Flavia Pennetta

We featured Flavia Pennetta not too long ago, but given that she just had one of the biggest wins of her career, let's give her the spotlight again.

The Italian knocked off Venus Williams at the French Open in the third round, 7-5, 6-3. Pennetta is ranked No. 30 in the world and has a 16-3 record on clay so far in 2008. She has two tournaments wins this year, both on clay.

Katarina Srebotnik

Slovenia player Katarina Srebotnik began the week at the French Open ranked No. 24 in WTA singles. She might move up a few spots, though, after she beat Serena Williams in the third round, 6-4, 6-4.

Ashley Harkleroad Poses for Playboy

But this isn't one of the photos. We don't get to see them until the August issue of Playboy. Harkleroad talked about her decision following her first-round French Open loss to Serena Williams:

"I thought about it, and it was something that I did," Harkleroad said. "I'm proud of my body. I was representing a female athlete's body."

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"I'll be the first tennis player ever. That's kind of cool," Harkleroad said.

Lekha Washington

Lekha Washington is a VJ turned actress based in Chennai, india. She started her career as theater artist and made her film debut with Tamil film Kettavan. She is a qualified film-maker from NID, Ahmedabad, India. Her father is a Burmese-Italian-Punjabi and her mother is a Maharashtrian.

She is also a sculptor, having held her first solo exhibition at the age of 18.

She played a leading role in the English film Framed directed by independent director Chetan Shah.

Lekha is currently the host of IPL 2008 cricket tournament with co-commentator Ajay Jadeja which telecasts on Set Max India. She is also shooting for Tamil movie Jayamkondaan opposite south superstar Vinay Rai which is scheduled to be released on June 14.

Alizee Jacotey

Alizée Jacotey (aka Lilly) was born on August 21, 1984 in Ajaccio, Corsica, France. She is a famous French singer who was discovered by Mylène Farmer, following her winning performance in the talent show, Graines de Star in 1999.

Alizee's first album was Gourmandises, which received Platinum certification within three months of release and it was a success both in France and outside the France after it had its international launch in 2001. This gave Alizee the distinction of being the highest selling female French singer in 2001. The album featured her most successful single "Moi... Lolita" which reached number one in several countries in Europe and East Asia.

Alizee's third album titled Psychédélices was released on December 3, 2007.

Alizee is very shy and a reserved person but likes to perform in front of audiences.

Check out Alizee's official website here: www.Alizee-officiel.com

Maria Sharapova No. 1

One of Maria Sharapova's photos for the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, of course.

With the retirement of Justine Henin, Sharapova moves up to No. 1 in the world rankings.

Justine Henin

And another great champion retires. Justine's Web site strikes the appropriate tone:

20 years of passion, ten years on tour, ten years of victories, ten years of emotions and even a few defeats. Thousands upon thousands of supporters, hundreds upon hundreds of chills, and countless tears of joy...

Justine world #1, the great champion, is retiring today as Champion - forever at the top of her art. Your fire, your power, this total commitement to your desire, your breathtaking tennis, and all in the name of your supporters.

Thank you Justine, and may the spirited wind of Champion carry you in all of your new adventures!

Pooja Singh aka Vivana

Pooja Singh aka Vivana is an Indian actress who is starring opposite Mithun Chakraborty's son Mimoh Chakraborty in latest Hindi movie called Jimmy. Pooja has done MA in English Economis and Political Science. She also has diploma in Advertising and PR from Mumbai.

Pooja changed her name to Vivana to keep it unique in Bollywood. Vivana is a Sanskrit word which means shining like a star.

She is fan of Bollywood icon Sridevi.

Dinara Safina

Back to back wins over Justine Henin and Venus Williams. Nice work, madame Dinara Safina ...

Flavia Pennetta

The World's Top Earning Models

Forbes.com came up with fresh list of the World's 15 Top-Earning Models 2008 and here we present you the hottest pictures of 5 top earning models with their earning details:

Gisele Bundchen is at number one position with $35 million. Check out more details about Gisele in our previous post here.

Heidi Klum is the second highest-paid model in the world with $14 million.

Kate Moss is at third position with $7.5 Million. Check out more details about Kate in our previous post here.

Adriana Lima the Brazilian beauty is at number four with $7 Million. Check out more details about Adriana in our previous post here.

Doutzen Kroes is at number five with $6 Million.