Though touted as
challenger, he did not bother Andy Murray much, making Britons happy. Andy Murray left another of the more
flamboyant players in the men’s game in his wake. Forty-eight hours after
disposing of Alexander Bublik, the world No 1 brushed aside the challenge of
Dustin Brown, winning 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 to secure a third-round meeting with yet
another entertainer, Italy’s Fabio Fognini.
Murray has never failed to reach the third round here and never looked
in danger of spoiling that record. Brown beat Rafael Nadal here two years ago,
but the world No 97 rarely troubled Murray.
The 32-year-old German has a highly unpredictable game, hits more drop
shots than probably any other player and can also strike the ball with great
power. Murray, however has never lost in a Grand Slam tournament to a player
ranked as low as Brown and disposed of him with a thoroughly professional
performance. With his net rushes,
slices, drop shots and thunderous ground strokes, Brown can upset the rhythm of
many players, but Murray coped admirably, even if the German looked threatening
in the early stages.
Dustin Brown, is
a Jamaican-German professional tennis player. He rose to fame after beating
Rafael Nadal in the 2014 Halle Open and Wimbledon 2015, and is known for his
technique, speed and entertaining playing style, often entertaining the crowd
with trick shots during matches.
Dreadlocks,
also locs, dreads, [in Sanskrit, Jata] are ropelike strands of hair formed by
matting or braiding hair. Dreadlocks can
also be formed through a technique called "twist and rip", as well as
backcombing and rolling. Various methods
are used to encourage the formation of locks such as backcombing, braiding,
rolling and the crochet hook method. In
olden days, traditionally, women used to sport long hair; school girls would
have double plait, a complex pattern formed by intertwining three or more
strands hair and wearing dhavani ~ half-sarees !!~ not any longer..!! ~ no
point in discussing whether the hair possesses natural fragrance… In one of the earlier World Cup (FIFA)
remembered Valderrama – mainly because of his hairdo …..
Hairdos and you for sure
think of Slinga Malinga – adored by many……… the Srilankan fast bowler was
unique… Separamadu Lasith Malinga, bowled fast straight, toe-crushers which
were unplayable in the dead. He is the
first in the world to have two World Cup hat-tricks, the first bowler to have
taken three hat-tricks in ODIs and he is also the first, player to have taken
four wickets in four consecutive balls in any form of international
cricket. ~ and Lasith sported most unusual and uncommon hair style. Remember
seeing him with ordinary hair style in his initial days sporting whites……. ~ as
years rolled by, his hair-do also started garnering more attraction……. appears
pretty difficult to be maintained…..still
The German Dustin
Brown who made an incredible dive return - and pleaded with Andy Murray fans
not to BOO him sports a dreadlock. The German is a dying breed of
serve-volleyers and his all-action game is always entertaining. It is reported that the 6ft 5in athletic
star's hair was last cut by his mother in 1996, with his spectacular dreadlocks
earning him the nickname Dreddy.
Do you still
remember the Dhoni advt featured in Star Sports - where hairstylist Sapna
Bhavnani tried to convince Dhoni sport
different hairstyles – one of which makes Dhoni say, ‘pathar marenge
road pur log’ that people will throw stones ! Finally, Sapna comes up with the idea of
giving Dhoni the same look that he sported during India’s triumphant WT20
campaign in 2007 – the long-hair look.
With regards – S. Sampathkumar
6th July 2017.
