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Good day tennis fans and welcome back to tennis now's countdown show. This week we're
pointing out the top tennis player's tattoos. Bethanie Mattek-Sands right arm is covered
with flowers and bees all the way up to her shoulder.
Serena Williams has a small heart tattooed on her neck.
Agnieszka Radwanska has a little angel tattooed on her calf.
David Nalbandian has a bull tattooed on his right shoulder.
Lukas Rosol, the man who shocked the world when he upset Rafa Nadal at Wimbledon, has
a large New Zealand tribal tattoo on his leg. Svetlana Kuznetova has a tattoo on her left
forearm that reads "Only God is our judge," in Russian. And on her right bicep she has
a tattoo in English that reads "Pain doesn't kill me -- I kill pain."
Li Na has a red rose inked on her chest, as romantic gesture for her husband, when asked
about it she said "I had been with him for three years when I had it done -- I wanted
to do something for him and for us. I chose a rose because it's romantic and having
it on my chest means I have given my heart to him."
The most tatted up player in tennis Janko Tipsarevic has one tattoo that that says "Beauty
will save the world." His other tattoos include one on his right shoulder which translates
as 'genius' and one on his left shoulder of his star sign Cancer. Another tattoo features
the names of all his family members. Tipsarevic got his first tattoo when he was only 17.
In reference to his many tattoos Tipsarevic said, "My appearance isn't anything to
do with the kind of person that I am inside. Maybe it looks aggressive to other people
but I don't care." The recently retired Kim Clijster has a letter
'B' tattoo on her wedding ring finger for her husband Brian. Clijsters had to remove
her wedding ring to play and got the tattoo as a symbol of her marriage when she wasn't
wearing the ring. Clijsters also has 'Jada', their daughter's name, tattooed on the inside
of her left wrist. Since were dipping into the retired players
Amelie Mauresmo has a picture of an angel tattooed on her shoulder, Anna Kournakova
has a tribal or Aztec style sun with stars located on her lower back, and Marat Safin
has a sun tattoo on his back, an eye and a barcode tattoo on his right shoulder, and
on his left shoulder he has a Chinese symbol which symbolizes the year of the Monkey.
That's it for our top tennis tattoos! We left out a few tattoos but you can see them
all by watch this video that includes other players like John McEnroe, and you can also
see our "What If?" tattoos featuring players like Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal, and Maria
Sharapova by clicking on the link in the description below.
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