Andy Murray nominated for BBC Sports Personality of the Year

British number one Andy Murray has been chosen as one of ten contenders for the BBC Sports Personality of the year. He deserves it! The Scot had a breakthrough year by reaching his first Grand Slam final only to lose to Roger Federer at the US Open this year, and also winning two Masters titles at Cincinnati and Madrid. He also reached a career high ranking of number four in the world. Good luck Andy!

Nadal tops year end Power Rankings

Rafael Nadal has officially made it to the top of the Tennis Power Rankings list for the end of the year. And why not? I mean he has won his first Wimbledon and fourth consecutive French Open as well as a Gold Medal in Beijing. Other men in the top ten include Roger Federer in second, Novak Djokovic in fourth and Andy Murray in eighth.

Check out the whole list at http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/powerranking.

Boris Becker dumped... by text

Tennis icon Boris Becker has been dumped by his fiancee Sandy Mayer-Woelden, 26.

Boris said: "I suddenly got an SMS from Sandy... saying this was it, that's it, it is over". "To make sure how serious she was she sent me five others saying the same thing." He also told German newspaper Bild: "I was completely surprised."

Boris Becker in the past has been linked to a string of women since his 2001 divorce from Barbara Feltus, with whom he had two sons.

BlackRock Masters start tomorrow!

The BlackRock Masters on the Tour of Champions is set to debut in London tomorrow. The eight man draw takes venue at The Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, London from 2-7 December. The eight players will be split into two groups and will compete in a round-robin format.The players participating are John McEnroe, Stefan Edberg, Guy Forget, Jeremy Bates, Pat Cash, Pete Sampras, Greg Rusedski and Cedric Pioline.

Check out http://www.theblackrockmasters.com/index.asp for more info.

Sluiter back in 2009

Dutch tennis player Raemon Sluiter announced during a press conference in Rotterdam on November 26, that he will return to international tennis in 2009. Sluiter resigned in February of 2008, but reached a career high world ranking of 46th in 2003. 

The black eye is due to an accident during a tennis clinic.