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Sharapova got spanked

January 27, 2007

Maria Sharapova got spanked last night.  And not in a good way.  Serena Williams just absolutely totally dominated Sharapova to win the 2007 Australian Open.

I’m a big tennis fan–I like the sport because it’s just two people fighting it out.  Sortof like boxing but without the blood and missing teeth.  And I’ve watched a lot of tennis, but I have never seen as dominating a performance as Serena’s.  It was amazing how focused she was, the kind of focus that let her time shots no human should be able to hit.

I’ve always been a Serena fan.  She’s such a gritty competitor, and in the Australian Open she often showed that grit by having to come back from a set down to win in her earlier matches.  But in the final she just came out firing on all cylinders, no need for a gritty comeback.

It was just a masterful performance and probably the best two sets of tennis she’s ever played.  It’s definitely the best two sets I’ve ever seen.

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