Don’t hate the playa
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- September
- 7
Last night in a press conference after beating Tatiana Golovin, Maria Sharapova volleyed questions sharply. As for the “I Feel Pretty” campaign, where she keeps her game face while passing people who just aren’t as, well, pretty, Sharapova explained how it related to her life.
“There’s definitlely jealousy in our world, in our society today,” Sharapova said.
In other words, don’t be a playa hater.
Her will to win is really inspiring. The way she pulled out those tiebreaks yesterday was nothing short of terrific and proves once again that talent can take you only so far.
But her attitude is so condescending.
One other thing. If Yuri Sharapov is able to hold up a banana and implore his daughter to eat, if he can pantomine water or taking a “vitamin supplement” or whatever—from the stands, during the match, with the cameras rolling—then what exactly is the rule barring coaching during a match there for?
In other news, check out “Kathleen McElroy’s terrific post”:http://usopen.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=116 on the New York Times Open blog about the difference in the amount of fabric used for the ballboy and ballgirls’ outfits. She makes the point that they are too sexy if they are drawing catcalls from the crowd.
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on Thursday, September 7th, 2006 at 4:59 pm by Jane McManus.
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I like that Yuri reminded Maria to eat….maybe Daniella Hantuchovas coach/parents should be doing that during her matches, as well as at other times during the day.
But its clearly coaching. Maybe the concept of drinking water, and eating a banana are the kind of gems the players and their coaches discussed at that hartdcourt tournament in Canada which allowed coaches to come on court.