The International Tennis Federation has released a 140-page publication called "Journey to Beijing – Tennis celebrates the Olympics" to promote the 2008 Beijing Olympic Tennis Event. Read more »
You simply must take a look at the beautiful photos of women’s tennis players taken in Dubai by photographer Lorenzo Agius. The tennis stars he captured in gorgeous dresses include Justine Henin, Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Jankovic, Anna Chakvetadze, Elena Demetieva, Agnes Szavay, Maria Kirilenko, Alona and Kateryna Bondarenko.
My favorites are the photos of Anna Chakvetadze, as well as the ones of Ana Ivanovic and Maria Kirilenko. But as I said, all the photos are beautiful, and you should check them out here.
Carlos Rodriguez, famous for coaching the recently retired Justine Henin throughout her impressive career, is probably going to coach Russian world number six Anna Chakvetadze.
It’s hard for me to picture Carlos coaching anyone but Justine, but it's great he’s ready to spread his knowledge to other talented players. The only thing is that Carlos doesn’t agree to travel, which mean that Anna will have to set up shop in Belgium (she currently lives in Moscow) to be able to train with him full-time. (via Tennis Magazine)
World No.6 Anna Chakvetadze became the highest seeded player to lose at Roland Garros 2008.
The sixth seed fell to Estonian Kaia Kanepi 6-4 7-6 in the second round, after dropping serve four times and losing the tie-break 7-2. Last year, Chakvetadze reached quarterfinals at the French Open.
World No.49 Kanepi will next face either Spaniard Anabel Medina Garrigues, seeded 29th, or Tsvetana Pironkova. (via Reuters, photo: Getty Images)
Seven suspects have been arrested in connection with the armed robbery of tennis star Anna Chakvetadze and her family.
World No.6 Chakvetadze, holder of seven Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles titles, attracted the robbers with her tennis successes which of course go together with high earnings. The 21-year-old Russian was tied up along with her parents on December 18 by six armed robbers who broke into their Moscow house and stole roughly $202,000 in money and valuables.
The suspects have been implicated in more than 50 other robberies. They are all between the ages of 25 and 40 and live in Moscow or the Moscow region. Some of the items seized during their arrest belonged to Chakvetadze, including a mobile phone and several pieces of jewelry. Read more »
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