This is Russian cutie pie Maria Kirilenko. I don’t understand Russian, but Maria is sure speaking to me here!
The story line says she was preparing to serve in her 3rd round match against compatriot Anna Chakvetadze. Or is she saying, “I’m taking my balls and going home”? Or perhaps, “Does anybody want to play with me?” I’d be happy to play with her. And I wouldn’t even mind if she beat the pants off of me.
Maria won this match against Chakvetadze 6-7,6-1,6-2. Unfortunately she lost to Daniela Hantuchova in the 4th round. She is currently ranked 25th in the world, so hopefully we’ll be seeing a lot more of her in the future!
Russia seems to raise a lot of tennis cutie pies. There are currently eight Russian women’s players ranked in the top 26. Watch for more Russian cutie pies!
