tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49253227109465166442024-03-09T08:49:34.745+09:00Hana Mandlikova is my eternal Superstar!!!Hana Mandlíková is a former professional tennis player back in 80's. She won four Grand Slam singles titles! She was like a typhoon and totally rocked our world! We never ever forget her endless challenges against two tennis monsters, such as MARTINA NAVRATILOVA and CHRIS EVERT.
Or maybe Hana Mandlikova herself was the only and the hugest monster she kept on challenging against... Hana, we miss you like crazy.etsuko209http://www.blogger.com/profile/06337698710389924098noreply@blogger.comBlogger127125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925322710946516644.post-91109013130052055832013-02-19T23:33:00.004+09:002013-02-20T00:36:52.946+09:00On your 52nd Birthday... I'm thinking about something.<div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;">Should </span>I<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>say Happy Happy Birthday, Hana? or shold I say, don't get old any more, Hana? What do you think? My hero turns to 52 today!!! (Yeah!!! Happy Birthday, Hana!) It's become a serious problem that I've been thinking about year by year. I don't want my Hana to get any old because I NEVER HAD A SINGLE CHANCE TO SEE HER YET in my life even though I spent most of the time being crazy about her. Can you believe that? Don't worry, even myself can not.. God... I should see her before she or I die. I KNOW I SHOULD!!!<br />
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My superstar Hana, 52 years ago, you were born on this planet earth, and in that isolated eastern part of the Europe, you were brought up and educated to be a great tennis player. In a court, you were like a big typhoon that nobody could ever get away from. Nobody could ever turn their eyes from you, because you were so beautiful in your tennis, and you were sooooooo special in your style. Since your retirement in 1990, I have never got attracted to any other tennis player though I really wanted. Yeah! I desperately needed one! But actually there were no new hero to make me crazy enough to run after like I did to you.. </div>
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Seemingly, God never listens to me no matter how many times I pray in this request that I want to see Hana and want her to hug me till my ribs break. Does God know that (not only Hana) I'm too getting old? I'll turn to 48 this year on November, and I don't want to ever die before I accomplish my dream to see and kiss my Hana.</div>
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Hana, it was my dream to see you before you turn to 50. But now I reset the dream that I want to see you before you turn to 60 or before I die. I should go to Florida to see Hana anyway!!!</div>
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I think I may have nothing to regret in my life and I may die happily in no time. The end.<br />
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Forget about my stupid talk, let's celebrate Hana's BD! Today is the special day for me and you and Hana. Hana, Happy Birthday. You are our eternal super super super star!!!</div>
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You never know how much you mean to us. </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">Happy Birthday, Hana. Our hearts always stay with you and think of you and your family. God bless you.</span><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; "><br /><div><div><br /><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-6rhaoLp5Rlk/T0DV6zjoTXI/AAAAAAAAQwc/Vj_nDOuL2tg/s512/hana1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 384px; height: 512px;" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-6rhaoLp5Rlk/T0DV6zjoTXI/AAAAAAAAQwc/Vj_nDOuL2tg/s512/hana1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span>.</span></div><div><span>.</span></div><div><span>.</span></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div>etsuko209http://www.blogger.com/profile/06337698710389924098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925322710946516644.post-71715042282215447172011-12-02T21:28:00.005+09:002011-12-02T22:00:48.970+09:00PetrKorda Interviews Hana Mandlikova In Bradenton! 2011<iframe width="444" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nYkqO2pwJHc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; ">SQUIDiN</span> <a href="http://www.squidin.com/videos/viewstory/871" target="_blank" title="http://www.squidin.com/videos/viewstory/871" rel="nofollow" dir="ltr" class="yt-uix-redirect-link" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(28, 98, 185); text-decoration: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; ">http://www.squidin.com/videos/viewstory/871</a> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; ">Legends: Petr Korda interviews Hana Mandlikova in Bradenton, FL</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; ">Isn't she kicking?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; ">Hana's always like this: never put on some cheep air, always open-minded and frank. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; ">I love it so much especially when she's talking about tennis in this way.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div>etsuko209http://www.blogger.com/profile/06337698710389924098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925322710946516644.post-38255201091442022882011-10-25T17:27:00.006+09:002011-10-25T18:13:27.872+09:00Isn't It Cool? Hana Stays In My iphone Wallpaper!<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6AOo1gJ7ig0/TqZ0ArEF0tI/AAAAAAAAQqc/fXv6wvKBtB4/s512/hana%2Bin%2Biphone.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 384px; height: 512px;" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6AOo1gJ7ig0/TqZ0ArEF0tI/AAAAAAAAQqc/fXv6wvKBtB4/s512/hana%2Bin%2Biphone.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><div>I think my iphone has turned to be the most valuable and hottest one in the world to me. You are soooo go well with the "yellow" my fave color, Hana! Yay!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>etsuko209http://www.blogger.com/profile/06337698710389924098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925322710946516644.post-10984987437029076272011-10-11T14:11:00.005+09:002011-10-21T12:54:42.842+09:00Can You Put Up With Being Stared By These Top Queens?<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Y0TJHYX5JuA/TpPP5KJznbI/AAAAAAAAQpY/wJwkHLdpQ54/s800/1985_5%252520Wimbledon%2525201.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 444px; height: 330px;" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Y0TJHYX5JuA/TpPP5KJznbI/AAAAAAAAQpY/wJwkHLdpQ54/s800/1985_5%252520Wimbledon%2525201.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>This photograph of three Wimbledon tennis Queens (<b>Chris Evert</b>, <b>Virginia Wade</b>, <b>Martina Navratilova</b>) during the women's Centenary presentation at last year's Championships was taken by contributing photographer Roy Peters and won for him the Courage Sports Photograph of the year award. Roy has also received an award in the nationwide Canon/UK Press Gazette Sports Photography competition. ("Tennis" May, 1985)<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div></div>etsuko209http://www.blogger.com/profile/06337698710389924098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925322710946516644.post-1462759522417912602011-10-10T21:44:00.019+09:002011-10-12T17:10:25.472+09:00What's Wrong With You Girls???!!! 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Excuse me... What's wrong with you girls???</span></div></a><div>I would definitely kill myself if my Hana had done the same thing you girls are doing here, being half-naked, holding a pose, or showing some pornographic smile with wet lips. No... No way. Not for my Hana <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Mandlikova</span>. Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying this be</div><div>cause I am the girl who's far less sexy than you, like I have no curves, no sexy dynamite boobs, or no long legs like Kate Moss.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Okay, call me a stupid old-school-type-amen-ass-hole. I swear to God, I don't belong to that Republican monsters, either. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">lol</span>. Call me what you like, whatever! I don't care. I just don't really like what you girls are doing. Athlete should be athlete. You can't be supermodel or pornographic star at the same time. I know some of you are doing this for the need to encourage the popularity of tennis. You are wanted to. That way, you maybe doing great... I admit that. I adore you all. But still in my mind... there's some uncomfortable thing with it, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">coz</span> you're doing it too</div><div>much... Yes. It's totally an "eyesore!"</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-J_vMhBeSRx0/TpLprigpmjI/AAAAAAAAQoE/dnrjsV9Pg6c/s800/cats.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-seOGdSVx-O4/TpPdI2q7XTI/AAAAAAAAQp0/pgmd8JJuiIE/s800/page.jpg" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 403px; height: 403px; " /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><br /></u></div><div>Looking back 80's tennis legends, players like <span style="font-weight: bold;">Navratilova</span> or <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Mandlikova</span></span> never wore sexy, more like erotic half-naked sport wear so that they were looking so sound and we could concentrate the game itself. That's what we want! That's what it better be.</div><div><br /></div><div>But look at you, although you're screaming or exposing your skins and butts excessively in the court, you still call audiences to behave themselves, like, not to take pictures with flashes or keep quite. How can they be good??? How can they be ladies and gentlemen in the face of super sexy dynamites who's B & T parts are barely covered with a thin piece of cloth? And have you ever noticed that shitty cloth is almost blown away when you start jumping up and down in the court? ... You've gotta know this that you are the ones who're making them whim-wham! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Hana, I'm happy that I was born two decades earlier than these girls were. It's said that you were the sexiest tennis player of all time even you never wore a sport wear like slippy nightie or bikini-like. You always took the high road and attracted us with your passionate "tennis" itself not the outside appearance. We love the way you are so "classic" both in thinking and actions. You never disappointed us this way. How can we not miss you...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Do you remember how people described you? </div><div>It's pretty simple.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: bold;">"Graceful as never."</div><div>I'm proud of you.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-J_vMhBeSRx0/TpLprigpmjI/AAAAAAAAQoE/dnrjsV9Pg6c/s800/cats.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-DzerTtXLXkM/TpMHwVkBmKI/AAAAAAAAQpA/I_rewdYA8OM/s400/hana%252520mandlikova.jpg" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 400px; " border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Hana <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Mandlikova</span>, 1980, Tokyo</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>etsuko209http://www.blogger.com/profile/06337698710389924098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925322710946516644.post-16035651766357878702011-10-03T08:09:00.033+09:002011-10-10T09:28:46.193+09:00It's Your Day, Radwańska! You Made It!!! -Toray Pro Tennis 1, Oct, 2011<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-91iNX798_Co/TpIm2S87YSI/AAAAAAAAQmE/l2mRdu5NR9I/s800/1001.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 444px; height: 285px;" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-91iNX798_Co/TpIm2S87YSI/AAAAAAAAQmE/l2mRdu5NR9I/s800/1001.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(99, 67, 32); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(247, 240, 233); "><table style="width: auto; "><tbody><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: right; "><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Radwanska</span></span> overpowered <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Zvonareva</span></span> 6-3, 6-2 to win the Pan Pacific Open</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">on her second title of the year</span>.</span></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: left; "><br /></div></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><div><div>It was sunny and little bit windy day, and it's definitely th</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><div>e day for tennis! I was in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Ariake</span></span>, Tokyo, to see this beautiful match that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Radwanska</span></span> made her victory. Sitting there watching her tennis was my happiest day in my holidays visiting my parents in Tokyo. <div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></div><div>Since Hana's retirement, more than 20 years there's not much to amuse me in Tennis, but this Poland genius, all of a sudden, gets me back to stick to tennis again. Thanks to God, thanks to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Agnieszka</span></span> Roma <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Radwańska</span></span></span></b></span>! I was in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Ariake </span></span>mainly <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">beacause</span></span> I wanted to see <b>Petra <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Kvitova</span></span></b>, Wimbledon winner this year, but she was defeated by <b>Vera <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Zvonareva</span></span></b> (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">RUS</span></span>) 6-7, 0-6. It was a good game though, I mean its more thought-provoking. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Kvitova</span></span> even lead 5-1 in the first set, she was gradually reached by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Zvonareva</span></span> and was beaten finally. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Zvonareva</span></span> said that she never thought of giving it up. All she wanted to do was just to concentrate on doing her tennis all times so that led her winning. See? Tennis is certainly the most unpredictable sport than any others so that deadly attracted us. No matter how many games you led, you could be beaten finally. You can't let your eyes away even a minute, all you gotta do is trying to feel the "flow" of the game and follow it. Go with the flow given by God, then you would know what's waiting for you. Sure, either paying or watching tennis takes time like 2 or 3 hours out of your valuable day, but it could be so thrilling this way, huh?!</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway, let's talk about <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"><b>Radwanska</b></span></span>. She's not from a kind of "power tennis" group. Her normal serve and stroke never make any other player scared her, but she has skillful technique in controlling ball. She's so capable in lobbing or making various types of shots, especially her drop shot is ARTFUL! While watching her, it often reminds me of an American tennis legend, <b>Chris Evert</b>. Chris wasn't a power tennis player but always confident in controlling the match with her stable tennis that Hana wasn't good at handling.</div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></div></div><div>Comparing to Hana, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"><b>Radwanska</b></span> seems more consistent in tennis. Never gets too emotional, never gets yelling, never shows combative attitude to anybody on a court. She's so cool-headed and well mannered all the way. I mean she seems like so antithetical to Hana, while Hana has this special kind of aura and incredible star appeal like <b>Navratilova</b> so that attracted thousands tennis fans worldwide. Adding to Hana's various genius shots, having been born in such a small and closed country like <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Czechslovakia</span> maybe one of the reasons that made her mysterious and attractive, like "oh, what's she gonna do next?" Hana always attracted people's attention even when she didn't want any. Sorry, you made us do so, Hana. <span class="Apple-style-span"><b>You, were and are, so special to us with your "somethingness."</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div>Of course, Hana also belongs to that group of "power tennis" especially since she changed her wood racket to steel. It's exciting to see PT, but sometimes its far joyful to see players who are not in that category proves still fully capable to beat or go neck and neck with the PT with one's witness and goodness in controlling balls. Because I fully believe that tennis is like life itself. Many lives, many tennis. Power never conquers everything.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here she comes. That's <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Radwanska</span></span>!!! Our new hero!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-uW_rGbiSndI/TpIm9n5LxlI/AAAAAAAAQmY/IqmPJKpvsZo/s800/radwanska%2525202.jpg" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 401px; height: 800px; " /><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></div></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div>So sadly, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Sharapova</span> </span>twisted her left ankle while serving in her eighth game in the first set against Petra <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Kvitova</span></span> (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">CZE</span></span>) on 29, Oct. She had no way to keep on playing so quit the whole match but she left the tennis fans her racket strings cut shortly as a gift. What a caring person she is! She always <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">tries</span> to care about the fans this way so that we all love her. Can you believe this? I was one of the lucky fans who got her racket strings! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Yay</span></span>!</div><div><div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-f1_ulhdIH10/TomfTM94mPI/AAAAAAAAQlw/r8pf8HOxkCk/s288/securedownload.jpg" height="255" width="288" /></div><div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><center><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; "><div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-xrnUHYxr0vk/TpInmGbFRgI/AAAAAAAAQnY/M-Rivv1WboM/s800/Radwanska%2525201.jpg" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 519px; " /></span><div></div><div></div></div></div></div><div></div></span></span></div><br /></center><center><br /></center></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>etsuko209http://www.blogger.com/profile/06337698710389924098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925322710946516644.post-10270442654293998862011-09-24T22:01:00.004+09:002011-09-24T22:18:52.962+09:00Hana's Comeback (New Idea / 17, Sep,1988)<table style="text-align: center;width: auto; "><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/sq1j5WLMAOk8t-qzgrGhbQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-jVOC_en__Dc/Tn3VLPsT5JI/AAAAAAAAQkw/JLhiUx3m2lk/s800/1988_9_17%252520hana%252520mandlikova.jpg" height="626" width="444" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: right; "><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br /></span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table>etsuko209http://www.blogger.com/profile/06337698710389924098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925322710946516644.post-66459876776756647362011-07-10T18:23:00.017+09:002011-07-10T20:42:00.548+09:00"Hana’s Five Greatest Wimbledon Wins" - by Tripp from Georgia<img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-qUsovXJGJC4/Thl1bhLwcoI/AAAAAAAAQjA/4t0xEz29ckk/_44764470_wimbledon_512x288.jpg" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 158px; " alt="" border="0" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;"><span>A</span></span>s we celebrate another tournament at Wimbledon, it’s hard to forget some great victories by Hana Mandlikova during those championships. To most people Wimbledon represents tennis’ greatest prize. Though Hana did not win it, the lone grand slam to elude her, she did make her presence felt there and belongs amongst its storied tennis history.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>The odd thing about Hana not winning Wimbledon is that it was played on a surface tailor made for her game. She won on clayat the French, cement at the U.S. Open, and on Australian grass twice. One of Wimbledon’s all time great champions, Billie Jean King, once had this to say about Hana at Wimbledon: “Hana is a good conditions player.” That meant that when the weather was warm and sunny and the courts were dry so that the balls were lighter and flew through the air, Hana was a real threat. But as happens all too often (for some) at the All England Club, conditions are quite often damp, soggy, and heavy. King’s theory seems to be correct when you consider that Hana’s greatest runs at Wimbledon in 1981, 1984, and 1986 were all accomplished during some of the best weather conditions experienced there. Constrastly, her earliest exits came in 1982, 1983, and 1985 which were some of Wimbledon’s worst as far as rain is concerned.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>As we watch the Championships unfold, here are what I consider to be Hana’s five greatest wins at Wimbledon……….</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">1) 1979 3rd Round defeated Regina Marsikova (13) 6-3, 6-2</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div>At this point in time, Marsikova was the Czech’s top ranked player and had just reached the French Open semifinal. Seeded 13th Marsikova was expected to beat Hana who was playing in her first Wimbledon. But Hana proved to be the better player on the day on her way to a 4th round matchup with none other than six time Wimbledon champ, Billie Jean King. In Hana’s first Center Court clash, she pushed King enough to leave the champion impressed and wary of her younger Czech opponent. Hana would win two matches against King during her career and lose two including this one.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-fu5Lcp2op10/ThmAd9uhDHI/AAAAAAAAQjo/werwYPAkyKQ/%252524%252528KGrHqR%25252C%252521lIE2D%25252BRDyZbBNkfHfTmbQ%25257E%25257E0_3.JPG" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 380px; height: 306px;" alt="" border="0" /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;">A Press Photo of Regina Marsikova in 1976</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">2) 1981 QF defeated Wendy Turnbull (6) 6-</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:130%;" >0, 6-0</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>With devastating power and accuracy, Hana as reigning French Open champ, crushed the world’s sixth best player and three time grand slam finalist, Turnbull in barely over half an hour. Wendy always proved to be a difficult opponent for Hana with her speed and great court strategy. But on this day Wendy was left powerless as Hana blasted winners from all points of the court while making only two errors. The match was played on old Court One and was over before some in the crowd had settled into their seats. Wendy went on to become Hana’s best and most consistent doubles partner from 1985 through 1987. Together they won numerous titles and reached the finals of Wimbledon and the U.S. Opens in 1986. That year, they also won the Virginia Slims Championships together defeating Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver along the way.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-3efRBfPauIc/ThmEjNzQ6tI/AAAAAAAAQkA/FEMrYKqawkM/cats.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 403px; height: 203px;" alt="" border="0" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">3) 1981 SF defeated Martina Navratilova (4) 7-5, 4-6, 6-1</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Before this tournament began there was a seeding controversy. Wimbledon decided to seed Hana second since she had won two consecutive grand slam events behind Chris Evert. Martina, a two time Wimbledon champ, was seeded all the way down at 4th. Martina took exception to this and said so publicly. So there was a lot of anticipation in the build up to this meeting between Czechs. Hana won going away in the third set as Martina’s confidence dwindled. It proved to be the last loss suffered by Martina at Wimbledon until the 1988 final as she went on to win six consecutive titles, including a finals win over Hana in 1986. But this day was Hana’s day to reign surpreme.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-GziFQ8jmUi8/ThmBylGIR_I/AAAAAAAAQj4/-cZ0O6f5tMc/s512/1981_WIM%252520%252528100%252529.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 364px; height: 512px;" alt="" border="0" /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">4) 1984 QF defeated Jo Durie 6-1, 6-4</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>As Hana entered Wimbledon 1984, she was still the only player to defeat Martina that year and had just taken the defending champion to three sets in Paris. Everyone from Bud Collins on down expected that if anyone was going to defeat Martina in the Wimbledon final, it was going to be Hana. But Hana’s path was a difficult one to negotiate. She defeated a future semifinalist in Lindqvist, perennial grand slam challenger, Sukova, and Great Britain’s top female player, Jo Durie. Durie had already reached both the French and U.S. Open semifinals. Hana, usually very popular at Wimbledon, had to play against both Durie and the crowd in this quarterfinal match. Sensing this could be a tough one, Hana sprang to an early lead and closed out the first set handily, 6-1. In the second, she withstood a charge fromDurie and broke at 4-4 in the second set before serving out the match in style. Though Hana lost in the SF to Chris Evert, Hana had re-established herself as a threat to win this most coveted title.<br /><br /><br /></div><div><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-x4KNk412_xg/ThmIQPh8pWI/AAAAAAAAQkI/HIkOReiaURE/jo2.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 403px; height: 403px;" alt="" border="0" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">5) 1986 SF defeated Chris Evert (2) 7-6, 7-5</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>In defeating long time nemesis, Evert, Hana achieved one of the greatest victories of her career. And considering that Chris had just won her seventh French title, this might be her greatest win at Wimbledon overall. Neither set started out well for Hana as she fell behind 5-2 in each of them. But she wasn’t missing by much and Hana’s shots soon started finding the court. During the first set tiebreak Chris had a look on her face that indicated that she knew she might be in trouble. With a thunderous backhand passing shot and with some acrobatic volleying Hana closed out the first set tiebreak seven points to five. During the middle of Hana’s second set comeback, she won an astonishing FOURTEEN consecutive points against the consistent and steady Evert. All were won on either outright winners or errors forced by Hana. The streak of tennis was so spectacular that the British called that momentous fourteen point streak “the purple patch.” Afterwards, Chris conceded that Hana should play Martina in the finals because she played better. Despite Hana’s brilliant start against Martina in the finals she succumbed to the great champion in two tight sets. But this win will always rank as my personal favorite win for Hana on famed Center Court.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ma_rdCWpn3U/ThmLEgQ7p0I/AAAAAAAAQkQ/o5ordD_gv_s/s512/1987_1_Women%252527s%252520Weekly_Hana%252520Mandlikova%252520%2525281%252529.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 349px; height: 512px;" alt="" border="0" /><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">-------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /></div><br />Thank you so much for this beautiful contribution, Tripp.<br />I appreciate it.<br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>etsuko209http://www.blogger.com/profile/06337698710389924098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925322710946516644.post-17810572719877647112011-07-03T07:20:00.017+09:002011-07-04T15:18:38.018+09:00Way To Go! Czech! We've Waited For This Awesome Moment!!!<table style="text-align: center;width: auto; "><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/t80au9TkQOM41n3cwo4RAg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-yIQRtHmWERk/Tg-asVfB5hI/AAAAAAAAQiE/Je2Te1UPmd8/s800/Petra%252520Kvitov%2525C3%2525A1.jpg" height="440" width="444" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; font-size: 11px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><em style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; ">Petra</em> Kvitová</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> smiling at the audience with her winning trophy after defeating Maria Sharapova (Russia) 6-3, 6-4!</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Finally, a new Czech tennis star conquered Wimbledon!<div>Oh, Petra... dont make us waiting such loooong time for this, but you finally made it that our Hana never could and we're sooo happy for you. God! We have to celebrate for it. Anybody, just stop by and have a drink at my place! Today is the day for Cezch's new hero!!!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><table style="text-align: center;width: auto; "><tbody><tr><td> <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/zbmiQSCxEAWPTcfmh7jf0A?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-B02-JGvK2UY/Tg-gxYgq_SI/AAAAAAAAQik/oLI4yE7JYG0/s800/kvitova2_1936170c.jpg" height="250" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-f2lyGSaj6vs/Tg-d8yLOaoI/AAAAAAAAQiU/b6awW7dzrkw/s800/Czech_flag_Wavy.jpg" height="225" width="300" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">Go, go, go, Czech!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>etsuko209http://www.blogger.com/profile/06337698710389924098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925322710946516644.post-88929338568538122992011-06-14T08:10:00.057+09:002011-10-10T21:27:34.231+09:00The Latest Hana News - "Mandlikova Harassed Lendl!" Not me! Says Aha! ...<center><table style="width:auto;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photohttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif/UpX91kSfacs6c9D9F8Nw_Q?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-95YekGFHMyk/TfaZ5e6YxcI/AAAAAAAAQg4/SW9DQ_MwFTE/s800/917690-img-ivan-lendl-hana-mandlikova-jana-novotna-milos-mecir444.jpg" width="444" height="377" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">5, June, 2011, in Prostejov</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></center><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">H</span></span>ana, I jumped with joy when I found this photo and the article about you in <a href="http://www.ahaonline.cz/clanek/sport/59657/mandlikova-ustvala-lendla.html">Aha!</a> online today, because it's been quite a long time since we last heard about you. Aha... You were in Prostejov in Czech to play doubles with<b> Ivan <span class="Apple-style-span">Lendl</span></b> against<b> Jana <span class="Apple-style-span">Novotona</span></b> and <b><span class="Apple-style-span">Milos Mecir</span></b>. I kicked Google application to translate this Czech to English trying to know how you enjoyed the game, and then what I got is this... that you hara<a href="http://www.ahaonline.cz/clanek/sport/59657/mandlikova-ustvala-lendla.html"><img src="http://www.ahaonline.cz/images/aha/logo-aha.gif" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 170px; height: 83px;" alt="" border="0" /></a>ssed Lendle on the court... Oh, my God... lol, lol, lol...<br /><br />It says, <span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-weight: bold; ">"</span><span style="background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0pt; border-right-width: 0pt; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-left-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; outline-width: 0pt; outline-style: none; outline- padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; font-weight: bold; background-position: 0% 0%; color:initial;"><span style="background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-origin: padding-box; background-size: ; border-top-width: 0pt; border-right-width: 0pt; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-left-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; outline-width: 0pt; outline-style: none; outline- padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; color:initial;">No respect for the older, was angry at him like a rabbit hunt.</span> <span style="background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0pt; border-right-width: 0pt; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-left-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; outline-width: 0pt; outline-style: none; outline- padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; color:initial;">"Your ball!</span> <span style="background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0pt; border-right-width: 0pt; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-left-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; outline-width: 0pt; outline-style: none; outline- padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; color:initial;">You!</span> <span style="background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-origin: padding-box; background-size: ; border-top-width: 0pt; border-right-width: 0pt; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-left-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; outline-width: 0pt; outline-style: none; outline- padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; color:initial;">Your "one-piece called Hana Mandlikova (49) to partner Ivan Lendl (51).</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; ">" </span> <span style="font-weight: bold; ">"</span><span style="background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0pt; border-right-width: 0pt; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-left-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; outline-width: 0pt; outline-style: none; outline- padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; font-weight: bold; background-position: 0% 0%; color:initial;"><span style="background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-origin: padding-box; background-size: ; border-top-width: 0pt; border-right-width: 0pt; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-left-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; outline-width: 0pt; outline-style: none; outline- padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; color:initial;">Two Czech tennis legends gathered on one side of the court in an exhibition doubles match for their opponents in Prostejov was Jana Novotna (42), Milos and Sword (47).</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; "> </span></span><p style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0pt; border-right-width: 0pt; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-left-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; outline-width: 0pt; outline-style: none; outline- padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; color:initial;"><span style="background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0pt; border-right-width: 0pt; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-left-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; outline-width: 0pt; outline-style: none; outline- padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; color:initial;">"Hank (Hana) chasing me terribly," Lendl sued.</span> <span style="background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0pt; border-right-width: 0pt; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-left-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; outline-width: 0pt; outline-style: none; outline- padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; color:initial;">All four have shown that tennis forget.</span> <span style="background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-origin: padding-box; background-size: ; border-top-width: 0pt; border-right-width: 0pt; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-left-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; outline-width: 0pt; outline-style: none; outline- padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; color:initial;">"The body remembers it.</span> <span style="background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0pt; border-right-width: 0pt; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-left-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; outline-width: 0pt; outline-style: none; outline- padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; color:initial;">Move it there is not much, but the hammer is not a problem, " she said Mandlikova.</span> <span style="background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-origin: padding-box; background-size: ; border-top-width: 0pt; border-right-width: 0pt; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-left-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; outline-width: 0pt; outline-style: none; outline- padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; color:initial;">The younger couple Lendl eventually succumbed 6-7.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0pt; border-right-width: 0pt; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-left-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; outline-width: 0pt; outline-style: none; outline- padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; background-position: 0% 0%; color:initial;"><span style="font-weight: bold; background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0pt; border-right-width: 0pt; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-left-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; outline-width: 0pt; outline-style: none; outline- padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; background-position: 0% 0%; color:initial;">"I enjoyed it too," beamed Novotná and rushed to the plane to Paris.</span> <span style="background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0pt; border-right-width: 0pt; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-left-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; outline-width: 0pt; outline-style: none; outline- padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; background-position: 0% 0%; color:initial;"><b>Today, it waits for French Open final tournament of legends alongside Martina Navratilova." </b><span class="Apple-style-span">(Google Translation)</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;font-weight: bold; "><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none; margin: 0pt; outline: 0pt none; padding: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none; margin: 0pt; outline: 0pt none; padding: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline;font-size:100%;">--------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none; margin: 0pt; outline: 0pt none; padding: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none; margin: 0pt; outline: 0pt none; padding: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline;font-size:100%;">Do you think it's funny translation? </span></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none; margin: 0pt; outline: 0pt none; padding: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none; margin: 0pt; outline: 0pt none; padding: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline;font-size:100%;"> Oh, no. I can tell it's much better than my</span></span> <span style="font-weight: normal;">pig English.</span></p><br /><br /><center><table style="width:auto;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/E266PrgtOSedyoPJVsc0EA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-B7Si889ECmg/TfxUxnbpguI/AAAAAAAAQho/8z0nrqjLJOM/s800/2011_6%252520hana_mandlikova%2525201.jpg" width="402" height="800" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right"><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/etsuko209hana/HanaMandlikovaIsMyEternalSuperstar2?feat=embedwebsite"><br /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/-gaNtyreMiIfTnwZJMk4ig?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-3_6rkT5pAdc/TfxUwTsKrFI/AAAAAAAAQhk/vfmWqcB6EoI/s800/2011_6%252520hana_mandlikova%2525202.jpg" width="402" height="800" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right"><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/etsuko209hana/HanaMandlikovaIsMyEternalSuperstar2?feat=embedwebsite"><br /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table style="width: 438px; height: 461px;"><tbody><tr><td><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/AO2H7oajJciwsczNhJTKLA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TM3YzjuRk9s/TfxUrBLKsWI/AAAAAAAAQhg/xy8R1VVgpMs/s400/max_1307185901.jpg" width="267" height="400" /></a></div><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></center>Let me thank God for this beautiful moment sharing these photos with all Hana freaks. <div>Hana, watching you chasing a ball like a little kid is our blissful joy. We wish we can share this moment for all time. Please don't forget that we always love you. <b>ALWAYS</b>.<br /><br /><br /><a style="font-family: georgia;" href="http://www.czech-open.cz/index.php?novinka=267&lan=EN&PHPSESSID=978537eb4c89dac9d8f2d91d0b4dfdb2"><span style="font-size:130%;">UniCredit</span></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.czech-open.cz/index.php?novinka=267&lan=EN&PHPSESSID=978537eb4c89dac9d8f2d91d0b4dfdb2">http://www.czech-open.cz/index.php?novinka=267&lan=EN&PHPSESSID=978537eb4c89dac9d8f2d91d0b4dfdb2</a><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class=" down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" alt="Link" class="gl_link" border="0" /></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://olomoucky.denik.cz/ostatni_region/po-prostejovskem-kurtu-behaly-legendy20110604-90d3.html">denik.cz</a></span></div><div><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class=" down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" alt="Link" class="gl_link" border="0" /></span></span><a href="http://olomoucky.denik.cz/ostatni_region/po-prostejovskem-kurtu-behaly-legendy20110604-90d3.html">http://olomoucky.denik.cz/ostatni_region/po-prostejovskem-kurtu-behaly-legendy20110604-90d3.html</a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span><br /><br /></div></div>etsuko209http://www.blogger.com/profile/06337698710389924098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925322710946516644.post-28120728271708215742011-06-14T07:57:00.009+09:002011-10-10T21:28:44.823+09:00A Memory of Avon Championship Tennis - Hana Mandlikova<center><table style="width:auto;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/SG0TksF-Eu6-MvxDL-rgOw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--69761evuew/TfaVpb0n5cI/AAAAAAAAQgg/Ggcayzq21IE/s800/060913ME-MANDLIKOVAHANA_t607%252520444.jpg" width="444" height="306" /><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class=" down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" alt="Link" class="gl_link" border="0" /></span></span><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class=" down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" alt="Link" class="gl_link" border="0" /></span></span></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></center>It was at the Marriott Marco Island Resort in the early 1980s that Hana Mandlikova talked with renowned tennis broadcaster/writer Bud Collins during the Avon Championships held as part of the Women’s Tennis Association pro tour. (ref. <a href="http://www.marconews.com/photos/2006/sep/13/18277/">marconews.com</a>)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.marconews.com/photos/2006/sep/13/18277/">http://www.marconews.com/photos/2006/sep/13/18277/</a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">.<br /></span><div><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span></div>etsuko209http://www.blogger.com/profile/06337698710389924098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925322710946516644.post-21526883904547298392011-06-13T20:30:00.022+09:002011-10-09T16:32:32.366+09:00David Cuba! You know what? You're the super super happiest tennis freak on this planet!!! Who are with you???<center><table style="text-align: center;width: auto; "><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/xsjR0Z__Er-zYb1_d7svVg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-LQpb0TyjP7w/TfX3Soj55lI/AAAAAAAAQfo/UQeH3I4L6dg/s800/2005_7_1%252520DavidCuba%252520in%252520London%252520with%252520our%252520HanaMandlikova.JPG" width="444" height="332" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/etsuko209hana/HanaMandlikovaIsMyEternalSuperstar2?feat=embedwebsite"></a><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>1, July, 2005 / David Cuba with Hana Mandlikvoa in Wimbledon</center><center><span class="Apple-style-span">.</span></center><center><span class="Apple-style-span">.</span></center><center> </center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">H</span></span>ey<b>, </b>D</span>avid, I'm jealous... I'm totally jealous... of you being with our Hana Mandlikova, no matter if you say that you accidentally encountered her. My God... look at you, David, do you really know what you're doing to her? Do you? <span class="Apple-style-span"><b>You're putting your hand around her waist!!!</b></span> And you're smiling at the camera with her doing the same for you... Even more, she's, too, putting her right hand on your shoulder... Oh, my God... how can I not jealous of it???? Tell me... You know what? She made her glorious days with this very right hand: the winner of French Open in 1981 and so as in US Open in 1985, Wimbledon runner-up in 1981, two time winner of Australian Open in 1980 and 1987... Just countless!!! See? She really made her days with this right hand, and that right hand goes straightly rubbing your shoulder... I..., I, I swear to God that I've been the craziest fan of her more than 30 years but never had the chance like this!!! NEVER!!! I wish I go rush off to London just to stand between you and her. lol</center><center style="text-align: left;"><br /></center><center style="text-align: left;">Hahahahaha.... sorry for being bitching you at the above, David. I didn't really mean to pick this on you (I know you know that). No way! Now I got my nerve back and I want to show my great appreciation to you for letting me upload this beautiful photo of you and Hana here in my Blog with lots of envy and jealousy(^^).<br /><br />Actually what amazed me most is that Hana was looking so relax and you could even feel closer to her than ever. I've never seen her smiling this way, honestly, maybe because she never thought this pic would be in the public and that made her smile this way. No protection and no pretending, and no gurard. She's real Hana Mandlikova: friendly, affable, and adorable! </center><center style="text-align: left;"><br /></center><center style="text-align: left;">There's no doubt. David, you are the happiest man on this ugly planet to have this beautiful tennis legend standing on your next, JUST FOR YOU. Congratulation! You god your shot and I know that all tennis fans of 80's congratulate you as much as I do to you. </center><center style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /></center><center style="text-align: left;">So, anyone who had the same beautiful encounter with Hana like David did, let me know how it was like, how you felt about it, and how you made it. Make me bleeding jealous of your Hana pic! Bring it on! I'M ALWAYS READY FOR IT. lol, lol, lol!<br /></center><center style="text-align: left;"><br /></center><center style="text-align: left;"><br /></center><center style="text-align: left;">Thanks, David for your BEAUTIFUL contribution.</center><center style="text-align: left;"><br /></center><center style="text-align: left; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><span class="Apple-style-span">.</span></center><center style="text-align: left; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><span class="Apple-style-span">.</span></center><center style="text-align: left;">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span">.</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><br /></center><center><table style="width:auto;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Lyr1zODIW95DfMTMOUsZnA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Bl_Cj90aXb0/TfaMXur0UGI/AAAAAAAAQgQ/MineePyMBxk/s400/000.jpg" height="400" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span">.</span></center><center><br /></center>etsuko209http://www.blogger.com/profile/06337698710389924098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925322710946516644.post-34569464844238290722011-05-25T07:15:00.012+09:002011-06-18T21:27:03.449+09:00Hana enjoyed her leisure time.<center><table style="width: auto;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/dcsp_UEPLdTYFtH-CwtMrg?feat=embedwebsite" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_hM_Op6zC1r4/Tdwt_FmS9tI/AAAAAAAAQcc/V9jpexsWKto/s800/mandlikova-hana2.jpg" width="444" height="282" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: right;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/etsuko209hana/HanaMandlikovaIsMyEternalSuperstar?feat=embedwebsite"></a><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/etsuko209hana/HanaMandlikovaIsMyEternalSuperstar?feat=embedwebsite"></a></span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><a href="http://www.tennisconfidential.com/colorbox/example5/index.html">http://www.tennisconfidential.com/colorbox/example5/index.html</a></center><center><br /></center><center style="text-align: left;">I dont know when or where this pic was taken, but this is definitely beautiful. She was young and full of energy smiling at us. Don't you think she's gorgeous even outside the tennis court? Oh, yeah! She really is!!!<br /></center><center style="text-align: left;"><br /></center><center style="text-align: left;"><br /></center><center style="text-align: left;"><br /></center><center><br /></center>etsuko209http://www.blogger.com/profile/06337698710389924098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925322710946516644.post-50609426993020721412011-05-24T21:22:00.039+09:002011-06-13T22:57:05.379+09:00"Hana's Five Greatest Wins at the French Open" by Tripp from Georgia<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dY9Tr2Vg5n4/Td-Bc09ZR7I/AAAAAAAAQdk/OFYEi-NkQnc/s1600/French%2BOpen%2B2010.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 170px; height: 170px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dY9Tr2Vg5n4/Td-Bc09ZR7I/AAAAAAAAQdk/OFYEi-NkQnc/s400/French%2BOpen%2B2010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611345992979400626" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><b> <span><span><span>B</span></span></span></b></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span">ecause Hana Mandlikova was known as a serve and volley player people sometimes forget what a great clay court player she was. Of course she grew up on red clay in the former Czechoslovakia so it’s not a surprise that she knew her way around a dusty red clay court.<br /><br />Hana’s first big wins as a professional tennis player were mostly on clay. She won the Italian and French junior titles in 1978 on h</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span">er to becoming the first top ranked junior girl player. The first two tournaments titles that she won as a pro came on clay courts in Milan and Madrid that same year. In 1979 she would also capture the Austrian Open played in Kitzbuhel.<br /><br />Many Fed Cup tournaments involving Hana were also played on clay. Hana led Czechoslovakia to titles in 1983 in Zurich and in 1984 at Sao Paulo each bein</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span">g played on slow red clay. Her three set win over that year’s Wimbledon runner up and forme</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span">r French Open runner up Andrea Jaeger in Zurich was her brightest moment of the season and one of her biggest clay court victories.<br /><br />But the French Open was where Hana’s clay court prowess frequently was put on display. She finished with a 39-11 mark aris as Paris was the grand slam event that she most frequently played. From 1980 through 1986 Hana only failed to make her seeding once in 1985 losing in the quarterfinals. Winning the 1981 French title is surely one of the</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span"> cornerstones of her career and a testament to her all court game.<br /><br />On the eve of this year’s French Open, and in looking back at Hana’s French Open history, I decided that I would pick the five wins that I thought were her biggest at this event. There are surely other wins that could be considered as this is purely subjective.<br /><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">1979 4th Round d. Sue Barker (6) 7-6, 2-6, 6-1</span><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Hana’s 1979 win over Sue Barker was significant because Sue was the 6th seed that year and</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> had been a top 10 regular for several years on the tour. She also was the 1976 French Open champion. Sue was a very good clay court player that used her b</span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">ig fore</span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">hand to great effect on the slow surface. But on this day Hana served notice that she was to be a future French champion.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span><br /><br /></span></b></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4c3aberYBSA/Td-Iu7aCqcI/AAAAAAAAQeU/kHXuoydo0HA/s1600/2011_5_24%2B%252811%2529.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4c3aberYBSA/Td-Iu7aCqcI/AAAAAAAAQeU/kHXuoydo0HA/s400/2011_5_24%2B%252811%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611354000529205698" border="0" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">1981 SF d. Chris Evert (1) 7-5, 6-4</span></b></span><div><br /></div><div>On her way to the 1981 French Open title, Hana pulled off a rare and stunning defeat of Chris Evert on clay. In fact, this was only Chris’ second loss ever in Paris. The only previous loss that she suffered was to Margaret Court in the 1973 final. This was also Chris’ first defeat on clay since Tracy Austin defeated her at the 1979 Italian Open. Hana used her strong serve, flat forehand, and abrupt changes of pace off of her backhand side to keep Chris off balance. Although Hana used her athletic net game to great effect she also outgunned Chris from the baseline. Considering the opponent and the event this is possibly Hana’s greatest ever singles match victory. Chris would retire having lost to only five players ever in Paris. Hana would go on to defeat Sylvia Hanika for the title.</div><div><center><br /></center></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span"><table style="text-align: center; white-space: pre; width: auto;"><tbody><tr align="center"><td style="vertical-align: top;"><br /></td><td style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"> <span><span class="Apple-tab-span"><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/WCLFkcJMV3Xl1W2xHzP7_Q?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_hM_Op6zC1r4/TdunrbEHbKI/AAAAAAAAQb0/0vxzq5-UQbc/s800/hana%20mandlikova%202.jpg" width="402" height="402" /></a></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><br /></span></div></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">1982 QF d. Tracy Austin (3) 7-6, 6-7, 6-2</span></b></span></div><div><br /></div><div>Surely one of the most satisfying victories of Hana’s career was her first win over Tracy in Paris. Of their previous seven meetings, all but two of them went to three sets and one of Hana’s straight sets defeats was a 7-6, 7-6 verdict. Many times Hana had taken sets from Tracy and looked as if she was going to defeat the former world’s number one. But it was not until this day that Hana came through. Using the same kind of tactics that she had used to defeat Chris the year before, Hana used slices, topspins, and hard flat drives mixed in with occasional forays to the net to beat Tracy 7-6 in the first set. She then built a 5-2 lead in the second set and looked set to serve the match out. But to Tracy’s credit she broke back and eventually took the set. However Hana didn’t let the opportunity slip away this time as she used some big serves, delicate drop shots, and well placed volleys to put Tracy away.<br /><br /><center><table style="text-align: center; width: auto;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/HKtO3JNvtL_xlZOvvoIfsg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_hM_Op6zC1r4/TdunulJR2oI/AAAAAAAAQb4/OXc4qQbibug/s800/hana%20mandlikova%203.jpg" width="402" height="402" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: right;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></center></div></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b>1983 d. Andrea Temesvari (10) 6-2, 6-1</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div>As the new fresh face on the scene that spring, the newly dubbed “topspin princess” was making her first big move on the pro tour. Earlier in the year Andrea had pushed Martina on clay at the Hilton Head event taking the top ranked player to three hard fought sets. Hana entered the tournament struggling and with her ranking dropping like a rock after repeated injuries and time away from the tour. Andrea was a popular dark horse pick to score a big upset in this tournament and was all but expected to win this match. But Hana had other ideas as she swept aside that year’s Italian Open champ and eventual two time U.S. Clay Courts champ. When Hana ended the match on a strong forehand up the line she clinched both fists in victory having been satisfied that she proved her critics wrong.<br /><br /><center><table style="width: auto;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/73b7wrK_CZSRSDzJmh2yxw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_hM_Op6zC1r4/TdunxuUuQaI/AAAAAAAAQb8/0fsVx6h9Ifc/s800/hana%20mandlikova%204.jpg" width="402" height="402" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: right;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></center><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">1986 d. Steffi </span>Graf (3) 2-6, 7-6, 6-1</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div>In the spring of 1986 Steffi was riding a long winning streak that included wins over Martina, Chris, and Hana having won three consecutive tournaments. As she ripped through her side of the draw some weren’t wondering IF Steffi would win this tournament but in how big of a romp. At first, Hana could not find her range and even though she was hitting the ball well she was missing by inches. The match seemed firmly in Steffi’s grasp when she had match point at 5-3 in the second. But when she hit a forehand long the crowd sensed that if Hana could break she would be back in the match. With the crowd behind her, Hana broke Steffi and began the long road back with big serves and big forehands that went right into Steffi’s forehand causing her to hit late and open up spraying the ball wide and long repeatedly. Once the second set was in hand Hana took charge of the third set early and ran away with it in a romp hitting dazzling forehand winners in powerful baseline exchanges and extracting errors from Steffi’s feared forehand. The win served as a reminder that Hana was still a formidable force on the tour.<br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">.</span><br /><br /></div><div><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span class="Apple-tab-span"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C5LYqT1pB5E/Td-H8Kn9XTI/AAAAAAAAQeM/_GY5BCDjN-M/s1600/2011_5_24%2B%252815%2529.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 236px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C5LYqT1pB5E/Td-H8Kn9XTI/AAAAAAAAQeM/_GY5BCDjN-M/s400/2011_5_24%2B%252815%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611353128440782130" border="0" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span><span><div><center><table style="width: auto;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td><br /></td></tr><tr align="left"><td style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">Those are my picks as Hana’s five biggest wins at the French Open. I only wish that Hana could’ve held on for wins in 1983 vs. Chris and 1984 vs. Martina. Those were two great matches in which Hana fought the top two toe to toe and nearly won but couldn’t quite pull it off. Had Hana been able to defeat Chris in 1983, she might’ve gone on to a second French title. But it wasn’t meant to be. Still, we have some great memories of many wins for Hana on these historic clay courts.</div></center></div></span><span><div><br /></div><div> Feel free to share your memories of these and other great matches involving Hana in Paris. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"> Tripp</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">-------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Thank you so much Tripp for your BEAUTIFUL contribution looking back Hana's achievements in clay history. I'm soooo happy that you're still madly in love with Hana's tennis as much I am, maybe more than I am. I think you have to tell us more about her tennis, how you feel, how you're pleased, how you're depressed (laugh). Tell us more!!! If you do tell us more, the space of the blog is all for you. I'm not kidding. It's more than anything that we still can share Hana's precious memories even after 20 years since her retirement. It's not the story of long time ago, its like ... woa! "yesterday, "and yesterday stays forever with Hana's freaks! Tripp, you're doing a great job. And Hana, you know what? We're still in love with you and your tennis, and missing you bleeding much(^^)/ There's no one like you who grabbed our hearts and never let them go.<br /><br /> etsuko<br /><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div></div></span><span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span>etsuko209http://www.blogger.com/profile/06337698710389924098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925322710946516644.post-28444710336870386232011-04-08T16:15:00.019+09:002011-04-08T20:21:51.073+09:00God... I Know You Are There. Please Be With Us People In Japan.<center><table style="text-align: center;width: auto; "><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/PLi643F1bC7LiGHJBtKcGA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_hM_Op6zC1r4/TZ61tAOxUzI/AAAAAAAAQaU/FqirdU8p0KU/s640/black.jpg" height="640" width="345" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; "><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/etsuko209hana/HanaMandlikovaIsMyEternalSuperstar?feat=embedwebsite"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></center><br /><br /><br /><center><table style="width:auto;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/OQ6lcXxoU8Y4HTNezgoSig?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_hM_Op6zC1r4/TZ7hQKkwWvI/AAAAAAAAQbM/nw6_asP1tbc/s800/black.jpg" height="534" width="444" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right"><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/etsuko209hana/HanaMandlikovaIsMyEternalSuperstar?feat=embedwebsite"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></center><br /><br /><br />How many nights do I have to cry for this, lord...<br />My heart is hopelessly broken... thinking over my land and people...<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br /><font size="1" color="#FFFFFF">(tsunami/earthquake/japan/victim/dead body)</font><br /><span></span>etsuko209http://www.blogger.com/profile/06337698710389924098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925322710946516644.post-37141943496548392202011-03-01T20:37:00.010+09:002011-04-08T16:24:05.323+09:00Hana, we won't forget your single-hearted attempt toward tennis! Never! Ever!<table style="width:auto;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/a5SFCZBXJYKOyFDodWJ3aA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_hM_Op6zC1r4/TWzbRmWPukI/AAAAAAAAQZU/G_p73bZyAYg/s800/11mandlikova.jpg" height="520" width="444" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">1980 US Open, Hana Mandlikova</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span">H</span></b>ana, "thank you for everything" is the only phrase that can exactly express our heart to you. Thank you so much, Hana. We've been straight-up happy with all the inspiration you gave us through your GUTSY tennis. We're like twins. We feel the same way on everything you felt on court. It's like when you lost the game, we lost our mind, when you won the game, we won our days! See? You really really made our days. <div><br /></div><div>Thank you, Hana.</div><div>You are always with us, in our heart. Always...</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>etsuko209http://www.blogger.com/profile/06337698710389924098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925322710946516644.post-14865256953326079272011-02-19T18:19:00.007+09:002011-02-19T19:09:43.344+09:00Happy Happy Birthday, Hana!On your 48th BD!<div><br /></div><div>Today is the very day that our beautiful tennis superstar was born 48 years ago on this planet earth. Isn't it amazing that we can share this very precious moment with Hana? We earnestly hope that Hana's going to keep fit and do her work well (please show up more in invitational senior tennis games in grand slam! We want you more!). And hopefully I personally want her to be in good diet. That means, "No more gaining weight!" No more, because I don't want her to suffer from serious diabetes in the future. </div><div><br /></div><div>Hana, please, I'm serious...</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">1980, 9, 29</div><table style="width:auto;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/qo8G2gugxTppOrptjL6spg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_hM_Op6zC1r4/TV-UAPdxQ_I/AAAAAAAAQYg/UU4r3CVhNqE/s800/1980_9_29%20HeibonPunch%20Hana%20Mandlikova%20%28100%29.jpg" height="627" width="444" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right"><br /><br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/65B2_oFhpB6KN4jK1192cA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_hM_Op6zC1r4/TV-UANPQi_I/AAAAAAAAQYk/pLysyhb-3Dw/s800/1980_9_29%20HeibonPunch%20Hana%20Mandlikova%20%28101%29.jpg" height="285" width="444" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right"><br /><br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/4F0TSIs-_ZGQ_ImXVBTlmQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_hM_Op6zC1r4/TV-UAducDVI/AAAAAAAAQYo/ImRJ3X5ecOw/s800/1980_9_29%20HeibonPunch%20Hana%20Mandlikova%20%28102%29.jpg" height="626" width="444" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right"><br /><br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Bb05ldLG82Kv1y6SGVRJkQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_hM_Op6zC1r4/TV-UASEb85I/AAAAAAAAQYs/58sizKDWkl8/s800/1980_9_29%20HeibonPunch%20Hana%20Mandlikova%20%28103%29.jpg" height="667" width="444" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right"><br /><br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/qX9ZhzQPJ4T8XTJgAWH35A?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_hM_Op6zC1r4/TV-UAQITmEI/AAAAAAAAQYw/eOv0GwblAY4/s800/1980_9_29%20HeibonPunch%20Hana%20Mandlikova%20%28104%29.jpg" height="372" width="444" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>.<div>.</div><div><br /></div>etsuko209http://www.blogger.com/profile/06337698710389924098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925322710946516644.post-947979077448287672011-02-07T13:03:00.010+09:002011-02-08T12:47:04.692+09:00How Stupid I am!!!<span class="Apple-style-span"><b><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><br /></b></span></div>Today I deleted my Youtube account (etsuko624) by mistake.</b></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>I don't know why I did this stupid mistake... Horrible! (T^T)</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>I'm so devastated at losing all my precious Hana videos with many lovely comments.</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>It's a total <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">NIGHTMARE</span>!!!</span> ... I'm so sorry for someone who gave me heartwarming comments on Hana.</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Now, I'm going to upload them one by one again.</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>It'll take a few days though... </b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>God, please have mercy on me...</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>My new Youtube account is "etsuko209hana".</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Please stay put with our beautiful Hana Mandlikova on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/etsuko209hana">Youtube</a>!</b></span></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b> etsuko209</b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div>etsuko209http://www.blogger.com/profile/06337698710389924098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925322710946516644.post-58898317105699103032011-01-29T11:46:00.008+09:002011-02-06T11:09:58.996+09:00Hand singed by Hana Mandlikova. 1996, in Wimbledon<table style="text-align: center;width: auto; "><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/cojWsNtraAt1jXrRA1gPWA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_hM_Op6zC1r4/TUN_WUQT83I/AAAAAAAAQVs/0UOKHP2JR4I/s800/1996_6_hana%20mandlikova.jpg" height="604" width="444" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right"><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/etsuko209hana/HanaMandlikovaIsMyEternalSuperstar?feat=embedwebsite"></a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Hand singed by Hana Mandlikova. 1996, in Wimbledon</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Bought it on ebay.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">This photo's definitely</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> one of my faves. Yeah!(^^)/</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div>etsuko209http://www.blogger.com/profile/06337698710389924098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925322710946516644.post-44121627378234878012011-01-06T19:40:00.009+09:002011-01-13T13:55:51.346+09:00Hana Mandlikova Always Looks Amazing in Wimbledon!<table style="text-align: center;width: auto; "><tbody><tr><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; "><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/etsuko209hana/HanaMandlikovaIsMyEternalSuperstar?feat=embedwebsite"></a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://alphapress.photoshelter.com/search?I_DSC=mandlikova&I_ORG_ID=O0000Cuh_pIrxUE4&I_DSC_AND=t&_ACT=search"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_hM_Op6zC1r4/TSWjgsETt9I/AAAAAAAAQT0/0QpDdDrkM8I/s800/alpha1%5B1%5D.jpeg" height="82" width="122" /> All photos are from Alpha Press!</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><table style="text-align: center;width: auto; "><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://alphapress.photoshelter.com/search?I_DSC=mandlikova&I_ORG_ID=O0000Cuh_pIrxUE4&I_DSC_AND=t&_ACT=search"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_hM_Op6zC1r4/TSWgqkHTjhI/AAAAAAAAQTg/NM05E5DQDBQ/s800/1997_6%20Wim%20%280%29.jpeg" height="535" width="444" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; "><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/etsuko209hana/HanaMandlikovaIsMyEternalSuperstar?feat=embedwebsite"></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></span></div><p style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small; "><b>JANA NOVOTNA & HANNA MANDLIKOVA</b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">JUNE - JULY, 1997, </span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small; ">AT WIMBLEDON IN LONDON</span></span></div></span><p></p><br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://alphapress.photoshelter.com/search?I_DSC=mandlikova&I_ORG_ID=O0000Cuh_pIrxUE4&I_DSC_AND=t&_ACT=search"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hM_Op6zC1r4/TSWb-C-TUPI/AAAAAAAAQTM/dfI5Gj8-zkI/s800/1997_06_17%20Wim.jpg" height="730" width="444" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"><span class="Apple-style-span">17, 06, 1997 HANNA MANDLIKOVA ATTEND " THE DIRECT LINE INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE LADIES TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS " IN LONDON</span></p><div><br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://alphapress.photoshelter.com/search?I_DSC=mandlikova&I_ORG_ID=O0000Cuh_pIrxUE4&I_DSC_AND=t&_ACT=search"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_hM_Op6zC1r4/TSWb-WgXGjI/AAAAAAAAQTQ/Fm7tM27gm4w/s800/1997_06_17%20Wim%20%281%29.jpg" height="397" width="444" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"><span class="Apple-style-span">17, 6, 1997 JANA NOVOTNA AND HANNA MANDLIKOVA ATTEND " THE DIRECT LINE INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE LADIES TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS " IN LONDON</span></p><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://alphapress.photoshelter.com/search?I_DSC=mandlikova&I_ORG_ID=O0000Cuh_pIrxUE4&I_DSC_AND=t&_ACT=search"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_hM_Op6zC1r4/TSWb-TN0zWI/AAAAAAAAQTU/8I8TiGqbYxI/s800/1999_06_21%20Wim.jpg" height="718" width="444" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right"></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">21, 6, 1999 LONDON.JANA NOVOTNA AND HANA MANDLIKOVA WIMBLEDON TENNIS 1999</p><br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://alphapress.photoshelter.com/search?I_DSC=mandlikova&I_ORG_ID=O0000Cuh_pIrxUE4&I_DSC_AND=t&_ACT=search"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_hM_Op6zC1r4/TSWi9dIfEfI/AAAAAAAAQTw/73j8iSrn81E/s800/1999_06_23%20Wim.jpg" height="800" width="425" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><p style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"><br />23, 6, 1999 WIMBELDON.HANA MANDLIKOVA.</p><p style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"><br /></p><table style="text-align: center;width: auto; "><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://alphapress.photoshelter.com/search?I_DSC=mandlikova&I_ORG_ID=O0000Cuh_pIrxUE4&I_DSC_AND=t&_ACT=search"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hM_Op6zC1r4/TSWjnA5jYiI/AAAAAAAAQT4/FyexhCoiVaA/s800/2000_07_01%20Wimbledon.jpg" height="210" width="444" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; "></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">2000, 7, 1</div><div><p style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"><b>Sixty-five current and former players</b><br /></p><div id="strKeyCollapseTrunc_II_CAPTION" style="DISPLAY: none">©Alpha M041291 01.07.2000 London.One of the largest gatherings of Wimbledon tennis champions in recent times took part in a special Champions' Parade to celebrate the Millennium Championships at Wimbledon..Sixty-five current and former players were presented with a specially created Waterford Crystal plate by HRH The Duchess of Gloucester. (Left to Right back row) : Goran Ivanisevic, Fred Stolle, Ken Rosewell, Kurt Nielsen, Peter Fleming, Pam Shriver, Helena Sukova, Hana Mandlikova,...<br /><a class="strCollapse" href="http://alphapress.photoshelter.com/image?&_bqG=3&_bqH=eJyLNE9zdLXIds41tzCs9HRKCjTLCvCtSgwP0S23MrMyNbAyNAACK894l2Bn29zEvJSczOz8skQ1z3j_IPd4Txdbf5C8c2lGfIFnUUWoq4kaWGm8o5.LbYlavKNziG1xamJRcgYAkQggYA--&GI_ID=">more »</a></div> <div id="strKeyCollapseFull_II_CAPTION" style="DISPLAY: block">©Alpha M041291 01.07.2000 London. One of the largest gatherings of Wimbledon tennis champions in recent times took part in a special Champions' Parade to celebrate the Millennium Championships at Wimbledon..Sixty-five current and former players were presented with a specially created Waterford Crystal plate by HRH The Duchess of Gloucester. (Left to Right back row) : Goran Ivanisevic, Fred Stolle, Ken Rosewell, Kurt Nielsen, Peter Fleming, Pam Shriver, Helena Sukova, <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Hana Mandlikova</b></span></span>, Darlene Hard, Gigi Fernandez, Natasha Zvereva, Rosie Casals, Frew McMillan, Owen Davidson, Tony Roche, Ken Fletcher, Bob Hewitt, Ken McGregor.(Left to Right middle row) Michael Stich, Stefan Edberg, Pat Cash, Boris Becker, John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg, Jan Kodes, Stan Smith, John Newcombe, Manuel Santana, Roy Emerson, Rod Laver, Neale Fraser, Alex Olmedo, Ashley Cooper, Tony Trabert, Frank Sedgman, Dick Savitt, Budge Patty..(Left to Right front row) Bunny Austin, Sidney Wood, Jana Novotna, Conchita Martinez, Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert, Ann Jones, Margaret Court, Maria Bueno, Pauline Betz-Addie, The Duchess of Gloucester, Shirley Fry-Irvin, Angela Mortimer, Billie Jean King, Evonne Goolagong-Cawley,Virginia Wade, Steffi Graf, Bob Falkenburg,Ted Schroeder, Vic Seixas, Jaroslav Drobny.<br /></div><div id="strKeyCollapseFull_II_CAPTION" style="DISPLAY: block"><br /></div><div id="strKeyCollapseFull_II_CAPTION" style="DISPLAY: block"><br /></div><div id="strKeyCollapseFull_II_CAPTION" style="DISPLAY: block"><a href="http://alphapress.photoshelter.com/search?I_DSC=mandlikova&I_ORG_ID=O0000Cuh_pIrxUE4&I_DSC_AND=t&_ACT=search">http://alphapress.photoshelter.com/search?I_DSC=mandlikova&I_ORG_ID=O0000Cuh_pIrxUE4&I_DSC_AND=t&_ACT=search</a></div><div id="strKeyCollapseFull_II_CAPTION" style="DISPLAY: block"><br /></div><div id="strKeyCollapseFull_II_CAPTION" style="text-align: center;display: block; ">--------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div id="strKeyCollapseFull_II_CAPTION" style="DISPLAY: block"><br /></div><div id="strKeyCollapseFull_II_CAPTION" style="DISPLAY: block"><span class="Apple-style-span">Thanks for the beautiful photos, Alpha Press.</span></div><div id="strKeyCollapseFull_II_CAPTION" style="DISPLAY: block"><span class="Apple-style-span">We are surely want to visit your beautiful site to see our hottest stars every day and night!</span></div><div id="strKeyCollapseFull_II_CAPTION" style="DISPLAY: block"><br /></div><div id="strKeyCollapseFull_II_CAPTION" style="DISPLAY: block"><br /></div><br /></div></div>etsuko209http://www.blogger.com/profile/06337698710389924098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925322710946516644.post-52949013654455454042010-12-29T20:30:00.012+09:002010-12-31T08:42:36.690+09:00[New VIDEO] Hana Mandlikova working at TK Sparta Prague 2010 by holcombBrook (Youtube)<table style="text-align: center;width: auto; "><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPD-0vY59Ig"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_hM_Op6zC1r4/TRsfIxtpuVI/AAAAAAAAQSI/OS1hsCH4kH0/s800/Hana%20Mandlikova%20working%20at%20TK%20Sparta%20Prague%202010.mp4_000209920.jpg" height="279" width="444" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; font-family: arial, sans-serif; "><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPD-0vY59Ig" style="font-size: 11px; "><br /><br /></a><table style="width: auto; font-size: 11px; "><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPD-0vY59Ig"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_hM_Op6zC1r4/TRskcfJ34-I/AAAAAAAAQSQ/fK1UlgjCTFA/s800/hana1.jpg" height="555" width="444" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPD-0vY59Ig"></a></td></tr></tbody></table><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPD-0vY59Ig" style="font-size: 11px; "><br /><br /></a><table style="width: auto; font-size: 11px; "><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPD-0vY59Ig"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_hM_Op6zC1r4/TRskcfCfI_I/AAAAAAAAQSU/_E3jNM7wkks/s800/hana2.jpg" height="555" width="444" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPD-0vY59Ig"></a></td></tr></tbody></table><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPD-0vY59Ig" style="font-size: 11px; "><br /><br /></a><table style="text-align: center; width: auto; font-size: 11px; "><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPD-0vY59Ig"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hM_Op6zC1r4/TRskciLX7bI/AAAAAAAAQSY/1vzvVViPGDc/s800/hana3.jpg" height="403" width="421" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPD-0vY59Ig"></a></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span">Hana Mandlikova and her adorable children, Elizabeth (left) and Mark (right).</span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPD-0vY59Ig" style="font-size: 11px; "><br /><br /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Thanks holcombBrook for this beautiful video!<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPD-0vY59Ig">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPD-0vY59Ig</a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>etsuko209http://www.blogger.com/profile/06337698710389924098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925322710946516644.post-36304753600147669182010-12-14T17:25:00.010+09:002010-12-30T14:26:24.433+09:00In 1981, The Days Were Thunderous! A New Budding Power Hana Mandlikova Raised Her Hand To The Sky Receiving The Stormy Applause! - Roland Garros<table style="width: auto;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/wi67AT81iBCDTg93SGEg9w?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_hM_Op6zC1r4/TQcpzl6Q74I/AAAAAAAAQRk/JeLw65mLm8k/s800/hana%20mandlikova.jpg" height="521" width="444" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: right;">Thanks to Sveriges Tennismuseum in Flickr</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sverigestennismuseum/page3/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/sverigestennismuseum/page3/</a><br /><br />Hana Mandlikova won French Open (1981)<br />Left: Sylvia Hanika (Germany)<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">W</span>hat a nice pic, huh?! I know it’s not colored or not anything of rare. Seemingly, it’s just an old, some retrospective monochrome photo. Most youngsters even don’t see who they are, I suppose. But to all tennis fans of 80’s, it’d be awesome and heartfelt one. This pic’s very symbolic that might indicate that how much Hana’s on a roll enough to rock the tennis circuits at the time.<br /><br />Hana, with her lips pursed as if she had something deep in her mind, raised her hand toward blue sky proudly, she might have said to herself like, “it’s just the beginning. All of you, you watch me.” Hana lived up to our expectation, she made her achievement fiercely enough to be a finalist against Chris Evert (Hana lost, though) in Wimbledon that year. 1981 is unforgettable year for both Hana and us.<div><br /></div><div>I love this Hana’s expression on her face.<br />She was just full of power you just can't imagine!<br /><br />Thanks to Sveriges Tennismuseum in Flickr<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sverigestennismuseum/page3/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/sverigestennismuseum/page3/</a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>etsuko209http://www.blogger.com/profile/06337698710389924098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925322710946516644.post-35955329126615845902010-11-22T22:20:00.010+09:002010-12-01T18:13:12.007+09:00If I could have a wish come true...,I'd love to be hugged by nobody but Hana Mandlikova on my B-Day...<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> Etsuko Takano</div><div> on 22nd, Nov...</div><div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div>etsuko209http://www.blogger.com/profile/06337698710389924098noreply@blogger.com