3AM and my phone keeps on beeping. I always panic if my phone rings or vibrate in this ungodly hour. It means emergency to me, like something bad happen to my family or friends. Safe to say its not about my family or friends. The buzz came from my twitter with news and messages from my friends. Apparently Marion Bartoli retires from tennis!!!!! WTF? She just won Wimbledon a couple of weeks ago! And retiring at Cincinnati tournament? Come on you could have just wait a little longer for US Open! 2 weeks to be precise and then retire.
Oh well, 28 years old, a Wimbledon Grand Slam title holder, no. 7 in the world rankings, french no.1 women tennis player after retired Amelie Mauresmo (come to think of it I remember Mauresmo is her current coach isn't it?) and an IQ of 175 that matches a genius like Albert Einstein. Another retirement in WTA..I wonder who will be next. Please please please tennis gods not Venus Williams or my Roger Federer. Its still on my bucket list to watch Roger play live in a grand slam tournament, meet him, have an autograph and a picture with him. With Venus I already seen her played live, met her, spoke to her a bit and with me being starstruck I completely forgot to ask an autograph and take a picture with her.
So au revoir Marion, best of luck with your life outside tennis world. Not a big fan but I will always remember your crazy serve.
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