As Maria Sharapova showed the second set poise that commentators had been predicting for her ever since her Wimbledon win two years ago, we rushed to check if the bookies in Las Vegas were offering a line on a sweetheart bet. With her U.S. Open win over Justine Henin-Hardenne, many will be looking for speculated boyfriend Andy Roddick to win today over Roger Federer. However things will not be so easy for the American, as Federer is riding a ten-match winning streak over Roddick. We keep waiting for Roddick to offer his own Vitus Gerulitis moment with, "No one beats Andy Roddick eleven times in a row." Of course, like Andy's coach Jimmy Connors, Federer might just match Connor's sixteen straight wins over Gerulitis.
The moment, though, belongs to Sharapova. Many will be looking to point to this U.S. Open as her transition from up-and-comer to established winner. She has shown moments of remarkable maturity, from her elegant night match black cocktail oufit and post-match interviews acknowledging that a champion finds a way to win even on the day's she doesn't feel like playing, followed by immature ones, such as the little black bow in her hair, or more notoriusly, robotically following hand signals from her father to eat a banana or take four sips of water.
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