If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster and treat those two imposters just the same....

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It might sound de trop for a title but these are the exact words written just as you enter the oldest and most prestigious tennis ground in the world. The ALL ENGLAND LAWN TENNIS AND CROQUET CLUB for THE WIMBLEDON. This month's recommendation is for a final played here in 2004 between Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova. it is important to get a sense of this ground itself before dwelling on the individuals competing. It has a reputation of being one of the most intimidating tennis courts around the globe with its classic British etiquettes of all-white dress codes among other similar things. It has witnessed the all-time best players from Bjorn Borg the teenage prodigy to Andre Agassi arguably the finest striker of the ball, this ground has seen it all. 
                                                                                    So this final was yet another thrilling contest between the 17 years old Rising Russian and the incumbent hat-trick aspiring American. the match was of course in the month of July, important for both nations as The united state got the Declaration of independence and Russian got its first popularly elected president in its thousand-year history in the month of July.


The match started with Serena being the favorite and was cheered loudly by the crowd and ended with a new grand slam champion with the crowd being in awe of Maria Sharapova. I watched the highlights of finals available on YouTube and instantly swore my lifelong allegiance to the game of lawn tennis right there. To stand there with such a composer with zero intimidation and to play like she did, is mind-boggling. Her routine before every service has been engraved on my mind as clear as the blue sky on a sunny day. It starts with the hairs splattered on her forehead, they are tucked in behind the ears first the left side followed instantly by the right side. then she taps the ball twice on the ground, aiming the shot from the corner of her eyes and ultimately serving it towards another half of the court. This goes on without fail for as long as the match goes with stern consistency. There is a routine With every successful point scored as well. After scoring it she goes back further away from the backcourt, examining and meddling with the nylon net on her tennis racquet With effectively no facial sentiments.
                  hell yeah, I wanna play tennis right now !!!!!


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