As the Hong Kong face of Tag Heuer watches, Louis Koo (古天樂) attended an event today with their international spokesmodel, Maria Sharapova today at their concept store in Tsimshatsui.

Louis presented the tennis superstar with a bouquet of flowers before leaving their handprints as a memento. Standing at 6 ft 2 ins, Maria also had a pair of high heels on, adding an extra three to four inches to her height, so she appeared to tower over 5 ft 11 Louis when she stood next to him, making him seem a little embarrassed. However, he denied this and said that he just found it amusing and joked that he should have worn his high heels too.

After meeting the Russian beauty, Louis said that she did not seem like a tennis player at all because she was more elegant and model-like than he had expected. He also laughed: "I thought she would have huge muscly arms, but in fact she is quite slim and elegant." Asked what he will show her in Hong Kong, Louis said that he will introduce her to the delicious food, such as dim sum, and also show her some of the loves of Hong Kong people, such as playing the stock market.

Asked whether or not he will be asking Maria to give him some tennis coaching, Louis said that he often watches games on the television sees the tennis players grunting when they are serving, so he would like to give this a try to see if it helps with his serve.

On her first visit to Hong Kong, Maria was asked what she thought about the local men. She said that she will not think about these things. She added that she has a one month holiday coming up, so she will spend a few more days in Hong Kong and have some fun. As a souvenir of her visit, Maria was presented with an antique fan that was painted by the grand-daughter of China's last emperor.