In honour of the longest ever tennis match being currently played at Wimbledon by John Isner and Nicolas Mahut (at this point the winner is still undecided), I have decided that today’s photo should be of tennis. Unfortunately, I have not taken a photo of John Isner, however one week after I took this photo, Isner won the Auckland Heineken Open on the same court.
This photo is of Slovenian Polona Hercog and her Kiwi doubles partner Marina Erakovic at the ASB Classic (the women’s equivalent of the Heineken Open) in their 6-3 7-6 loss to the world’s top doubles pairing of Cara Black, of Zimbabwe, and American Liezel Huber on January 4 2010.
I like it because it shows the subterfuge that doubles players engage in. Hercog has her back to her opponents, while Erakovic is covering her mouth while talking to her partner. The players tend to be very paranoid about their conversations being heard or lip-read by their opponents.
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