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From the always engaging Andrea Petkovic admitting that two years in a row now her creaking hamstring has made its presence known as the change of surface has meant she still yearns to put in a great performance in her home tournament.
Just 365 little days but the difference was noticeable when Simona Halep and Petra Kvitova took to the little stage in Stuttgart at this year’s Porsche Tennis Grand Prix.
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)!
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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