my favorite tennis player beaten by the tennis player i least like (learning from the material girl in my earlier post. . . i should not say "i absolutely loathe this male player hiding in a body with allegedly female organs". . . i should say "while i acknowledge how great a tennis player serena is, unfortunately, i am just not a fan" . . . hmmmm. . . now i think i can forgive madonna . . . in fact, i believe i can now understand how she feels. . . i !%$! absolutely loathe that corpulent gorgon who should be playing in the men's division!) ["absolutely loathe" borrowed from the material girl; "corpulent gorgon" borrowed from chuvaness]
at the french open around 7 or 8 years ago, ana ivanovic, then unseeded, unknown and without any major sponsor, beat the french and then grand slam favorite, amelie mauresmo in the quarterfinals. even before then, i was already a fan of ana and believed that she will be no. 1. from that french open match, she slowly but surely grabbed the world. no. 1 ranking, though very briefly and rose to fame. she instantly became a celebrity like maria sharapova, endorsing rolex (side by side with the great roger federer), yonex and adidas. (hence, in my wish-list/will-buy-list-if-i-win-the-lotto-or-get-rich-for-some-reason -- the "iWish list" -- is an all-steel daytona similar to ana's -- hehe!)
ana is serbian; started her young tennis career at the height of war in belgrade; practiced tennis in an empty swimming pool during winter until a manager discovered and sponsored her training. success story in short. success, still, until this corpulent gorgon ruined her road to comeback . . .
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