Watching Tennis With The Hubby

If there's one thing that can stop Alex from dropping everything else, it has to be Maria Sharapova, the glamour girl of professional tennis. Yes, my husband has the hots for another woman. Thankfully she is someone completely out of his league and out of his reach.

And I don't blame him. Really, if truth be told, I enjoy looking at Sharapova too. She is tall, beautiful, brainy (you have to be to play world class tennis) and she actually wins big matches, unlike fellow Russian player Anna Kournikova, who flaunted everything about her except her tennis skills while she was competiting on the professional circuits.

So I wasn't surprised when Alex decided to ditch his parents for an after-dinner walk just so he could watch his idol-cum-goddess taking on Justine Henin in quarterfinals of the Australian Tennis Open, which is currently broadcast live daily over Channel 7. After dinner, he promptly forgot his cleaning up duty and plonked himself on the couch. He even recruited his parents as his fellow cheerleaders for Sharapova.

Each time Sharapova scored a point, he cheered like a jester, much to the kids' amusement. Of course, he did that for their benefit too. (About time he learnt to entertain the kids, anyway). She played brilliantly, demolishing the top ranked Henin 6-4, 6-0. My significant other was overjoyed, naturally. He went to bed happy.

Since Sharapova also thrashed her semi-final opponent Jelena Jankovic, we'll get to see her in action in the final on Saturday. You can count on Alex cancelling all his appointments or refusing to leave the house. He may even forgo his much loved nap time! All in the name of ogling the leggy tennis ace in action.

Sharapova is a beauty all right. Too bad she grunts a lot. Wait, maybe some guys find that, err, exciting? Hmm, I'll have to ask Alex about that.