Marx, one more time

In Marx' view, Russia was not the country to lead the world into the next dialectical stage of social evolution; that was a role for a more industrialized economy than Russia's then very agrarian economy. Anyway, gone now are all the statues of both Marx and Lenin (who extended Marx to the then realities of the world that the more highly industrialized nations were going nowhere near the next stage of anything at that time), but also now gone is agrarian Russia. A world power kneels, but a world power yet notwithstanding.

My point? I have no point, 'ceptin' maybe the role many Russian women in sports are embracing to provide a positive uplift to their county. They are nurturing and building a sagging Russian spirit with heartfelt strength and determination. They chose this role now seemingly freely.

Because I was busy with other chores during one of the last televised tennis matches featuring the tennis star, I was intently listening to rather than watching the match. Especially at the end of the match, the commentators just flatly said that it was time for Elena Dementieva to consider hanging it up. And they were adamant.

On October 14, 2007, in Moscow, Elena Dementieva (with what I was told was the worse serve in all of tennis) defeated Serena (with, unquestionably, one of the most powerful serves in all of tennis) 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 to leave the Kremlin Cup in Russian hands just this one more time. And to show it no fluke, the day before Dementieva defeated her formidable home sister Dinara Safina 6-1 6-0 in the semis while Serena defeated Svetlana "Kutzy" Kuznetsova 7-6 (7-2), 6-1. This story gives the view going into the finals: Serena to meet Dementieva in Moscow final

Please click here or on the photo above for more pictures. In the photo are (from left) Elena Dementieva, Moscow's Mayor Yuri Luzhkov and Serena.

Photo source: Yahoo! News/REUTERS/Grigory Dukor