Nicole Vaidisova

A nagging wrist injury and indifferent form marred her season but Czech tennis ace Nicole Vaidisova says the worst is behind her and things will change for the better next year when she returns to top fitness.
 
A wrist injury forced her to miss almost half the season and the layoff took a massive toll on her WTA rankings, in which she slipped from world number 12 and to 41.
 
However, the blonde teenager says far from dwelling on the tough period, she looking ahead and rearing to get back on the court and prove her mettle.
 

The Czech tennis star is actively involved in projects that aim to change the lives of people in Africa
 
In 2000, Julia Roberts played a real life character of Erin Brockovich, which portrays a story of a single mother, who almost single-handedly brings down a power company accused of polluting city’s water supply.
 
Czech Republic’s tennis star Nicole Vaidisova, who is a die-hard fan of Roberts, is doing something similar in real life — by getting involved with an NGO, which provides clean drinking water to kids in Africa.

Reebok, the world’s leading sports wear brand has launched a new Reebok store at Linking Road, one of the most premium locations of Mumbai. World tennis champion and Reebok's global brand ambassador Nicole Vaidisova inaugurated the store and gave sports lovers from Mumbai a reason to cheer as she interacted with tennis enthusiasts at the store.

A nagging wrist injury and indifferent form marred her season but Czech tennis ace Nicole Vaidisova says the worst is behind her and things will change for the better next year when she returns to top fitness.

Reebok, the world’s leading sports brand is adding a new technology to their kitty with their range of Smooth Fit Hex Ride Footwear.

Women’s world No. 41 tennis player, Nicole Vaidisova, is enjoying her break from the game in the off-season before she gets back to action in the new season starting next January.
 
On her first visit to India to attend a few promotional events, Vaidisova, who played her last match of the year against Vera Dushevina of Russia on October 6, said she plans to resume her training and tough fitness regimen next month at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Florida, before hitting the court.
 

Two weeks ago, Jelena Jankovic won three titles in as many weeks. The last female player to achieve this feat? Nicole Vaidisova, who went back-to-back-to-back in Seoul, Tokyo, and Bangkok in the fall of 2005.

The first round of the Kremlin Cup kicked off on Monday, with all three matches seeing underdogs taking out the favorites, although no seeded players were in action. The world's No.1 doubles team also made a strong start in their hunt for a ninth doubles title of the season.
 

The first round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix kicked off in Stuttgart on Monday, with three players making it through to the second round of the $650,000, Tier II event.
 
The first to advance was China's Li Na, who needed just 58 minutes to defeat the Czech Republic's Nicole Vaidisova, 61 62. Li saved all four break points against her and broke her opponent four times during the rout, improving to 3-0 against her, having beaten her at Wimbledon in 2006 (in three sets) and at Gold Coast this year (in straight sets).
 

Serena Williams will face China's Na Li when she makes her first appearance since winning the US Open at the Porsche Grand Prix on Tuesday.
 
Na Li set up the second-round meeting by coasting to a 6-1 6-2 victory over Nicole Vaidisova as the tournament got under way on Monday.
 
The world's top-ranked player, Williams collected her ninth career Grand Slam title earlier this month at Flushing Meadows, where she stormed through a loaded draw before edging Jelena Jankovic in the final.