Andrea Petkovic, or better said Petkorazzi, released a new video on YouTube revealing five things we didn't know about her. The clip is hilarious and even though I will tell you what Petkorazzi's secret five things are, you have to watch how she illustrated them.

Here are Petkovic's untold abilities/disabilities, embarrassing things from the past, weaknesses and dreams:

1. Can sing an entire Tarkan song
2. Doesn't like golf because she sucks at it
3. Used to adore the Backstreet Boys
4. Would rather be a drummer in a rock band than a tennis player
5. Has a weakness for pretty boys

The world No.10 Petkovic failed to win her maiden Premier WTA title this month in Beijing. Her next tournament are the year-end Championships in Istanbul, where she's an alternate. She was supposed to play this week's Luxembourg but her knee is not perfectly healthy.

Petra Kvitova finally found her best form after the astonishing Wimbledon triumph and except a tough semifinal against Jelena Jankovic, the Czech pretty much cruised through the Generali Ladies Linz to win her fifth title this season. Her opponent in the final, Dominika Cibulkova, fell to 0-3 in career finals and remains one of only two Top 30 players who have still not won a WTA title.

From 4-4 in the first set, the world No.4 Kvitova won eight of the next nine games to win the final against Cibulkova and keep the Slovak's otherwise successful career without titles. Score: 6-4 6-1.

En route to the Linz title and the prize of $37,ooo, the top seeded Kvitova defeated Rebecca Marino 6-2 6-2 in the first round, Patricia Mayr-Achleitner 6-2 6-3 in the second round, eight seed Daniela Hantuchova 6-2 6-2 in the quarterfinals, third seed Jelena Jankovic 4-6 6-4 6-3 in the semis, and finally the seventh-seeded Cibulkova. (source: WTA Tour, photo: Ralf Reinecke)

Because of rain, the semifinals and final at the HP Open in Osaka had to be played on the same day. The final took place "after suitable rest"of the victorios semifinalists, who were Samantha Stosur and Marion Bartoli. Later in the final, Bartoli defeated Stosur 6-3 6-1 and won the International-level title by losing more than four games only in one match!

The top-seeded Stosur beat Zheng Jie after two hours and 36 minutes, 7-6(5) 3-6 6-3. The second-seeded Bartoli saved both break points she faced and without dropping serve defeated Angelique Kerber 6-1 7-6(5) in one hour and 38 minutes. As you can see, Stosur spent one hour more on the court on Sunday than her final opponent.

Later, Bartoli defeated Stosur 6-3 6-1 without dropping serve. The loss must be a disaapointment for Stosur even more so because she won her first title at the HP Open two years ago.

Bartoli won her seventh career title and second this season, after Eastbourne. The players Frenchwoman beat en route to the trophy: Melinda Czink, Vania King, Ayumi Morita, Angelique Kerber, and finally the reigning US Open champion Stosur. (photo: © Neal Trousdale)

At the Generali Ladies Linz against Petra Kvitova, Dominika Cibulkova, one of two Top 30 players without a title, will try to win her first first one in the Sunday's final. Her opponent Kvitova is currently enjoying a career-high ranking of No.4 and she's a holder of five titles, four of which came this season, including Wimbledon.

Cibulkova saved match points in her opener against Elena Baltacha, and actually her first three matches at the tournament were three-setters. Her semifinal against Lucie Safarova didn't follow the trend, as Cibulkova cruised to a 6-1 6-4 victory. The Slovak won 16 points in a row to take the first set.

Kvitova's semifinal opponent was Jelena Jankovic, who won the first set as Kvitova struggled to find her game. Kvitova was down 6-4 3-1 and then 6-4 3-4, when she took control with six straight games won for a 3-0 lead in the third set and she never looked back. Score: 4-6 6-4 6-3.

Cibulkova is yet to beat Kvitova. The Czech leads their head-to-head record 3-0. (via WTA Tour, photos: Ralf Reinecke)

Danish Caroline Wozniacki and Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova will play an exhibition match in the Slovakian capital Bratislava on November 21, 2011. Besides the WTA stars, two men's tennis veterans Henri Leconte and Mansour Bahrami will also take part.

Wozniacki and Cibulkova will first play against each other and then team up against Leconte and Mansour in doubles.

Cibulkova is now in the semifinals of the Generali Ladies Linz, where she will face Lucie Safarova. Wozniacki is not competing at the moment, she's preparing for the year-end Championships in Istanbul.

France's Henri Leconte was a Roland Garros singles finalist in 1988, and won the doubles title at the tournament in 1984. He held the singles ranking of No.5 and won nine career singles and ten doubles titles.

Mansour Bahrami was born in Iran and he went through a lot to become a tennis player, including going through a three-year period when all tennis courts in his country were closed down. (via Tennis Notebook, photos: Johan Rivera)

Since the photos of players when they were kids is one of your favorite sections on Women's Tennis Blog, I decided to include it on the homepage, at least for a while. Actually, it's all the idea of our reader Tony (PennettaFan on Twitter). Under the title "Little tennis stars", below in the left sidebar, you can see young Monica Seles and links to all the other players' childhood photos that have been included on Women's Tennis Blog so far.

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Also, I was inspired to make a poll where you can vote for the cutest childhood photo of a WTA player. This list is of course by no means extensive. Feel free to share some cute photos of WTA players you may have come across, and I can feature them in future articles and polls.

Below are my photo favorites included in the poll:

1) Dinara Safina – I love her face expression here.

2) Sara Errani – Adorable curly blond hair, love the vintage look.

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Justin Henin will be honored by a musical dedicated to her life and the Belgian tennis champion will make a brief appearance in the show which will premier next year at Henin's tennis academy in Limelette near Brussels. Actors in the musical will mostly be children.

The seven-time Grand Slam champion retired in 2008 while still on top of the WTA rankings, but returned at the beginning of 2010 to experience the taste of competitiveness and winning again. She had a great comeback season, but later it was marred by injury and she retired for the second and final time in January 2011 because of problems with her right elbow. (source: AFP, photo: Ralf Reinecke)

After a big battle in the first round, Samantha Stosur scored a straight-set win over Japan's Misaki Doi in the second round and reached the quarterfinals of the HP Open in Osaka, the International tournament where the Australian won her maiden WTA title just two years ago.

Stosur opened the event against Thailand's world No.168 Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (you can call her Nok for short). Leveled at 5-5 in the final set, Stosur survived a six-deuce game and scored a break to win 6-3 3-6 7-5 for only her second victory since her US Open triumph. Luckily, Stosur had an easier job in her following match, beating Misaki Doi 6-2 6-4.

Last year at the tournament Stosur lost to Kimiko Date-Krumm at the quarterfinal stage. Date-Krumm later played the historic final in which she and eventual champion Tamarine Tanasugarn had a combined age of 73. This year, Tanasugarn is through to the quarters so far. (photo: © Neal Trousdale)

At the end of September, in Tokyo quarterfinals, Maria Sharapova twisted her ankle during serve. The MRI scan showed no big damage to the ankle, the Russian started practicing little by little and is ready for the year-end finale at the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships.

On Wednesday, Sharapova arrived in Istanbul and praised her physio Juan and the comfort of Turkish Airlines on Facebook.

We already know which dress Sharapova is expected to wear at the tournament which starts October 25. You can see it here. (photo: © Neal Trousdale)

The Brisbane tournament, which will be upgraded from International to Premier status next season, will host Serena Williams for the first time in 2012.

Well, I never played in Brisbane and I've never been to Brisbane (but I've) heard great things about it. It's brand new (for me) so all that is going to be really exciting and it will help me with my seeding going into the Australian Open too, so that would be good.

Other confirmed stars:

Samantha Stosur – reigning US Open champion who would like to bring her A-game to her home tournaments of Brisbane and Australian Open

Maria Sharapova – just like Serena, first-time Brisbane participant

Kim Clijsters – 2010 champion who will play her first tournament since August 2011

Ana Ivanovic – played the quarterfinals in 2009 and semifinals in 2010

Additional info: Talking about the Australian part of the season, let’s just remind you that Serena is expected to play mixed doubles with Andy Roddick at the Australian Open. (source: ESPN, photo by our reader Jacob)