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Top Spin Cover Duo: Sharapova and Male Tennis Star

If the marketing team at Take-Two is smart, here's how the images of Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova will appear on the upcoming cover of Top Spin for PS2:Unquestionably, Roger Federer is the most dominant tennis player these days. In fact, even at 23, Federer could perhaps be considered one of...

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If the marketing team at Take-Two is smart, here's how the images of Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova will appear on the upcoming cover of Top Spin for PS2:

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Unquestionably, Roger Federer is the most dominant tennis player these days. In fact, even at 23, Federer could perhaps be considered one of the best ever, especially if he manages to get his clay game together and win a French. But who cares? Men's tennis hasn't been even remotely interesting since the days of Agassi and Sampras (or possibly, one could argue, the days of McEnroe, Connors, Lendl, Edberg, and Becker).

Women's tennis, on the other hand, just keeps getting better; the sudden resurgence of Lindsey Davenport, the resurrection of Venus Williams (and the disappearance of Serena) and, of course, Sharapova--a player who combines Kournikova's beauty with Chris Evert's shot-making. Federer might give the title some added clout but my guess is Sharapova will move all the copies...

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