A Little Summer Distraction

Ah, summer. No school, cool vacations, and girls in bikini's. Not a bad rut there! Last summer someone, I don't remember who started a thread of beautiful women in sports and we unearthed a lot of them. Last year we also had the summer olympics for inspiration so let's see who we can unearth to show that sports is not just power and muscle but something that has grace and beauty. With all respect I submit ---

The 2013 Wimbledon Finalists

Sabine Lisicki from Germany in her first Wimbledon final.

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And Marion Bertoli France's No 1 Women's Tennis Player

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Okay Big T, message received. I know we did Maria Sharapova last year but I can't remember anyone else so let's see who I can come up with.

How about starting with Russian beauty Maria Kirilenko!

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Or how about Serbia's Ana Ivanovic?

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How about Danish tennis player Caroline Wozniaki who proves that a beautiful Danish is more than a delectable pastry!

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To continue on our world tour of tennis I offer India's Sania Mirza.

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How about Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova?

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And then there's Italy's Flavia Pennetta.

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Today begins with a player from the good ole USA. Her name is Ashley Harkleroad.

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From France comes Tatiana Golovin

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The next example of Tennis beautiful people is Argentina's Gisela Dulko.

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Mrs. Harkleroad! Wow! :D

Today we take under consideration 3 more players beginning with Romania's Simona Halep

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We have China's Zheng Jie.

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Today's last but certainly not least--Serbia's Jelena Jankovic.

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Today we begin with a young lady from Belgium, Yanina Wickmayer.

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Back to the USA, Sloane Stephens.

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Today finishes off with a beautiful woman from Russia, Ekaterina Marakova

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Okay, THIS is the last stop on our world tour today. Luxembourg's Mandy Minella.

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Our tennis world tour continues with South Africa's Amanda Coetzer

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She hasn't done much in Tennis recently but Russian tennis pro Anna Kournikova is a grand slam when it comes to lookswidth=500 height=375http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wUj-OYxBJhE/UVMpt2iJClI/AAAAAAAAFhI/6QYXzRMZT2E/s1600/Anna+Kournikova+Hot+Photos4.jpg[/img]

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Today I end with a lady from Buenos Aires, Argentina. She had to retire from tennis due to injury but she's become a much sought after model. Here name is Victoria Vanucci.

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The European Eastern Bloc seems to have more than their fair share of beautiful tennis players, like Vera Zvonareva.

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Or how about retired Russian tennis pro Elena Dementieva?

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I didn't think I would go here again but for the life of me I can't not include Maria Sharapova. Unlike a lot of these beautiful women she is really good a tennis. Although I have developed a real crush on Ana Ivanovic I just can't kick Maria to the curb.

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Today we go back to the far east with a lady named Hao Ching Chan;

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Travelling east to Bulgaria we find Tsvetana Pironkova and I'm glad we did!

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We end our world tour down under in Australia where we find Isabella Holland.

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