Nadal loses...but Aussie Open field still hot!
Bye-bye Rafael.
It's been fun posting pics of ya after each of your wins Down Under. But Chilean Fernando Gonzalez shattered Spanish hearthrob Rafael Nadal's Australian Open dreams with a dazzling 6-2 6-4 6-3 victory on Wednesday to reach the semi-finals of a grand slam for the first time.
As a man who loves tennis as well as handsome athletes, all is not lost. The four players remaining in the field are all certifiably hot! Gonzalez (pictured below, left), who I watched beat Marat Safin at the UCLA tourney last summer, is pretty easy on the eyes and an exceptional player.


Then there is Germany's Tommy Haas (pictured above, right) who is as talented as he is good looking. Gonzalez and Haas square off in one semifinal while the other features a coupla good lookin guys you may have heard of: world number one Roger Federer and American Andy Roddick.

I pick Roddick to win the whole thing because it just feels like this is his opportunity to step up. But Federer, already one of the all-time greats, could easily walk off with his 10th grand slam title on Sunday.
As for the women: GO SERENA!!!

Greg Hernandez has covered the entertainment industry for the Daily
News since 2001. He's considered a bit odd by some for his obsession
with box office numbers, has been known to camp out near the kitchen
at premieres for first crack at the hors d'oeurves, and Greg's never
seen a red carpet he didn't want to stroll down.