She makes me randy baby YEAH!!!
Posted on 09/10/2006 1:32:15 AM PDT by beyond the sea
NEW YORK - Maria Sharapova began the U.S. Open with as much buzz about her sponsorships as her strokes, as much talk about her getups as her game.
She's long insisted she's more about substance than style, though, and now she owns a second Grand Slam title to prove it.
Better on the biggest points all night, the third-seeded Sharapova beat No. 2 Justine Henin-Hardenne 6-4, 6-4 in the U.S. Open final Saturday to add a follow-up championship to her breakthrough title at Wimbledon in 2004.
"I experienced it two years ago, and I knew that I wasn't done," Sharapova said. "I had a lot more in me."
What Sharapova had on this night was a lot more force on nearly every shot, from groundstrokes to serves to returns. She faced only one break point all match, broke Henin-Hardenne three times, and compiled a 20-15 edge in winners.
"She's been a real fighter tonight," said Henin-Hardenne, who would have moved up to No. 1 with a victory. "The better player won tonight."
Quite a concession from the Belgian, who leads the tour this season in matches won (54), Grand Slam matches won (25) and tournament titles (five). She was the first woman since Martina Hingis in 1997 to reach a year's four major finals.
"She didn't give me a lot of opportunities," Henin-Hardenne said.
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Uh, yeah, whatever.
Let me know when you pick up that A-list pro player coaching gig.
Women like her, with poor taste in clothing should just stop wearing clothing. Any objections.
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
By the way......... I bought some of those old shuttlecocks at a flea market years ago................... real feathers....
Those paddles remind me of fifth grade.
;-)
yes...... and to not have a bit of sand on the top of those lovely thighs.....
Then I must truly be a Conservative, because I want the whole package. :)
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.
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
One ignorant answer from one who cannot answer............
Maggie............... it's better for a male.............
;-)
LOL ... obviously. ;)
We could us a "total package" on the men's side. :)
She makes me randy baby YEAH!!!
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...
No, she's not screaming.... She's singing Leonard Bernstein lyrics.
"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.
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.
Damn ... I forgot to mention the jog in place. See, I nodded off. LOL
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