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Greetings from an exceptionally sunny Stuttgart, the next stop on Global Chick’s touring schedule this year! We are now on the dirt (albeit indoors, so thankfully that red stuff doesn’t blow onto our lovely garments)!
Clay court season is upon us - the smoky red dust, the soaked socks hued with brick, the strained groin tendons and the lactically-acidic quads. The ball travels higher, revolves with more intensity, and points often require an intermission.
We have to wonder if the first song at the wedding of Dunblane’s favourite son Andy Murray to girlfriend Kim Sears should have been “Four Seasons in One Day.” We had it ALL in Dunblane. Rain, hailstones, snow and that strange ball of flame in the sky that sometimes visits Scotland.
To mess around with one of Oscar Wilde’s quotes, for Andy Murray to lose one love set to Novak Djokovic may seem unfortunate but to lose two would seem like carelessness. But Murray is not careless. He is one of the least careless people you are likely to meet or watch play tennis.
Maybe I should call it Indian Wells On Steroids in 2015. What a huge enormous site it has become. What a hot place. Hot. Hot. Hot. Not Australian Open hot....But hot and no flies like Oz.
Vodka martini. 100proof. Ice cold. I'm diving in. But not before I toast my dear friend Gussy (Gussie) Moran. She loved martinis and margaritas with salt. Whew. Either too much vermouth or that 100 proof vodka. Wow. Ok. This should be a great post. Deb from the Marina is going to love this one.
After beating Kevin Anderson 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to reach the quarter finals of the Miami Open, Andy Murray found himself celebrating the 500th win of his career by cutting a huge cake at his press conference.
Emotion. If there was one word which summed up two weeks of intense, demanding and often brilliant tennis at the BNP Paribas Open that was it. Arms froze; hands shook, tears flowed and even the occasional scream could be heard from the sidelines as players tried to gather themselves and release the tension that was building up inside taught and tired bodies.
Well it’s all over for another year, but what a year this was. First of, of course there was Serena. Her come-back was warm, her play in the first match was maybe decidedly lukewarm but it was enough to get her through to the semi-finals...
Despite the drama of at least two of the matches on Friday, the biggest shock was reserved for perhaps the biggest star, as 14 years to the that day, Serena Williams had to withdraw from her semi-final match.
First up on court, as the clouds were burnt away was Jelena Jankovic. Matches where she is facing someone for the first time are always 50/50 where Jankovic is concerned but she came out firing, quickly building up a lead, and it became clear that Lesia Tsurenko was struggling.
When in Rome, eat Pizza, and when in California, this global chick learned that a Californian Burger has avocado and Swiss cheese. Useful stuff!
In press conference, after Timea Bacsinszky had won her 15th consecutive match by beating Elina Svitolina 6-4, 1-6, 6-1, Mary Carillo ask the question and we got the answer. It was a long one and not always pretty to hear.
Now we have a tournament on our hands! Galloping into the first Sunday, and sitting in a local diner wondering why so many people are in there when this chick has been used to peace and quiet with her bizarre combinations of pancakes and bacon, all around there is excited chatter.
Found: Black tennis racquet of no apparent brand, un-logoed strings, weighted to 352 grams, and head heavy
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