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Amid pollution, protests and impressive pomp and circumstance, the curtains rose Friday on the XXIX Summer Olympics in Beijing. The four-hour opening ceremony at the 91000-seat Bird's Nest stadium was a gaily colored extravaganza punctuated by fireworks and festivities, including a guy-in-the-sky lighting of the Olympic flame. Gymnast Li Ning, who won three gold medals for China in 1984, was lifted by wires for the spectacle. He circled the Bird's Nest once, gliding through the air like a spacewalker. Then he used the torch to light the massive Olympic caldron. The ceremony will be shown on TV Friday night in the United States. The anticipated crowd around the world may make this the most-watched television event ever. The event, directed by Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou, drew on China's history and cultural heritage and displayed it all with high-tech wizardry. Fireworks, a Chinese invention, were set off in great waves, from within the Bird's Nest and from as far away as Tiananmen Square, several miles to the south. Country by country, athletes strolled around the stadium in hot, hazy weather. China's squad of more than 600 was led by NBA tower Yao Ming and a young boy who lived through the spring earthquake in Sichuan province. There were thousands of musicians and performers to delight the crowd. In Beijing, the long-anticipated day was greeted with joy and enthusiasm. Those lucky enough to secure tickets cheered long and hard for China's Olympic team, the last and ...

Ana Ivanovic, born November 6, 1987 in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) is a Serbian professional tennis player. She started tennis at the age of five after seeing the sport on TV. She asked her parents to take her to the local tennis school and she was given a small racket as a birthday present from her father shortly after. Her idol is legendary tennis player and fellow Yugoslavian Monica Seles, who she says is her main inspiration for wanting to be a tennis player.

To celebrate its 75th anniversary and its founder's extraordinary inventiveness, Lacoste invites you to imagine how tennis will be played in the future, 75 years from now.

tennis is a contact sport.

Antonella Serra-Zanetti serves against Patty Schnyder in the first round of Wimbledon 2006.

Jim Rome is confronted by Jim Everett, who was the butt of many of Rome's joke. He kept calling him "Chris Everett" after the female tennis player and now it's come to the boiling point. Watch it, won't you?

kelly slater...kelly slater at rincon february 2008 filmed and edited by Morgan Maassen bogus media. www.bogus08.com Born: February 11, 1972 Born Where: Cocoa Beach, Florida Current Residence: Hawaii Height: 5-9 Weight: 161 pounds Stance: Regular Accomplishments: 8 World Titles. 33 WCT Victories, 5 Pipe Masters Wins, 1 Quiksilver Big Wave invitational Win. Highest 2 Wave Heat Score. 12 Surfer Poll Award Wins. Member of Surfing Hall of Fame. Widely acknowledged as the greatest surfer in history. Bio Kelly Slater was born to surf. He's the epitome of a natural - a guy who was winning surf contests while standing up on a bodyboard at age 6. He can literally ride waves on your front door. He's been famous since he was 12, has been sponsored by Quiksilver since he was 18, is both the oldest world champ ever and the youngest, and wears the crown as the greatest surfer in history. His accomplishments are the stuff of legend: A record 8 World Titles, 5 Pipe Masters wins, Eddie Aikau win, major label album, best selling autobiography and video game and surf accessory company, host of Sirius Radio show and celebrity surf event in Fiji. He's incredibly competitive. Once his surf career is over, he wants to be a pro golfer and poker player. When he plays both, he loves to bet and talk trash and hates to lose. He's a big sports fan and loves to watch golf, tennis and basketball on TV. His favorite show is probably Sportscenter, but also loves cheesy stuff like "American Idol." He ...

2 kids take baseball to the tennis court

Wrong place - wrong time

Professional tennis player, Andy Roddick, partnered with WWE wrestler, John Cena, face off against pro tennis players: Martina Hingis and Ana Ivanovic in a comedic doubles match at Arthur Ashe Kids' Day at the US Open 2007. ---- I was pretty high up in the stands, and my camera isn't meant especially for taking videos: it's more of a picture camera. So I apoligize for the huge distance and lack of quality. =[

Carrie Milbank takes a look at Richard Gasquet's suspension from the ATP tour after a positive drug test. Also, we talk with our own Richard Evans, who is in Madrid, about the tournament, and the brand new stadium - dubbed "the magic box"

this video is a collection of picture of tennis players(mostly with no shirt). the likes of andy roddick, marat safin, rafael nadal, tommy haas, jan-michael gambill, mark philippousis, patrick rafter, nicolas kiefer, lleyton hewitt, robbie ginepri, roger federe, nicolas lappante, fernando verdasco, filippo volandri, richard gasquet and lot more. i hope the hip-hop r&b music background suit well with tennis. the video is just for fun. hope you enjoy it

A drunken camera man filming a Tennis match

Novak Djokovic and his brother Marko Djokovic practicing. Novak wins a great point! (us open 2007, roland garros, wimbledon, australian open 2008 AO 08, montreal 2007, etc)

tennisfuzz.com - Tennis Masters in Madrid Ball Girls (Hugo Boss) Absolutely beautiful!!!!

Rafael Nadal's really cute!! i always laugh when i see rafa,hes so cute and entertaining! many ppl said it's a gay vid, whatever, i don't care, i make it for fun^^ i don't intend to make him gay, maybe it's the problem of Jesse's song no matter u like it or not, Nadal's still the cutest and funnies tennis player on earth, it's not a vid can change that!

Gilad Bloom explains and demonstrates the basics of the tennis backhand. To view more great tennis tips and how to play tennis videos visit playsportstv at www.playsportstv.com

Watch Rafael Nadal fall over the tennis net during practise at the Artois championship 2007 in London.

Brent Abel of www.webtennis.net demonstrates how to hit a topspin forehand groundstroke with an Eastern forehand grip.