Ana’s Lament.

Learning Life’s Lessons, Maria Sharapova’s Phoenix Rises

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The Serbian loser was disappointed, of course; she had only her tears to show. The Canadian reporter was disappointed too; she had only her complaints to write. They were both missing the point – the January 26 Australian Open victory of the Russian winner was of another kind. It was psychological. It was less a tennis player’s mastery of her opponent than a tennis player’s mastery of herself. Your first and best opponent is always yourself.

It’s a point of view. ‘The tennis was hardly memorable: unimaginative at best, tense, error-prone and mediocre at worst.’ That is Canadian Stephanie Myles of Canwest Full essay

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4 Responses to “Ana’s Lament.”

  1. Maria Rediscovers Sharapova « The Franciscan View Says:
    January 28th, 2008 at 8:51 am

    [...] yes. I have written a long essay on that (see my ‘Ana’s Lament. Learning Life’s Lessons, Maria Sharapova’s Phoenix Rises,’ frankahilario.com). It wasn’t that Maria rediscovered her game; rather, she rediscovered [...]

  2. Ana’s Lament. « The Franciscan Essay Says:
    January 28th, 2008 at 5:45 pm

    [...] It’s a point of view. ‘The tennis was hardly memorable: unimaginative at best, tense, error-prone and mediocre at worst.’ That is Stephanie Myles of Canwest News Service describing the January 26 Australian Open finals between Russian Maria Sharapova and Click here for full essay [...]

  3. Maria masters Sharapova « The Franciscan Quip Says:
    January 28th, 2008 at 6:20 pm

    [...] post info By frankahilario Categories: Quip Unquip and Quote Unquote Selections from my Franciscan essays (hover cursor over link for source or click for full article) ‘Ana’s Lament. Learning Life’s Lessons, Maria Sharapova’s Phoenix Rises’ [...]

  4. Maria Sharapova, pretty on the inside « The Franciscan View Says:
    January 29th, 2008 at 7:56 pm

    [...] Tennis wasn’t learning tennis – she was learning about defeats, failures, heartaches (see my ‘Ana’s Lament. Learning Life’s Lessons, Maria Sharapova’s Phoenix Rises,’ The Franciscan Writer, frankahilario.com). Those were the battles she fought, and won. And how [...]

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