Saturday, May 06, 2006

Catching up...

Ok, I have some catching up to do...

First off, Martina was in Warsaw earlier this week for the J&S Cup. Unfortunately, the stay was brief. Martina & Liezel were upset in the first round by Ana Ivanovic and Maria Kirilenko 6-2 6-4. Martina's visit to Poland did receive a lot of media attention so that was nice. Lots of photos available on the official tournament website (search by player) as well as the WTA Tour gallery and the Associated Press on Yahoo! News. Martina also appeared on Polish TV reading a passage from a children's book as part of a "Read to Your Children" initiative.

There are a couple of interviews available online. One with the Polish daily, Gazeta Wyborcza and another with Telewizja Polska (Poland's public television). And another short write-up from Polska Angecja Prasowa (scroll to the end). Unfortunately, all are in Polish. Could anyone help with the translation? Thanks in advance. And here are two brief articles, also in Polish, with photos from Telewizja Polska and Polska Angencja Prasowa.

Now for some alarming news. Martina's 1979 Wimbledon doubles trophy and her 1976 & 1980 Wimbledon semifinalist medals were placed up for auction on Lelands.com, a sports memorabilia auction house and last week, they fetched more than $39,000 collectively. Needless to say, Martina is very upset over this; she did not authorize this auction and how her trophy ended up there remains a mystery. Lelands.com is refusing to publicly reveal the name of the thief who stole these treasured items from Martina but have provided the name to Martina's attorneys. Click here for an article from USA Today to read what Martina had to say.

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