Nice try

Here's Maria Sharapova serving against ... well, does it really matter who she's serving against during this WTA Championships tournament match in Madrid, on Wednesday. Sharapova won this match against ... let's see, it's around here somewhere.... oh, yes, Kim Clijsters. But the Associated Press photographer Bernat Armangue who took this overhead shot didn't quite capture the moment that many Internet bloggers were hoping for. Yet, we bring it to you anyway.

Meanwhile, the buzz at this event has been the employment of male models as ballboys.
According to a Reuters story Monday, this added eyecandy at the end-of-season WTA Championships is supposed to glam up the proceedings instead of distract the participants who have to deal with these novice ball retrievers, world No. 8 player Elena Dementieva said.
"We were practicing the other day and I don't think they really know what they have to do on the court because they are too busy watching the players," the 25-year-old Russian said.
"We'll have to see if it will work out or not but I think it will be a distraction for them to do their job. I don't think that they realize what they have let themselves in for and that they will have to be very careful about what they are doing on the court.
"The players are so focused and sometimes they get crazy with the ball boys so they don't know what they will be facing in a couple of days."
Organizers decided to use male models as an answer to criticism over the use of female models as ball girls at the men's Madrid Masters.
Clijsters, who won the tournament in 2002 and 2003, said the initiative had been a talking point among the eight players taking part.
"I was talking to Maria in the taxi and she said they looked nice," Clijsters said.
Justine Henin-Hardenne said her husband had told her to behave.
"I'm very excited, but I'm married, so I can look but not touch," she said.