Maria Sharapova Wins 2nd Major Title

nws,yahoo.com ^ | 9/9/06 | Howard Fendrich

[FreedomPoster]

Uh, yeah, whatever.

Let me know when you pick up that A-list pro player coaching gig.

[reg45]

Women like her, with poor taste in clothing should just stop wearing clothing. Any objections.

[maggief]

With high anticipation, I watched most of the final last night. Sharapova may be a great tennis player and beautiful woman but she's boring as hell as a tennis player. Too sloooooow ...

Here's her serve.

Walk back to ball boy, check racquet strings, walk to service line, bounce the ball three times, fix hair behind both ears, bounce the ball two times ... and serve. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[beyond the sea]

Damn................. THAT is COOL!!!!

By the way......... I bought some of those old shuttlecocks at a flea market years ago................... real feathers....

[beyond the sea]

Those paddles remind me of fifth grade.

[beyond the sea]

That's a crumby old picture of Maria (not very complimentary to her at all)........... NOT worthy of this thread (didn't want to say it.... but .... oh well!)

;-)

[beyond the sea]

yes...... and to not have a bit of sand on the top of those lovely thighs.....

[Uncle Vlad]

Liberals delude themselves into believing that beauty and intelligence/athleticism/success are mutually exclusive (maybe to make themselves feel better about being ugly?) Conservatives know that the opposite is true.

Then I must truly be a Conservative, because I want the whole package. :)

[beyond the sea]

Hingis used it once in a match (maybe against one of the Williams sisters and in a fit or pique) and was roundly boo'd.

Well ................... what do you think of the tactic???? Are you permitted to throw a CHANGEUP in baseball?????

Is it impolite to throw an off-speed pitch in baseball??????

Damn.. the tennis establishment is one tight-*ssed group of loons.

[MarkL]

By the way......... I bought some of those old shuttlecocks at a flea market years ago................... real feathers....

The bad thing was that those feathers broke on a regular basis. And the birds were expensive, which is why the company that made them also sold a "repair kit," which was a bag of turkey feathers and a bottle of rubber cement.

It took some real skill to align the feathers properly so the bird would fly true.

Mark

[beyond the sea]

One ignorant answer from one who cannot answer............

[beyond the sea]

Maggie............... it's better for a male.............

[beyond the sea]

Yes I remember.................... back in the 50's we had that fix-it-kit ............ I think I smelled waaaay too much of that glue.

;-)

[maggief]

LOL ... obviously. ;)

We could us a "total package" on the men's side. :)

[JackDanielsOldNo7]

She makes me randy baby YEAH!!!

[dangus]

I like Sharapova and I wish it were true that the best tennis player won, (and the best player THAT NIGHT did) but something is wrong with Henin-Hardenne...

[dangus]

No, she's not screaming.... She's singing Leonard Bernstein lyrics.

[garyhope]

"Walk back to ball boy, check racquet strings, walk to service line, bounce the ball three times, fix hair behind both ears, bounce the ball two times ... and serve. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz"

ROFL. I thought I was the only one who noticed this. In fact, I tell her how to do it as a running joke,.."OK Maria, jog up to the sevice line, take your left hand, push the hair behind your left ear, push your hair behind your right ear, bounce the ball, not once, not three times, but exactly TWO TIMES, then you can serve".

It works too. She's a winner and all because of my coaching.

No banana jokes. I leave those to Bubba.

[garyhope]

And a P.S.

At least she doesn't fiddle around as much as Mary Pierce. Jeeez, talk about slow approaching the serve.

And I LOVE Mary Pierce. But a slow and frustrating player for a fan.

[maggief]

Damn ... I forgot to mention the jog in place. See, I nodded off. LOL