anna chakvetadze and elena vesnina! :D

yup they are the mystery tennis players in my photos below :)

and HOW do i know? well, not because anyone has been alerted me after reading my blog *shrug*

it's an amazing coincidence really but believe me... i ran into them today at the local shopping centre, of all places, of all people... they were shopping for souvenirs and stuff, among locals and tourists. i saw elena first with her coach(?) and wondered what's the best way to ask her for her name :p in the end i did the regular thing and asked for an autograph. problem was, i couldn't figure out what she wrote down :(

half an hour later i saw anna and her mum(?) trying on some earrings at another store. i did the same with her, she was very nice and could speak better english... she spotted elena's previous autograph and went 'that's elena! we're playing doubles. we're in the semi-finals YAY...' so i knew i got the mystery solved right away, as soon as i went home to check the doubles draw HEHEHEHEHEE

i asked the sales people to give them a good discount because she's a famous tennis player ;p

next time if i come to beijing again at tennis time, i'd better go autograph hunting at shopping centres, it's a LOT easier than catching the players at practice courts, and they are more relaxed doing shopping anyway. when i left the place an hour later, the two girls and their companions were still there, still checking out the jewellery :)

ps. for more photos of these popular girls, see:
vtp photo gallery: anna chakvetadze | elena vesnina