PHOTO OP: Young ballers getting hazed on the tennis tour

(From L to R) Tamaryn Hendler, Bernard Tomic, Caroline Wozniacki (a dead-ringer for Katie Couric), Olga Savchuk and Katarzyna Piter gathered for, what else, Mexican night during Tradition-ICAP Liverpool International Tennis Tournament.

Is this what's called "paying your dues" for young ballers on the tennis tours?

My apologies, really...

(Thanks for tip David!)

(image via liverpooltennis.co.uk)

THE LOW DOWN: Hingis to make another return to tennis play (well...sort of)

Hard habit to break: It seems she just can't stay away. Former top-ranked tennis baller Martina Hingis, who famously re-retired after testing positive for cocaine and receiving a 2-year ban, is returning to the courts. The Swiss Miss has accepted an invitation to play at the Liverpool International in June, though she could only enter the non-competitive Legends section of the draw. Martina told the press,

I have heard a lot about Liverpool over the years and all the fine work they have done up there to develop tennis in a region that is mostly famous for football. l am very much looking forward to playing the event and to seeing what’s on offer in the European Capital of Culture.

The 27-year old will be joined in the Legends group by fellow retirees Goran Ivanisevic and Pat Cash.

(image via vyhledavace.net)