Monday, July 5, 2004
Wimbledon winner couldn't call mom from the court
After Maria Sharapova won a Wimbledon tennis tournament, she had her dad pass down his cellphone to her on the court so she could call her mother in Russia in front of the crowd and on camera, a moment of perfect 20th Century techno-upstartness in the hidebound world of tennis. But in a moment of perfect 21st Century sods-law-itude, the phone wouldn't work. Link Update: Dan sez, "I heard Maria Sharapova interviewed on ESPN this morning. She is Russian by birth but has lived in the U.S. from a young age, since she was around 3-6 years old. Her Mother lives in Florida and she was not trying to call her in Russia but in Florida. When Sharapova was calling her mother she realized that her Mom was most likely on a plane flight and couldn't be reached. Her mother was on a Jet Blue plane flight when she saw her daughter win Wimbledon. Apparently Jet Blue broadcasts live TV on their flights. Her mother asked the stewardess if she could turn on her cell phone to try calling her daugher (which probably wouldn't have worked anyway) but was denied the request."
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