There’s a point, somewhere after being great at their sport, where athletes become something more thanexceptionally talented. They disrupt our assumptions. They become the ‘but’ in how their sports are understood — NHL players don’t score 200 points in a season,there’s Wayne Gretzky, doing it three seasons in a row; undersized point guards from Canada don’t win prestigious NBA hardware,Few humans ever reach it.
Gretzky’s familiarity with Andreescu’s particular path to greatness started where many people’s did — at the Indian Wells Open. Each year, the Great One makes the trip to Palm Springs to take in the event. “I got to see her play in her very first match in Palm Springs the year she won the U.S. Open,” Gretzky said. “We saw her first match. And I remember watching the match thinking, ‘My gosh, that’s one of the hardest working athletes I’ve ever seen in my life.’ And as the story goes, she went on to win the tournament — her first big win.”
“To be able to handle that at 19,” Nash mused. “To be standing there on the line against the greatest of all time, at 19, on basically [Williams’] home court, the fans want [Williams to win] more than anything. To be able to feel that momentum swing so far the other way, where you’re totally on top and now not only are you looking eye-to-eye with Serena, but you’ve lost all momentum.
WayneGretzky SteveNash Bandreescu_ VasekPospisil atptour WTA Yes of course ! For someone so young to enter the tour and win the biggest Master title and a Grand Slam in the 1st year ! Unbelievable ! 👏👏👏 Get well & fit Bianca 💪💪💪 we are waiting to see you back on the 🎾 court 😃😃😃
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