Photo by: Andrew Ong
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Richard Williams hits balls with his daughter, Serena, at the Indoor Tennis Facility on a rainy Day 12 of the 2009 US Open.
We’ve seen plenty of Serena playing, but rarely get a peek at the Dad who taught her and Venus .. .. One of very few successful tennis daddies. Think about ..
Mary Pierce
Jennifer Capriati (don’t think her dad was abusive but they did have fall out)
Jelena Dokic
Anna Kournikova has some dispute with her parents ..
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Li Na is playing quarter final against Kim Clijsters, losing first set 6:2 and trails Kim 4:5 in the second. The announcers kept saying that Li doesn’t seem to have a plan. Li’s path to tennis actually began with badminton:
From the central China metropolis of Wuhan, Li was a badminton player when she was 6 but her coach kept noticing that she looked as if she were playing tennis. By the time she was 8, her coach asked her parents if she could switch to tennis.
She’s currently #1 ranking female player in China. Her outfit is ok, but the white bra partially shown on her back, unevenly. Can’t she find some thing that’ll fit under her deep pinky purple top? And does Hannah Storm feeling cold in her striking blue tank top? She looks great .. while Mary Carillo in a dress shirt with scarf. It’s only little over 60 degress out there.
The little 17 years old girl Melanie Oudin won her 4th round match against Nadia Petrova, 6:3 in the third set. Wow ..
At the moment, Li Na is in the quarter too who’ll play Kim Clijsters next. They’re in the same half with Serena. May Oudin meet Serena in the final? I do hope so.
Maria Sharapova wore this day dress on Saturday, who looked very striking; but Oudin beat her in 3 sets.
Oudin isn’t big nor monstrously powerful but she wins.
Some good news in tennis.
She has to look up to her opponents all the time, the tall Russians. Four of them in a row.
Cold war? Nay, that sounds so stale.
Doesn’t she remind you of Amanda Coetzer?
Few couples at the US Open:
John Isner vs Andy Roddick are look alike. John won their hard foought 3rd round match: 7:6 (3), 6:3, 3:6, 5:7, 7:6 (5).
Taylor Dent vs Ivan Navarro of Spain. Both looked so old. No, the right word is yesterdecade, especially Navarro who looks like so yesterdecade TV day time soap opera actor. Dent who won this 2nd round match 6:4, 5:7, 6:7 (1) 7:5, 7:6 (9) has good looking single hand back hand. You go Taylor.
Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) vs Dinara Safina RUS. Little giant amazon women. Funny, they both weight 154 lb at 6′ in height. Petra won the match at 6:4, 2:6, 7:6 (5)
Oh nothing too odd about this current #1 ranked female player. She covered up her belly, one less eyesores.. and lost long before meeting Serena. What’s odd – inappropriate was her 1-slam wonder Marat Mikhailovich Safin publicly rebut Serena, in regard to Ms. Williams’ comment about Safina’s #1 rank.
With all due respect .. there are stereotypes .. Sharapova certainly looks her part, so are the Williams .. Sampras .. but Kevin Kim (lost to Sam Querrey who looks like a plumber) doesn’t, he looks like a golfer .. and Olivier Rochus looks like a donkey .. is playing James Blake at the moment and Blake walks with his butt out .. odd couple .. have fun ..
During a long break at the US Open, the talking heads, including John McEnroe marvel on the fate of doubles game.. (more on this later). The beauty of the game, the finesse .. The fact the commentators were talking, was to fill the gap between matches, singles matches to be exact. I’m wonder, why don’t they put some doubles matches to fill in the gap, instead just talking?
Here is Rog pulling his truck load of trophies .. if you haven’t seen that commercial enough times on TV..
Going to the Open with Pumpkin has it pro and con. With obstruction (fm her) of my endeavor – I missed many photo ops .. women in Jimmy Choo, Manolo Blahnik & Christian Louboutin .. pregnant women in heels .. dogs .. Rog .. If I were going alone, I would have had a field day, taking as many pictures as my little heart desire/content.
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Nay, I’d rather go with Pumpkin ..
Mothers ..
Lou has a thing with kid. He offered to take picture of Pumpkin and I. I was expecting a rejection from her. But surprisingly she agreed, and put on a charming smile.
Must be my lucky day.
Actually we got lucky with the night session: it began on the dot, which I thought was rare. Perhaps for the first time, the Open put men’s singles before the ladies. (Well, Roger has a pair of newborn .. needed to be home by a reasonable bedtime ..) In the past, it’s always ladies first. Tonight’s game featuring Maria Sharapova vs Christina McHale, the 17 years old from New Jersey did not start till 8:45pm. And Andy Roddick (vs Marc Gicquel) still waiting.
Tough love.
The Tiffany trophies .. men in pair ..
Sailors ..
.. and here comes the candy ..
We did little grocery shopping prior. Pumpkin dumped a small bag of colorful candy in the cart. In the car, she was studying the bag, and giddy.
“Get hold of yourself young lady.”
She laughed.
“Is this what happened when I’m not around .. eating candy and chips till your face turned blue?”
“Yes, mother dear.”
I laughed.
We found our seats and began to watch .. she took out the candy and ate in large cluster.
“Would you like some?” I took out the grapes.
How passé.
Why did I do that for?
“Let me see the bag.” I teased.
“Mom, pls .. let me enjoy it in peace.”
ha ha ha …
Thank lord my kids don’t know the phone number of Social Services Agency
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The Globe – Unisphere, in Flushing Meadows Park in the night time.
A still figure in the mist of fierce action
A father and son .. .. We’re so high up, a telephoto lens for the moon is needed
Or tennis craziful?
Night Falls On Manhattan
Whatever ..
I finally went to US Open with Pumpkin .. that, made NY more beautiful 🙂
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Something/where is beautiful .. is good enough for me.
It happens to be Noo Yawk …
Flushing Meadows–Corona Park was the site of New York World’s Fair in 1964/5. US Open is next door.
Arthur Ashe Stadium with New York skyline
The weather in New York has been wonderful, like autumn, very crispy. I finally have gone to heaven, going to the US Open with Pumpkin. I’ve been begging and nagging her for ages. As it turned out, she was looking forward to it too.
Not with me.
But for Rog – she loves his handsome back hand, single hand back hand.
I am still happy 🙂 .. am a simple woman with very little needs and wants
As Rog was warming up, the little TV showed his emotions upon winning the past 5 US Opens and his wife’s too.
We made to our seats for Simon Greul and Roger Federer match, little before their coin toss.
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One of the Argentines (Argentinian or Argentinean?) advacned to the Men’s Singles second round
Juan Martin Del Potro’s first round match last night, against his countryman Juan Monaco, at Louis Armstrong Stadium
Juan the Potro won 6:3, 6:3, n 6:1.
The big man in action
His second round match at 2009 US Open last night, losing to Rog Federer 6:3, 7:5 n 7:5.
Check out his serving motion .. leg bending low and far apart .. Those pictures were taken with Nikon Coolpix S630, Continuous sport mode from the nosebleed (top rim; 310) at the Arthur Ashe Stadium.
