Aces and Faults: Monica Seles Attends White House Movie Night
Posted by Aaress Lawless on Oct 31, 2006 | Print
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Aces
Kim Clijsters is doing the blogging honors for the WTA Tour from the Gaz de France Stars in Belgium. (Kim Clijsters’ Hasselt Blog)
Daniela Hantuchova has confirmed her participation in January’s ASB Classic in New Zealand. (Hantuchova confirmed for ASB Classic)
A resilient Mary Pierce has refused to give up hope that her knee injury is not career threatening, according to this great article from ESPN. Also, journalist Bonnie DeSimone discusses Vera Zvonareva’s conduct during the match compared to Maria Sharapova’s when Tatiana Golovin was hurt during the NASDAQ-100 Open earlier this year. (Pierce wants to return despite horrific injury)
Monica Seles and her mother were guests of President and Mrs. Bush for dinner and the first showing of a Hungarian movie at the White House. (White House Movie Night
Tennis-Tips-Tactics has a fascinating story on the history of tennis bracelets and Chris Evert. (What Does A Tennis Diamond Bracelet Have To Do With Tennis)
Faults
Ahh . . . I love a day when there are no faults to report!
On Court
HASSELT: Eleni Daniilidou vs. Ai Sugiyama, Aravane Rezai vs. Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Meghann Shaughnessy vs. Francesca Schiavone, Andrea Petkovic vs. Ana Ivanovic
QUEBEC CITY: Ashley Harkleroad vs. Sofia Arvidsson, Galina Voskoboeva vs. Marion Bartoli, Anastassia Rodionova vs. Jamea Jackson
Be sure to check out the rest of today’s schedule at the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour’s Order of Play page.
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Sapphisto | Oct 31, 2006 | Reply
Aaress - that was indeed a nice article, thanks for posting it. And nice comparison of the two extremes of Russian response!
Poor Mary - gotta wait a month for surgery. Aiieeee…. You really do have to admire her courage, huh?
Nexty | Oct 31, 2006 | Reply
News guys about Amelie
She trained twice and it didn’t hurt …
Then yes it confirmed ..she will be in that movie
Sapphisto | Oct 31, 2006 | Reply
Nexty - do you have a URL? Is there an article or something we can read?
(And thank you for the update!!)
Nexty | Oct 31, 2006 | Reply
About the training thing : http://www.ameliemauresmo.fr/fr/news/index.php?id=171
but it’s in french…
The english page hasn’t been updated…
For the film it’s a fan who read it ..
Sapphisto | Oct 31, 2006 | Reply
Thank you!!
Aaress | Oct 31, 2006 | Reply
Sapphisto - the latest news is that Mary flew today to Colorado to have surgery and will spend her rehab time in Florida.
http://www.antara.co.id/en/seenws/?id=22453
Sapphisto | Oct 31, 2006 | Reply
Yikes! And we have to hear this from an Indonesian paper??!!
(Thanks, and well-spotted, Aaress!)
Makes me wonder, though. If they were saying she should wait until the swelling’s gone down - I hope she’s not being impatient. And I think it’s interesting that she’s opted to have the operation in CO, given the commentator’s remarks about knee surgery in Austria (the other skiing capital of the world)! But it’s certainly understandable that she wants to rehab at home in FL.
Best of luck to her, regardless, and good vibes for the knee (and the surgeon’s hands!!)
Nexty | Nov 1, 2006 | Reply
I’m wondering if she is really gonna marry this year!!!
It would be a bit anoying to go to the church injured!
Sapphisto | Nov 1, 2006 | Reply
Mary’s engaged?
Aaress | Nov 1, 2006 | Reply
She got engaged to a pilot, David Emmanuel Ades, this spring. Supposedly the wedding was set for this month, but no news on if it is still on the schedule because of her injury.
http://www.onthebaseline.com/2006/04/20/whats-up-with-mary-pierce/
Sapphisto | Nov 1, 2006 | Reply
Aww, poor baby, that’s even worse, then! I can’t see her wanting to hobble down the aisle on crutches.
On a brighter note, it’ll be cool to see some pics (assuming that some will be released) similar to the one from Nathalie’s wedding, with all of Les Girls in attendance.