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It is good to bury a piece of the past when it has not been good to you. With the help of some 14,000 people on a balmy night under a desert sky at Indian Wells, Serena Williams let go of 14 years of hurt and found love instead.
They cheered as one as she walked into the stadium, she tried to lift her as the nerves seemed to play their part on a rightly momentous occasion, but as always it was on Serena’s racquet to sign off on a Friday the 13th to remember.
Wait, what day is it? Whatever day it is, because this Global Chick’s body clock is beyond upside down, it is a beautiful day in Indian Wells. When we arrived it was somewhat cloudy but nice and warm, but today strolling around the grounds it has made me realise that leaving the sunscreen in the Louis Vitton was a BIG mistake.
Indian Wells tennis has begun. It's absolutely gorgeous here. Geezer has been here a week already. Disco Dottie too... Southern Belle is hanging with Global Chick so they are almost here.
In my first year on the professional tour in 1992 I fell in love with Indian Wells! This year it got even more special.
And so it was thus, that as the rain clouds gathered once more (imagine four seasons in one day, with attitude), Andy Murray sealed the deal for the British team as they won the right to face the French in the quarter-finals a mere week after the last strawberries and Pimms have been chased down in Wimbledon.
One might argue that the only thing in the air in Glasgow (certainly on Saturday) was the wind and the rain, and rather a lot of it!
Let’s face it, when one touches down at the airport and sees snow covered mountains (the Scottish call them hills probably) it looks all lovely. Until you head out and wait for a cab! Here’s the Global Chick, in Glasgow for the Davis Cup World Group tie between Great Britain and the USA.
Lucie Safarova, the 28-year-old Czech lefthander, took full advantage of a weary opponent to claim the 6th, and most important, title of a long career when she defeated Viktoria Azarenka 6-4, 6-3 in the final of the Qatar Total Open.
It was the best match of the tournament and it was a first for Viktoria Azarenka. After four defeats out of four, Vika finally found a way to beat Venus Williams which she did in storming fashion after a disastrous start, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4.
After a bizarre interruption that had the referee on court and both players unhappy, Victoria Azarenka continued her progress up the WTA rankings by reaching the semi-final of the Qatar Total Open
After a quarter century of questionably-successful exploits, the USTA Player Development (PD) division is, once again, making a change. Patrick McEnroe no longer sports the PD crown, and the National Board has begun the search for a successor. Having spent the last two decades watching regime after regime take the PD division’s reigns – only to drop them a few years later after effecting policies that have yet to produce a US Champion – I’m inclined to offer some thoughts...
I must start with the obvious. Never fall in LOVE with a tennis player. Because to them LOVE means nothing......Ok. End of cynicism today. And I'm JOKING ! I fell in love with a tennis player , 25 years and counting ....Now Global Chick... She is something else. She fell in love with way too many to count ...
Click here to see some of the photos from the ladies of the Fed Cup tennis via Instagram.
And so ‘twas ever thus. Novak Djokovic continued his unbeaten run in the finals of the Australian Open with a four set win over Andy Murray 7-6(5) 6-7(4) 6-3 6-0. Was it an epic, no. But is it a sign that Djokovic could go on to achieve his career slam? Yes.
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