Monday, January 31, 2005

Fight...

I was watching the thriller contest between between Sarena and Sharapova in the Australian Open Semi-finals. The set score was levelled at one set all. In the final set, Sharpova was serving six games to five, and the game score was 40-30. Match Point... Silence all around. So far I just saw drooping shoulders and sad face from Sarena, not even a "yess.." or a "Noo.." when she won/lost a point, while Sharapova was shouting her way through every point. At that moment Sarena whispered to herself.. "Fight".. the close-up lip movement showed that. She won the point and the score read "Duce", Sharapova got two more match points, Sarena fought back, saved all three match points and eventually won the game to make it 6-6, then she went on to win two consecutive games to seal the match 8-6. It was 'A'mazing. The way Sharapova was playing, I thought Sarena did not stand a chance, but she won the match. I personally wanted Sharapova to win the match until the time I watched Sarena say "Fight.."

It was heartening to see "Its-never-too-late-to-fight-back" in action.

2 comments:

Arun said...

Hi Barath,
Happened to drop by ur blog, courtesy a link from Pavithra's blog.. Jus couldn't read the piece titled "Fight..", 'cos my eyes had their focus on the picture of the wonderful damsels, and everything else was in the blind spot.. Now I get what ur blog's title means..

Good jottings,
Arun

Barath said...

Arun,

Is 'this' why they say "A picture is worth a thousand words"?

Thanks.

and thanks Pavithra, for the Ad.

-Barath