Showing posts with label Indoor Tennis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indoor Tennis. Show all posts

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Move It On Over, Boudin, Melanie Oudin Also Declared Thoroughly Good!

http://www.saintsforsinners.com/ has announced that Saints Cosoms & Damien, the patron Saints of Twins, are taking a bus to London, England, to cheer on their fellow twin, Melanie Oudin, a Marietta, Georgia, teen who is in her first Wimbledon Tennis Quarter Finals.

Melanie's twin, Katherine Oudin, is reportedly also going to be watching her twin sister play in her next match against Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska. The USA versus Poland Match will be played on Monday, June 29, 2009.

Oudin, whose name rhymes with the delicious Cajun food, "boudin," is also of French ancestry, and says her favorite tennis player is the Belgium born Justine Henin, a girl who is not tall but who has proven that you "don't have to be tall to win."

Saints Cosmos & Damien saw Melanie Oudin give an interview with USTA Tennis Legend Mary Jo Fernandez, and Oudin said her last match was unreal, with her opponent taking a very lengthy and controversial break. But Melanie Oudin said she was never "like, oh my gosh, maybe she might retire or whatever." Melanie simply stayed poised throughout the match and says she will stay focused and keep "loving it" and the TV announcers suggested she "keep winning and keep smiling."

SaintsforSinners predicts that Melanie Oudin will become known as the future of womens' tennis in the USA. Move it on over, Venus & Serena Williams.

Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Longboat Key Tennis Legend Jerry Schneider Dies

Andy Roddick's Predecessor, Jerry Schneider,
the Pioneer of Indoor Tennis,
Goes to Heaven
http://www.saintsforsinners.com/ ' s Saint Sebastian, the patron saint of athletes, welcomed Jerry Schneider at the Pearly Gates recently. Tennis greats Arthur Ashe and Big Bill Tilden also awaited Mr. Schneider's arrival. They congratulated Jerry for creating the nation's very first Indoor Tennis facility in Illinois and for his exemplary work as the first president of the Indoor Tennis Association. Many other saints the dearly departed attended a big party carrying signs that said "Jerry Schneider Is and Was Ahead of His Time," "Age is Just a Number" and "Jerry Schneider, Two Time Senior Olympics Champion at age 80 - Something."
Saint Matthew, the tax collecting, banking Saint publicly apologized to Jerry for the way banks treated him "back-in-the-day" in the 1950's when he was first thinking up Indoor Tennis. Matt said "The bankers should have listened to Jerry earlier than they did but thankfully his Dad stepped in and embraced his indoor tennis idea." Saint Lucy the visionary praised Jerry and noted that the former editor of Tennis Magazine called Jerry "the father of modern Indoor Tennis." Saint George, the patron of soldiers, recalled Jerry Schneider's heroic efforts in World War II. The evangelist Saints, also known as "fishers of men," also commended Jerry for his success competing in tarpon fishing tournaments while in his 80's.
Jerry spoke briefly and said he will always love tennis, and he asked the Saints to help a great Indoor Tennis player, Andy Roddick, win the 2007 United States Open. His request was met with thunderous applause and his suggestion approved by acclamation. Look for Andy Roddick to play a saintsational U.S. Open this year!