What Do Ana Ivanovic, Justin Bieber, and William and Kate Have In Common?

Nothing really, except that they are all on the cover of the latest Vanidades magazine which was posted on Ana's Facebook account today.   Ana is so pretty it really should be a crime.

Update on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at 10:20PM by [OnTheGoTennis]

To see photos from inside the magazine click here.

Photos: BNP Paribas Open Players Party

Nole, always the Djoker.

Ana looks stunning even with her farmer's tan.

Kim is rocking the mom look.

Vera looks sweet.

Andy doesn't.

Rafa looks very European.

Li Na accessorized her beautiful purple dress with knee tape.

And then there is always the WTF outfits:

Better luck next time girls.

Photos:  Getty Images

Injury Update: Ana Ivanovic, Andy Murray, Gael Monfils, and Rafael Nadal

So many people to talk about, and so little time!  There are numerous injury updates this week, so it seemed easier to lump them all together in one update.  Hope they don't mind. (Although I doubt any man would mind being in close quarters with Ana.)

Ana Ivanovic - At the beginning of the year, Ana suffered an abdominal tear during her singles match at the Hopman Cup and ever since has been struggling with her serve, resulting in 1st round loses at the Australian Open, and more recently in Dubai.   This week, she has officially withdrawn from Doha citing the same injury.   On her official site she states,

It's very frustrating, because I am so motivated to train and to get more matches under my belt.  But with this injury I am restricted, especially on the serve, so I just have to rest and then kind of restart my season. I'm sorry to be missing Doha but I'm sure I will be back there in the future.

Whether it is part mental and/or part physical, I hope she heals soon. 

In other random Ana news she is also flying solo (without a coach) for a while because she needs to find someone who understands her.  And here is a great off-court article where she talks about music on her iPod, her favorite designers, and what she does to relax.

Andy Murray - This week Andy withdrew from Dubai citing a wrist injury.  After his loss to Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open, Andy was supposed to take a prolonged break from tennis, however instead he immediately entered the Rotterdam tournament and subsequently crashed and burned in the 1st round.  Now with his "wrist injury" he can mentally/physically recoup before "March Madness." (Indian Wells and Sony Ericsson Open). 

Gael Monfils- Gael also has a bum wrist.  He had to withdraw from his semi-final match at the SAP Open last week due to a lingering wrist injury he has had since the Australian Open.  In San Jose,  he had an MRI scan and was told he needed to take off 4-6 weeks.  He has withdrawn from his next 2 tournaments as well as Davis Cup. 

And now some happier news:

Rafael Nadal is on the road to recovery after he tore his adductor longus in his right leg during his quarter-final match at the Australian Open.  He has now started training again, and has been selected to play in the Davis Cup 1st round tie against Belgium March 4th joining his fellow Spaniards, David Ferrer, Feliciano Lopez, and Fernando Verdasco.

Video: Ana Ivanovic, Maria Kirilenko and Vera Zvonareva arrive at Pattaya Open

A little video of Ana Ivanovic, Maria Kirilenko and Vera Zvonareva arrving at the Pattaya Open. Maria and Ana look casually cute, but Vera looked like she was paying tribute to 80's fashion with her faded denim outfit + denim bag.  All she needs are leg warmers and feathered bangs to complete the look.  Enjoy!

Whose Box Would You Rather?

Both Ana Ivanovic and Caroline Wozniacki came out to support their friends Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray respectively.   The question is, whose box do you prefer?

Novak Djokovic Denies a Federer Repeat

 I'm going to warn you up front, this is post is a bit of a ramble.  Must be my blond.

It's still a bit surreal.  Last night at 3:00 am I was watching the Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer semi-final, and it was clear that Nole had brought his A-game.  He was moving well, he was serving well, and hitting the ball cleanly and I thought I was going to, as expected, settle in for a long 4-5 set match. But, apparently all of my insomnia from watching the Australian Open live caught up with me and I got too comfortable on the couch with my snuggie (Christmas present) and fell asleep.  When I woke up, the match was over and because I didn't have my glasses on, all I could make out was that it ended in 3 sets, so I assumed Fed had won.  So it was very confusing to me when Fed walked off Rod Laver first.  In a sleepy frenzy, I stumbled to find my glasses and then put my face 2 inches from the TV to confirm my suspicions and my jaw fell slack.   Nole won in straight sets!  In STRAIGHTS!!!  And  then I did my little happy dance which, if someone videotaped, could be used as blackmail. 

I can't even remember a time in a Major where Federer lost in straight sets, so either I am still dreaming, or I am in Nole heaven.  

Ana Ivanovic was in Nole Heaven too:

Photo:  Getty Images

(I probably shouldn't, but I'm going to put it out there, I don't remember Ana being in Nole's box so much, and usually his girlfriend is there.....so could my desire for them to get married and have pretty tan Serbian babies that will become professional tennis players be coming true?  Probably not, but I will be watching that box closely at the Final.)

Since I clearly didn't see the match, here are some tidbits from Roger's post-match press conference (Novak's isn't up on the AO site):

Q. Big disappointment. Thoughts on the game? What went wrong?

ROGER FEDERER: I thought he played a great match. I didn't think I played bad myself, so it was a match played at a very high intensity for a long period of time.

Clearly it's disappointing to lose, but what to do if he plays well on the big points, and potentially maybe I didn't. It was a tough match.

Q. Physically how much did the match take out of you? Did you feel at any point you were getting weary, that he was wearing you down?

ROGER FEDERER: No, not really. I'm feeling really good considering how intense it was. It was a three hour match over three sets and, you know, I don't take much time in between points. It's maybe even a longer match if you like.

No, I felt good. It was intense. We had long, tough rallies and played at a very high speed and everything. So sure, you feel it a little bit, but obviously I was ready for another two sets easily. Pity that I couldn't push him there.

Q. You couldn't defend the title. What do you think about this?

ROGER FEDERER: I couldn't? Yes, I could not.

Q. How do you feel?

ROGER FEDERER: I feel okay, because I'm healthy. I wish I had a chance on Sunday, but, look, Novak was the better player tonight. You got to accept that and move on from here.

It's not the end in any way. It's a start for many other tournaments after this. Sure, it's disappointing and it hurts in the moment itself. I wish I could have won here again for the fifth time.

But wasn't possible tonight.

Q. (Question regarding who will win the final)

ROGER FEDERER: Well, I don't know who is in the final yet on the other side. I fancy Murray's chances to go through. Then again, it's night. I don't know how that's going to match up against each other.

I'm sure it's going to be an exciting final. I mean, obviously if Novak plays at this level, he's got his chances; if Murray continues playing at his level he'll have his chances too. Ferrer played a fantastic match yesterday.

Yeah, regardless it's going to be a great end to the tournament.

Q. Todd Woodbridge after the match was sort of suggesting that with Rafa injured and you out now that it was something of a passing of the torch.

ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, I mean, they say that very quickly, so...

Let's talk in six months again.

We all know that he's not going anywhere, and as much as I root against him, I don't want him to, because tennis without the brilliance of Fed makes me sad.

Catch the 2nd semi-final tomorrow morning at 3:30 am EST on ESPN2:  David Ferrer vs Andy Murray.

Full Video: Ana Ivanovic Waterbombing on The Crowd Goes Wild

I'm not sure how I didn't see this earlier, but although Ana is no longer in the Aussie Open, here is the full video of her doing cannonballs, or how they like to call it "Waterbombing"  on the show, The Crowd Goes Wild.