OF SEARING HEAT AND PRICKING PINS
Who on earth can bloody play his or her best under 35 degrees of
heat?!!!!! Had it reached 40 degrees the heat waves could have even penetrated Maria Sharapova’s strong constitution and melted it to tidbits at the Rod Laver Arena.
A free lunch is not Sharapova’s style of play as she goes out to wage war on the court every single time. She committed 24 errors in the first seven games alone as it became probably difficult to focus on the ball let alone decide with lucidity where to hit it on the other court. Hey where is the net?! Or the shade?! It was pure Roman torture only that the lions turn out to be the despising sun rays eating everyone alive in front of the spectators (not exactly cheering for the athlete’s demise).
Is it not obvious that this is not your ordinary summer? It is global warming! That’s Al Gore’s inconvenient truth for you. Australian Open officials may have to revise the rules a tad bit, say, close the roof before skin cancer grows in front of you.
To refocus, Sharapova also had to overcome stomach cramps (too much sunny side ups, maybe) and called for the trainer. I assume she lost her shriek due to a parched throat. Where was that energy drink she is endorsing anyway? With her signature tenacity and family motto (whatever you do, just win) and despite losing the second set, she kicked it up a notch and dug so deep from her reservoir of experience and resolve to eventually perform a David Copperfield to eliminate the pricking world number 61 Camille Pin of France 6-3 4-6 9-7 in a hard-fought match.
And it is only the second day!
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