Simona Halep or Hans Rudi Erdt's Lady Tennis Player?
US Open (Tennis)- the only Grand Slam tournament that has been played every year since its inception in 1881- started last night, Monday August 25 2014
I like watching tennis on TV occasionally. Some matches are just breathtaking (for instance 'The 2008 Wimbledon Men's Singles final') and they just take you in.
Before I graduated- unlike cricket, kabaddi, kho kho, wrestling, athletics, hockey, football, table tennis, badminton, chess, carrom etc.- I must have seen live tennis only a couple of times.
Therefore, as I have mentioned on this blog earlier, I used to wonder, during my middle-school days, why tennis was covered so much- much more than some of the sports mentioned above- in Marathi newspapers when so few Indians play it or have ever played it. Premjit Lall and Joydeep Mukherjee were household names for those who read sports page of Maharashtra Times (महाराष्ट्र टाइम्स).
The answer probably is: Tennis is like Hindi films.
Do you act in Hindi films? No, but you watch them. You write about them. You talk about them. Similarly, you don't play tennis, you watch it. You read it. You talk about it.
Some of the female tennis players are good looking, almost like Hollywood actors.
Simona Halep in action in US Open 2013
Artist: Hans Rudi Erdt (1883-1918) printed in Berlin, 1908. Advertises a tennis competition
By the way: Who do you find more attractive? Ms. Halep or fully clothed lady of Mr. Erdt?
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