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Q & A With Serena Williams (Humour)
MakeTimeForSports touched base with 2011 US Open runner-up Serena Williams after her loss to Sam Stosur.
1) What do you think is the reason for your loss to Sam Stosur?
The chair umpire had it in for me, of course.
2) Don’t you think that you tried to intimidate your opponent?
What, that little shriek? I yell like that when I see chocolate cake too.
3) You say you can’t recall what you said on court?
Yeah, like I rehearsed.
4) You’ll catch yourself on YouTube….
Yes, isn’t that super-cool???
5) Do you have a real, good excuse for your on-court behaviour?
Hmmm.. how about ‘I was testing my lung power’?
Disclaimer: The character(s) are real but the interview is fictional.
Quote of the day:
The most common of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind. – H. L. Mencken
Underwear, one-way streets and Central European champions
“Bjorn Loves John”—that’s what will be emblazoned on Bjorn Borg’s new line of underwear.
Mac the Mouth disclosed that he has donned the Borg name under his pants for the past 10 years. Now, he has a chance to get his own back.
The former champs are serious.
But John, why wear those undies beneath your clothes? Wear them over like a modern-day superhero where those labels are visible to all and sundry.
A better idea would be for Bjorn to launch a special edition of ‘Borg loves Nadal’ when the Spaniard equals Bjorn’s record of 11 majors.
For a man who is immensely flattered to be compared to the inimitable Swede, there could be no bigger compliment.
But then, Armani might not be too happy about it.
For now, it’s merely a ‘Perfect 10’ for the Mallorcan.
Rafael Nadal was on his way to a third Wimbledon title and his 11th major, until he turned into a one-way path—‘Djokovic Street’. Unfortunately, traffic was not flowing his way.
The Serbian knocked out the defending champion in four sets, a thorough demolition of the man who would be ‘GOAT’. Is there a chance that we might soon be saying the same of Nadal, that he is the best ever except he was not the best of his generation?
That’s assuming the Djoker can sustain his spell of excellence and attain a stranglehold over his senior—by a year.
We shall see.
Did you know?
Petra Kvitova is the first Czech woman since Jana Novotna—in 1998—to win Wimbledon.
Jan Kodes was the last Czech man to triumph at Wimbledon in 1973 representing the erstwhile Czechoslovakia.
Novak Djokovic is the first Serbian to win the men’s title. He is the first man from a Central European country to win the title since Croatian Goran Ivanisevic in 2001.
No Central European ‘pair’ have lifted the singles title in the same year.
Quote of the day:
In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it’s the exact opposite. – Paul Dirac
Great Balls of Babolat: Players having a ball at Roland Garros?
They’re harder, they’re fluffier, they’re Babolat.
They’re better?
They’re faster—sure, at first.
They’re the fresh tennis balls of Babolat.
It’s goodbye, Dunlop. A new sphere dawns.
French balls at the French Open. Did you expect less?
Shouldering a heavy workload at the French Open? All that running and sliding and now this…
A song-and-dance about nothing, you say?
Well, let’s give the musical some lyrics and a tune.
Here’s to ballsy folk at Roland Garros.
Adam Gilchrist rallies Kings XI Punjab to cusp of IPL play-offs
Royal Challengers Bangalore were brought down to earth by a double whammy of G-forces.
Adam Gilchrist came to the party exhibiting his prowess in a master-class of aggressive batting at the top of the order. In his previous 12 games he aggregated a mere 226 at a measly average of 18.33.
Combining with Shaun Marsh, the Australian great produced runs at will and with such abandon, that Virat Kohli—captaining in Daniel Vettori’s absence—was left flustered, flabbergasted and clueless.
Gabriella Pasqualotta bares all (Satire)
Gabriella Pasqualotta—the South African cheerleader ejected for telling tales on IPL cricketers—revealed all in an exclusive interview to MakeTimeForSports.
The long-legged blonde said: “I have been victimised not for blogging about cricketers and their boorish behaviour but simply because I chose to disclose all in the English language. Had I written my blog in Afrikaans or Swahili, I could have got away scot-free.”
ICC adopts a ‘short’ rule for men’s cricket (Satire)
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has ruled that from July 2011 onwards, all men players are to wear sleeveless Tees and shorts while representing their sides on the cricket field.
The rules apply across the board and are applicable for international as well as domestic games.
It is the ICC’s desire to make the sport ‘more attractive and presentable’ to the Rest of The World.
Salman Khan ‘Dabangg’ refused offer from Pune Warriors: Saurav Ganguly benefits (Satire)
The ‘Dabangg’ star was asked by Sahara Group’s director of communications, Mr. Abhijit Sarkar, to play for the struggling IPL side.
The overture was made prior to the subsequent signing of Saurav Ganguly.
“Salman was quite enthused about the idea of turning out for an IPL side and was set to don grey flannels. We gave him an additional sweetener by allowing Zarine Khan to be one of the Cheer Queens.”
E-book readers kill book cricket (Satire)
MUMBAI.
Exponents of ‘book cricket’ are concerned about the future of the game.
The advent of e-books and e-readers threatens to make the game obsolete in schools and colleges all over the country.
“Once e-books and e-readers become prevalent, ‘book cricket’ as a sport will die out.” says Mr. Raddiwallah, an avid book-cricketer.
Preity Zinta, Vijay Mallya,Shilpa Shetty and SRK Take on The BCCI (Satire)
In a fresh twist to the IPL saga, Vijay Mallya, Shilpa Shetty, Preity Zinta and Shah Rukh Khan have all decided to stand for BCCI elections.
The four owners of IPL franchises feel that it is in their best interests to serve as board members while at the same time retaining a fiscal interest in the IPL.
“If Srinivasan can hold office and have a team, why can’t we own a team and be office-bearers? It’s only fair.” said Vijay Mallya.
Ricky Ponting smashes another television set (Satire)
Ricky Ponting smashed another television set—this time at home.
The provocation for this act of ‘vandalism’ was the news that Duncan Fletcher has been appointed coach of the Indian cricket team.
It is learned from reliable, unnamed sources that the former Australian captain was in the running for arguably “the most difficult job in the sub-continent”. Negotiations with the BCCI were on-going—under the radar.
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