Two Champions, and Two Levels of Preparedness |
| Published: September 1, 2007, 11:40 pm |
| Tags: sharipova maria, roberts selena, sports of the times, tennis |
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By SELENA ROBERTS Published: September 2, 2007 The threat to Maria Sharapova (pictured left) materialized as an anonymous Polish player who is neither intimidated by willowy stars with frigid stares nor fat rodents far from the cuddly Ratatouille variety.In fact, Agnieszka Radwanska keeps them caged as pets. (The beasts, not the beauties.) They're dangerous, I think, Radwanska said of her rats. They're aggressive. The danger to Roger Federer arrived as an unknown named John Isner, equipped with a college r sum and a periscope's body. Federer is not acrophobic, but dudes at great heights can freak him out. Over the years, Max Mirnyi, Mario Ancic, Tomas Berdych and Ivan Ljubicic have formed a 6-foot-4-and-over league of players who have, on exceptional occasion, stolen a match from beneath Federer's greatness. So at 6-9, with a big serve that kicked like Beckham, Isner wasn't simply a tall tale from the first week of the United States [ Full article ] |
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