Miracle or coincidence!!?
Miracles happen all the time, all around us. When they happen, they catch us off guard and leave us wondering – How did it happen? Why did it happen? May be, that is the reason why miracles are miraculous.
Was surfing the channels yesterday afternoon. Noticed French open in EuroSports and that too LIVE. They were playing the first round matches. I was like, “What the heck? Weren’t GrandSlams supposed to begin on Mondays? And, today is a Sunday.” Maria Sharapova in baby pink was playing against a Mashona Washington in deep pink. Sharapova was at the verge of a first-round upset. She was down by 6-2, 5-7, 2-5. Washington was serving for the match. 40-15 and she had two match points. Washington was pretty composed and was playing pretty well. Sharapova, on the other hand, was making a lot of unforced errors.
Washington had double match points and I thought that Sharapova was about to be kicked out of the tournament. Washington was getting ready to serve. And then it happened. The messengers of miracle appeared from nowhere. Two pigeons flew by and landed on Sharapova’s side of the court. The ball girl shooed them off and the game continued. But, what happened after that incident was totally different from what had happened till then. It was as though the pigeons had landed on Sharapova’s side of the court carrying loads of good luck. Sharapova played extremely well from that point. Errors crept into Washington’s game. Sharapova saved the match points against her, broke Washington, won 5 consecutive games, won the set by 7-5 and thereby won the match.
It was incredible! Miraculous! May be, the pigeons landing on the court was just a coincidence and it had nothing to do with the turn around of the course of the match. May be, Sharapova was really gritty. May be, Washington caved in under pressure. But, to me, the pigeons landing on the court was perfect timing. Miraculously perfect timing.
Was surfing the channels yesterday afternoon. Noticed French open in EuroSports and that too LIVE. They were playing the first round matches. I was like, “What the heck? Weren’t GrandSlams supposed to begin on Mondays? And, today is a Sunday.” Maria Sharapova in baby pink was playing against a Mashona Washington in deep pink. Sharapova was at the verge of a first-round upset. She was down by 6-2, 5-7, 2-5. Washington was serving for the match. 40-15 and she had two match points. Washington was pretty composed and was playing pretty well. Sharapova, on the other hand, was making a lot of unforced errors.
Washington had double match points and I thought that Sharapova was about to be kicked out of the tournament. Washington was getting ready to serve. And then it happened. The messengers of miracle appeared from nowhere. Two pigeons flew by and landed on Sharapova’s side of the court. The ball girl shooed them off and the game continued. But, what happened after that incident was totally different from what had happened till then. It was as though the pigeons had landed on Sharapova’s side of the court carrying loads of good luck. Sharapova played extremely well from that point. Errors crept into Washington’s game. Sharapova saved the match points against her, broke Washington, won 5 consecutive games, won the set by 7-5 and thereby won the match.
It was incredible! Miraculous! May be, the pigeons landing on the court was just a coincidence and it had nothing to do with the turn around of the course of the match. May be, Sharapova was really gritty. May be, Washington caved in under pressure. But, to me, the pigeons landing on the court was perfect timing. Miraculously perfect timing.
posted by Inder | 7:11 AM
4 Comments:
hmm.. maybe we should ask Sharapova waht she thinks about the pegions....
miracles do not happen i think. i say its destiny.and some very little luck. after what scores you have mentioned, winning was nore than impossible. but sharapova did it. it can be called her will power and self confidence and nothing to do with the pigeons!:)
have left comments on the other site. Surely will take time to read through all your postings on both the blogs!
Susmita,
Tasty??!! :P
Kavya,
Sharapova is indeed a good player. But, I think that her game is more suited for grass and hard courts than clay.
Chitra,
Welcome to Gibberdom :)
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