tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811326.post-3484382555130963742008-01-13T12:46:00.001+08:002008-11-14T14:03:46.824+08:002008-11-14T14:03:46.824+08:00Australian Open 2008 starts with shirtless players for warm up<span style="font-family:arial;">Wow, time flies and what's more exciting than celebrating a brand new year with th</span><span style="font-family:arial;">e first Grand Slam starting tomorrow.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R4marNOAmZI/AAAAAAAABDE/89TOtQU6tsI/s1600-h/37f04bf871e9e71c442a9e1c3998924e-getty-tennis-aus-open.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R4marNOAmZI/AAAAAAAABDE/89TOtQU6tsI/s320/37f04bf871e9e71c442a9e1c3998924e-getty-tennis-aus-open.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154821315575716242" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Prediction for 2008 Australian Open winners? What prediction? There's no prediction needed here because the winners for men and women categories will definitely go to Roger Federer and Justine Henin.<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R4mgbNOAmaI/AAAAAAAABDM/4AtSET2MqOM/s1600-h/81bfb3865a3885568dc8797252951941-getty-tennis-aus-open-combo-files.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R4mgbNOAmaI/AAAAAAAABDM/4AtSET2MqOM/s320/81bfb3865a3885568dc8797252951941-getty-tennis-aus-open-combo-files.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154827637767575970" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Top five men's seeds at the 2008 Australian Open: top seed Roger Federer (L) of Switzerland, Rafael Nadal (2nd L) of Spain, Novak Djokovic (C) of Serbia, Nikolay Davydenko (2nd R) </span><span style="font-family:arial;">of Russia and David Ferrer (R) of Spain.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R4mhQ9OAmbI/AAAAAAAABDU/twgv13OQEnI/s1600-h/b0600dfb686fe10e76ddd9fa4860fd6e-getty-tennis-aus-open-combo-files.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R4mhQ9OAmbI/AAAAAAAABDU/twgv13OQEnI/s320/b0600dfb686fe10e76ddd9fa4860fd6e-getty-tennis-aus-open-combo-files.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154828561185544626" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Top five women's seeds at the 2008 Australian Open: top seed Justin Henin (L) </span><span style="font-family:arial;">of Belgium, second seed Svetlana Kuznetsova (2nd L) of Russia, third seed Jelena Jankovic (C) of Servia, fourth seed Ana Ivanovic of Servia and fifth seed Maria Sharapova (R) of Russia.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />I'm just worried about Rafael Nadal as he is still using straps for his knees during his training. Hopefully it's just a preventive method to avoid injury before the tournament.<br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R4miPtOAmcI/AAAAAAAABDc/9TGuL0usrjs/s1600-h/nadalknees3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R4miPtOAmcI/AAAAAAAABDc/9TGuL0usrjs/s320/nadalknees3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154829639222335938" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">And talking about Nadal, in the recent months, a lot of people actually come into my blog after searching for <a href="http://hcfoo.com/2007/06/nadals-naked-picture.html">Nadal's naked picture</a>, which of course will only lead to their disappointment. Guys and girls, there's no such picture, okay. But there are thousands of shirtless pictures though.<br /><br />Here are some shirtless pictures of some of the top tennis players. Eye candy for you b</span><span style="font-family:arial;">efore the Grand Slam starts tomorrow.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R4mkKNOAmdI/AAAAAAAABDk/c9uAejXFrwg/s1600-h/nadalmuscles3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R4mkKNOAmdI/AAAAAAAABDk/c9uAejXFrwg/s320/nadalmuscles3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154831743756310994" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Okay, these pictures look weird. Hope these are not another photoshopped pictures to make Nadal looks like a beast.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R4mkx9OAmeI/AAAAAAAABDs/6yxTLSm4IMg/s1600-h/safinnoshirt2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R4mkx9OAmeI/AAAAAAAABDs/6yxTLSm4IMg/s320/safinnoshirt2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154832426656111074" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Marat Safin's game might be going down hill but his photos are always sought after by the cameramen.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R4mlFNOAmfI/AAAAAAAABD0/tfXU8iT44Kk/s1600-h/roddick-kooyong-3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R4mlFNOAmfI/AAAAAAAABD0/tfXU8iT44Kk/s320/roddick-kooyong-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154832757368592882" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Andy Roddick looks like a winner, doesn't he? And he proves it at the Kooyong Classic.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R4mlr9OAmgI/AAAAAAAABD8/8lvkvIFbZ4U/s1600-h/murray-kooyong-shirtless.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R4mlr9OAmgI/AAAAAAAABD8/8lvkvIFbZ4U/s320/murray-kooyong-shirtless.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154833423088523778" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:arial;">They say Andy Murray is one of the smartest players but he is definitely not smart enough when it comes to hair grooming.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R4sGz9OAmjI/AAAAAAAABEU/FuW1sdyI3XQ/s1600-h/fernando-verdasco-aussieopen08.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R4sGz9OAmjI/AAAAAAAABEU/FuW1sdyI3XQ/s320/fernando-verdasco-aussieopen08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155221688132082226" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">I'll pass Fernando Verdasco.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R4ml9NOAmhI/AAAAAAAABEE/EWu1VcODvm4/s1600-h/chennai040103s.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R4ml9NOAmhI/AAAAAAAABEE/EWu1VcODvm4/s320/chennai040103s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154833719441267218" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">According to Novak Djokovic, he thinks Paradorn Srichaphan has one of the best body on the ATP tour. Well, I don't think so. Arnaud Clement, the world #54, looks way better than many of these players.<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R4mmYdOAmiI/AAAAAAAABEM/OV7SnrlkmTc/s1600-h/clement-shower-dubreuil-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R4mmYdOAmiI/AAAAAAAABEM/OV7SnrlkmTc/s320/clement-shower-dubreuil-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154834187592702498" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >(All pictures are from Getty Images except for the last two.)</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /></span>hcfoonoreply@blogger.com8