Sure, women's tennis is a steady source of eye candy, especially for men who prefer athletic bodies to that skin-and-bones-with-silicon chic that passes for beauty in Hollywood. But women's tennis is also darn good television. It's that rarest of spectator sports -- one that's more entertaining to watch than its male counterpart. (The slower serves from women make for more serve-and-volley play, which in turn makes for longer, better rallies.)
But with Anna Kournikova retired, Maria Sharapova injured, and the Williams sisters old news, tennis was lacking a poster girl for 2008. That changed when dishy Ana Ivanovic won the 2008 French Open, becoming the world's new No. 1 player and, not incidentially, Playboy.com's new on-court fave. For the next two weeks, we'll be following the 20-year old Serbian beauty at Flushing Meadows; both to see if she can add a U.S. Open to her Grand Slam résumé and also because she looks dynamite in a little white dress.
