected. And there’s a chance that one of these hotties Gossip Girls will be posted shortly. The pair was spotted together in Philadelphia after Rogers led the Packer victory disrupted by the Philadelphia Eagles. The report says that last week he might have called an audible and was busy entertaining his girlfriend Jessica possible new stars. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer sourses, “Looks as though we can confirm the rumor that Packers QB Aaron Rodgers is dating “Gossip Girl” actress Jessica Szohr. The pair dined Saturday at Bistro Romano (120 Lombard), along with Packers center Scott Wells and a date. Szohr, who recently broke up with co-star Ed Westwick, posed for a few pictures with the wait staff. Rodgers paid the bill in cash, tipping well.”Either way, I feel kind of badly for Rodgers. He’s a Californian college kid transplant who got dropped in the middle of Wisconsin at a young age, where it’s now his responsibility to try and find some sexy tail. Good luck, buddy. I know your standards have probably dropped, but have they really dropped so low that you have to find a girlfriend that looks like AJ Hawk? Ouch. Here’s hoping you do better in the future.
And in fairness, here’s a picture of this Scott lady where she doesn’t look like Chad Greenway, either:
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Thursday, March 31, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Alicia Sacramone hot gymnastic player
Alicia Sacramone is an Italian-American Gymnast who specializes in the Sport of Gymnastics. The International Olympic Committee only gave her a silver medal at the Welcome to 2008 Beijing Olympics. She was discriminated against because she is from America where we practice Democracy, Catholicism, & Capitalism. The judges favored Communist Chinese (people) athletes who happened to be underage. She did make mistakes in her performances but being American is not a mistake. Being communist is a mistake.
(Note: Please sent your support to Alicia. She may feel as if she let her country down. Its important to embrace her and let her know that the International Olympic Committee is communist)
Alicia Sacramone with her friends
Alicia Sacramone photo
rowns quarterback Brady Quinn has a thing for athletes. First it was soccer players and now it's gymnast Alicia Sacramone.During the 2007 NFL Draft, as Quinn waited for nearly six hours in the Aaron Rodgers Memorial Green Room to hear his name called, then-girlfriend and former Miami of Ohio soccer player Lindy Singler loyally sat by his side as one team after another passed on the Notre Dame quarterback. During a recent chat on the USA Gymnastics' official Web site, Sacramone openly talked about her relationship with Quinn. (Via SportsbyBrooks and Larry Brown Sports):
USA Gymnastics: I hear you've been attending a lot of Cleveland Browns football games lately. Can you talk about that?
Alicia: Yes, I have become a football fan. I was always a football fan but never into it too much until now. I'm dating Brady Quinn (the quarterback for Cleveland) so I travel to Cleveland on Sunday afternoons for home games.
Unfortunately, Alicia Sacramone was less lucky when it came to this during the women’s team gymnastics competition. She is clearly an incredibly talented gymnast who has all the necessary skills to succeed (and I’m talking about gold-medal succeed, not only silver-medal succeed). It is important though to keep in perspective that one person cannot make or break the team. It was a team effort and the fact that they came in second (IN THE WORLD) is still an acomplishment worth celebrating. The USA team seemed down at first at the end of that competition, but they were among the best competition that there is. I guess, all that I’m saying is that it is easy to quickly put a lot of blame on one person, but that isn’t fair to the team and to the country the team represents. Congrats Team USA on a hard-earned silver medal!
(Note: Please sent your support to Alicia. She may feel as if she let her country down. Its important to embrace her and let her know that the International Olympic Committee is communist)
Alicia Sacramone with her friends
Alicia Sacramone photo
rowns quarterback Brady Quinn has a thing for athletes. First it was soccer players and now it's gymnast Alicia Sacramone.During the 2007 NFL Draft, as Quinn waited for nearly six hours in the Aaron Rodgers Memorial Green Room to hear his name called, then-girlfriend and former Miami of Ohio soccer player Lindy Singler loyally sat by his side as one team after another passed on the Notre Dame quarterback. During a recent chat on the USA Gymnastics' official Web site, Sacramone openly talked about her relationship with Quinn. (Via SportsbyBrooks and Larry Brown Sports):
USA Gymnastics: I hear you've been attending a lot of Cleveland Browns football games lately. Can you talk about that?
Alicia: Yes, I have become a football fan. I was always a football fan but never into it too much until now. I'm dating Brady Quinn (the quarterback for Cleveland) so I travel to Cleveland on Sunday afternoons for home games.
Unfortunately, Alicia Sacramone was less lucky when it came to this during the women’s team gymnastics competition. She is clearly an incredibly talented gymnast who has all the necessary skills to succeed (and I’m talking about gold-medal succeed, not only silver-medal succeed). It is important though to keep in perspective that one person cannot make or break the team. It was a team effort and the fact that they came in second (IN THE WORLD) is still an acomplishment worth celebrating. The USA team seemed down at first at the end of that competition, but they were among the best competition that there is. I guess, all that I’m saying is that it is easy to quickly put a lot of blame on one person, but that isn’t fair to the team and to the country the team represents. Congrats Team USA on a hard-earned silver medal!
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Danica Patrick Racer Reviews
Danica Sue Patrick (born March 25, 1982) is an American auto racing driver, currently competing in the IndyCar Series, the ARCA Racing Series presented by RE/MAX and Menards, and the NASCAR Nationwide Series, as well as a model and advertising spokeswoman. Patrick was named the Rookie of the Year for both the 2005 Indianapolis 500 and the 2005 IndyCar Series season. With her win in the 2008 Indy Japan 300, Patrick became the first woman to win an Indy car race. Patrick currently drives the #7 GoDaddy.com Honda/Dallara for Andretti Autosport. In 2010, Patrick began racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, driving the #7 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet Impala for JR Motorsports part-time. She also has an equity stake in her #7 team.[1] She placed 3rd in the 2009 Indianapolis 500, which was both a personal best for her at the track and the highest finish by a woman in the event's history.
And Danica Patrick is competing with 30 male drivers including Helio Castroneves, Ryan Briscoe, Dario Franchitti etc. as well as two fellow female drivers Sarah Fisher and Milka Duno at 2009 Indy 500.
As Danica Patrick is a smoking hot woman, many people are googling Danica Patrick Playboy in an attempt to find Danica Patrick Playboy pictures. Sorry, until so far, Danica Patrick did not pose for Playboy but only did a 20 Questions interview with the mag. From Wikipedia:
After her participation in the 2005 Indianapolis 500, she was asked by Playboy to have her pictures taken to be published in a future edition of its magazine. She declined the offer, but she did participate in a “20 Questions” interview with Jason Buhrmester for the magazine’s July 2007 issue.
Click here to read Patrick’s 20 questions and interview video on Playboy.com
Not posing for the Playboy did not mean Danica Patrick couldn’t have some sensational shoots for other magazines. In fact, Ms. Patrick had posed for FHM as early as in 2003 April and did a swimsuit photos for Sports Illustrated in February 2008. Do a search in Google Image search you can instantly find those pics.
However, this could not rule out the possibility that Danica Patrick would not do a photo shoot for Hugh Hefner’s magazine in the future. Until then, we will keep you informed again.
You could say Patrick's first seven Nationwide races blew. Her best finish was 24th at Chicagoland Speedway. She's finished 27th or worse in the rest, including a 35th on Saturday.
But if you witnessed Patrick a few hours before the race, as she entertained a crowd of about a thousand under the giant Monster Mile statue outside the track, you'd know there are reasons beyond her goal of a top-15 finish that make her important to the sport's future.
Let me introduce you to 10-year-old Anna Miller of nearby Newark. She was standing near the back of the crowd with her father, Jim, on this hot, muggy afternoon. She was dressed in a lime green GoDaddy.com shirt with Patrick's face painted on the front.
She also was wearing a black baseball cap with GoDaddy.com on the side and "Girl Power" on the front.
"Danica is the only reason we are here," her father said.
And why?
"She's a girl racer," Anna said in a soft voice.
Exactly. As much as you want to pick on Patrick for her lack of success in moving from Indy cars to stock cars, NASCAR needs a successful female racer.
The fans seem to think so, too. The question most wanted answered was when will Patrick make the jump to the Sprint Cup Series. Patrick gave her patented answer, that she'll drive a full-time IndyCar schedule again in 2011 and a part-time Nationwide schedule.
That doesn't mean she won't jump into a Cup car late this year or sometime next year to see what she can do.
There also was interest in what Patrick says on Twitter, how often she gets caught speeding and who influenced her to get into racing.
For the record, she tweets about sewing and cooking as well as racing, she gets "a lot of speeding tickets" and she has been influenced by a lot of people but just wants to be her.
"I always wanted to be the first me and not somebody else," she told the crowd.
There was applause after every answer, but the biggest came when she talked about her sixth-place finish in Friday's K&N Series East race at the Monster Mile.
You sense the fans, at least these fans, want her to succeed almost as much as she does.
It hasn't happened so far, but Patrick isn't giving up on her goals.
"NASCAR has been a humbling experience itself," she said. "For me, it's been more emotional than anything. I enjoy being busy, I like it. I'm lucky to be busy. Not every driver gets to be busy, and it's all for good reason. It's part of what I signed up for, and I'm enjoying it."
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Christina Kim LPGA Golfer
Christina Kim at wining point
Christina Kim photo
• About her on-course temper tantrums: “I was told (by an LPGA official) I needed to improve my attitude and my language and start being a better role model. When the initial shock subsided, I was grateful for the pep talk. I had been oblivious to the fact that everyone on tour thought I was suffering from a case of permanent PMS.”
• On body image: “I’m a professional athlete, but I suffer from all the same insecurities as any other woman, and it’s magnified by having so many eyeballs on me during a tournament. There have been many days when I don’t like my hair or makeup or the way my clothes fit, and it’s hard to play well when you’re unhappy with how you look.”
Christina Kim bikini
LPGA golfer Christina Kim bares a little bit of her soul in her first book, “Swinging from My Heels: Confessions of an LPGA Star.” She gets a little personal and opens up the golf ropes for the world to see what life is like on the LPGA tour. She’s one of the loudest dressers and the more vocal players and among the Korean players, she stands out even more. Heck she was in the ESPN semi-nude athlete’s issue. She bares more in the book and it’s coming out in the next few weeks.
Some of the highlights from Christina Kim’s recently published book, “Swinging from My Heels: Confessions of an LPGA Star”:
• On her close friend and the world’s No. 1 female golfer,Lorena Ochoa: “I have little doubt she’ll retire after the 2012 season. That will give her ten years on tour, the minimum needed to qualify her for the Hall of Fame. She will be thirty-one then and eager to start popping out cute little Mexican babies. Lorena is like a comet passing by — you better enjoy her now, because she will be gone before you know it.”
• On the sexual orientation of players on tour: “Contrary to what many people think, we are not the Lesbians Playing Golf Association. By my count, there are no more than two dozen gay women playing the tour right now. Considering there are 230 active members, you’re only talking about 10 percent of the players … To every player I know the issue is just not that big a deal. There are no superfreaky homophobes out here or militant man haters … At most, a player’s sexuality may be an occasional practice-round conversation piece: ‘Hey did you hear that so and so likes girls?’ ‘Really? Huh. So did you hit an eight-iron or a nine?’ ”
• About the breakup with her longtime boyfriend and caddie: “Having a serious boyfriend gave me a richer, fuller life, but if I’m honest with myself, there were times when golf wasn’t my priority, and over the last few years I had been surpassed by a bunch of broads who don’t have more talent than I do but were definitely a lot more focused.”
Christina Kim photo
• About her on-course temper tantrums: “I was told (by an LPGA official) I needed to improve my attitude and my language and start being a better role model. When the initial shock subsided, I was grateful for the pep talk. I had been oblivious to the fact that everyone on tour thought I was suffering from a case of permanent PMS.”
• On body image: “I’m a professional athlete, but I suffer from all the same insecurities as any other woman, and it’s magnified by having so many eyeballs on me during a tournament. There have been many days when I don’t like my hair or makeup or the way my clothes fit, and it’s hard to play well when you’re unhappy with how you look.”
Christina Kim bikini
LPGA golfer Christina Kim bares a little bit of her soul in her first book, “Swinging from My Heels: Confessions of an LPGA Star.” She gets a little personal and opens up the golf ropes for the world to see what life is like on the LPGA tour. She’s one of the loudest dressers and the more vocal players and among the Korean players, she stands out even more. Heck she was in the ESPN semi-nude athlete’s issue. She bares more in the book and it’s coming out in the next few weeks.
Some of the highlights from Christina Kim’s recently published book, “Swinging from My Heels: Confessions of an LPGA Star”:
• On her close friend and the world’s No. 1 female golfer,Lorena Ochoa: “I have little doubt she’ll retire after the 2012 season. That will give her ten years on tour, the minimum needed to qualify her for the Hall of Fame. She will be thirty-one then and eager to start popping out cute little Mexican babies. Lorena is like a comet passing by — you better enjoy her now, because she will be gone before you know it.”
• On the sexual orientation of players on tour: “Contrary to what many people think, we are not the Lesbians Playing Golf Association. By my count, there are no more than two dozen gay women playing the tour right now. Considering there are 230 active members, you’re only talking about 10 percent of the players … To every player I know the issue is just not that big a deal. There are no superfreaky homophobes out here or militant man haters … At most, a player’s sexuality may be an occasional practice-round conversation piece: ‘Hey did you hear that so and so likes girls?’ ‘Really? Huh. So did you hit an eight-iron or a nine?’ ”
• About the breakup with her longtime boyfriend and caddie: “Having a serious boyfriend gave me a richer, fuller life, but if I’m honest with myself, there were times when golf wasn’t my priority, and over the last few years I had been surpassed by a bunch of broads who don’t have more talent than I do but were definitely a lot more focused.”
Thursday, March 17, 2011
jennie finch pitching
We step away from the hustle and bustle of the Philadelphia Phillies and the trade deadline to honor one of softball’s bests who has decided to call it a career. With a win on Monday and yet another World Championship softball superstar Jennie Finch has decided to retire and focus more on her family. With softball getting the boot from the upcoming 2012 Summer Olympics she has decided that now is the time to step away.
Jennie came into most of our lives during her exceptional four year career at the University of Arizona. Blessed with amazing good looks it didn’t take much for most guys to tune in to watch her play, but the more you watched her the more you realized that not only did she have the looks she absolutely had the game to back it up. During her years at Arizona she dominated the competition collecting 119 victories (12th all time) while striking out 1,028 batters. She also was a three time All American pitcher and first baseman as well as a two time Honda Player of the Year Award winner. Jennie helped lead U of A to the College World Series three out of her four years, while taking home the Championship in 2001. This was only the beginning for the legend known as Jennie Finch.
After college Jennie took the torch passed down by the likes of Lisa Fernandez, Michelle Smith, and Dot Richardson as the face of not only women’s softball but USA Softball. She helped lead team USA to a gold medal in the 2004 Olympics and a silver medal in the 2008 Olympics. Jennie is also a two time Pan American Games gold medalist, two time World Cup Champion, and two time World Champion. During the different International competitions Jennie wasn’t always looked at as only a pitcher. With the additions of other top quality American pitchers it allowed Jennie to play some first base and hit, something she didn’t do a whole lot of previously. After the 2008 Olympic Games the IOC decided that it would remove softball from its competition in the upcoming 2012 Games. This was a major blow to the advancement of women’s softball and Jennie along with others led a major movement to try and reinstate the game, failing unfortunately. This decision all but sealed the end for a lot of the game’s best the first of which is Jennie. In a recent interview at the World Championship fellow pitcher Cat Osterman mentioned that while she was shocked at Jennie’s decision to retire she wasn’t exactly surprised.
The 2004 Olympics in Athens were really just another notch in the career successes of Jennie Finch. As the USA's number two starter, Finch made her Olympic debut on a team that allowed just one run en route to the gold medal. In eight innings pitched, Finch surrendered just one hit, struck out 13, and finished with a 0.00 ERA. Finch made her rise to the national scene as the standout pitcher with the University of Arizona, where in 2002 her 32-0 record as a junior led the Wildcats to the national championship. Success, though, didn't begin in college. As a high school standout in California, Finch pitched six perfect games and 13 no hitters, while posting a 0.15 ERA. Jennie Finch has hand signed this 8x10 photograph of her pitching for the USA at the Athens Olympics. A Steiner Sports certificate of authenticity is included. .
Jennie and her husband, Major League pitcher, Casey Daigle, along with son Ace, are looking to enjoy some quality time together. She has mentioned in the past how much her family means to her and now she is taking those steps to put those words into actions. The softball world will miss Jennie Finch however after years of watching Jennie compete I think she might miss the game a little bit more. Due to her diligent work both on and off the field Jennie has put USA Softball in a perfect position to succeed even without her there. Going out a World Champion is the way to go out; however the softball and sports world will truly miss one of the greatest female athletes ever. Thank you Jennie Finch!!!
Jennie came into most of our lives during her exceptional four year career at the University of Arizona. Blessed with amazing good looks it didn’t take much for most guys to tune in to watch her play, but the more you watched her the more you realized that not only did she have the looks she absolutely had the game to back it up. During her years at Arizona she dominated the competition collecting 119 victories (12th all time) while striking out 1,028 batters. She also was a three time All American pitcher and first baseman as well as a two time Honda Player of the Year Award winner. Jennie helped lead U of A to the College World Series three out of her four years, while taking home the Championship in 2001. This was only the beginning for the legend known as Jennie Finch.
After college Jennie took the torch passed down by the likes of Lisa Fernandez, Michelle Smith, and Dot Richardson as the face of not only women’s softball but USA Softball. She helped lead team USA to a gold medal in the 2004 Olympics and a silver medal in the 2008 Olympics. Jennie is also a two time Pan American Games gold medalist, two time World Cup Champion, and two time World Champion. During the different International competitions Jennie wasn’t always looked at as only a pitcher. With the additions of other top quality American pitchers it allowed Jennie to play some first base and hit, something she didn’t do a whole lot of previously. After the 2008 Olympic Games the IOC decided that it would remove softball from its competition in the upcoming 2012 Games. This was a major blow to the advancement of women’s softball and Jennie along with others led a major movement to try and reinstate the game, failing unfortunately. This decision all but sealed the end for a lot of the game’s best the first of which is Jennie. In a recent interview at the World Championship fellow pitcher Cat Osterman mentioned that while she was shocked at Jennie’s decision to retire she wasn’t exactly surprised.
The 2004 Olympics in Athens were really just another notch in the career successes of Jennie Finch. As the USA's number two starter, Finch made her Olympic debut on a team that allowed just one run en route to the gold medal. In eight innings pitched, Finch surrendered just one hit, struck out 13, and finished with a 0.00 ERA. Finch made her rise to the national scene as the standout pitcher with the University of Arizona, where in 2002 her 32-0 record as a junior led the Wildcats to the national championship. Success, though, didn't begin in college. As a high school standout in California, Finch pitched six perfect games and 13 no hitters, while posting a 0.15 ERA. Jennie Finch has hand signed this 8x10 photograph of her pitching for the USA at the Athens Olympics. A Steiner Sports certificate of authenticity is included. .
Jennie and her husband, Major League pitcher, Casey Daigle, along with son Ace, are looking to enjoy some quality time together. She has mentioned in the past how much her family means to her and now she is taking those steps to put those words into actions. The softball world will miss Jennie Finch however after years of watching Jennie compete I think she might miss the game a little bit more. Due to her diligent work both on and off the field Jennie has put USA Softball in a perfect position to succeed even without her there. Going out a World Champion is the way to go out; however the softball and sports world will truly miss one of the greatest female athletes ever. Thank you Jennie Finch!!!
cat osterman
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Well, since ‘s career is over at the University of Texas, I guess it is time for her to start promoting her professional career. Cat has launched her own website at CatOsterman.com, which includes all of her stats and records, as well as upcoming events she will be attending.
Overall the site is pretty cool and it seems like she has a lot of stuff going on in her post UT career. Here is my favorite clip from her Bio:
A left-hander, Cat stands 6-2, with hands so large she can grip a softball entirely with her fingers rather than having to cradle it in her palm.
It almost sounds like she is the Shaq of women’s softball, though her large hands don’t affect her pitching like Shaq’s hands affect his free-throws.
cat osterman
cat osterman
Well, since ‘s career is over at the University of Texas, I guess it is time for her to start promoting her professional career. Cat has launched her own website at CatOsterman.com, which includes all of her stats and records, as well as upcoming events she will be attending.
Overall the site is pretty cool and it seems like she has a lot of stuff going on in her post UT career. Here is my favorite clip from her Bio:
A left-hander, Cat stands 6-2, with hands so large she can grip a softball entirely with her fingers rather than having to cradle it in her palm.
It almost sounds like she is the Shaq of women’s softball, though her large hands don’t affect her pitching like Shaq’s hands affect his free-throws.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Alona Bondarenko hot female tennis player
Andrea Petković (Serbian Cyrillic: Андреа Петковић, born 9 September 1987 in Tuzla) is a German professional tennis player of Serbian origin. She is the German No. 1 and lives in Griesheim near Darmstadt in GermanyPetković reached her career-high singles ranking of World No. 24 on 31 January 2011. Petković's highest doubles ranking was World No. 68 on 28 September 2009. She has won 1 WTA title, 8 ITF singles titles and 3 ITF doubles titles. Petkovic became the German national champion in 2007 and 2009. She's currently coached by Petar Popović and her father, Zoran Petković.
Early and personal life
Andrea Petković was born in Tuzla to Bosnian Serb parents. Andrea Petković first took to the tennis courts when she was six; Her father Zoran Petković, former Yugoslav tennis player and member of the Yugoslavia Davis Cup team, was a coach at a club in Darmstadt at the time. He introduced her to the sport and later became her coach.[3] She was able to finish high school before competing in tennis full-time because Zoran never influenced her into joining the professional circuit.
Apart from tennis, she likes to educate herself by reading; her favourite authors are Goethe and Wilde.[3] Her mother Amira is a dental assistant while her younger sister Anja is a student.[3] Petković graduated from high school in 2006 with an Abitur from the Georg-Büchner-Schule in Darmstadt, a Gymnasium. She has been studying Political science at the Distance University of Hagen since 2008.
Since the beginning of her professional career, she keeps a diary at irregular intervals about her life on the WTA-Tour in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, a major German newspaper.
Petković obtained German citizenship in 2001, after living in Germany for eight years, as required by German nationality law. She speaks Serbian, German, English and French. Petković is of Serbian ancestry and was born in present day Bosnia and Herzegovina (then part of SFR Yugoslavia), in a 2009 interview with the WTA she stated how her parents might move to Novi Sad, Serbia, where they have a second home. When asked how German she feels Petković replied that "Obviously I'm German, but I always say my soul is still Serbian. Germans are generally more cool, reserved. I'm very emotional, have lots of fire in my personality. In that sense still feel very close to my heritage. For all that, there is much to appreciate about Germany. I feel like I am part of the 'system' and feel very rooted there.
CareerShe played her first tournament in 2010 in Brisbane, Australia, where she reached the semifinal with wins over Iveta Benešová, Vania King and Daniela Hantuchová. She only lost to the later tournament champion Kim Clijsters 4–6 2–6. After that tournament she reached the top 50 of the WTA-Ranking for the first time.
At the Open GDF Suez in Paris, Petković reached the quarterfinals after defeating Katarina Srebotnik and #5 seed Aravane Rezaï, but lost to Elena Dementieva 6–3 4–6 2–6.
At the 2010 French Open she defeated Elena Vesnina of Russia 4–6 6–1 6–4 in the first round. She was beaten 4–6 7–5 6–4 by defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in the second round after missing four match points on her own serve at 6–4 5–4.
Petković was seeded 7th at the 2010 UNICEF Open and advanced to the final with wins over Petra Kvitová, Ana Ivanović, Sandra Záhlavová, and Kirsten Flipkens. She lost to Justine Henin in the final 6–3 3–6 4–6.
Petković's best singles performance in a Grand Slam event came at the 2010 US Open. Her first two matches were three-set upset victories over Nadia Petrova 6–2, 4–6, 7–6 (7–4) and Bethanie Mattek-Sands 3–6, 6–3, 7–5. She performed a memorable crowd-pleasing little dance following both triumphs. After she received a third-round walkover due to an injury to Peng Shuai, Petković lost her first career Arthur Ashe Stadium appearance to eventual tournament finalist Vera Zvonareva 1–6 2–6.
Returning to the Brisbane International, Petković improved on her previous-best semifinal appearance by reaching the final, with straight set wins over 8th seeded Alexandra Dulgheru, Jelena Dokić, Jarmila Groth, and 4th seeded Marion Bartoli. In the final she lost to Wimbledon semifinalist Petra Kvitová 1-6 3-6.
[edit] Early career – 2008
Petković turned professional in 2006 after she finished school,[3] but she had already won 4 ITF titles. She was the winner of the tournaments in Antalya, Podgorica (both in 2004), Davos and Alphen aan den Rijn (both in 2005).
In April 2007, she became a member of the German Fed Cup team. She played her first Grand Slam at the 2007 French Open, where she reached the second round after coming through the qualifying without losing a set and beating Jarmila Groth. There she lost 6–0 2–6 3–6 to later Wimbledon-finalist Marion Bartoli. After this, and having some success on the ITF-Circuit (she won the ITF title in Contrexéville in July 2007), she reached the Top 100 in the WTA-Ranking for the first time. Because of that, she was able to play in the 2007 US Open main draw without having to qualify. She once again reached the second round after beating Audra Cohen. In round two she lost to Lucie Šafářová 3–6 3–6.
At the Australian Open in January 2008, in her first round match against Russia's Anna Chakvetadze, she suffered a cruciate ligament rupture in her right knee after only two minutes of play. This prevented her from playing any tournament for almost eight months, which caused her ranking drop down to a lowest level of 465.[3][5] After the injury, she started playing mostly on the ITF-Circuit again where she could win a tournament in Istanbul in November 2008. She finished the year with a ranking of 315.
Petković was the 30th seed at the 2011 Australian Open. She advanced to the quarterfinals by defeating Jill Craybas, Anne Keothavong, injured #3 seed Venus Williams, who retired after one game, and #14 seed Maria Sharapova. She was defeated 2-6 4-6 by finalist Li Na of China in the quarterfinals, her best achievement in a Grand Slam to-date.
Petkovic then played Fed Cup for Germany and helped them to a win over Slovenia with two wins in singles rubbers.[8]. Next, Petkovic reached the quarterfinals of the 2011 Open GDF Suez, where she lost to Bethanie Mattek-Sands in a tight three-set match, 6-7(4) 6-2 3-6.
Her next tournament was Dubai, where she defeated fellow German Angelique Kerber in straight sets for the second straight week, but lost to Kaia Kanepi in three sets in the second round.
2009
In 2009, Petković played her first tournament at the Australian Open due to a protected ranking. She beat fellow German Kathrin Wörle to reach the second round but then lost to Alizé Cornet. She mostly kept on playing ITF tournaments until June with a lot of success, for example she won the US$100,000 tournament in Bucharest, where she defeated Jelena Dokić in the semis, regaining a ranking in the top 100.
In July 2009, Andrea Petković won her first WTA tournament in Bad Gastein losing only one set. In the final, she beat Ioana-Raluca Olaru 6–2, 6–3. On her way to the title, she defeated, amongst others, Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Iveta Benešová. She also played the doubles final in Bad Gastein partnering Tatjana Malek. The following week, Petković reached the semifinal in Istanbul, losing to Lucie Hradecká in 3 tight sets. After those two weeks, she achieved her hitherto career high singles ranking of 52.
For the rest of the year she struggled to repeat her success but had another good tournament at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo where she came through the qualifying and reached the round of last 16. In second round she had her first top 10 win by beating Svetlana Kuznetsova 7–5 4–6 6–3. Afterwards she lost to Agnieszka Radwańska in three sets
Alona Volodymyrivna Bondarenko is a Ukrainian tennis player. She has a younger sister Kateryna Bondarenko who also plays on the Tour. She formerly paired with her older sister Valeria in doubles. She is currently ranked 31 in singles and 39 in doubles by the WTA.
Her career high singles ranking was Number 19, achieved on 14 April 2008.
She defeated former World #1 Jelena Jankovic in the third round of the 2010 Australian Open.
She won the 2008 Australian Open women's doubles tournament with sister Kateryna, beating Victoria Azarenka and Shahar Pe'er in the finals.
Bondarenko started the year with her pre-Australian Open tournament at the 2010 Moorilla Hobart International were she dominated 2nd seed Shahar Pe'er 6–2 6–4 in the finals after defeating Sybille Bammer 6–4 6–1, Alizé Cornet 6–4 3–6 6–2, Zheng Jie 7–5 7–5 and top seed Anabel Medina Garrigues 4–6 6–3 6–4.
This title is her 2nd overall and her 1st title in over 3 years. Bondarenko has advanced, as the #31 seed, to the 4th round of the 2010 Australian Open, which is the farthest she has advanced in a Grand Slam tournament. She scored a big straight sets win in the 3rd round over #8 Jelena Janković, but then fell to Jie Zheng in the fourth round, 6–7, 4–6. She then suffered a 4 match losing streak in the first round of 2010 Dubai Tennis Championships, second rounds of 2010 BNP Paribas Open and 2010 Sony Ericsson Open and the first round of 2010 MPS Group Championships. She ended the losing streak in 2010 Family Circle Cup with a straight set 6–4, 6–2 victory over Julie Ditty. She then defeated Bethanie Mattek-Sands 4–6, 7–5, 7–5 before losing to eventual finalist Vera Zvonareva 6–2, 6–1.
Early and personal life
Andrea Petković was born in Tuzla to Bosnian Serb parents. Andrea Petković first took to the tennis courts when she was six; Her father Zoran Petković, former Yugoslav tennis player and member of the Yugoslavia Davis Cup team, was a coach at a club in Darmstadt at the time. He introduced her to the sport and later became her coach.[3] She was able to finish high school before competing in tennis full-time because Zoran never influenced her into joining the professional circuit.
Apart from tennis, she likes to educate herself by reading; her favourite authors are Goethe and Wilde.[3] Her mother Amira is a dental assistant while her younger sister Anja is a student.[3] Petković graduated from high school in 2006 with an Abitur from the Georg-Büchner-Schule in Darmstadt, a Gymnasium. She has been studying Political science at the Distance University of Hagen since 2008.
Since the beginning of her professional career, she keeps a diary at irregular intervals about her life on the WTA-Tour in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, a major German newspaper.
Petković obtained German citizenship in 2001, after living in Germany for eight years, as required by German nationality law. She speaks Serbian, German, English and French. Petković is of Serbian ancestry and was born in present day Bosnia and Herzegovina (then part of SFR Yugoslavia), in a 2009 interview with the WTA she stated how her parents might move to Novi Sad, Serbia, where they have a second home. When asked how German she feels Petković replied that "Obviously I'm German, but I always say my soul is still Serbian. Germans are generally more cool, reserved. I'm very emotional, have lots of fire in my personality. In that sense still feel very close to my heritage. For all that, there is much to appreciate about Germany. I feel like I am part of the 'system' and feel very rooted there.
CareerShe played her first tournament in 2010 in Brisbane, Australia, where she reached the semifinal with wins over Iveta Benešová, Vania King and Daniela Hantuchová. She only lost to the later tournament champion Kim Clijsters 4–6 2–6. After that tournament she reached the top 50 of the WTA-Ranking for the first time.
At the Open GDF Suez in Paris, Petković reached the quarterfinals after defeating Katarina Srebotnik and #5 seed Aravane Rezaï, but lost to Elena Dementieva 6–3 4–6 2–6.
At the 2010 French Open she defeated Elena Vesnina of Russia 4–6 6–1 6–4 in the first round. She was beaten 4–6 7–5 6–4 by defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in the second round after missing four match points on her own serve at 6–4 5–4.
Petković was seeded 7th at the 2010 UNICEF Open and advanced to the final with wins over Petra Kvitová, Ana Ivanović, Sandra Záhlavová, and Kirsten Flipkens. She lost to Justine Henin in the final 6–3 3–6 4–6.
Petković's best singles performance in a Grand Slam event came at the 2010 US Open. Her first two matches were three-set upset victories over Nadia Petrova 6–2, 4–6, 7–6 (7–4) and Bethanie Mattek-Sands 3–6, 6–3, 7–5. She performed a memorable crowd-pleasing little dance following both triumphs. After she received a third-round walkover due to an injury to Peng Shuai, Petković lost her first career Arthur Ashe Stadium appearance to eventual tournament finalist Vera Zvonareva 1–6 2–6.
Returning to the Brisbane International, Petković improved on her previous-best semifinal appearance by reaching the final, with straight set wins over 8th seeded Alexandra Dulgheru, Jelena Dokić, Jarmila Groth, and 4th seeded Marion Bartoli. In the final she lost to Wimbledon semifinalist Petra Kvitová 1-6 3-6.
[edit] Early career – 2008
Petković turned professional in 2006 after she finished school,[3] but she had already won 4 ITF titles. She was the winner of the tournaments in Antalya, Podgorica (both in 2004), Davos and Alphen aan den Rijn (both in 2005).
In April 2007, she became a member of the German Fed Cup team. She played her first Grand Slam at the 2007 French Open, where she reached the second round after coming through the qualifying without losing a set and beating Jarmila Groth. There she lost 6–0 2–6 3–6 to later Wimbledon-finalist Marion Bartoli. After this, and having some success on the ITF-Circuit (she won the ITF title in Contrexéville in July 2007), she reached the Top 100 in the WTA-Ranking for the first time. Because of that, she was able to play in the 2007 US Open main draw without having to qualify. She once again reached the second round after beating Audra Cohen. In round two she lost to Lucie Šafářová 3–6 3–6.
At the Australian Open in January 2008, in her first round match against Russia's Anna Chakvetadze, she suffered a cruciate ligament rupture in her right knee after only two minutes of play. This prevented her from playing any tournament for almost eight months, which caused her ranking drop down to a lowest level of 465.[3][5] After the injury, she started playing mostly on the ITF-Circuit again where she could win a tournament in Istanbul in November 2008. She finished the year with a ranking of 315.
Petković was the 30th seed at the 2011 Australian Open. She advanced to the quarterfinals by defeating Jill Craybas, Anne Keothavong, injured #3 seed Venus Williams, who retired after one game, and #14 seed Maria Sharapova. She was defeated 2-6 4-6 by finalist Li Na of China in the quarterfinals, her best achievement in a Grand Slam to-date.
Petkovic then played Fed Cup for Germany and helped them to a win over Slovenia with two wins in singles rubbers.[8]. Next, Petkovic reached the quarterfinals of the 2011 Open GDF Suez, where she lost to Bethanie Mattek-Sands in a tight three-set match, 6-7(4) 6-2 3-6.
Her next tournament was Dubai, where she defeated fellow German Angelique Kerber in straight sets for the second straight week, but lost to Kaia Kanepi in three sets in the second round.
2009
In 2009, Petković played her first tournament at the Australian Open due to a protected ranking. She beat fellow German Kathrin Wörle to reach the second round but then lost to Alizé Cornet. She mostly kept on playing ITF tournaments until June with a lot of success, for example she won the US$100,000 tournament in Bucharest, where she defeated Jelena Dokić in the semis, regaining a ranking in the top 100.
In July 2009, Andrea Petković won her first WTA tournament in Bad Gastein losing only one set. In the final, she beat Ioana-Raluca Olaru 6–2, 6–3. On her way to the title, she defeated, amongst others, Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Iveta Benešová. She also played the doubles final in Bad Gastein partnering Tatjana Malek. The following week, Petković reached the semifinal in Istanbul, losing to Lucie Hradecká in 3 tight sets. After those two weeks, she achieved her hitherto career high singles ranking of 52.
For the rest of the year she struggled to repeat her success but had another good tournament at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo where she came through the qualifying and reached the round of last 16. In second round she had her first top 10 win by beating Svetlana Kuznetsova 7–5 4–6 6–3. Afterwards she lost to Agnieszka Radwańska in three sets
Alona Volodymyrivna Bondarenko is a Ukrainian tennis player. She has a younger sister Kateryna Bondarenko who also plays on the Tour. She formerly paired with her older sister Valeria in doubles. She is currently ranked 31 in singles and 39 in doubles by the WTA.
Her career high singles ranking was Number 19, achieved on 14 April 2008.
She defeated former World #1 Jelena Jankovic in the third round of the 2010 Australian Open.
She won the 2008 Australian Open women's doubles tournament with sister Kateryna, beating Victoria Azarenka and Shahar Pe'er in the finals.
Bondarenko started the year with her pre-Australian Open tournament at the 2010 Moorilla Hobart International were she dominated 2nd seed Shahar Pe'er 6–2 6–4 in the finals after defeating Sybille Bammer 6–4 6–1, Alizé Cornet 6–4 3–6 6–2, Zheng Jie 7–5 7–5 and top seed Anabel Medina Garrigues 4–6 6–3 6–4.
This title is her 2nd overall and her 1st title in over 3 years. Bondarenko has advanced, as the #31 seed, to the 4th round of the 2010 Australian Open, which is the farthest she has advanced in a Grand Slam tournament. She scored a big straight sets win in the 3rd round over #8 Jelena Janković, but then fell to Jie Zheng in the fourth round, 6–7, 4–6. She then suffered a 4 match losing streak in the first round of 2010 Dubai Tennis Championships, second rounds of 2010 BNP Paribas Open and 2010 Sony Ericsson Open and the first round of 2010 MPS Group Championships. She ended the losing streak in 2010 Family Circle Cup with a straight set 6–4, 6–2 victory over Julie Ditty. She then defeated Bethanie Mattek-Sands 4–6, 7–5, 7–5 before losing to eventual finalist Vera Zvonareva 6–2, 6–1.
Alisa Kleybanova
Kleybanova made her senior tennis début in 2003 aged just fourteen, and won the very first ITF tournament she entered.
To date her career-best achievements have been reaching the fourth round at two Grand Slams at Wimbledon and Australian Open as a direct entrant, two WTA Tour Tier II quarter-finals (Antwerp, 2008; Eastbourne, 2008) as a qualifier. Additionally, she has reached one Tier I third round (Miami, 2008) as a qualifier, and one Tier IV quarter-final (Fes, 2008) as a direct entrant. At other WTA Tour events, she has yet to progress beyond the second round of the main draw; but her WTA career is still young, and she has battled successfully through qualifying to enter one Grand Slam and several further WTA main draws aside from her five notable main draw successes described above.
At the higher levels of the ITF circuit, she has reached one $100,000 quarter-final, two $75,000 quarter-finals, one $50,000 final and one $50,000 semi-final. In addition, at the lower levels, she has won seven $25,000 titles and one $10,000 title outright, and has reached two further $25,000 finals and another three $25,000 semifinals.
She has also experienced success in the juniors; she won the 2003 Wimbledon Championships girls' doubles with Sania Mirza, aged 13. Three years later, she won the same competition with fellow rising Russian star Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. She also won the girls' doubles at the 2005 US Open with Czech Nikola Franková.
Many critics have cited that Kleybanova's style of play is the modern day version of American Lindsay Davenport.
Kleybanova started off the year falling in three sets to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova at the Brisbane International in the first round where Alisa was the 5th seed. She then fell to World No. 3 Svetlana Kuznetsova in the first round of the Medibank International, falling 5-7 in the third set..
Kleybanova was seeded 27th at the 2010 Australian Open. She lost a hard fought three setter to Justine Henin in the third round, despite having been near match point numerous times.
At the 2010 Fed Cup, Kleybanova represented Russia along with Svetlana Kuznetsova. Kleybanova fell in three sets to Jelena Janković in her first match, but blew past Ana Ivanović in her second match. Kleybanova and Kuznetsova then defeated Ivanović and Janković in doubles to help Russia advance.
At the Open GDF Suez in Paris, Kleybanova fell to World No. 12 Flavia Pennetta. At the 2010 Malaysian Open, Kleybanova won her first WTA singles title, defeating World No. 7 Elena Dementieva 6-3, 6-2 in the final.
Kleybanova's good form continued into the 2010 BNP Paribas Open where she was seeded 23rd. She, like all seeds, received a bye into the second round where she then defeated qualifier Tsvetana Pironkova 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-1.
In the third round she overcame another tight three-setter, defeating former World No.1, 2009 US Open Champion and No. 14 seed Kim Clijsters 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(4). In the fourth round she came back from a set down and had to work hard to defeat an in-form Carla Suárez Navarro (who took out the top seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in the second round) 2-6, 7-6(2), 6-4. Kleybanova played Jelena Janković in the quarter-final.This time,Jelena celebrated ,winning 6-4, 6-4
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