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« Thread Started on Jul 6, 2007, 4:22pm » | |
Lol, a few minutes ago I was reading a report about today's tennis matches at Wimbledon. A French female player, Marion Bartoli, will face Venus Williams tomorrow and here is what she said to a reporter after she qualified for the finale:
"At the end of the first set [that she lost] I saw Pierce Brosnan in the audience. He is my favorite actor. I said 'It can't happen, I can not possibly play that bad in front of him!'".
And then she won the two following sets. May the Pierce be with you again tomorrow, Marion!  If she defeats Williams, we will all know here what kind of drug helped her to win Wimbledon...
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| | Re: Wimbledon - Funny Pierce anecdote
« Reply #1 on Jul 6, 2007, 4:36pm » | |
I posted this in Out & About but ths does deserve it's own topic. 
From Sports Illustrated:
WIMBLEDON, England -- Five things we learned during a memorable day of tennis on Friday:
2. Even Justine Henin can succumb to nerves. For a player competing in her first Grand Slam semifinal, Bartoli -- inspired by Pierce Brosnan; hey, who isn't? -- played remarkably. She overcame a shaky first set and simply declined to miss a ball for the next 90 minutes or so. If ever there were a time to get into the "Zone," that blissful interval athletes dream about entering, this was it.
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FOX Sports: Secret agent inspires Bartoli
From Steve Griffiths in London
July 07, 2007
MARION Bartoli is within touching distance of a fairytale triumph at Wimbledon after she stunned world No.1 Justine Henin, but her toughest challenge is still to come.
The No.18 seed, from France, produced one of the biggest surprises in the history of the All England Club as she came back from a set down overnight to beat Henin 1-6 7-5 6-1 and set up a final showdown with triple champion Venus Williams on Saturday.
Bartoli's cool under duress was remarkable, but she put it all down to the presence of a former James Bond.
Pierce Brosnan, who played the secret agent, was watching the match and Bartoli was inspired by the presence of the actor.
"I was so stressed in the first set because it was my first time on Centre Court, but then I saw Pierce Brosnan watching and he is one of my favourite actors," she said.
"So I just started to play some good tennis for him.
"I hope he comes back on Saturday to bring me some more luck."
Henin looked odds-on to breeze into the final when she took the first set in just 22 minutes, but Bartoli gave the performance of a lifetime as she overwhelmed the Belgian with increasingly powerful and precise groundstrokes.
Bartoli had already beaten Serbian Jelena Jankovic, the No.3 seed, in the fourth round, but she easily surpassed that triumph by knocking out the French Open champion to reach her first grand slam final.
The 22 year old had never been past the fourth round of a Major before but, after initially looking nervous, she rose to the occasion on Centre Court in sensational style.
Beating Henin would have seemed difficult for Bartoli, but facing Williams could be an even more daunting proposition.
Williams gave a breathtaking display as she brushed aside Ana Ivanovic, the No.6 seed from Serbia, to make it to a grand slam final for the first time since winning Wimbledon in 2005.
The American is playing at the kind of level that made her the most feared player on the WTA Tour in the early part of the decade.
She destroyed Maria Sharapova in the fourth round, tormented Svetlana Kuznetsova in the last eight and could easily overwhelm Bartoli is the Frenchwoman cannot repeat her sterling effort against Henin.
Bartoli will at least go into the match with her confidence sky high after battling back to oust Henin.
She was initially out-classed as Henin cleverly moved her around the court in the first set.
She started to find some rhythm on her groundstrokes in the second set and got the decisive break in the 12th game to take the match to a decider.
Suddenly Henin was being to show signs of losing her composure.
Bartoli was playing every point as if it were her last and, throwing caution to the wind, she hit Henin off court.
She took the first five games of the set as Henin staggered towards an embarrassing exit.
When Bartoli got the chance to serve for the match, she could have let the situation get the better of her, but she closed it out in impressive fashion.
Williams had a far easier task as she turned on the style against Ivanovic to secure her sixth Wimbledon final appearance.
Although she was seeded No.23 because of her part-time presence on the WTA Tour, Williams made a mockery of the difference in rankings with a clinical 6-2 6-4 victory.
"I felt like I played really well in the first set," said the 27-year-old who will be chasing her sixth career grand slam title.
"I didn't give her many chances but she stayed right in there and was a tough competitor. This will be my sixth final here and I'm really excited."
Agence France-Presse
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Wimbledone org: 007 Inspires Marion to Win
Friday, 6 July, 2007
For a while this evening, Marion Bartoli must have felt as though she was stuck in a B movie that had an ending she didn’t like. She had easily lost the first set of her semi-final against world No.1 Justine Henin and was down for the count in the second. The Belgian star of the show appeared on course for an easy – and wholly anticipated – win.
But then Bartoli spied former James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan in the royal box; what’s more, the debonair Irishman appeared to be rooting for her. Something clicked in the 22-year-old Frenchwoman’s mind, and in an unexpected plot twist, Bartoli battled her way to the final, 1-6, 7-5, 6-1.
“I love his movies,” Bartoli explained. “I said to myself, ‘it’s not possible I play so bad in front of him’… So I tried to feel the ball a bit more, play more smartly. I saw he was cheering for me, so I kept going and I won.”
And how. This week the tournament’s No.18 seed has demonstrated enormous self-belief, first with a stunning three-set victory over third seed Jelena Jankovic, which was backed up with a come-from-behind quarter-final win over Michaella Krajicek.
After her fourth round triumph over Jankovic, Bartoli was charmingly indignant at the suggestion the result was a shock. “It’s not a big surprise for me. I’m a top 20 player. I’m not 200 in the world. I think I could be in the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam. It’s not that big a surprise.”
Unorthodox of shot and slightly ungainly, Bartoli certainly backed up her words in her actions today. In fact, she somehow managed to make the sublimely talented Henin look ordinary.
“You know, on a good day, I can beat everybody. Every match, especially in tennis, is different. Now in women’s tennis, everybody can play everybody. Just because I lost 6-1, 6-1 in the semi-final of Eastbourne [to Henin], why I should lose again today?”
In terms of support from the stands, Mr Brosnan can’t take all the credit for the win. Bartoli paid tribute to her father, who she described as “a very good doctor and a very good tennis coach and a very good father”. She added: “We did it together actually. Really it means a lot to me, of course, and to him as well.”
Bartoli reminisced about growing up in France, describing how the multi-purpose sports courts she had to practice on indoors provided just a metre between the baseline and the backboard. This meant she had to stay inside the baseline, learn to take the ball early, and aim for the targets her father had set.
“If I touched the targets I got candy,” she explained. “So I was very motivated. Maybe that’s why I’m still loving too much the candies.”
She mightn’t hit the ball as hard as some of the girls on the tour, but as Henin found out, she knows how to attack the ball and can be unerringly accurate.
A disappointed Henin had been gunning for the only Grand Slam title to elude her, but was able to pay Bartoli her due: “I don’t understand what happened. But, yeah, she played her match and she did a very good job.
“I played a very good first set, then I had a couple of chances at the end of the second set. I didn’t take these chances and the match completely turned over. I didn’t feel fresh enough in the third set to compete with her. She played very good tennis.”
But for Bartoli, beating the best in the world is not enough: she wants to win Wimbledon, and tomorrow she will have the chance, against three-time champion Venus Williams.
It won’t be easy though, for Williams is No.23 seed in name only. On paper Bartoli, five places higher, should be the bookies’ favourite. But as Lindsay Davenport discovered to her cost in the ladies’ singles final two years ago, Venus knows how to make magic in SW19, even if her season has been troubled.
“I’ve never played against Venus,” Bartoli said. “I’ve played against her sister, Serena. I guess, you know, to beat the No.1 in the world will give me a lot of confidence. And to play on this court, Centre Court, win that match, I will be really up for tomorrow.
“I have nothing to lose. Venus has been the champion here already. You know, I will try to figure out the way to play against her. Even if I lose the first set, I won’t go out. I will try my best to play the best as possible and to win this match.”
To steal a line from a certain popular movie franchise, she’s planning to die another day.
Written by Adam Lincoln
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« Reply #2 on Jul 6, 2007, 4:38pm » | |
Sorry Ace, I rushed to the forum to post the news before realising you had already mentioned it... 
And I've just realised that Pierce may not be at Wimbledon tomorrow as he will be at Wembley. I hope Marion will win, anyway... 
I wish Pierce could duplicate himself... 
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« Reply #3 on Jul 6, 2007, 4:44pm » | |
The women play early in the day right? He might have time to do both. But what if he's rooting for Venus? Of course now he really can't because of Bartoli talking to the press and crediting him with her win.
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« Reply #4 on Jul 6, 2007, 5:10pm » | |
ESPN:Bartoli's win the upset of the year
Updated: July 6, 2007, 5:23 PM ET
WIMBLEDON, England -- When Justine Henin won the first set of Friday's semifinal match against Marion Bartoli in 22 minutes, heads did not turn, conversations did not stop, the world did not stop spinning.
It was the natural order of things, for Henin has won five of the previous 15 Grand Slams and was trying to become the 10th woman to collect a career Grand Slam and join celebrated tennis names like Navratilova and Evert and Court.
And Bartoli? The oddly eccentric 22-year-old French woman, an accidental tourist here at the All England Club, seemed happy to be in her first Grand Slam semifinal in 23 attempts.
And then something curious happened. Actually, Marion Bartoli happened.
Seeing Pierce Brosnan, one of her favorite actors, in the audience, Bartoli's initial embarrassment passed into resolve. Fearless, she stepped inside the baseline and started slugging. As she accelerated through the second set, Henin -- perhaps the most mentally tough player in the women's game -- came completely apart. In the end, as Bartoli drilled deep, two-handed ground strokes from both sides and sliced delicate drop shots, it seemed she was toying with the 25-year-old Belgian.
In her first visit ever to Centre Court, Bartoli was, improbably, a winner. The third-best player in France stunned the No. 1 player in the world, 1-6, 7-5, 6-1. Bartoli won eight of the last nine games of the match.
Along with Richard Gasquet's rousing quarterfinal victory over Andy Roddick, it was a banner day for France.
"It's the upset of the year," said Tracy Austin, who analyzed the match for the BBC. "I can't really think of a bigger upset, period."
How about David over Goliath?
Thus, the women's final on Saturday will feature the No. 18-seeded player against No. 23 -- the two lowest seeds to reach the woman's final in the 32 years they've kept track of such things. Bartoli's opponent will be the ascendant Venus Williams, who for the third straight day flayed one of the world's best players. This time it was Ana Ivanovic, 6-2, 6-4, as Williams achieved that distinction of being the lowest seed to reach the final in those 32 years.
Williams is 6-for-6 in the semifinals here, and now at least one Williams sister has been in the final here at the All England Club for seven of the last eight years.
"Williams, Wimbledon, starts with W," Venus said. "We just take Wimbledon so seriously, Serena and I do. We urge ourselves along. We'd see Pete Sampras winning. We just have traditions here [that] we do when we get here.
Venus did what she's been doing since two scratchy three-set matches in the first three rounds: search and destroy.
"I think it's just all about doing the right things at the right time," Venus said. "I feel like no matter who I play, I have the advantage."
She landed 74 percent of her first serves safely, a remarkable percentage for someone who averaged 111 miles per hour.
"We just love this tournament," she said. "We understand what it means. So somehow we just pull it out of the bag here."
That nicely describes Bartoli's modus operandi.
Her victory sent media folks scrambling back into the archives for a plausible parallel. On the elevated stage of a women's Grand Slam semifinal, there really isn't one in recent memory. You might have to go back to the 1989 French Open when, on the men's side, 17-year-old Michael Chang upset Ivan Lendl, the No. 1 seed. Like Bartoli, Chang was the No. 19-ranked player in the world.
"For the moment, I don't really realize what I'm doing in this tournament," Bartoli said. "Last week when I saw the draw in Eastbourne, I was worried about my first-round against [Flavia] Pennetta, and now I'm in the final.
"If you think about beating the No. 1 in the world on Centre Court, almost full, then in the final of a Grand Slam, especially Wimbledon, if you tell me that before, I couldn't believe you. I actually made it."
It's almost unfathomable. Bartoli has been a professional for eight years now and has won just three titles, all achieved last year. Her best result this year was reaching the final at Prague, where she lost to Akiko Morigami.
Here at Wimbledon, she has knocked off two of the best three players in the world; Bartoli stunned No. 3 seed Jelena Jankovic in the fourth round, then Dutch teenager Michaella Krajicek in the quarterfinals.
It took only four points for Henin to assert herself against Bartoli. She broke her in the match's second game, at love, carving a lovely little cross-court forehand winner to finish the job. When she lost six of seven games in the first set, the match appeared to be over.
Bartoli, frankly, is not built along the lean lines of many players. Rather, she is solid and often stops to catch her breath after active points. Seeing Brosnan, though, was a wake-up call.
"I was focusing on Pierce Brosnan because he is so beautiful," she said. "I was just watching him. He was the only one.
"I said to myself, 'It's not possible I play so bad in front of him. So I try to feel a bit more the ball, play more smartly. I saw he was cheering for me, so I said, 'Oh, maybe it's good.'"
At 5-all in the second set, Bartoli held serve and then broke Henin to win, 7-5. With the exception of the third game in the ultimate set, when she weathered five deuces, Bartoli never shrank from the moment.
"I still don't really realize what did happen," Henin said later. "I don't understand what did happen.
"She's playing an unbelievable tournament. She was in confidence. She [was] never scared of winning the match."
Bartoli grew up in Le Puy-en-Velay, France, about 35 miles southwest of Lyon. Her father Walter, a doctor, has been her coach since she hit her first tennis ball, at the age of 6. There are no indoor courts in Le Puy-en-Velay, so her father trained her in a volleyball facility, where she learned to hit ground strokes less than one meter from the wall.
On Friday, that wall was the baseline and, with her back against it, she never flinched.
Greg Garber is a senior writer for ESPN.com.
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| | Re: Wimbledon - Funny Pierce anecdote
« Reply #5 on Jul 6, 2007, 5:18pm » | |
I love this so much.
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Q. 1-6 in the first set to the No. 1 player in the world. How did you come back?
MARION BARTOLI: To come back?
Q. Yes .
MARION BARTOLI: Well, to tell you the truth, as I said on BBC a few minutes ago, I saw Pierce Brosnan in the crowd, which is one of my favorite actor. I love his movies. I said to myself, it's not possible I play so bad in front of him. Because he watch me and I play so bad it was unbelievable. So I try to feel it a bit more the ball, play more smartly. I saw he was cheering for me, so I said, Oh, maybe it's good. I kept going and I won, so maybe a little bit for Pierce Brosnan.
Q. TV personalities like Cliff Richard in the earlier match, does it not distract you having celebrities in the crowd?
MARION BARTOLI: Well, I was focusing on Pierce Brosnan because he is so beautiful. I was just watching him. He was the only one.
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« Reply #6 on Jul 6, 2007, 5:37pm » | |
As she left the court to be ambushed by an interviewer from British television, Bartoli winked into the camera and said, "You brought me luck, Pierce, I hope you can be here tomorrow!" Unfortunately for her, the Irish actor's schedule has him at a wedding so he won't be able to fulfill his new role as lucky mascot to tennis's latest rising star.
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« Reply #7 on Jul 6, 2007, 5:53pm » | |
Quote:| As she left the court to be ambushed by an interviewer from British television, Bartoli winked into the camera and said, "You brought me luck, Pierce, I hope you can be here tomorrow!" Unfortunately for her, the Irish actor's schedule has him at a wedding so he won't be able to fulfill his new role as lucky mascot to tennis's latest rising star. |
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Priceless! As Laura says, we all have special feelings for Mr. Steele...
I guess it would be unfair advantage to have one of PB's films playing on a jumbotron for Bartoli's next round. Go Marion! (Along with exceptional taste in men, she shares a last name with one of my favorite opera singers.)
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« Reply #8 on Jul 7, 2007, 1:46am » | |
That's really funny, all the TV channels show Bartoli speaking of Pierce this morning... What a nice way to start the day for me!
Bartoli and Williams will play at 3 pm (London time). I am not very optimistic considering Williams is a great player and Pierce not attending Wimbledon this afternoon. But for sure Bartoli have found the best way to catch our attention (and Pierce's too)... 
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« Reply #9 on Jul 7, 2007, 2:40am » | |
I saw the match but didn't see Pierce in the crowd. I'm, sadly Justine Henin's fan and sad to see that she lost. But all is forgiven now since Marion was so sweet at crediting Pierce...LOL . But she played really good tennis. I hope she will go on to win the Championship as I'm not a Williams supporter. Then again, tough luck though as Venus is clearly the better player. Hope Pierce would be there...
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« Reply #10 on Jul 7, 2007, 12:30pm » | |
No Pierce, no luck. I hope he'll be back to London next year! 
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« Reply #11 on Jul 7, 2007, 1:02pm » | |
No shame in that performance. She battled. Venus on grass when she's on her game is near unbeatable no matter what her ranking when she enters a tournament.
Pierce couldn't make it but he sent Marion flowers, which is a nice thing to go along with her enormous 2nd place check.
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/80353.html
London - Marion Bartoli will sorely miss a Cinderella moment at Sunday night's traditional Wimbledon ball after losing the women's final to Venus Williams. The 22-year-old Frenchwoman who will rise to 11th in the world as a result of her miracle run at the title, said that coming up short against the four-time champion hurts badly.
"To be able to go to the ball and wear the dress and be with the men's champion, it's the only tournament happen like that," said a player totally trained outside the French federation structure by her doctor-father Walter.
"I wanted this title so bad. To win this trophy and to hold it in your hands, this is the (best) reward you can ever imagine in tennis.
"I'm a competitor and I hate to lose, I really hate to lose," said the Geneva-based player whose game is modelled after the two-fisted attack of Monica Seles.
"Of course, tomorrow I won't be that disappointed because I will realise what I achieved, which is already awesome, of course."
Bartoli, now residing among the WTA elite, will take a few weeks to decompress at home. "It's going to be forever that I will be the finalist of Wimbledon in 2007.
"Tomorrow I will be back at home. We will be in a much quieter place.
"I will be in my garden alone with my cat and everything will come back as usual. I think it's very good to put you back to earth. You come back to earth and then go to work'
The player who beat world number one Justine Henin in a semi-final shock in front of Pierce Brosnan, the ex James Bond, did get a special treat from her favourite actor who inspired her Friday victory.
Occupied with a wedding invitation, the dashing actor left his best wishes before the match.
"He left me a bouquet of flowers this morning with a letter in my locker room, which I thought was really, really nice."
All Hail Valiant Maid Marion
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Saturday, 7 July, 2007
If there is a living embodiment of the word “charm” at Wimbledon this year, then its name is Marion Bartoli. Just one week ago few on the Centre Court could have put a name to her face.
Today they called out their love for her, laughing when she conducted them in a Mexican Wave to pass the time while Venus Williams had her left thigh strapped by the trainer at courtside. “Come on, Maid Marion!” called out one wit in the crowd. Bartoli smiled at that one, but wagged her index finger in mock disapproval when another in the crowd selected the old joke of calling encouragement to a player not present on court: “Come on, Tim!”
Yet this was not a crowd turning its back on Venus. Her star is rising again, and the Centre Court’s admiration for her was plain. How curious that this ungainly, unlikely pair should find themselves lining up for the Wimbledon final.
When 22-year-old Bartoli lost the first set no one gave it much of a thought – by now the magnificent comeback was expected of the Frenchwoman, after her feats against Justine Henin and Jelena Jankovic. But this was a match too far for the player who had never been beyond the fourth round of any Grand Slam tournament before this one.
Perhaps she was thrown by the unaccustomed experience of actual warmth from the sun this Wimbledon. Maybe it was the absence of her Friday inspiration Pierce Brosnan from the Royal Box. The name of the former James Bond actor appeared on the official guest list for an unusual second successive day, but he never appeared. No doubt he was indeed at a wedding, as he had said he would be. Perhaps she was fazed by the sheer size of Venus, and the fact that she was giving away six inches (15chm) in height and reach.
In any case, this time Bartoli could not come back, and a fourth Wimbledon title belonged to Venus. In previous years the older Williams sister has capered about the court in wild celebration at her moment of victory, arms windmilling. Not today. This was an older, more reflective Venus, who simply couldn’t stop smiling.
“Four!” she called out to her father Richard, holding up four fingers in celebration of her Wimbledon collection. A few yards away Bartoli sat on her chair at courtside, smiling no more, and quietly wept. Sweetly, just before the match began, she told the BBC: “I’m just so exciting (sic) to be here.” Truly, there are few sounds more charming to the British ear than to hear slightly imperfect English in a French accent. But in the immediate moments after her defeat, that earlier excitement was pushed aside. Defeat is bitter, especially on the greatest stage.
She was emotional in her speech, generously acclaiming Venus as the best player on grass in the world. Then as her voice shook, she said she had “one person to thank and one person only – my dad”. Dr Walter Bartoli, who introduced his daughter to tennis at the age of six, nodded at her from the players box, and then covered his eyes as his loving pride in his daughter overtook him.
The 2007 Official Media Guide to Professional Tennis helpfully tells us that Bartoli’s most memorable tennis experiences have been winning the US Open juniors and playing Lindsay Davenport on the Arthur Ashe Stadium. Possibly she might want to list a new most memorable experience in next year’s guide.
Of course, the day belonged to Venus. She, too, was big-hearted to her opponent, praising Bartoli’s astonishing achievement in reaching the final. As ever she thanked her “team” in the relatives’ box – her mother, father, and of course Serena “who inspires me – I want to be like her”. There may be a lot wrong with modern sport, but we can’t quite be facing Armageddon when sport’s highest achievers make it plain that family is at the root of all triumph.
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« Reply #12 on Jul 7, 2007, 1:43pm » | |
"He left me a bouquet of flowers this morning with a letter in my locker room, which I thought was really, really nice."
Aaaaaaaaaaaaw!  This is so sweeeeeet! This man is an absolute gentleman. Although Marion did not win the trofy, she has had her moment of luck...
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« Reply #13 on Jul 8, 2007, 3:47pm » | |
I was watching the men's finals today and in the coverage wrap-up they mentioned Marion and her inspiration then showed a close-up of Pierce in the stands (and then again in the final credits) -- wow.
I must say he did look rather inspirational in his pinstriped suit and shades -- much better than in the few photos from the day. I just wish I had a tape or disc in to tape those few seconds.
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« Reply #14 on Jul 9, 2007, 3:46am » | |
Awww! Isn't he the sweetest guy ever? The smile on my face became larger and larger as I was reading this thread.
I really should watch tennis more.
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