LONDON – Maria Sharopova, the Siberian Siren, has been giving the cold shoulder to those who would beat her during this 125th Wimbledon. For two weeks she was pitching shutouts, along with her warbling, shrieking, ungenerously refusing to give up even one set. Twelve sets played; 12 sets won. Maria had a 7-year itch, and was itching to cash in on it. Seven years ago, as a … [Read more...] about WIMBLEDON WINNER, PETRA KVITOVA’S LEFT HANDED SHOTS OVERPOWER SHARPOVA
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YOU CAN’T ESCAPE THE BIRDIES AT WIMBLEDON
LONDON – “Where are those Williams sisters?” a Wimbledon ticket-holder asked me yesterday. They lost in the fourth round, I replied. “So what?” the guy, an American, persisted. “They’re as much a part of this place as strawberries, ivy and the Pimm’s Cups. It should be like our baseball with designated hitters. Just insert them automatically in the lineup, into the … [Read more...] about YOU CAN’T ESCAPE THE BIRDIES AT WIMBLEDON
NOTHING ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF DENMARK!
NEW YORK – Through one of his characters, Marcellus, a scribbler named Shakespeare said there was “something rotten in the state of Denmark.” But if the Bard had been among 20,000-or-so ticket-holders at an open-air theatre called Arthur Ashe Stadium yesterday, he might have reconsidered that line from his ancient soap, “Hamlet.” He would have gazed down at a battleground … [Read more...] about NOTHING ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF DENMARK!
THE NEW KID IS BURIED IN BAGELS
NEW YORK – Heavy winds coursed across the abyss called Ashe Stadium, but they didn’t blow Beatrice Capra away. That job was left to Maria Sharapova, and she went at it devastatingly. A blonde gale wrapped in an aqua gown, screaming like a cyclone, she was miserly Maria, unwilling to part with a single game as she whooshed into the second week of the US Open, chasing the … [Read more...] about THE NEW KID IS BURIED IN BAGELS