The secondcoming of Maria Sharapova Trust me

Everything I've seen from her when she's playing tennis can be summed up in one semi-word: "meh." She doesn't seem all that hot.Then I see this picture of her in some magazine and I have to spend two days picking up my jaw from off the floor. Oh, Natalie Gulbis, you tease.Gulbis has been around for a while, cementing her status as the hottest golfer on the planet, but she has yet to back it up even a little on the course. Just one career win and loads of disappointment.However, Gulbis refuses to go away. She spent a good chunk of 2009 on Celebrity Apprentice and also made an appearance on The Price Is Right.

She wants to be famous, and we want her to be famous, so this has to work somehow.. On the other hand, there's Michelle Wie, who many people legitimately do not want to be famous.However, she's already a much bigger name than Gulbis, is fully on the LPGA now, and even won a tournament this past year. Come on Michelle, you're grown up now, let's see you market yourself a little bit. The second-coming of Maria Sharapova Trust me.No. 22 in the world and rising, she may not have Sharapova's game, but she's definitely got her looks and Russian heritage going for her.Vesnina just needs to step up the sex appeal on the court and I guarantee you'll all know who she is by the end of 2010.. Gretchen Bleiler has been on our radar for a while, but with the Winter Olympics coming up, she has a legitimate shot to become the face of the games.A can't miss personality, world-class competitor, and she looks awesome in a bikini to boot. Bleiler should be all over the news this year, and we'll all be a little better off for it.. You know, I left out Danica from my list of Hottest Athletes of 2009 because I'm not a huge fan of hers.

She can look good one minute and extremely awkward the next.However, it seems like 2010 may be her year if she really does make the leap to NASCAR as has been reported. Remember how I talked about Gretchen Bleiler becoming the face of the Winter Olympics This is the face she's going to have to beat out. Belbin is a true beauty who keeps getting hotter and hotter.Even though she's an ice dancer, a sport that I wouldn't be caught dead actually watching, Belbin is so fine that I might actually change my rules for that sort of thing. 4 in the World, Wozniacki is so cute and likable that she is an advertiser's dream If she keeps improving, and it looks like she will, a No 1 ranking and stardom is right around the corner. You know what, I'll just come out and say it. Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh, while terrific athletes, are not that hot.For years we've had them shoved down our throats as sex symbols, and I just can't take it anymore. So with the help of Busted Coverage, I would like to nominate Jessica Gysin as the new volleyball sex symbol of 2010.This year she began her takeover of the AVP, and I'm hoping that with a few more shots of her in the sand, people will jump on board the Gysin Train..