I've been watching bits of the Wimbledon coverage on TV this past week (hey, anything's better than Big Brother)...
Last night was the big tournament final between top seed Serena Williams (winner of the last two Wimbledons) and
17-year-old Russian unknown Maria Sharapova, ranked 15th in the world.
About as cliché as an Emilio Estevez hockey movie, Sharapova (pictured right, holding an oversized hubcap) won
the match in very convincing style against all odds, even managing to make Serena fall on
her ass in the process.
The match brings back fond memories of the late nineties, watching a young Swiss Martina Hingis bouncing around
doing her thing on the court. She was a good player (winning
Wimbledon once herself), but she was also fun to watch, and not
just in that "I would stalk her if I could" kind of way... Then the next few times the Australian Open or Wimbledon
came around on TV, I didn't see any of her; she was still playing, I just didn't spot her in my extremely casual
following of the sport.
This news post was initially meant to be a small whinge on how I haven't seen Martina in any tennis coverage over the
past 4-5 years and how it would be good to see her in the tennis top ranks again. If I had done a little
research *before* preparing this post, I would've found out that
she actually retired last year.
That's right, it turns out that this entire news post is pretty much pointless. Oops.
We miss you, Martina! :)
[ Proper news & site updates expected soon. No, really... ]