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I feel like I really got off to a good start for the week. You know, with my big let's-get-this-show-on-the-road goals and all. I like to think my week starts on Monday anyways; I work all day Sunday and isn't it better to end the week with a workday than to start the week with a work day? Lol.
Beanie and I went to a playdate this morning. We both had fun seeing our friends. It's been awhile since we've been to a playdate with our mom's group, mostly because of the holidays I think. Beanie has been talking about wanting to see her friends like all day every day so it was good to get out!
We did a lot of fun activities too and I managed to clean the dining room completely which was my clean-a-room-a-day goal for today. Tomorrow I'm going to tackle the hall bathroom which will surely not be as easy or fun, if you can call any cleaning fun. The dining room is my favorite room in the house though, so it is nice to have it clean and looking good. I made a second batch of our Deceptively Delicious blueberry lemon muffins. They were quite a hit and I had some squash puree left over from the other day.
We've been doing a lot better with keeping the TV off and, for the most part, have been watching better (in my opinion) shows. Beanie's new favorites are Sid the Science Kid, Super Why?, and Word World. I'm okay with SpongeBob finding his way to our cable graveyard, but she has been watching a little -- I've been trying to cut down to (at the very most) one episode of SpongeBob a day. I think we were on a little SB hiatus for 3 or 4 days, but Glenn and Beanie watched quite a bit on Sunday so now I'm going to have to work on watching other shows again.
I'm feeling good about things. I always tend to get a big burst of motivation and energy about these type of things though and then they peeter out (isn't that how most people's New Year's Resolutions work???) so I'm trying to keep this one going. Any ideas on how to stay on task are much appreciated! I'm trying to find ways to get all the chores and et cetera done that I want without sitting Beanie in front of the TV for hours on end each day. Can there just be two of me? Or maybe 5 more hours in the day?


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Vintage Horror Films: American Scary (2006) August 3, 2012Posted by sandyclaus in American Scary.
American Scary is an insightful and thorough documentary on the subject of horror show hosting in America. From its early beginnings to its modern incarnation on the Internet and Cable TV, American Scary covers it all. Some, like Elvira, are well known by everyone. Others, are local heroes who are no less beloved by the people who watched them every Friday or Saturday evening around midnight.
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The gallery is dark as a church at dusk. The sepulchral gloom is lifted only by a series of small windows pierced into the walls, behind each of which hangs a spotlit painting. At a distance, these look like tiny icons, or medieval panels, and sure enough the figures depicted might be monks or penitents in their black robes and hoods. But come closer and you get a shock.
The first figure stands like an adolescent waiting to be photographed by some embarrassing parent, arms dangling self-consciously, the heel of one bare foot half-raised as if eager to be off and out of this weird costume. The second holds the garment to him (or her: each face is entirely concealed) like a patient trying to keep his hospital gown from falling open. The third is apparently dancing, quite possibly to a 2-Tone track from the Specials, given the moves. I have no idea why the fourth has turned his back on us, but the stance appears both sinister and extremely deliberate.
These are only belated impressions. The first feeling – as always with this fascinating artist – is of absolute mystery. The paintings are exquisitely made, consciously crafted in the old master tradition, all their lights and shades perfectly rendered, and the anatomy of each figure studiously considered beneath the monastic black robes. Yet these are scarcely religious paintings.
Borremans was born in Ghent in 1963 and is, as a consequence, routinely described as a Belgian surrealist. But that doesn't come close to his obsession with illusions and his creation of a parallel painted world. Anyone who saw his last show here in 2005, and it is not easily forgotten, will remember its strange cast of figures engaged in inscrutable actions – the woman raising her hands as if to type on some non-existent machine, the two men in utility wear taking a scalpel to something offstage, the girls in wartime kerchiefs apparently emerging out of the very pigment itself.
The solemn absorption of each figure in whatever they were doing set off conflicting moods – sometimes droll, sometimes disturbing – which remained enticingly on edge. And so it is with these latest works.
The hoods look simply old-world to begin with, so there is the immediate dissonance of the ancient monk striking a modern pose. Some of these figures are even standing against a studio backdrop such as a white sheet or an expanse of unprimed canvas. Perhaps the hood is more like a mitre, a hat or a prop; perhaps the robes are worn more like a dressing gown or theatrical costume.
As the series continues, there are overtones of Goya, Philip Guston, Abu Ghraib and the Klan. Borremans keeps all kinds of social and visual cues in play, the figures appearing by turns abject and humiliated, then violent and wild. They ought to be blind, and sometimes are, groping in the sepia light of the painting; but then they will turn upon us as if (in both respects) sighted.
Borremans's narrative is planted with double-takes. A hood appears in dramatic close-up, as if sitting for his portrait. Another appears with a child-sized hood, as if the image were breeding. Still another raises his hands to his head in derangement, perhaps desperate to escape the painting. The anticipation builds to a climax – and then you climb to the gallery upstairs.
Here the works are much larger and more mysterious. A whole lot of hoods are dwarfed by a vast canvas that they touch in awe, as if it were sacred, but before which they also perform lewd bacchanalian acts. The canvas within the canvas appears to show a massive fiery apocalypse, but the picture is innocently called The Leafs. It is an alarming work, and yet it is also a send-up.
Is Borremans mocking his own eerie creations, or fingering at some deep anxiety about the worship of contemporary art through the parable of false idols? (His own work is in museums all over the world.) In the past, he has tended to a curious period look – puffed sleeves, razor crops, men in duster coats and a certain low-watt 1930s lighting. He generally prefers a mute palette – shifting shadows, pearly reflections, the tawny browns of Manet and Velázquez.
But now there is something quite unexpectedly up-to-date about his scenes, even though some could be set in medieval Spain. The source of this look is frequently inexplicable. So you are immediately drawn into a closer examination of what makes a painting look as it does, and that is – at the very least – what Borremans is about.
Downstairs the hoods seemed almost human; upstairs they have become a race of monsters, miniaturised as if to emphasise the artificiality of the illusion. And then black comedy sets in – those beautifully painted feet start to burn, flames break out of one hood and the painting itself appears to be issuing (or even made of) smoke.
Borremans is a charismatic and prolifically inventive painter. I've no idea why his work is not represented in British museums, but perhaps this show will change that. It has at its core the idea of mutinous subjects, resistant to the artist as to the viewer, who in some cases appear to sense our presence, and even to overhear us – the figments of a highly original mind.


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November 5, 2018
Motivation is essential in any person's life. It drives people. It influences their behaviors, and it keeps them going until they achieve their goals. Motivation enables you to work for things you want to accomplish in your personal life. In work, motivation allows employees to set and embrace goals and focus their energies into reaching those goals. Highly motivated employees are essential to a thriving business.
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October 28, 2018
There are a lot of different ways that you can use precious metals to your advantage, but one of the most prominent solution to work with is that of pawn solutions. This is a great option that can help you garner a bit of money if you look into.
If you want to make some money from items that you have, for instance, you will want to look at pawning things. Pawn shop offer to buy, sell, and trade a variety of things.
One of the best things that you can work with is that of gold. That's right, precious metals can help, especially when it comes to gold.
This never goes out of style, and could very well garner you a great deal of money. Before you sell or pawn your items, take into account a few notes that will help you get top dollar.
The first thing that you should do is simple, look for any gold that you have in your home. You should look into jewelry that you have, things that you don't use, and elements that aren't readily getting into your hands.
Look in drawers, closets, and other areas that you may put things in. You should look into anything that you have, because that's going to help you get the most out of it.
You don't need to have working elements, new elements, or anything that is store ready. You could have broken pieces, dusty pieces, and you can work with just about anything that you have, as long as they are pure gold.
Whether you have 14K, 18K, or any other options, you'll end up with a good solution moving forward if you look into pure gold options. Take this into consideration before you get to a pawn solution overall.
After you take into consideration all of the gold pieces that you have, you will find that you can do one of two things. You can sell, or get a loan based on the pieces that you have.
The company will give you a quote and you can decide whether or not you want the items to be put up as collateral or if you want to sell things outright.
Lending and selling are two different things, obviously, but in the end, you'll find that pawn shops give you an option that works with gold fast.
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This is just a great thing to work with, and if you go with a trusted resource, you will end up with a proper momentum forward.
At the end of the day, you will find that a pawn shop can garner you a great payday, with relative ease. Just remember that gold is often the most sought after item.
November 25, 2017
In any sport, wearing the right sports apparel is very important for it will definitely affect the overall sport experience. Equestrians need breeches, riding shirts, riding gloves, boots and whips, whereas football players need football compression pants, helmets, chinstraps and mouth guards. Sports players definitely need to wear the right clothes, headgear and footwear before the game begins.
Well, golfing gear affects three important factors – comfort, safety, and confidence. Proper golf apparel will enable golfers to stay comfortable and safe all throughout the game. Using high quality and durable material will also enhance the confidence of any player. Therefore with comfort, safety and confidence, golfers will surely have good golf performance! Having these reasons in mind, manufacturers strive in innovating golf apparel that will suit the golfer's style, desire, personality, ability and performance.
Before swinging it out in the green, golfers, too, need to wear the right golf apparel but what is the right golf apparel? This includes golf headwear, golf clothes, golf gloves, footwear and even eyewear. It's not just about style and elegance, but golfers need to invest on comfortable, high-quality and durable apparel. Fortunately, golf manufacturers offer excellent golf apparel and golfers can easily get them online. Well, it's time to do some shopping on the latest and the best golf apparel in town!
Using the right headwear is vital for the golfer's health and safety. As an outdoor game, golf requires the golfers to travel around the green under different weather conditions. Callaway offers golf caps with UV coating and moisture wicking sweatband which will give maximum comfort even under the raging sun. Taylor made Golf visors, on the other hand, are structured fit with moisture wicking fabric with 20 to 50 UPF and a dark under bill to reduce the sun's glare.
Get a good grip with excellent golf gloves! To be able to achieve a good swing, golfers really need to wear the right gloves. Gloves made of cabarets leather are highly recommended by experts because cabarets leather is durable, offers high moisture resistance, gives exceptional grip and also maximizes comfort while playing. Taylor made Golf, Callaway Golf, Roxon and Plainsman are some of the golf manufacturers which use cabarets leather on gloves. Gloves with ergonomic seams also give an advantage in golf! Ergonomic seams are used to lessen friction and also keep the gloves from damage. Currently, only Taylor made Golf is using ergonomic seams with golf gloves.
With golf clothes, it's all about style, personality, comfort and of course quality! For cool windy days, a hood is good. Taylor made Golf offers a lightweight hood made of 65% polyester and 35% cotton jersey both for male and female golfers. For sunny times, Callaway offers a 100% polyester short-sleeve polo with moisture wicking features.
Mornings can be sunny and before noon, rain might trickle down. Golfers should be prepared at all times from sunny to windy times and even rainy, cold times. Don't fret! There are splendid golf clothes in the market that will help you battle those cold rainy days. Callaway vest is made up of micro weight stretch fleece to keep the golfer warm and dry. Titlist winter golf hats will let the player stay war, and look cool in winter season. Taylor made golf gloves for wet weather offer comfort during the cold and rainy days and surely give that superior grip even under bad weather. Don't forget to wear ear bands, too. Golf ear bands leave the golfer's ears dry and warm all winter!
August 30, 2017
Printed circuit boards or PCBs play an important role in the production of technological products across the globe. The capabilities of PCB will amaze you just how you're stunned by the power of internet since it was first introduced to you. The world has changed obviously but people still look for innovations to make life easier. In business, it's important to have a reliable partner to materialize your goals in a timely fashion. And in order to help you achieve these goals, you will need to work with an excellent PCB fabrication partner available in your area.
This kind of service is ideal for single or double and even multi-layer printed circuit boards in prototype. You can also depend on this for your low-volume production amounts through the use of various materials as well as technology options. By leveraging your designs and fabrication needs in a tailored production system, you can efficiently achieve low-cost PCB assembly process with high quality outcomes. If that's so, PCBNet can help you meet your requirements in a more affordable manner.
PCBNet integrates wide ranging inspection procedures in order to make sure that the final product's functionality is consistent in the long run. These methodologies consist of PCBs visual inspections, cross-section evaluations, sample lot assessments, and electrical testing to guarantee quality and functionality. The company also incorporates proven fabrication models to provide customers the exact products they need for their business necessities and other related requirements. No matter how tight your deadlines are, working with PCBNet is the ultimate solution you can have.
If you need standard prototypes, you're on the right place. With typical delivery time of 5 days, rest assured that you can finish the project at the right time. Standard fabrication PCBs are normally shipped within 10 days although it may differ depending on your provider. With PCBNet, you will receive the shipment based on the agreed time and location. Rush jobs are available within 24hours when requested. All you need to do is choose a reputable company to provide you timely service no matter where you are in the world.
Before you place your order, be sure to understand the detailed description needed to start the project. You will be asked to provide information about the PCB physical requirements, type of materials, solder mask options, types of finishes, and legend types. You can follow this link to know more about the available options you have including insights and advice regarding PCB fabrication. Printed circuit boards require expertise and the right tools in order to produce quality and reliable prototypes. You wouldn't want to compromise the functionality of your products because it will only cost you much.
To prevent glitches and confusion, the entire fabrication process was divided into different areas. This significantly allows simpler access to any information needed in each area. With the help of PCB fabrication experts, rest assured that you're getting the right solutions for your production requirements. And if you need technical reference and other related resources, you can count on the PCBNet website for successful tips and insights about printed circuit board fabrication.
The process is complex and output-driven that's why there's no room for errors. You need to understand that fabricating PCBs is no joke. It will include inner layer fabrication process, outer layer assembly, tin stripping, immersion tin or final finish, connector finishing, rinse-water quality, and waste treatment. Hence, you will need someone who is well versed and experienced when it comes to PCB fabrication for top quality output. On that note, PCBNet is your reliable partner in terms of achieving your fabrication goals for the best outcomes.
And because PCBs are specifically designed to mechanically support and electrically connect technological components through conductive tracks, copper sheets, pad, and other important features, it's a smart decision to find an excellent provider for these services. Components like active devices, resistors, and capacitors should also be considered when choosing a service provide so that you can guarantee that your project will be finished on time and at quality level. Highly developed printed circuit boards involve components which are embedded within the substrate so take note of this as well.
Always remember that PCBs may be one-copper layer or single-sided, two-copper layer or double-sided, or inner/outer layered or multi-layer. This will help you identify which type will suit your current requirement at more affordable costs. The conductors on various layers are linked through "vias" while multi-layer PCBs let users achieve higher component solidity. Perhaps you've already heard about FR-4 glass epoxy used as primary insulation substrate. This support the building blocks of printed circuit boards via FR-4 panel along with copper foils laminated to the side. You can learn more about PCB fabrication by just clicking this link now.
June 22, 2017
Article writers are often faced with challenges as they learn about the entire business of writing for money. There are so many things to adjust in the field of article writing to the point that it can be a little daunting for the writer.
Discussed below are 10 skills an article writer must possess to make his job a little easier.
If a writer prefers online article writing, he must be familiar with search engine optimization or SEO. This is the systematic process of maximizing the number of visitors accessing a website. In online articles, SEO is done by highlighting keywords and using backlinks.
If a writer is not 100% sure of how things work in this field, he must communicate with other writers. The latter might give advice on how to come up with quality article writing. Writers should not hesitate to ask them about the rates they get from writing regularly.
It must have a spell/grammar check and word count feature. The writer should also take note of the different fonts, styles and formats.
As much as possible, the writer should focus on the articles published from the site he's interested to write for. Writers usually search for topics that they are passionate about. When gathering sources, they focus on the ones placed on top search engine ranks.
All writers have to polish their work before publishing it. Once they're done with the first draft of their article, they go over it and check any spelling/grammar mistakes and punctuation/sentence construction errors. In some cases, they leave their piece for a few hours then continue it with more substantial points.
If they're not in front of the computer, writers jot down their ideas in a notebook. The good thing about having a notebook is that they're given enough room to think about what they're going to transcribe anywhere they go.
Some article writers practically do this in the morning. Others meanwhile do it at nighttime. Depending on their availability, they can work anytime of the day. But for them to come up with a well-written piece, they often work at times when they're at their most imaginative.
If they're short of ideas, writers do some exercises. Some article writers find gardening or washing the dishes "more physically appealing" compared to sitting down all day typing words non-stop! The latter has a lot of health risks, so resting in between is very important for them. Here's an example: When working on a 1000-word article, the writer must rest his hands or stand for 5 – 10 minutes after each 100 words.
When they finally decided to begin writing, they don't think too much about earning thousands or getting their articles published on the likes of Rolling Stone and The New York Times (Fact: Writers earn thousands of dollars from these two). In addition, writers don't think about the idea of becoming successful, or failing too easily. They just concentrate on transcribing and analyzing content.
In addition to the above mentioned skill, this is one of the most important things they consider in article writing. Passionate writers are willing to spend hours writing, re-writing, editing, proofreading, reading, etc. They don't think too much about the pressuring side of writing. They enjoy their job so much! Nothing beats the sense of gratification when they earn something from what they're into.


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Yorkshire 128 for 2 beat Derbyshire 127 for 7 by eight wickets
Yorkshire gained a measure of revenge for two one-day defeats at the hands of Derbyshire this season with an eight-wicket victory in the Friends Life t20.
Ben Sanderson took 4 for 21 in only his second game of the summer to restrict Derbyshire to 127 for seven, with Martin Guptill top scoring with 46 off 39 balls. Derbyshire never looked like defending that total and Adam Lyth hit an unbeaten 41 off 32 balls to see Yorkshire home with two overs to spare.
Although both teams had failed to qualify for the quarter-finals, there was a crowd of around 2,000 to see whether Derbyshire could complete a hat-trick of wins over Yorkshire, but they were pegged back by tight seam bowling.
Guptill needed a runner towards the end of his innings and was one of four wickets that fell in eight balls as the Falcons tried in vain to break free. Sanderson and Rich Pyrah did the damage and denied Derbyshire the acceleration they needed to set a challenging target after Guptill and Wayne Madsen had established a platform.
The pair rebuilt the innings after the early loss of Wes Durston and Greg Smith, with Guptill straight-driving Sanderson for six and Madsen reverse-pulling David Wainwright over the deep square leg boundary.
But after adding 58 in 10 overs, both fell to consecutive balls from Pyrah and then Sanderson also struck twice when he had Chesney Hughes caught behind and bowled Jon Clare first ball.
Sanderson bowled the big-hitting Ross Whiteley and although Alex Hughes marked his first-team debut by hitting him back over his head for four, the Falcons managed only 34 off the last five overs.
Yorkshire were clearly in no mood to hang about with Andrew Gale taking 18 from a Mark Turner over and the visitors had passed 50 in the sixth over before Gayle was lbw to Whiteley for 30 off 22 balls.
At least Derbyshire did not allow Yorkshire to romp away, but they needed to take wickets to put Carnegie under pressure and they did not break through again until it was too late. Joe Sayers had scored 43 off 38 balls when he tried to work Chesney Hughes into the leg side and was lbw.
And although Steffan Jones sowed a few seeds of doubt by conceding one run off the 16th over, Lyth made sure there were no slip-ups. He hit Jones for four boundaries in the 18th over to seal victory and condemn the veteran seamer to defeat on his last t20 appearance before he retires at the end of the season.


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Caldo de Cardan (Bull Penis), Bolivia
More information available (in Spanish) on MDZ Online.
Submitted by Miguel
Caldo de Cardan (Bull Penis), Bolivia
More information available (in Spanish) on MDZ Online.
Submitted by Miguel
(Translation of the MDZ article)
In Bolivia they do not need viagra, there is a common broth.
To fight fatigue, but not with an energizing drink of "Red Bull", they say this increases sexual potency. But it is not Viagra. It is a common broth, a curiosity of the Bolivian cuisine that seems to be gaining more and more support among those in need an extra push or clear mind after a long celebration.
Weekends, and always after dawn, many Bolivians fill the restaurants in the city of El Alto and the slums of La Paz in search of the intense flavor of the broth, whose main ingredient is the virile member of the bull.
Consumed by people of all ages, including women, convinced that it is an effective cure for a hangover. Some attribute aphrodisiac properties and some will recommend it for back pain and joints.
"It's like my breakfast. The first thing I eat when I get up," confessed Bráñez Benito, a resident of El Alto for 59 years, who has eaten the broth for the last decade.
The popular soup takes its name from the similarity between the member of a bull, and the mechanical tube located at the base of a car which carries the force of the engine to the rear wheels.
The secret of the mint broth's effectiveness lies in preparedness. "As a concentrate, we cook it from 10 pm until the next morning," Luque said in July, owner of a restaurant whose specialty is the popular soup.
The liquid acquires in this way, according to connoisseurs, the strength of the bull, contained in the testes.
"The long, slow cooking in huge pots heated with wood fire stoves or liquefied petroleum gas, makes taurine (a substance present in many energy drinks) which is mixed with the broth" explained Luque, who has prepared the porridge for the last 17 years with a recipe he learned in the central region of Cochabamba, where he worked as a kitchen helper.
"Almost 10 hours of cooking so that the broth is concentrated, this is one of the secrets, the other is taking it tomorrow," said Cristina Poma, wife of Luque and cook in the restaurant that they handle.
After cooking, the broth takes on a creamy consistency and only then are small pieces of the bulls member mixed in the dish with lots of legs of beef, chicken and lamb, boiled egg, some rice and potato. The potato is ubiquitous in Andean Bolivian cuisine.
"I like it because it is rich," said Bráñez sipping the broth, which, by the variety of ingredients has a pleasant and intense flavor.
For her part, Surco Lucio said: "I have nine children thanks to the broth" while lifting her chest and shoulders to lift up her younger son, Marco, who she said will, from time to time, taste the succulent dish.
"The broth is a universal tradition," added the young man carrying a piece in a plastic bag. A single dose of just 12 bolivianos, will cost you a little over a dollar and a half.
Would like to try this dish
It sounds interesting


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"Mama Martina:" Hingis Embraces New Role as Coach
In a heated debate between parent and child, many a tiger mother has resorted to an ominous prediction in her rhetoric: "Wait until you have children; then you will understand." It is a common adage heard in American households, but it feels strangely applicable as former champion Martina Hingis begins the European clay court swing, not as a player, but as Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova's new coach.
Ostensibly an odd pairing, there has been little in the young Russian's career to make one draw comparisons to the "Swiss Miss." Where Hingis arguably peaked before age 20, Pavlyuchenkova's career has been defined by fits and starts; her 2013 resumé alone boasts two titles, one final and a whopping seven opening round losses. From the age of two, the five-time Slam champion was coached almost exclusively by her mother, Melanie Molitor, a former player from the Czech Republic who had named her daughter after national hero, Martina Navratilova.
By contrast, Pavlyuchenkova has gone through a bevy of coaching situations in the constant effort to tweak her game to be more reliable. In the last year, she finally returned to the Mouratoglou Academy (home to Serena Williams, Jeremy Chardy, and Yulia Putintseva), and cemented her partnership with Academy coach Hingis last week during the International event in Oeiras.
Even on a fundamental level, Pavlyuchenkova represents much of what drove Hingis from the top of the sport in the early 2000s. The Swiss superstar relied on guile and cunning to beat bigger, stronger opponents on a weekly basis, but even that was often not enough to compensate for her underpowered game. Pavlyuchenkova? She has enough stored-up power to keep the lights on at any stadium she plays. She may as well consider "tactics" a four letter word, as all of her biggest victories were moments when she bashed down the door with relentless efficiency. Ten years ago, that might have been enough to take the Russian to several Slam titles already.
But today, the most successful players combine brains and brawn, and those who rely too heavily on one or the other find themselves flattened by more complete players.
On some level, Hingis must feel relieved that, to a certain degree, that which Pavlyuchenkova lacks can be taught. As she herself learned the hard way, height and strength is not something one can glean from a couple of days on the practice court. But the two do appear to share a certain stubbornness that might make this arrangement more trouble than it's worth.
From a pundit's perspective, it looked like there was plenty Hingis could have done to compete with the changing Tour, from developing a faster serve, to ending her mother/coach relationship and improving her perceived lack of superhuman fitness. But as Hingis infamously said, she was a "player, not a worker." She was content to make the best of her natural gifts and use them to hide her weaknesses for as long as she could.
Pavlyuchenkova, too, has sometimes bristled at the idea of improving. Despite lacking much of Hingis's immediate Tour success, the Russian seemed in no rush to build on her emphatic run to the 2009 Indian Wells semifinals, and while she has made two Slam quarterfinals since then, her ranking has stalled outside the top 10, and both her fitness and consistency have left much to be desired.
Though she may blanch at the notion, Martina has become her mother. Once a player, she is now forced as coach to watch from the stands and hope that her charge is employing the techniques they discussed in practice. But after playing nearly two decades one way, how quickly will Pavlyuchenkova be able to find the balance between "brainless ballbasher" and "technical tactician?" How many matches is she willing to lose playing the right way instead of winning playing the wrong way? At least neither have to deal with the all-too-complex parent/child dynamic.
After all, Pavlyuchenkova's coach isn't "mom," she's "Martina Hingis."
The Kids are on Life Support? Robson Struggles Through Tennis Transition
If a match is played on a side court and no one is around to watch it, does the result matter?
British sensation Laura Robson would prefer they didn't, but a sub-par American hard court season following the Australian Open has shown few signs of letting up as the Tour transitions to European red clay. Robson had been amassing a coterie of big match wins, most recently a gutsy (if aesthetically displeasing) win over Petra Kvitova in Melbourne. But the losses for the young Brit have begun to pile up in quickly, as she has failed to win two consecutive matches since January. Off the court, times have been equally trying for the teenager, who suffered the theft of her jewelry and, after an incident of cyber-bullying following a loss to Yulia Putintseva in Dubai, a brief deactivation of her twitter account.
The former Wimbledon girls' champion may be one of the last true tennis prodigies; she won her home Slam at the age of 14, famously inviting Marat Safin to accompany her to the Champion's Ball. Reaching two more junior finals after that, Robson was under a microscope for most of her junior development. Making the transition to the senior tour, Robson showed promise when she reached the Hopman Cup finals with compatriot Andy Murray in 2011 and won the silver medal in at the Olympic mixed doubles event last summer.
But it was her summer hard court swing last year that truly turned heads; not long after hiring the controversial Zeljko Krajan (former coach of Dinara Safina and Dominika Cibulkova), Robson made a splash at the US Open, ending Kim Clijsters' singles career in emphatic fashion and following that up with a decisive win over an in-form Li Na. In the fall, she continued to impress with a run to the finals of Guangzhou and it seemed she was coming into her own as 2013 got underway with the aforementioned Kvitova victory.
From that steady progress, it would appear Robson has done a complete about-face, but what has caused this slump? Unlike rival Sloane Stephens, who endured an uncomfortable homecoming after her Australian Open heroics, Robson has been decidedly under the radar, starting (and swiftly ending) most tournaments away from the glare of a TV camera.
Though a tennis match has few literary properties, that stops a precious few of us from analyzing them as if they were texts (the day a win or a loss means nothing more than a strict binary is the day journalism dies). A cursory look at Robson's results reveal a string of five three-set losses, four 6-1 final sets, and three losses from a set up. Robson's apparent inability to close ostensibly winnable matches against players outside the top 30 is startling given both her talent and the matches that made her relevant.
An even closer look, this time at the stats of Robson's losses, most recently a two-set defeat to Japan's Ayumi Morita, shows an ever-increasing amount of double faults (she served 10 against Morita). Coach Krajan's former students had their own histories of serving woes before hiring the Croatian former pro, but his habit of tweaking his charges' serve motions to be more side-arm have often done more harm than good, Robson appearing the latest victim of "the yips."
Now playing in Europe for the first time since asserting her presence among the Tour's upper echelon, the roles between Stephens and Robson will reverse; playing away from home, the young American will have a chance to work out her shaken confidence on both a surface she prefers and those outer courts Robson has called home for much of the season. By contrast, Robson, who probably anticipated making more inroads on a faster surface, will be asked to play under increasing scrutiny leading up to Wimbledon, literally a stone's throw from her actual home.
How either player copes with the change of scenery cannot yet be predicted, but at least for Robson, the troubling start to the clay season may mean it gets worse before it gets better.
Serena Williams: Nothing Left To Prove
As I watched Serena Williams take on Johanna Larsson during last weekend's USA/Sweden Fed Cup tie, I will admit I was surprised by the level of her intensity. Given where she was, playing a relegation rubber in front of a rain-affected crowd, it seemed – how does one put this? – out of character.
Surely, I jest. Anyone who has watched even a smattering of tennis in the last decade can attest to the intensity this living legend possesses. Such intensity almost single-handedly took her to the pinnacle of the sport and helped her through the darker days, both on and off the court. It never mattered her shape, scoreline, or state of mind. It mattered even less who was across the net, be she rival or sister, Venus. In a game where many have been lambasted for their lack of mental toughness, Serena was the WTA's rock, who relied on her relentless intensity and competitive fire to finish off many a tough match.
How has she been able to do these incredible things for so long? It could be said that what has kept her at the top of the sport for nearly 15 years has been what could be deemed an "economy of intensity." Williams has made a career out of bringing her best when it matters the most. Arguably our sport's biggest star (at least in North America), she shapes her seasons around the Slams, peaking at the right time during those all-important two week stretches.
This extreme prioritizing has all but cemented her place in history, but often created a few problems for her in the present. Those who tuned in solely during the Grand Slams (or even those with a more comprehensive view of the sport) would see the most dominant player in the game ranked outside the top 3 and wonder "why?" A cursory glance at her results outside of the Slams would reveal a fair share of no-shows (she essentially took herself out of the race for year-end No. 1 when she withdrew from the Fall Asian swing) and shocking losses (Austrian journeywoman Sybille Bammer retired in 2011 undefeated against her).
A desire to explain this vast incongruity shifted the blame from her comparative lack of focus on a smaller stage to a lack of commitment to be a full-time tennis player. This truism dates back to 2006, when Chris Evert took to Tennis Magazine to write an open letter to Williams questioning her desire. At that point, she had won seven major singles titles, yet at the time, the tennis world felt gypped, and that Serena still had something to prove.
For all she has accomplished since then, it has been difficult for Serena to shake that stick.
Yet, for any of us to fall back on this notion is to ignore this latest incarnation of Serena Williams. The veteran of 30 who fought off a toe injury that led to a pulmonary embolism only to find herself back at No. 1 two years later. The woman who shed tears after her first Wimbledon match after that lay-off, and again when she was told of her return to the top of the rankings in Doha.
What more does she need to do to prove how much she wants to be here?
Against Larsson, she celebrated her good play, admonished herself for her errors, and was jubilant in a victory that tied the US with Sweden at one match apiece. We have been so conditioned to expect a flat, even blasé Serena show up on a smaller stage that this "new" Serena continues to shock us. But should we really be so surprised? When we remember who she is, what she's been through, her love for the game is suddenly apparent. And after 15 years, the sport should be grateful that that love is stronger than ever.
The CadanDo's and Don'ts of the WTA's Other Half
The WTA season is long and often grueling, as much for the spectators as the players. Where a player need only worry about winning or losing, those viewing and analyzing the sport are left the unenviable task of pondering what it all means. How is the Tour's greater narrative being propelled vis-à-vis this match, this rivalry, this first serve percentage?
So one could imagine the relief one feels as the Tour rolls into stops like Katowice, International events where the fields are smaller, the stakes are lower, and one can sit back and actually enjoy the tennis. Thanks to the WTA's Roadmap format, which allows only a smattering of its marquee names at each of these tournaments, the Tour has struck an interesting balance between big names and quality entertainment. For those moved to tune in, the motto seems to be, "Come for the best, stay for the rest."
The promise of seeing top 10-ers like Petra Kvitova play events they seem all but assured of winning is enough for casual fans to fire up a stream and watch a familiar player in her comfort zone. For the diehards, it is a rare opportunity to see the spotlight shown on how the other half of the WTA Tour lives. Names we see perennially peppered into draws of 128 are finally matched with faces because –surprise!– they're your Katowice quarterfinalists! Players who are sullen as they take quiet beatings from big names have the chance to be effusive in victory. The stakes may be lower for the viewer, but for those unseeded and looming, it might be the peak of their year.
Yet, much like viewing a Jacob Riis photo, your standard International match might be met with some shock. The player whose screen time is reduced to homemade YouTube clips is suddenly on Center Court, and sometimes fans don't like what they see (or hear). Those who tuned into Katowice became intimately acquainted with Alexandra Cadantu, one of the lesser-known members of the burgeoning Romanian contingent. Perhaps best known for her double-bagel loss to eventual champion Maria Sharapova at Roland Garros, Cadantu arrived in Poland with admirable International-level credentials, that most recently included a run to the quarterfinals of Bogota. As a qualifier, she took out the struggling Sabine Lisicki and two countrywomen to book a quarterfinal meeting with the resurgent Shahar Peer. The Israeli star, once a handful of matches from the top 10 in 2011, has tumbled from her position of promise to the point where her and Cadantu, both outside the top 100, were essentially equals.
As equals, Cadantu and Peer played one of those backyard brawler matches that is rarely afforded a TV court. The biting, scratching and clawing done with racquet and ball was a stark reminder to viewers that we had left the serene gardens of Indian Wells and were far from the peaceful lawns of Wimbledon. In one of those matches destined to go the distance, it was clear that the two were not in the position to take losing lightly. This was a match that would not be decided by stunning winners or shot-making; it would be one fully determinant on grit and nerves.
Those nerves became more apparent when Cadantu got out to an early lead in the third. Her "Haide!" (Romanian for "Come on!") celebrations became more vocal when a point would end in her favor. Commentators called it hindrance while fans called it classless. Whatever you call it, it was obviously irritating Peer, who attempted verbal retaliation of her own and even clawed back to level terms. But Cadantu would not be stopped. The Romanian who, against Sharapova, appeared weaponless and ineffective, was able to show off her scrappy resilience against a less powerful Peer, who appeared to fade as the match reached its conclusion.
Those offended by Cadantu's perceived antics were likely glad to see the comeuppance the Romanian received from Petra Kvitova in the next round. But do we have the right to such moral indignation? With her run to the semifinals, Cadantu rose up to No. 95, hardly threatening the top 80, let alone top 50. Far from a more illustrious court where players like Kvitova herself engage in shockingly loud celebrations, Alexandra Cadantu was in Katowice where, for a brief moment, she gets to be the story, the star. It may have not been Parisian dirt, but for the Romanian (and those like her), these International events are, and can be, paradise.
Quantity or Quality? The JJ Paradox
In the immediate aftermath of any match, circumstances (both external and internal) are analyzed to the point where nearly all results would appear to warrant an asterisk.
This player was injured. That player was tired. His ranking was too high. Her ranking was too low.
Valid as they may be, we eventually forget those excuses and move on to the next match with a simple truth: "a win is a win." Except, of course, when history repeats itself, the analysis becomes the same, and excuses become battle cries.
Such has been the case for Jelena Jankovic. Once a World No. 1 and Grand Slam finalist, "JJ" had been in a prolonged slump for the better part of 18 months, one that seemed to stem from a complacency that grew into a crisis of confidence. A true offensive counterpuncher, Jankovic relied on a blend of relentless retrieving and smart shot selection to rise to the top of the rankings in 2008.
But after attempts to alter her game to become a Slam contender, her results dipped, and aside from a dramatic (and I do mean dramatic) run to the Cincinnati final in 2011, the Serb's results have been subpar. The gameplan that seemed so clear during her mainstay among the game's elite had become a mess of poor execution and shaky nerves. Unable to take advantage of even the kindest of draws, Jankovic was getting soundly beaten by big names and journey women alike.
Still, JJ made herself hard to forget. With her ready smile, unfiltered humor, and "glittery" fashion sense, Jankovic remained pseudo-relevant, even if (much to fans' amusement) she skipped a tournament near her residence in Dubai to play a small clay event in Bogota.
Surely, this is where dreams of Slam trophies go to die.
JJ's week in Colombia was hardly straightforward. But then, even at her peak, there was rarely a business-like air to her matches. Her strength was in her ability to get the job done week in, week out. If the process took longer, so what? A win is still a win, and at least it was a good story.
Unfortunately for Jankovic, one story has been haunting her during her apparent spring renaissance. She may be playing better, and her confidence may be growing, but the quality of opponents has rarely become more difficult than those she faced to win Bogota. En route to the semifinals of Miami, a Premier Mandatory event, she played two top 16 players before getting drubbed by old Bollettieri Academy rival Maria Sharapova. This week in Charleston, she only drew two players in the top 100 before fading to current No. 1 Serena Williams in the final after winning a competitive opening set.
Enter the aforementioned analysts who assess JJ's form, and the fans who take umbrage with the notions that Jankovic has returned to her best. The question remains: do we call her wins what they are, or do we place those pesky asterisks on results deemed too dependent on a collapsing field and the Serb's good fortune?
In Jankovic's case, there is merit to be found in both arguments. When a former No. 1 enters a tournament like Bogota, she is making no pretense about her desire for match play. Considering where she was (literally and figuratively), quantity was more than point-grabbing.
Quantity was confidence building.
By the time she reached the final in Charleston, her list of recent wins read like a list of players who were beating her only six months ago. A player ranked 114 might sound like someone Jelena Jankovic should beat, but for so long, she simply wasn't. In that sense, these last few weeks have been a critical process of reacquainting Jankovic with top-flight tennis in that now she's playing more than one match per tournament.
Where few can doubt that the Serb has recouped her small-match experience, her performances against Sharapova and Williams left something to be desired. Oddly enough, both could be called asterisk-worthy matches, given the poor scheduling that saw Jankovic playing two matches in less than 24 hours in Miami and the verbal dispute with Williams that shook her concentration in Charleston. Her wealth of quantity wins were necessary to reaffirming her self-belief; without that, it would have been impossible for JJ to have played Serena as tough as she did otherwise. The final step is translating the belief she earned from the quantity into the quality victories that would eliminate all asterisks from her resurgence. The good news for JJ is that these quantity wins will only create more opportunities for that quality scalp.
With a little extra "day glitter," anything is possible.
"Unmasking Anastasia:" Rodionova, Tennis' Cartoon Villain
Charleston's illustrious Family Circle Cup began yesterday, and just off the main stadium, fans were treated to a first round match that had all the drama and suspense of a Saturday morning cartoon. Such an analogy may sound insulting, but in a match between Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Anastasia Rodionova, spectators' notions of "good" and "evil" were as binary as black and white.
In one corner was Mattek-Sands. With her penchant for knee socks, eye black, and odd fashion choices, the veteran American certainly has the look of a modern-day superhero. Her struggles with injuries and debilitating food allergies have also played a role in endearing herself to the tennis public as she attempts to regain the form that took her as high as No. 30 in 2011.
If Mattek-Sands is the hero, then the Russian-born Australian Rodionova is our unabashed villain. Standing at 5'5", she has become notorious for her on-court antics and bratty demeanor. A journeywoman who frequents the outer courts of most major tournaments, Rodionova berates umpires and lines people alike for their perceived incompetence and inability to properly officiate her matches. It has been questioned whether those antics have stalled an otherwise promising career; a successful doubles player, Rodionova possesses an all-court game that is often as aggressive as she is.
But to question that is to misunderstand the Aussie entirely. Indeed, she has the propensity to lose her patience, but rarely does that lead to a full-on implosion. In a world where players are concerned with likeability, Rodionova not only embraces, but truly enjoys the villainous role she adopts during matches, and like a WWE wrestler, uses the crowd's venom against her as fuel for her own fire.
Against Mattek-Sands, she simply refused to be put away in a match that, at three hours, forty-two minutes, was the longest of the year. With the crowd firmly behind the American, Rodionova recovered from a set down to steal the second in a tiebreaker, but quickly fell behind a break in the third. Playing Mattek-Sands tough on break points (she would save 13 of 20 by match's end), she bounded back to win three games in a row. As our villain was in her glory, our hero was in despair, and called out her husband during the changeover to try and develop a new strategy.
All of this before Rodionova injured her thigh, and here is where the show really began.
For Rodionova, the type who can become enraged by an inconsiderate gust of wind, an injury (and the ineptitude of those attempting to treat her) was simply unacceptable. Dissatisfied with the trainer's method of alleviating her pain, Rodionova hopped and hobbled away as best she could, throwing a water bottle and gesticulating wildly at the supervisor.
It was as if, after all these years, Rodionova finally had a legitimate excuse for her curmudgeonly behavior, and she planned on making the most of it. When a line call was overturned in her favor, she exclaimed, "Call the freaking ball!" (a veteran move for a player well aware of what counts as an audible obscenity). Holding a match point on the Mattek-Sands serve at 4-5, it would have appeared totally logical for our villain to let out a cackle had she converted.
But she would not convert. The match would go to a deciding tiebreaker (as if it could have ended any other way), and the injury and Mattek-Sands became too much for Rodionova, who faded quickly from 2-2.
From the cartoonish impression many have of Rodionova, one would have expected her to react to this undoubtedly painful loss with a racquet toss or a shriek of disdain: anything in a last-ditch attempt to steal the spotlight. Instead, she reminded us all of her humanity when she met Mattek-Sands at the net in tears. Our hero was gracious in victory, comforting Rodionova as the two approached the umpire.
A lot of this analysis is tongue-in-cheek, but it has been said that parody can be a mirror to the human soul. There is a tendency to turn these athletes, these people, into stereotypes or one-dimensional cutouts based on how they act over the course of a three-hour tennis match. "Mattek-Sands comforted Rodionova because she is always good, and Rodionova yelled at the trainer because she is always evil."
But just as Mattek-Sands' jubilation showed us how much the win meant, Rodionova's tears showed us how much the win would have meant, and before we criticize and name-call, it is essential that we recognize that her desire to win is no less pure (or more offending) than that of a perhaps more subdued rival.
Barely Breathing: Dominika Cibulkova and the Choke Which is Not One
Long after the last point of a match is won (or lost), it is unlikely to be remembered by its combatants' first serve percentages or backhand errors. No, in the immediate aftermath of a match, especially at a big tournament like the Sony Open in Miami, how a match is remembered largely depends on how it is framed by fans and media. Was it a tension-filled epic, or was it an inconsequential blowout?
Unfortunately, tennis matches are not remembered through such a clean-cut binary. There is a third, shame-based category known as "the choke." Once reserved for a tear-stained Jana Novotna, the choke has come to more broadly encompass any and all matches during which a player loses from a winning position. While a true choke knows no gender bias (according to Tennis Channel, three of the top five "greatest" chokes happened during men's matches), the supposedly more "hormonal" sex has been assigned the greater concentration of "chokeworthy" matches over the last several years.
Can one then classify yesterday's fourth round encounter between top seeded Serena Williams and Slovakian dynamo Dominika Cibulkova as a choke? That Cibulkova, far from a notorious closer, lost the match from a set and 4-1 up would imply at least a numerical case of neck constriction.
But in order to properly "frame" this match, it needs to be made clear what a choke is and is not, and we need look no further than Cibulkova herself for a relevant historical precedent.
Exactly one year ago, at the exact same tournament in the exact same round, Cibulkova also had the top seed, Victoria Azarenka (then undefeated in 2012) on the ropes. Taking advantage of a flat, uninspired opponent, the Slovak was punching well above her weight class to outstanding effect, redlining her already aggressive game to take the World No. 1 within moments of defeat.
Yet, when twice given the opportunity to serve out the match, she froze. Throwing in consecutive double faults, Cibulkova did not leave the door slightly ajar. She hammered at its hinges until she had broken it down herself. She would recover to play an exciting third set after losing the second in a tiebreaker, but the result was a foregone conclusion. Azarenka had been allowed to believe she could win and Cibulkova had choked away the chance to snap the Belarusian's winning streak.
Fast forward to yesterday, and it was a very different story. Yes, Serena was flat for a set and a half, but flat in the "two winners, eighteen unforced errors" sense of the term. Where Cibulkova was gunning for outright winners against Azarenka a year ago, she was playing Williams tough enough for the American to make the mistake. This was not a case of one opponent outplaying the other only to become tentative, the purest definition of a choke. For Cibulkova, this was the athletic equivalent to a participation grade. She had shown up, and was being rewarded for doing so.
But down an early break in the second set, Serena Williams went from bad to better. She started moving her feet and stopped spraying the ball to dramatic effect. While she showed marked improvement, the top seed did not begin playing at a superhuman level, the kind we've seen from Williams over the years when her back is to the wall. She raised her level just enough to make what had been an embarrassing steamroll into a competitive match.
A competitive match, evidently, was not what the Slovak had signed up for. Not having been asked to play anywhere near her best until two games from the finish line, she was unable to ramp up her game in the same way Williams had done almost involuntarily. Stuck in third gear, she had no answers for the sleeping giant she had accidentally awoken and lost 6-2 in the final set.
So, did she choke? Not in the traditional sense. The form that took her within points of upsetting Serena pales in comparison to the brilliant ball bashing that nearly took out Azarenka a year ago. Cibulkova's fire did not burn out at the last minute, because it was hardly there in the first place. However, a giant-killer type like Cibulkova knows the intensity needed in order to defeat a Williams or an Azarenka. Even if she had not been at her best the entire match, the time to raise her level came when she was serving for 5-2 in the second.
Instead, she remained static, and in a way, that can be equally disappointing.
Backboard Banter: Is Indian Wells Winner Maria Sharapova Boring?
In place of a regularly scheduled column, I present "Backboard Banter," a friendly debate with tennis writer Benjamin Snyder. Follow Ben on Twitter @WriterSnyder and leave your feedback; this might become a more regular occurrence.
Maria Sharapova won her second Indian Wells title on Sunday without the loss of a set, capping off the terrific fortnight with an emphatic victory over resurgent rival Caroline Wozniacki. A buzz began to develop around the Russian; more for the cryptic messages she would write on the camera lens post-victory (in lieu of the tradition signature) than even her impressive play. Coy requests to "Tweet me?" turned into warm wishes for "Sweet Dreams." This week, Benjamin Snyder (a contributor to the New York Times' Straight Sets blog and a past writer for Wimbledon and the US Open) joins me for a debate on Sharapova's week, revamped image, and what those messages could possibly mean.
David Kane: For all her inconsistencies, this has to go down as one of the most business-like efforts from Maria Sharapova since her shoulder surgery. While it's true that she had to play neither Serena Williams nor Victoria Azarenka, she did have to deal with crafty opponents and players who have beaten her in the past en route to the title. As impressive as her ball striking has been in the desert, I have to wonder what has caused this change. Her notoriously streaky play has been well documented, most recently at the Australian Open when she barreled into the semifinals only to suffer a letdown in the penultimate round.
But no letdown occurred this week, least of all in the final when she saved the only two break points she faced. Sharapova herself didn't feel like she redlined her game to win the final, attributing her success to thoughtful aggression, "doing the right things and being patient enough and looking for the right shot of…when I wanted to move in a little bit." I know you have a couple of interesting theories, Ben, so I'll let you draw blood first.
Benjamin Snyder: Well, David, where to start? I think we're seeing a second coming of sorts for Sharapova, personality-wise. We may never quite get the 14-year old Maria (the carefree, stamp-collecting, camera twirling one), but, I believe, we're getting a quirky candy tycoon (maybe more of a silly sour than a plain old, purely saccharine silly) who's trying to portray some semblance of her past.
Why? Because, quite simply, she's afraid of being boring. Plus, she's become bored. To combat the on-court intensity and the off-court poise that can come across as over-polished, and probably to also have fun, she's penning cryptic on-camera messages to illustrate an enigmatic edge of attitude. As David so thoughtfully collected, the messages, beginning from round one to her win over Wozniacki, are as follows: "tweet me, who knows?, feeling silly?, just kidding, sweet dreams," and "champion."
Instead of an aimless attempt at interpreting each message, which would end up being more conjecture than substantive, let's see what the Russian told reporters. "I got bored with the signatures, and actually I don't even know why we ever do signatures," she said. "I was just bored of signing my name and started doing something different."
As you may have guessed, the key word here: bored.
But, before I go any further, David, take it away with the following in mind: Is this a new Maria, a revision of a former model, or neither?
Kane: The Sharapova we've seen this week is hardly one invented from scratch. After all, she who once expressed a passion for aromatherapy as a teenager still enjoys a good personalized candle from LeLabo. No, to explain this peak in personality, I'm going to draw a parallel to the men's game (hope everyone's buckled their seatbelts, this could get ugly). Once upon a time, Rafael Nadal was undefeated at the French Open. Beyond that, he owned Roger Federer, thought to be the only man who could end the Spaniard's romp on the Parisian dirt. After losing three straight finals, and with all the attention on the King of Clay, Federer came into the 2009 French Open under the radar. Playing relaxed tennis, Federer played a first week's full of entertaining matches before Nadal was shockingly bundled out of the tournament. Suddenly the favorite, Federer slipped into the role with relative ease and fulfilled his tennis destiny by completing the Career Slam.
To be sure, Sharapova's win at Indian Wells lacks some (many) of my parallel's epic qualities, but the mood was the same. With the focus on the undefeated Victoria Azarenka, Sharapova stopped worrying about her "boring" final finishes and relaxed. After all, we have the cheeky scribbles to prove it. That relaxation failed to loosen her permanently clenched fist, but it freed up her sometimes-shaky serve and streaky ground game beyond the point where she simply inherited the No. 2 ranking from injured Azarenka by reaching the final. Instead, she broke down the door by winning the title.
At the same time, both Federer and Sharapova illustrate the important difference between "relaxed" and "resigned," for when the moment called, they answered with equal gusto.
The question for Sharapova, then, is whether there are enough scented candles in the world to maintain this level of giddy zen in fields complete with Serena Williams and a healthy Azarenka. What say you, Snyder?
Snyder: Point well taken with the comparison of Sharapova to Federer's dominating performance.
Now, when we're talking Sharapova in the same sentence as Serena and Azarenka, there are a plethora of questions with which to contend: Can she snap the losing streak to the American? And can she continue to out-grunt the scream queen and Redfoo-loving Belarusian in the heat of battle? Look no further than her head-to-heads with both and the answer appears to be a resounding no versus Serena (2-11) and pretty even against Azarenka (5-7).
To talk branding though, I'd argue Sharapova's competition is essentially non-existent (although Li Na's endorsement deals in Asia may soundly reject that notion). But in terms of popularity in the United States and Europe, she's sugarcoated royalty on a WTA Tour of Sour Patch Kids (to keep the cornucopia of candy references coming). The Russian has the compelling rags-to-riches storyline, the comeback from injury to eventually take the Roland Garros title – think: transformation from "cow on ice" to antelope on clay – and the press conference presence a PR maven could only dream of for his or her clients.
While Serena has a love-hate relationship with fans and Azarenka, well, tends to hold a mostly hate-hate relationship at the moment, there's something to be said about Maria's charm, poise and mostly unwavering appeal (at least once she's off-court and keeping the decibel levels down). If the Siberia native finds herself feeling a little bored these days and wants to spice things up, there's no reason that these cryptic camera messages can't also strike a positive chord – on-court screeching aside — with her fans.
So, David, maybe Sharapova is truly just "feeling silly" and maybe she's "just kidding" about being bored. Regardless, there's nothing more concrete right now that she's the 2013 Indian Wells "champion."
For any more analysis on the matter, Sharapova wrote it best: "Who knows?"
Nadia Petrova Goes Back to the (Live Score)Board
Growing up as a tennis fan in the mid 2000s, I remember staying up past 3AM watching matches played in Australia. I remember matches I've seen in person around, from New York to New Haven. But if there has been one constant through my tenure in tennis fandom, it has been the omnipresent Live Scoreboard.
Like most who have followed a tournament in the last decade, I cannot tell you how many hours I have wasted staring at a pair of names, willing numbers to flash for one combatant or the other. I would skim the pittance of stats the scoreboard offered in the effort to create a mental picture of the match. How was the momentum swinging? Who was converting the most break points? Did refreshing the webpage make the scores update any faster?
Analyzing a match this way can be more difficult than guessing a meal based on five or six uncooked ingredients. Oh, and you're blindfolded.
But the more you "watched" a player via the Scoreboard, the simpler it became to a trace certain seemingly minute patterns. Suddenly, why a player wins or loses becomes as black and white as, well, the Scoreboard itself.
Over the years, the technology that aids tennis fans has evolved, and marquee matches are indiscriminately broadcast on streams (legal or otherwise). But every so often, usually during big tournaments like Indian Wells, matches of interest get moved out of the spotlight, and spectators are once again subjected to that maddeningly numerical game of Pong.
Today, the flashing names in question were Nadia Petrova and Julia Goerges. While a match between these two naturally talented athletes would have been a joy to watch by court or by stream, this match-up was fascinating to dissect via the (almost) all-knowing Scoreboard. From years of following the tall Russian's matches, I can attest that her serve, particularly the first delivery, makes all the difference.
Far from the Tour's best mover, Petrova's powerful serve literally makes or breaks her. Serving at a high first serve percentage, she can take advantage of short returns and finish points quickly with thundering groundstrokes or aggressive forays to the net. Forced to hit too many second serves, her biggest weapon is neutralized and big-hitters like Goerges can take control of rallies by getting the Russian on the run.
The first set was over in a flash, but the Scoreboard made it easy to see how Petrova was able to tame her German opponent. Serving at nearly 70% against an intimidating returner, the Russian veteran kept her service games short and efficient, without facing a single break point. With an apparent rhythm on serve, she was allowed to take risks on the return, breaking the Goerges serve three times in the process.
But anyone who has watched Nadia Petrova play (on any medium) in the last decade can tell you that her biggest hurdle is anything but technical. Blessed with immense physical gifts, the Russian has struggled to maintain composure at a match's critical stages to the point where her career will likely be defined by its losses rather than its wins. A successful campaign to cap off the 2012 season came to an abrupt end when she split with coach Ricardo Sanchez in January, and her results have been middling all year.
Against Goerges, Petrova was clutch in the important moments. Facing six break points in the second set, she saved five. Faced with the opportunity to break Goerges' serve six times, Petrova achieved a rare perfect conversion rate. Put those numbers together and the Russian easily dispatched the No. 21 seed 6-1 6-2 to set up a fourth round encounter with Caroline Wozniacki.
Theoretically, one has not seen Nadia Petrova hit a tennis ball, save for those who have been courtside. How can we, the tennis cognoscenti, know if she is playing as well as she was last November, when she last played (and beat) Wozniacki? The arcane system of live scoring can be frustrating at first, but taking a few cues from what it tells can help a fan uncover a match's nuances, and be amazed by what the numbers truly show.
I Love the 90s: A Reflection on Two Teen Phenoms
The year was 1994. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) had just been established. Groups like Weezer and Green Day dominated the airwaves. The Lion King was released and quickly became the highest grossing animated film of all time.
Oh, and a pair of 14 year olds, Martina Hingis and Venus Williams began their careers as professional tennis players.
Snuck onto the WTA Tour before the now infamous Jennifer Capriati Age Eligibility Rule was adopted, Hingis and Williams were the sport's last prepubescent prodigies. In a class all their own, the two young women could not have been more different. Martina, named for compatriot and living legend Navratilova, was the Swiss Miss of the international junior circuit. At 12 years old, she won the French Open girls' title, defending it a year later and picking up a Wimbledon title along the way. Thrashing opponents years her senior, Hingis played a grown up game within a child's frame, one that barely scratched 5'7″. Far from a baseline aggressor, Martina preferred to light up the court with cunning variety and flawless shot selection.
Across the Atlantic was Williams, whose father Richard taught her and her sister, Serena (perhaps you've heard of her) the sport with thanks to instructional VHS tapes and gang-infested Compton courts. Making school a priority, Richard kept his daughters stateside and entered them solely in USTA events. Venus went undefeated in 63 matches, setting a precedent on a soil she would come to dominate as a senior. Where Martina represented a keen tennis brain and sharp instincts, Venus was raw talent and natural athleticism. Statuesque and 6'1″, she was known for possessing a powerful, well, everything. The young American was breaking records for serve speeds as a teenager, and helped usher in the era of Big Babe Tennis that persists to this day.
In the mid-90s, while Venus broke records with her serve, Martina wrote her name in the record books simply by winning. At 15, she became the youngest-ever Slam champion, taking the 1996 Wimbledon doubles crown with veteran Helena Sukova. A year later, she became the undisputed queen of the tour, falling one match shy of the Grand Slam and began a reign atop the rankings that was largely uninterrupted for the next four years.
Venus reached her first Slam final that same year, falling to Martina in Flushing. At the time, she was no match for her rival's fully-developed game. But while the American made steady improvements, fine-tuning her power game to match the consistency of those ranked above her, injuries tended to derail her cause, most notably when she succumbed to cramps against Hingis at the same event two years later.
As she was getting her legs massaged by the trainer, Hingis put a towel on the ground so she could lie on the court with her feet up.
It is a scene that is just so Martina. Once quoted as saying she was a "player, not a worker," the Swiss superstar was a young woman to whom much (perhaps too much) came easily. Her consistent style meant she could compensate for a powderpuff serve, the biggest weakness in her game, relatively speaking. While those around her got fitter and tougher, Martina laid back with her feet up, never losing that signature wry grin. And why shouldn't she have? She was assured of a Hall of Fame career by the age of 18.
Sure enough, Hingis was elected to the illustrious Interantional Tennis Hall of Fame on Monday, a class of 2013 for which, once again, she seems too young. While her powerful, injury-prone contemporary once looked more likely to be the proverbial flash in the pan, it was Hingis herself who burned out at 22, made a comeback at 25 only to retire for good at 27. Even in her much anticipated mid-2000s comeback, it was apparent that she had failed to make the necessary changes to compete with what had become the game's best. The comparative lack of success meant, for Hingis, an exponential decrease in desire.
By comparison, Venus has become the posterwoman for overcoming adversity. Over almost two decades on tour, she not only became a great champion (though her head-to-head with Hingis ended at 11-10 in the Swiss' favor), but also an ambassador for her sport and an inspiration to all who have seen her battle and conquer Sjogren's Syndrome, a debilitating autoimmune disease, to win a fourth Olympic gold medal last summer in London. Who could have predicted the way this story would end? Certainly no one in the 90s.
Though firmly entrenched among the game's legends, what would Hingis give to go back?


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When Father John Misty promises "Total Entertainment Forever," he delivers — in the most bizarre way possible.
The Pure Comedy singer-songwriter dropped the video for his new single on Thursday, and it stars Macaulay Culkin as late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, who, during the course of the mind-bending three-minute experience, finds himself tied to a cross.
Oh, and Garfield the cat's owner, Jon, as well as a saxophone-wielding Bill Clinton-like figure (probably?) with monkey feet are also crucified to Culkin's left and right, respectively.
Let's back up a bit.
The video STARTS with George Washington (of president fame) popping Viagra pills and putting on a VR (virtuality reality) device, which is where we meet Culkin, as well as Father John Misty — real name Joshua Tillman — who plays essentially the villain of the story.
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Misty leads a group of Ronald McDonald-like enforcers, who take Culkin's Cobain captive and subject him to a variety of punishments, from "flagellation" to the aforementioned crucifixion.
Oh, and at the end, a super adorable little girl puts a bow on George Washington, who is now burnt to a crisp for some reason.
It's a wild, if not transfixing, video, but trying to explain it is really just an exercise in futility, so watch for yourself below.
Culkin's involvement goes beyond rock legend impressionism, to be fair. Directing the production was Four Gods and a Baby, a collective involving Culkin, as well as collaborators Adam Green, Thomas Bayne and Toby Goodshank, who also appear in the video.
Green shed some light as to how such a wild video got made, during an interview with Pitchfork, where he revealed that when the group approached Misty with the concept, the 35-year-old rocker was unexpectedly completely game!
"When I first told him the treatment for this video, I was just expecting that the answer would be 'no,'" Green revealed. "But the answer was instantly like, 'Sure. Yeah, let's go make it. Great.' I was surprised. I think it was two weeks later and the whole video was shot and made."
WATCH: Macaulay Culkin Says He's 'Essentially Retired'
As for what didn't make the video, including the portrayal of the track's controversial opening line, "Bedding Taylor Swift, every night inside the Oculus Rift," Green explained that it was a matter of not showing what was already told.
"It was discussed. We vetoed that," the director revealed. "We were following this philosophy where if you show somebody something that you're already telling them with the lyrics, you're kind of telling them twice."
Well, one thing's for certain, the video is certainly an attention grabber ahead of Misty's Pure Comedy tour, which kicks off on May 5 in Toronto, Canada.
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