Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Fragment of real wire tapping speech between 2 tennis junkies


Pemulis
“Hi buddie! How's it going? Did you see Maria having her dreams come true at Flushing Meadows?”.
Lenafan
“Gosh, I did! And I also followed the press release afterwards the match.
Maria comes off as somewhat of a bitch in her press conferences but that doesn't change to me that she won this Slam as convincly as anyone has won a slam since Henin's 2005 French Open. And if Serena doesn't pick up her game, I believe she will win 2 Slams next year. Her mental strength was good but now it will be scarier 'cause her confidence has never been higher since there is no doubt in her mind that she can beat the 3 players who had lopsided records against her. She didn't expect to win Wimbledon in 2004. She expected to win this year and even in Golovin match which she was criticized for; she simply played the big points better than Golovin. I find Yuri highly annoying and I am amazed at how much crap Maria takes from him, but that doesn't take away from the fact that Maria has won 2 Slams by the age of 19 and lost to the eventual winner in all 4 Slams last year and in one Slam this year. I only believe a healthy Serena can beat Sharapova on a surface not named clay if Maria plays her best. I said throughout the tournament that if she serves well, I see her winning the tournament. So she has 2 things that most girls don't have on the WTA tour - a serve and mental fortitude. That's a scary combination at 19”.

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Terza di Copertina.

"Cementi di Gloria" è l'opera prima di Paolo Ricaldi, aka Mr. Pemulis, che nell'estate 2007 ha girato in lungo e largo i tornei di preparazione agli Us Open - il c.d. minicircuito chiamato Us Open Series - è tornato sano e salvo, anche se un po' intossicato di Tennis, e ci ha raccontato quanto visto, sentito e percepito nel Nuovo Mondo.
In questo reportage, che è un viaggio picaresco nel nordamerica, intorno al "vuoto" dello showbiz, l'autore alterna con grande potenza espressiva cronache sportive esilaranti, pagine di letteratura minimalista, storie surreali, incubi metropolitani abitati da personaggi dai nomi improbabili e aneddoti irresistibili; e lo fa utilizzando una vasta gamma di registri, che vanno dal comico al noir. Ne risulta un inno sghembo al tennis e alla vita in generale, che fa' di Ricaldi, la "next big thing" del panorama letterario mediterraneo.