Tennis Thoughts
Posted: May 7th, 2012 | Author: Maria | Filed under: ATP, ATP: Marin Cilic, Tennis Thoughts | No Comments »
“I can’t believe Li Ning didn’t anticipate this scenario.”
Image via AP Photo/Matthias Schrader

Image via AP Photo/Matthias Schrader
Top 3 reasons why Stuttgart was pretty awesome:



For the past year, I’ve associated the Stuttgart tournament with Gools. When the player list came out, I was kind of bummed the Top 8 entered. Yes, that’s how much confidence I have in her. There was no way she was going to defend the title.
But, as you all probably know by now, something else happened and I am no longer bummed. The cow bought some clay skates and the rest is history! Masha was so impressive all week that I can’t even recall a bad patch and she usually has several in a tournament. That said, I’m sure she’s exhausted her peak performance cap for the year so I’ll just enjoy this hangover while it lasts.
A day in the life of a tennis fan:
I tweeted this earlier (and it was totally in the wrong color mode!) but thought I should give it a more stable home. A big thank you to David for illustrating this. Go show him some love!
In honor of Maria’s 25th birthday, here are 25 of my favorite Sharapova clips. Kidding. I have 50 bookmarked. Here are 5!
9 years ago. A 16-year-old slightly obnoxious kid in, I think, her first US talk show appearance.
(Please pardon “Wimbleton” and the excessive grunting discussion. And the talk show host.)
Craig Kilborn: “Where are you from originally?”
Maria Sharapova: “I’m from Russia, very big country. I don’t know if you’ve heard of it.”CK: While talking about tennis, “and you were very good from an early age.”
MS: “Well, I’m here, aren’t I?”CK: “Anna Kournikova is from Russia— ”
MS: “That’s so old.”
Get outta here, child!
Team Russia totally leaves her hanging on the bench. *Aaaand dance* Oh, crap, it’s just me.
Best ping pong match ever. Duh. For those counting at home, Ellen had won it twice!
You know I can’t pass up a video of Maria imitating Andy Roddick.
And finally… there aren’t enough words to describe how amusing this is. Half the time, Maria had no idea what was happening.
I can keep going but I don’t want you to think that all I do is watch YouTube clips of her everyday.
While I was “away”, many things happened.

Pablo defended his Casablanca title. And needed a hug. From me, obvs.
Then everyone decided to freshen up their looks for spring. First came Muzz:

Followed by Masha who sent the whole world into hysterics with this:

But then said, LOL! JK, banana! However, Sveta’s totally not JK-ing.

This proves that tennis wants to keep me close at all times. I’m flattened flattered.
Images via AP & Sharapova’s Facebook
I was looking at my Indian Wells gallery last night before I archived them and found a few gems that I somehow missed the first time.
Tell your friends to calm down, Richie.
Naaah. I’m pretty sure I’m watching you.
#faces
“Giiiiiiiiirl.”
Yup, that’s your former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki trying to explore other talents. Whose idea was this? When someone says they like to sing karaoke for fun, it does not mean you put them in a recording booth.
This song, Oxygen, was recorded to benefit the Danish and Polish Paralympic teams. That’s nice but I’m, um, not exactly sure how. (Yes, I’m a horrible human being.)