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Well after my great result at Wimbledon, you would think that my
left foot is in the grave and the right on a banana peel.....but
nope, I'm in really good spirits.....maybe it is because I went
to see
Justin in concert and he was amaaazing!!
I had a nice little getaway this weekend at one of my favorite
resorts where I usually harness my chi. It's always nice to get
away for a bit and go somewhere where no one knows what tennis
is......until I saw a little girl running around the pool with
an 'I love Sharapova" t-shirt that was a size L, dragging around
on the floor. It was the cutest thing I have ever seen!
I assume that I am currently getting spanked from everyone about
my withdrawal at fed cup (what else is new!!). But I'm not going
to waste time defending myself as if I'm not playing because
I've got Hollywood meetings to attend instead. Let's be clear on
this...if there's a chance for me to be 100% healthy by the US
Open that would not include playing Fed Cup this week because a
smart person would assume that a break is necessary after
playing tournaments for 7 weeks. But wait, I'm still the bad
person.....goooo figure!!
You won't believe what happened to me at the airport in London.
Let me give you a little background before I head to the story.
For my shoulder strength I have been using num chucks( these two
sticks that are connected with a chain) so I left them in my
tennis bag 4 weeks ago.....completely forgetting they were still
there. Within Europe we flew privately so no one checked my
tennis bag. So little did I know that in England they are an
illegal weapon!
So I'm going through security and the people ask
me what I have in my tennis bag. I give them the obvious answer,
but they're like no, there's something else in there. So they
get the num chucks out, and everyone starts laughing except the
security guy, who clearly doesn't think it's funny. So I'm like
so sorry I forgot they are in there, it's no problem if you take
them. He's like 'oh I got to call the police because this is an
illegal weapon'. So we're waiting for the police for 30 minutes,
meanwhile all of us are not laughing anymore, especially me! So
2 police officers come. One of them looks at my passport, looks
up at me, and asks me if I speak English....from that point on I
really thought I was screwed. The other one recognizes me, and
asks me what in the world I do with these. After a 5th
explanation he gets on his walkie, back to the police station
and says 'we've got tennis player Maria Sharapova here, she had
num chucks in her bag which she uses for training, can we just
let her go without filing a report?' There was silence for ten
seconds and then a reply "Are you serious??'. The policeman says
'Yep, It's my lucky day" and hands me my passport back and says
have a nice flight. Thanks buddy!
And to continue with my traveling drama.....I got a call from
the car service that picked me up at the airport and said that I
left my tennis bag in the car........but managed to bring in the
6 big suitcases instead....smart!
Anyways I'm attending the Espy's tomorrow which should be really
fun because I'm going with a few of my friends. Camilla is
actually presenting an award as well so that should be a good
time.
I'm sure I'll have lots to report after that! xx
Maria
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