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Thursday, March 3, 2011

Natalie Gulbis pics

You know what they were saying about the LPGA’s only player with sex appeal? (Annika Sorenstam comes close, but I need to see more of her (if you know what I mean) before I can safely say that.) They were calling her the “Anna Kournikova” of golf, meaning of course that she has the looks (and the bikini pictures) but not the titles. Well kiss that label goodbye, suckas. Last Saturday Golfer Natalie Gulbis beat out South Korea’s Jang Jeong to win the hardware at the the Evian Masters, her first major win as well as the biggest purse on the European Tour. Basically, the hot girl who golfs

Natalie Gulbis pics

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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Jurgen Melzer pics

jürgen Melzer born 22 May 1981 in Vienna is an Austrian tennis player. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 10 on 31 January 2011, and a doubles ranking of No. 6 on 13 September 2010. He is a left-handed tennis player but, like Rafael Nadal, is right-handed in everyday life. He has a younger brother, Gerald Melzer, who he has played doubles with in several tournaments.
In 1999, he won the boy's singles event at Wimbledon. For many years he was known as one of the best players on the tour not to have progressed past the third round of a Grand Slam event. He ended this streak when he reached the semi-finals of the French Open in 2010. He has also had success in doubles, winning Wimbledon in 2010 with Philipp Petzschner.
He is endorsed by adidas and Dunlop Sport.
Contents
1 Career
1.1 Early Years
1.2 2004-2006
1.3 2007-2009
1.4 2010
1.5 2011
2 Equipment
3 Grand Slam Men's Doubles Finals (1 Win)
4 ATP Tour Titles
4.1 Singles: 10 (3–7)
4.2 Doubles
4.3 Doubles Finalist (13)
4.4 Performance timeline
4.4.1 Singles
4.5 Doubles
5 References
6 External links
Career
Early Years
In 1998 Melzer started playing in the Futures in his country where he won his first two matches but lost the next four.
In 1999, He started playing outside of Austria in the Futures and Challengers. He competed in his first main draw match in the 1999 CA-TennisTrophy in Vienna, Austria where he defeated Lars Burgsmüller 7-6, 2-6, 6-3 before losing to then world no. 11 Nicolas Kiefer 4-6, 0-6.
In 2000, Melzer continued playing in the Futures and Challengers but was only able to reach one Quarterfinals. He also made his Grand Slam debut at the 2000 Wimbledon but lost to Australian Mark Philippoussis 4-6, 6-7, 7-5, 4-6.
In 2001, He reach his first Futures final event at Poprad, Slovak losing to Juraj Hasko 6-7, 2-6. However, he was able to capture his first ever title at the Challenger in Monchengladbach, Germany over local hero Jens Knippschild 4-6, 6-1, 6-3. He was also able to take his first ever top 100 and top 20 win over Fabrice Santoro then world no. 18 with the score of 6-7(8), 6-4, 6-4 in 2001 CA-TennisTrophy but lost the next round to Michel Kratochvil 6-7(4), 6-7(5).
In 2002, He regularly competed in the challenger events reaching two finals but losing in both attempts to Alexander Popp 6-3, 3-6, 4-6 in Heilbronn, Germany and to Luis Horna 4-6, 2-6 in Furth, Germany. He was able to reach his first ATP Tour Quarterfinals in the 2002 Internationaler Raiffeisen Grand Prix defeating Sargis Sargsian 6-0, 6-2 and Andrea Gaudenzi 6-3, 7-5 before losing to eventual champion Nicolás Lapentti 2-6, 6-4, 3-6. However he did better in the 2002 Croatia Open by reaching the Semifinals defeating Vincent Spadea 2-6, 6-3, 4-2, Agustín Calleri 6-7(3), 7-5, 6-4 and Victor Hănescu 6-4, 6-4 before losing to eventual champion Carlos Moyá 6-7(1), 1-6. He also won his first ever Grand Slam match at the 2002 US Open over Jack Brasington 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 before losing to Nicolás Massú 4-6, 6-7(3), 6-4, 0-6. At the 2002 CA Tennis Trophy he earned one of the biggest wins of his career by defeating then world no. 2 Tommy Haas 6-4, 6-3 to reach the Quarterfinals before losing to Jiří Novák 4-6, 2-6.
The start of 2003 wasn't a good one for the Austrian as he lost 3 consecutive Tour level main draw matches including his Australian Open debut. He rebounded in April by reaching the semifinals losing to then world no. 2 Andre Agassi 4-6, 1-6. He also made his French Open debut but lost to David Ferrer 2-6, 2-6, 6-7(2). At the 2003 Wimbledon Melzer upset then world no. 15 Fernando González 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(6) to earn his first Wimbledon victory but lost to Jonas Björkman 4-6, 2-6, 6-2, 3-6 the following round. Melzer reached his first Atp tour final at the 2003 Miller Lite Hall of Fame Tennis Championships without defeating a player in the top 100 but lost to Robby Ginepri 4-6, 7-6(3), 1-6 in the final. In the 2003 US Open Melzer reached the 2nd round again but lost Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-1, 6-7, 2-6, 4-6. Before the end of the year Melzer earned another top 20 victory over Tommy Robredo in the 2003 CA Tennis Trophy.

Jurgen Melzer pics

Klara Zakopalova soper ster

But the most poignant moment of the day - and probably of the tournament - was the final match of the career of Gustavo Kuerten of Brasil (Alu Power 125 Ice Blue). Guga holds a special place in the hearts of tennis fans - not only because of the skill and exuberance that he has always displayed on the court but because he is just a truly ‘nice’ person (not a word I use very often - especially in respect of professional tennis players…). He also holds a very special place in the history of Luxilon! It was his totally unexpected win at the French Open of 1998 and his excitement at the string that he credited with his ability to win the event that really brought Luxilon to prominence on the professional circuit where it quickly became the string of choice for a great many players - and remains by far the most popular string on the pro tour today (see our report of player stringing at the 2007 US Open and the 2008 Sony Ericsson Open in Miami.)

Klara Zakopalova soper ster

Klara Zakopalova soper ster

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Liam Hemsworth sports

Liam Hemsworth gets ready to win another game as he visits the PlayStation NBA All-Star Players Lounge in Los Angeles on Friday afternoon (February 18).

The 21-year-old actor recently shared with MTV about competing for roles with big brother Chris.

Liam dished, “At the time, I remember we both read for it [Thor], and I got flown over to do a screen test for it. I got flown for a screen test and he didn’t and then, I mean, I didn’t get it, but he got called back.”

Chris added after, “I’m excited for him and vice versa. Through that process, I was giving him advice on what I thought Ken wanted — and then when I was in there testing, he was doing the same.

Read more: http://justjaredjr.buzznet.com/2011/02/20/liam-hemsworth-playstation-player/#ixzz1LNywyaTB

Liam Hemsworth

Eddie Izzard images

Eddie Izzard

Andy Murray 2010 pics

Andy Murray 2010

Andy Murray 2010
Murray is not a very clear player at this time and his odds are being lengthened for Flushing Meadows as a result.

Andy Murray is the 4th ranked player in the world but he does not feel as though he is a core Grand Slam contender at this point. Murray had a tough time in Los Angeles with a couple of opponents before ultimately surrendering a first-time defeat to American Sam Querrey.

Besides that loss Murray is without a coach and that makes him a tough player to read at this point in his career and you can't feel too great about backing him at Flushing Meadows later this month.

Following the loss to Sam Querrey, Murray's best price has been lengthened. For the last month the best odds for the 2010 US Open on Murray were with Bwin but now Bodog have drifted the Scot out to +550 (11/2) and that is where his backers should be heading in order to get the best price on their player.

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