The Injured waste no time while others break records

Maria Sharapova is still injured and has withdrawn from the next three of the bigger events in Italy and France, however she is everywhere, from magazines to billboards to tv channels. Just this past week she filmed a segment for ESPN's primetime news magazine, E:60. She will be appearing with Matt Stafford, the UGA quarterback who is up for top pick in this weekend's NFL Draft. She is to give him a makeover for the segment. Watch the preview.


Vera Zvonareva, who has been on a roll recently, is also out for the next 12 weeks or so due to an ankle injury. However, she too is making progress on the business side of things by signing with IMG marketing and representation.

The weeks all Russian final of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix ended in a win for Svetlana Kuznetsova over the No.1 Dinara Safina 6-4 6-3. Kuznetsova overcame herself as she has lost the last six finals she has been in, and this is her first title since August of '07.

Another injury stricken woman, is 21 yr old Golovin, who has dropped from 12 to 1228 in the world due to back problems. First the Sports Illustrated shoot, now she has agreed to commentate the French Open this year for the French television broadcasting.

On the men's side, Hewitt hasn't had as much success as in the past, but he is steadily breaking records. Now in Germany at the BMW Open, he has reached his 500th career victory. Hewitt now has a 500-170 career record, which includes two major titles. The only two other active players with more than 500 wins are Roger Federer with 638 and Carlos Moya with 573. That is impressive!

David Nalbandian has fought as long as he could his biggest rival, his hip injury. After a year of pain and suffering he decided to succumb to surgery second week of May and miss the French Open. This won't be an easy comeback for the world's top 10.