Confessions of a Tennis Junkie
1. I have watched replays of completed matches to satiate my thirst for quality tennis.
2. I have even watched replays, sometimes years later, of matches I previously watched just to enjoy the artistry and the magical moments one more time.
3. If we were playing Scrabble and proper names were allowed, I could spell Likhovtseva, Schiavone, and Kuznetsova without a crib sheet. As a matter of fact, I just did it now. (Ok, I did go to the web to double check the first two.)
4. These names roll more easily off my tongue than Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers rolls off the tongue of your average ten-year old.
5. I know that the Woodies are not some newfangled Hollywood awards show, but are instead the highly successful doubles tandem of Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde. I can even pick them apart in photos.
6. Where most people can tell you who the Olson twins are, I am better acquainted with the Bryan twins, another well-known doubles team, at least in tennis circles. But the only reason why I can pick these guys apart is that one is left-handed, though I confess to not knowing whether it’s Bob or Mike.
7. I recognize all but two of the top 20 players in the Men’s and Women’s rankings. Things get a bit dicey when you expand to the top 30, but I still do pretty well.
8. I am proud of each and everyone of these facts.