I was so excited to watch Amelie Mauresmo come through and win the Wimbledon title this morning. She has always been a supremely talented player, but physicality isn't everything in tennis. A lot of the game is played in the head. She had a reputation for letting her nerves get the best of her. I rooted for her all the harder because of it. Sometimes when you want something so badly, you shake at the prospect of actually having it. Today, she dispelled that fear. It's true that she made her Grand Slam breakthrough in Australia in January, but she did so by default when Henin-Hardenne retired with a stomach ailment. Never mind that Mauresmo was comfortably in command. This one she had to play through to the end. She had to do what I imagine would be the most difficult thing in all of tennis-- serve for a Wimbledon Championship. She did it. She did it at 27. And she did it old school, serving and volleying more than any other player at the Championships this year, man or woman. Mazel tov to Mauresmo (my lesbo)!
Saturday, July 08, 2006
The winner takes it all
I was so excited to watch Amelie Mauresmo come through and win the Wimbledon title this morning. She has always been a supremely talented player, but physicality isn't everything in tennis. A lot of the game is played in the head. She had a reputation for letting her nerves get the best of her. I rooted for her all the harder because of it. Sometimes when you want something so badly, you shake at the prospect of actually having it. Today, she dispelled that fear. It's true that she made her Grand Slam breakthrough in Australia in January, but she did so by default when Henin-Hardenne retired with a stomach ailment. Never mind that Mauresmo was comfortably in command. This one she had to play through to the end. She had to do what I imagine would be the most difficult thing in all of tennis-- serve for a Wimbledon Championship. She did it. She did it at 27. And she did it old school, serving and volleying more than any other player at the Championships this year, man or woman. Mazel tov to Mauresmo (my lesbo)!
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I thought she always had the guts to go through all the way (she IS lesbian), and she did! Too bad the entire Wimbledon run was rather overshadowed by 22 men chasing a ball somewhere in germany.
Did you know, Maria Sharapova's grunts go up to 102 decibels on court? They should enact Noise Abatement Procedures around her.
Amelie is hot and if she were a real man...I'd fuck her!
Should be easier for her now that she's made the true breakthrough.
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