Maria Sharapova

The World No.5 Maria Sharapova will attend the major coup for the Brisbane International that will take place in Queensland. The 2011 Wimbledon finalist has never been to Brisbane, and she thinks that the attendance to this coup would be a good start for her. Cameron Pearson, the Director of the Brisbane International Tournament said that he is very delighted that the popular Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova will be part of 2012 Brisbane International. He claims that Sharapova will be extremly popular on this tournament, and the fans will be delighted to see her live.

In a spectacular show, the artist Jean-Pierre Blanchard did amazing painting of Roger Federer in four minutes. The portrait was done at the presentation of the SVC Enterpreneur Award in Zurich. Jean-Pierre is a great adimierer of Roger Federer. He said that he has a great face which is relatively easy to paint. The painting was put on auction and the highest bid came from Ernst & Young`s Thomas Sauber, who acquired the painting for 16.100 swiss francs. The money from this bid will go to the Foundation of Roger Federer that supports under-privileged children in Africa.

The 20 year old Canadian Milos Raonic, had a hip surgery after his injury on Wimbledon. He suffered a right hip injury in a second round match. Raonic was serving at 2-1 in the first set against Giller Muller, when he slipped on the grass, and after the break for medical attention, he continued, but after the first serve, he retired from the game. Today he had a surgery, and he is hoping to play on US Open. We hope so too. Raonic is currently ranked 26-th.

After winning Wimbledon, Novak Djokovic became officially World Number 1. And why is that so? Well, watching his game, we can notice that Novak became the best returner in the tennis game, which is proven by the fact that he has won 39% of the returns. Playing against Nadal in the finals, tells us that something has to be changed, and that is Nadals strategy, because Nole became unstoppable. Anyway, what I was trying to say is that now, when Novak became no.1 , Head announced a video in order to celebrate the victory of Novak Djokovic. Respect for them and respect for Nole, we salute you. Enjoy the video;)