I'm pulling for Novak & China-girl too. But I want to say somethig about the Vika issue. This is in NO way an apology, 'cause I found her antics absurd.
Australian Open, Day 11: The day Azarenka cheated tennis
http://sports.yahoo.com/...nnis-163407592--ten.html
THAT SAID, the Western press excuse suggesting the kid would've won otherwise is no less absurd and also the height of hypocriscy.
How often have they condoned Serena throwing herself to to the court screaming like a banshee when she was in a tight spot? Then minutes later playing like a champ?
Appears like it's okay for a Yankee pet to pull the wooly-wooly, but a dirty trick when they get it back.
It IS interesting they've apparently scrapped the "Arizona Vickie" fairy-tale and now regard Vika as evil as they see anyone else from the Near Abroad.
At least now we KNOW she's not a defector.
"That's the way the world works... right now." --Maria Sharapova at 17