Marion Bartoli and Nadia Petrova preparing sushi
Marion Bartoli and Nadia Petrova made sushi while in Tokyo for the Toray Pan Pacific Open. Read more »
Marion Bartoli challenges Jelena Jankovic in splits
In your face Jelena, Marion Bartoli is also doing splits! We know you’re the number one gymnast among women's tennis players, but Marion Bartoli is now challenging you! Watch out, JJ, you have competition! 
(photo via Tennis Forum)
Sybille Bammer beats Marion Bartoli, reaches US Open quarterfinals
Austrian Sybille Bammer became the second player to move into the quarterfinals of the 2008 US Open with a 7-6 0-6 6-4 victory over No.12 seed Marion Bartoli of France.
Seed No.29 Bammer reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal winning the match that lasted three hours three minutes which equaled the longest women's match at the US Open on record.
The 28-year-old Bammer will face second seed Jelena Jankovic for a place in the semis. (photo: Getty Images)
Marion Bartoli beats Lindsay Davenport in the third round of the US Open
France’s Marion Bartoli defeated local favorite Lindsay Davenport 6-1 7-6 to move into the fourth round of the US Open.
The 1998 champion Davenport was asked whether she believed her defeat to No.12 seed Bartoli might be her US Open farewell and the former number one replied: "I was so ****ed off that I didn't think about anything." Hahaha.
In the fourth round Bartoli will play Austrian 29th seed Sybille Bammer. (photos: Getty Images)
Marion Bartoli on Maria Sharapova’s father
Marion Bartoli was talking about her father Walter’s influence on her and she spontaneously, and bluntly, compared Walter to Maria Sharapova's father Yuri.
He didn't put any pressure on me. He wasn't saying, 'You have to win,' or 'You have to do this or you have to do that'. He's not like Maria Sharapova's dad. It's completely different.
Haha, well, Yuri looks tough. I will never forget the way he left the stands when Maria was losing to Agnieszka Radwanska at the 2007 US Open. I felt sorry for Maria who had to face him after the defeat, I would've been terrified. (via Down the Line)
