John Isner dan Juan Martin Del Potro, 2 pemain tenis bersaiz Gergasi / Giant

Juan Martin Del Potro, tinggi 6 kaki 6 inci, juara Tenis Terbuka Amerika Syarikat 2009



John Isner, tinggi 6 kaki 9 inci, pemain tenis ranking ke 18 dunia.


John Isner dan Juan Martin Del Potro adalah dua pemain tennis dunia yang mempunyai ketinggian luar biasa sehingga mereka digelar Giant.

John Isner dari Amerika Syarikat manakala Del Potro dari Argentina.

Isner belum pernah menang tenis Grand Slam.

Manakala Potro memenanginya sekali selaku juara tenis Terbuka Amerika Syarikat 2009, menewaskan Juara Grand Slam 17 kali, Roger Federer di final dan kalahkan Rafael Nadal di separuh akhir.

John Isner berketinggian 6 kaki 9 inci atau 2.06 meter.

Isner lahir pada 26 April 1985 dan pernah muncul pemain no. 18 dunia dalam ranking tenis dunia pada Julai 2010.

Del Potro pula lahir pada 22 September 1988 dan berketinggian 6 kaki 6 inci atau 1.98 meter.

Del Potro mula menjadi pemain professional pada 2005 dan pernah menjadi pemain no.4 dunia pada Januari 2010.

John Isner pula pernah melakukan permainan tenis paling panjang dalam sejarah dunia pada pusingan pertama kejohanan tenis Wimbledon 2010.

Isner menewaskan pemain Perancis, Nicolas Mahut dalam perlawanan yang memakan masa 11 jam, 5 minit.



Perlawanan itu diadakan selama 3 hari kerana cuaca gelap dan akhirnya Isner menang perlawanan epik itu 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(7–9), 7–6(7–3), 70–68 dengan jumlah keseluruhan 183 permainan/games.

Perlawanan itu bermula jam 6:13 pm waktu British pada Selasa June 22, 2010 (ketika bolasepak Piala Dunia rancak berlangsung di Afrika Selatan).

Dan hanya berakhir jam 4.48 petang pada Khamis, June 24, 2010 jam, set terakhir saja memakan masa 8 jam 11 minit.

Perlawanan yang dikenali “The endless match'” itu meyaksikan kedua dua pemain, Isner dan Mahut melakukan 100 aces.

Hebat sungguh hebat.

Congratulations to Novak Djokovic, new Wimbledon tennis champion of 2011

Congatulations to Novak Djokovic, the new Wimbledon men's singles champion in the 2011 edition.

Djokovic, the 2011 Australian Open champion dethroned Rafael Nadal the 2011 French Open Champion and defending Wimbledon champion in the 2011 Wimbledon tennis final played today 3rd July 2011.

Djokovic won 6-4, 6-1, 1-6 and 6-3, thus stamping his supremacy as the best tennis player in the world, after long being dominated by Nadal and Roger Federer.

With this win, Djokovic is a 3 times Grand Slam winner (2 Australian Open titles and 1 Wimbledon title) and Nadal is still the 10 times Grand Slam Winner (6 French Open titles, 2 Wimbledon titles and 1 title each in the Australian Open and US Open).

To make it sweeter, this is Djokovic 5th straight win over Nadal this year. 2011 is Djokovic year because his devastating form saw him dismantling his opponents 50 times with only one loss.

Djokovic who grew up in war torn Serbia, won this year's 2011 Australian Open for the 2nd time and reached the 2011 French Open semifinal but was beaten by Roger Federer the 16 time Grand Slam champion.

Today Djokovic nicknamed Joker won his first ever Wimbledon title and promise to win many other tournaments including the year ending 2011 US Open.

All the best Djokovic, Good Bye Nadal.

Most beautiful sexy top tennis players of all time

Maria Sharapova


Daniela Hantuchova


Maria Kilirenko


Ana Ivanocic


Anna Kournikova


Anna Kournikova


Ana Ivanovic


Women tennis is always fascinating.

Not only because of those ladies power plays on court but also because of their beauty.

Infact, some top female tennis players look like supermodels!!

~~~ Here are some women tennis players which i feel are among the sexiest, hot and beautiful who ever walked the world.



Chris Everet LLoyd is the earlier generation of beautiful women tennis players. Her triumph both on and off tennis courts, mesmerize the world in the 70s and 80s.

She began playing professional tennis in 1972 and retired in 1989, winning an astonishing 18 Grand Slam singles championships, including a record 7 singles titles at the French Open and a record 6 singles titles at the U.S. Open. Evert's career win–loss record in singles matches of 1,309–146 is the best of any professional player in tennis history.

Evert's romance with then top men's player Jimmy Connors captured the public's imagination in the 1970s, particularly after they both captured the singles titles at Wimbledon in 1974. They got engaged, when she was only 19, but the romance did not last.

Currently, Evert operates a tennis academy bearing her name in her home town of Boca Raton, Florida, USA.




Ana Ivanovic is the undisupted Serbian beauty. She has supermodel looks. She is a one time Grand Slam singles winner, winning the 2008 French Open. She was also the finalist in the 2007 French Open and 2008 Australian Open. Even tough her tennis career has gone down-hill, Ana Ivanovic is still very much in men's hearts for her hot and irresistible looks.



Sania Mirza from Mumbai is India's number 1 tennis player and known for her Bollywood stlye glamorous looks. Sania Mirza began her tennis career in 2003 and become the first ever Indian to break into the top 30 WTA rankings. In March 2010, The Economic Times named Mirza in the list of the "33 women who made India proud". Hundreds of men will kill each other to get Mirza's attention. However she is no longer available, married to Pakistan's cricket player Shoaib Malik on 12 April 2010.The wedding was held in Hyderabad, India.




Russia's Maria Kirilenko highest ranking in women tennis is world no 18 in July 2008. Currently she has 8 WTA titles. In 2006, Kirilenko was selected to be the face of Adidas. Men who wants to date her need to first fight-off her boyfriend, a fellow Russian tennis player, Igor Andreev.



If Sania Mirza is India's most beautiful tennis player, the China has its own in the form of Zheng Jie. She was world no 15 in 2009. Her short stature of just 5 feet 4 inches did not stop her from winning 2 Grand Slam women-doubles titles at the 2006 Australian Open and Wimbledon. Zheng Jie also reached the Wimbledon singles semifinal in 2008 and the 2010 Australian Open semifinal in 2010. She is currently not available, married to her coach - Zhang Yu.




This Slovakian beauty, Daniela Hantuchova is famous for her long legs. Her highest career ranking was world no.5 in 2002. In 2005, she became the fifth female tennis player to have won the mixed doubles title in all four Grand Slam tournaments, between 2001 and 2005.



Anna Kournikova is another Russian glamour girl in tennis. Although reaching No. 8 in the world in 2000, she never won a WTA Title in singles. However Kournikova's forte has been doubles, where she has at times been the World No. 1 doubles player. Kournikova partnered Martina Hingis and won 2 Grand Slam titles in Australia in 1999 and 2002. Based on their looks, Hingis and Kournikova referred to themselves as the "The Spice Girls of Tennis".!!!Kournikova dated Spanish pop star Enrique Iglesias in late 2001 and appeared in his music video, "Escape".






The ultimate beauty in tennis world is none other than Maria Sharapova. This Russian blond bomb-shell has been world no.1 on numerous occassions and has won 23 WTA singles titles, including 3 Grand Slam singles titles at the 2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open and 2008 Australian Open. Sometimes people wondered why this 6 feet 2 inches beauty with supermodel looks, plays tennis.

In April 2005, People magazine named her one of the 50 most beautiful celebrities in the world. In 2006, Maxim ranked Sharapova the hottest athlete in the world for the fourth consecutive year. She even posed in a 6-page bikini photoshoot spread in the 2006 Valentine's Day issue of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, alongside 25 supermodels. In a poll run by Britain's FHM magazine, she was voted the seventh most eligible bachelorette, based on both "wealth and looks." She currently has no special boyfriend or intimate companion.

So men out there... what are you waiting for??



Denmark tennis sensation, Caroline Wozniacki, 20 is currently the world no. 1 since 32 weeks ago. Since her professional debut in 2005, this Danish beauty has won 17 WTA singles titles. She was runner-up at the 2009 US Open and the 2010 WTA Tour Championships in Doha. Even tough she has yet to win a women's Grand Slam title, her future looks very promising. Most importantly, Miss Wozniacki is still single and available.






Martina Hingis or better known as The Swiss Miss is still the darling of Swiss Tennis even tough she is no longer active in competitive tennis since retiring in 2007 at the age of 27. Her legacy includes spending a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. The Swiss Miss won 5 Grand Slam singles titles (3 Australian Opens, 1 Wimbledon, and 1 US Open). She also won nine Grand Slam women's doubles titles, winning a calendar year doubles Grand Slam in 1998, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title.

That's all folks.. Thanks for reading..

WIMBLEDON 2011: The return of the Williams sisters

Venus Williams, Champion of Wimbledon in 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008


Serena Williams Champion of Wimbledon in 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010

All eyes will be on the mercurial Williams sisters, Serena and Venus when the grass-court Wimbledon Grand Slam 2011 tournament begins Monday, 20 June 2011.

These 2 sisters have an astonishing 20 Grand Slam singles titles between them.

They faced each other 8 times in Grand Slam women singles finals, including 4 times in the Wimbledon finals with Serena winning 6 times and Venus winning 2 times.

Serena and Venus have won the Wimbledon titles a record 9 times in the past 11 years with Venus winning 5 times and Serena winning 4 times.

That unprecedented achievement made Wimbledon looks like their second home, their own backyard playground as well as favourite hunting ground for more success in the women tennis world.

For Serena, 29, the younger of the Williams sisters, it will be her first Grand Slam tournament this year 2011 and only the second event—since she took home a second consecutive title from the All England Club in July 2010.

Her nearly yearlong absence resulted from a series of health issues, including two foot operations and blood clots in her lungs, that she said left her depressed and “on my deathbed.”

The long absence also dropped her world ranking from world no.1 to world no 26 as of today.

Serena holds 27 Grand Slam titles, which include 13 Grand Slam singles titles, 12 in the women doubles, all the time partnering sister Venus and 2 in the mixed doubles.

She completed the career Grand Slam or better known as Serena Slam in 2002 and January 2003 when she won the 2002 French Open, Wimbledon and US Open Title as well as the 2003 Australian Open title, each time she beat her sister, Venus in the finals..!!! What an achievement!!

All in all, in singles, Serena won the Australian Open 5 times, the Wimbledon 4 times, the US Open 3 times and the French Open, 1 time, the sole victoy came in 2002.

Venus, 31 and curently world number 33, meanwhile, was sidelined by a hip injury from January 2011 until June 2011.

She has 21 Grand Slam titles which consist of 7 in singles, 12 in women's doubles, partering younger sister Serena and 2 in mixed doubles.

Her 7 Grand Slam singles titles include 5 Wimbledon titles and 2 US Open titles. Venus has never won the French Open and Australian Open.

So, can we see a repeat of the Serena vs Venus in the 2011 Wimbledon final?

Other interesting facts at the 2011 Wimbledon.


Can 6 time Wimbledon champions Roger Federer make a real run at a seventh Wimbledon title?


Can 2 times Wimbledon champions and 6 times French Open champions, Rafael Nadal extend his recent excellence to 5 titles in a span of 6 Grand Slam tournaments?



Can Novak Djokovic recover from the end of his 43-match winning streak in 2011 to win a major title other than the 2 Australian Open titles in 2008 and 2011?


Can Britain's Andy Murray finally—and mercifully—put an end to the locals’ 75-year wait for a British male champion at the All England Club?



Can world No. 1-ranked Caroline Wozniacki win her first Grand Slam title?



Could China’s Li Na win her second Grand Slam singles titles in a row after her surprise 2011 French Open title?



Will the Russian beauty Maria Sharapova end her 3 1/2 -year major drought to win a 4th Grand Slam title? Sharapova won the 2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open and 2008 Australian Open.

My guess is as good as your guess. Thanks for reading and Cheers!!

Can female tennis players exchange shirts after match??

The answer is Yes in promotional video... but NO in real life...

World tennis legend - Margaret Court visits Sabah, Malaysia

World tennis legend – Margaret Court of Australia was in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia today, Saturday, 17 October 2009 to conduct motivational and tennis clinic session.

The historic event was held at the Sutera Harbour Resort, Kota Kinabalu from 2 pm to 4 pm, attended by almost 200 tennis enthusiast as well as budding tennis prodigy from around Kota Kinabalu.

The presence of Court – the living legend is truly a once in a lifetime opportunity for Sabahans and Malaysians.

It was Court 2nd visit to Sabah, but it was the 1st time that she conducted a tennis clinic.

Margaret Court ruled the women tennis world between 1960 till her retirement in 1977.

She won 92 titles in singles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles.

She is the winner of most Grand Slam titles – 62 overall in singles, doubles and mixed doubles.

2nd was Martina Navratilova with 59 Grand Slam titles overall.

Court won 24 singles Grand Slam titles – 3 more than her closest rival – Steffi Graf and 9 more than The Great Roger Federer - the current world no.1 who has only 15 Grand Slam singles titles todate.

Court further won 19 Grand Slam doubles titles and 19 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles.

The 24 singles titles include 11 Australian Open, 5 US Open, 5 French Open and 3 Wimbledon.

Margaret Court is one of only 3 women to ever win the calendar Grand Slam, that is winning the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open in the same year.

She achieved that in 1970.

She also completed 2 mixed doubles Grand Slam in 1963 and 1965 with 4 different tennis partners.

Court retired from the sport in 1977 as the most successful tennis player to ever live in this planet.



One strange thing is - Margaret Court is a right handed tennis player, but notice the pictures when she is signing autographs - she is left handed!!!

Well, Margaret Court presence was indeed a historic one for Sabah as well as Malaysia.

We love you Margaret….

Whatever happened to you Nadal???

Men Tennis World No. 1 Rafael Nadal has many nicknames - The Matador of Spain, King Of Clay, Rafa, The Spaniard, The Conquistador, Gladiator, etc.

But on Sunday 31st of May, 2009, The Matador of Spain lost to the Matador of Sweden, Robin Soderling in the 4th round of the French Open at the Philip Chartier court.

Virtually unknown Soderling, had done in 3 hours what 13 times Grand Slam titles holder and former world no.1 Roger Federer and the rest of the world top players failed to do in 4 years - that is to defeat Nadal at the Rolland Garros.


Robin Soderling - The Matador of Sweden!!!

Soderling 6-2, 6-7, 6-4 and 7-6 defeat of Nadal is perhaps the greatest upset in the history of the 118 years old tournament.

The other upset being Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 7-6, 3-6, 7-5 defeat of Steffi Graf in the 1989 Women's final. Prior to that match, Graf was the holder of all 4 Grand Slams titles - the 1988 and 1989 Australian Open, 1988 French Open, 1988 Wimbledon and 1988 US Open, plus the 1988 Olympic single Gold medal.

And maybe that Soderling-Nadal match is even greater than Michael Chang triumph in 1989 to become the youngest ever Men's Single Champion at the Rolland Garros, defeating Stefan Edberg.

Perhaps that Soderling-Nadal encounter is even more shocking than Steffi Graf's easy 6-0, 6-0 win over Natalia Zvereva in the 1988 final..!!

Prior to his match against Soderling, Nadal never tasted defeat in the French Open since winnning the title here in 2005. He won the title for the 4th consecutive times with ease and in style, demolishing Roger Federer 6-1, 6-3 and 6-0 in the final last year.


13 times Grand Slam titles winner - Roger Federer


11 times Grand Slam titles winner - 6 French Open and 5 Wimbledon - Bjorn Borg

Nadal dreams of becoming the greatest ever French Open champion is now in tatters. He only equalled the great Bjorn Borg feat of 4 consecutive titles..

Nadal has this bad habit also - he likes to pinch his ass during matches - shown live all over the world!!!


(Nadal can be seen pinching his ass several times during this match - at 1.10, 1.57, 2.25, 3.20, 4.18, 4.39 and 6.04 of this video)

Nadal also loves to eat banana during match breaks - and on one occasion, a piece of banana got stuck in his throat and he was temporarily unable to resume the match!!!


Nadal Banana incident

Will Roger Federer at last win the elusive French Open title this time in 2009?

Federer has won the Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open for a total of 13 times but never the French Open. Federer qualified 3 times in the French Open final in 2006, 2007 and 2008 but each time losing only to Rafael Nadal.

Or will it be Robin Soderling who will be crowned champion of the Rolland Garros in 2009??

Soderling has qualified for the semi final, after dismantling Nikolai Davydenko
6-1, 6-3, 6-1 in the quarter final yesterday..

After his epic win against Nadal, Soderling received an SMS from Bjorn Borg -"`Congratulations, and thank you for not letting Nadal break my record,'" Soderling said. "It was very big for me to receive an SMS from him. He's maybe the best player of all time."

A new women's champion will also be crowed, the rusty and inconsistent 2008 champion Ana Ivanoic had been shown the exit by V. Azarenka on Sunday in the 4th round.

Nadal beat Federer to win 1st Australian Open title

Damn, it's Nadal again.......... Oh Come on Federer, i am your biggest fan from Malaysia... where is your magic Fedex??? Did you lost it????

Spain's world no. 1 Rafael Nadal wins his 1st Australian Open title, after beating world no.2 and 13 time Grand Slam winners - Roger Federer of Switzerland.

Its Nadal vs Federer again for the 7th time in a Grand Slam final, yet Nadal won again.

Nadal is now the current holder of the Australian Open as well as the French Open and Wimbledon he won last year..

And Federer ?? oh how frustrating....

Nadal played a total of 9 hours and 36 minutes in 2 matches - the semifinal and final to win this title.

This is the full report from Melbourne today 1st February 2009, which is truly heartbreaking for millions of Federer fans out there around the globe...!!!

MELBOURNE, Australia – Rafael Nadal held off Roger Federer in another five-set Grand Slam final, keeping Pete Sampras' record of 14 major titles intact for now.

Nadal became the first Spanish man to win the Australian Open, beating Federer 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-2 in a momentum-swinging, 4-hour, 22-minute final that finished just after midnight on Sunday.

Federer, trying to equal Sampras' record, sobbed at the trophy presentation.

"Maybe I'll try later. God, it's killing me," Federer said, crying.

He returned to congratulate Nadal within minutes, saying: "You deserved it. You played a fantastic final."

Top-ranked Nadal, who has won 5 of the 7 Grand Slam finals they've contested, now has a major on hard courts to go with his titles on clay and grass.

He's the only man capable of a Grand Slam this season, 40 years after Australian great Rod Laver last won all 4 majors in one season.

"Roger, sorry for today. I really know how you feel right now," Nadal said. "Remember, you're a great champion, you're one of the best in history. You're going to improve on the 14 of Sampras."
Nadal collected the trophy from Laver, on the court that was named in the great Australian's honor, and put his arm around Federer.

"To receive this trophy from Rod Laver is a dream for me," he said. "Rod, thanks very much. It was an amazing 2 weeks for me."

Nadal advanced to the final after holding off fellow Spanish left-hander Fernando Verdasco on Friday in 5 hours, 14 minutes — the longest match in the tournament's history.

Federer had a straight-sets win over Andy Roddick the previous night, but said the difference in preparation had no influence on the final.

He said the fact he'd missed the Sampras record at a tournament he's won 3 times didn't make the loss any worse or easier to take.

"Honestly, no," he said. "I mean, it's more like, in the first moment you're disappointed, you're shocked, you're sad, you know, then all of a sudden it overwhelms you.

"The problem is you can't go in the locker room and just take it easy and take a cold shower. You're stuck out there. It's the worst feeling. ... it's rough."

Federer, so dominant when he won 3 of the 4 Grand Slam tournaments in 2006 and 2007, each time losing only to Nadal at the French Open, has now lost Grand Slam finals on 3 different surfaces - hard, clay and grass courts to Nadal.

He hasn't given up hope of beating the 22-year-old Spaniard.

"For sure," he said. "I didn't spend 4 1/4 hours out there (not) believing it."

Nadal has 4 consecutive titles on clay at Roland Garros and beat Federer on grass in a 5-set epic at Wimbledon last year, ending the Swiss 5 consecutive wins as King of Wimbledon.

He is 13-6 overall against Federer and ended the Swiss star's 237-week streak at No. 1 last year after claiming the Beijing Olympic gold medal.

Federer, who turned around that season with a U.S. Open title, saved two championship points from 15-40 in the eighth game of the fifth set but sent a forehand long on the third match point.

Nadal flopped onto his back, then got up and raced to shake hands.

The players put their arms around the other's shoulders at the net as they walked off the court