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There were The Entrances - with thrilled local kids
Note: Serena didn't hold anyone's hand
There was smoke, fire and Rocky-type music - worthy of a boxing match
Martina thought the same...she pulled her hood up and came in punching
There was The Coin Toss
There were elegant serves...
...athletic serves...
...and The Serena Serve
I missed Serena's 205km/h scorcher - could barely see the ball
There was the Barry White of umpiring - Kader Nouni
- and high tech umpiring
There were fab ground shots - from Kvitová
...Wozniacki...
Sharapova...
...Bouchard
...and Serena
The genie whose magic wasn't quite working
Maria Sharapova
Ana Ivanovic
There were painted nails
...monogrammed bags, and bottles placed just so.
There were iffy line calls
...and prayers to the HawkEye God from the legends - Bartoli and Austin
The ball kids had to catch towels too
There were those who lost
...was it the dress??
...and those who won
Sania Mirza and Cara Black
There were the autographed balls from the victor
There was camaraderie beyond politics (Hsieh & Peng)
There were things that were Uniquely Doubles...the crazy net play
...and the top secret strategising
There were the mothers - Oracene and her oracle-like calm
...and there was Mrs Mirza
Not so much oracle-like calm
Mrs M getting into it
You go girl
Sania's won...texting the rellys
Probably the people who had the most fun - the Legends - Martina Navratilova and Tracy Austin
Majoli smiled throughout the match
Martina still has it...the push ups too
Bartoli gets knocked over by a shot from Navratilova
Majoli Jr ('almost 8') gets into the game too
When Navratilova asks for 24 challenges, she gets 24 challenges
Then on Finals Day, we did it all again - the dramatic entrances - of Chris Evert here
