Ana Ivanovic rafa

Fish or play golf. Those are the fans that Rafael Nadal is to relax between tournament and tournament.

And that was what he did to land in Miami after winning the title at Indian Wells. sports betting. The world number one took advantage of a promotional event for the organizers of the tournament in California that will begin to compete on Saturday to play golf with tennis Serbian Ana Ivanovic, Fernando Verdasco exnovia. In the photo, the two players at Crandon Golf Club Cayo Vizcaino.

Nadal Ivanovic and the head of the U.S. Open series in 2008

The Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal and serbia Ana Ivanovic premieres in a Grand Slam tournament of their respective terms of world number one, to be located on Tuesday as early favorites of individual Open table tennis United States.



According to the list released by the U.S. Tennis Federation (USTA), Nadal, newly crowned Olympic champion in Beijing, heads a select field that includes 10 Champions Grand Slams, including the former number one of ATP, Swiss Roger Federer, second-seeded in New York.

The U.S. Open, the last of the four biggest tournaments of the season, will be played from August 25 to September 7 in the courts of Flushing Meadows in New York.

Nadal, aged 22, was released on Monday in Firstly the ATP ranking, displacing Federer, who defended the position in the course of 237 consecutive weeks.

The Mallorcan tennis player has won eight of the last ten tournaments he has played, including two Grand Slam: Roland Garros and Wimbledon.

In Flushing Meadows will seek his ninth title of the year and 31 of his career in a tournament on fast tracks which so far has been very elusive.

The Spanish attempts to become the first man in the same year won Roland Garros, Wimbledon and U.S. Open, since the legendary Rod Laver do so in 1969.

Behind Nadal and Federer were located on Serbian Novak Djokovic (N.3), the Spanish David Ferrer (N.4), Russian Nikolay Davydenko (N.5), Britain's Andy Murray (n.6), the Argentinian David Nalbandian (N.7), Americans Andy Roddick (N.8) and James Blake (N.8), and Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka (N.10).

Nalbandián is the best Latino ranked among the 32 seeded men's table, and that includes the Chilean Fernando Gonzalez (n.11) and the surprising Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro (n.17), winner of four successive tournaments this year.

The serbia Ivanovic, 20 years and who won his first Grand Slam title this season in the French Open, ha ido rising as the foam and will be seeking its third parchment of 2008.

Behind her compatriot Ivanovic were seeded Jelena Jankovic (N.2), Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova (N.3), American Serena Williams (N.4), the twice U.S. Open champion and Russian Elena Dementieva (N.5), individual gold medal in the Olympic in Beijing.
The relationship of the 10 first planted in each branch is:

-- Women:
1. Ana Ivanovic (SRB)
2. Jelena Jankovic (SRB)
3. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)
4. Serena Williams (USA)
5. Elena Dementieva (RUS)
6. Dinara Safina (RUS) 7. Venus Williams (USA)
8. Vera Zvonareva (RUS)
9. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)
10. Anna Chakvetadze (RUS)


-- Men:
1. Rafael Nadal (ESP)
2. Roger Federer (SUI)
3. Novak Djokovic (SRB)
4. David Ferrer (ESP)
5. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)
6. Andy Murray (GBR)
7. David Nalbandian (ARG)
8. Andy Roddick (USA)
9. James Blake (USA)
10. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)

Taking advantage that the two were on holiday in the Balearic island, were eating together in Palma

Rafa Nadal has only found a reason to forget for a few hours from his family retreat in Majorca: Ana Ivanovic. The tennis serbia, current world No. 1, has also elected to the Balearic island this summer. The first week in the island devoted to rest and now it's up to begin training, also in Mallorca.

And step with reencuentra Mallorca for their workouts, as did his predecessor on the throne of beauty tennis player. Anna Kournikova trained since childhood in the Balearic island and sometimes took as host to Carlos Moya.

His next appointment together, albeit with very different motives will be this week in Canada where Nadal and Ivanovic will compete in the tournament in Toronto. Friends of the circuit. Ana has 20 years and Rafa to meet just 22, are known to agree on when the various competitions and the circuit is not strange that remain to eat together, as they did a few days ago in Palma de Mallorca. Lunch at a downtown restaurant, and two other friends dressed in very informal way. Rafa with shirt and bermuda and Ana with a summer dress and white collection. She is regarded as the most attractive tennis competitions and has chosen

The Spanish tennis told on his blog that helped the Serbian tennis player to reach Cay Vizcaino, as they provided three seats of their jet to herself, her mother and her coach. Miami, Florida .- The Spanish Rafael Nadal made him a favour to his fellow Serbian Ana Ivanovic, the making available free three seats in the private jet from California who moved to Miami, so that the winner might Indian Wells arrive on time for the tournament which takes place in Key Biscayne.

The revelation was made on his blog by the Nadal, who last year had benefited from a similar gesture by the Swiss Roger Federer, who reached "on his plane from Montreal to Cincinnati.

Ivanovic, his mother and coach physical accepted the courtesy of the world number two, who was travelling on a plane chartered by the organizers of Miami with the goal of the Mallorcan reached in time to Florida for a photo session prior to tournament , next to the American Serena Williams.

Nadal told in his blog: "I knew that (Ana) had some trouble getting passage to Miami, and was on the waiting list, and free space as we had asked her if she wanted to join us."

"I know how it feels to be stuck in a place where one wants or must begin to play another tournament," added Nadal, who described Ivanovic, also number two in the world among women, as "a very nice person".

Nadal had another good gesture with his friend Argentine David Nalbandian, go to a club polo in Palm Beach, north of Miami.

"We prepared a surprise and play in front of a set of polo players, patterns, equipment owners, members and the general public. We had to drive more than two hours in the middle of a very heavy traffic, and after practicing twice in the day. But the cause was good, and I became very happy doing. "