I Just Met a Girl named Maria!

Well, I really never met her officially
but look how close I was. On August 12
and 13, I was in Cincinnatti for the ladies
U.S. Open Olympus series tennis. We just
happened upon Maria Sharapova's practice
and Kathy got her autograph while I snapped
these 2 photos. She was so friendly to the
kids. She was always my favorite player
and still is though I really like Cljisters and
Ivanovich. They will get their own blog.

It was USTA member day and we could

get our photos with the trophy. So look

at these fans posing. Great way to spend

2 days despite temperatures soaring into

the 90's.