Up The Duff

Well, well, well. This is an unexpected turn of events in the Lindsay Davenport story. First there's all the talk about retirement, then the baby, then the comeback, then the talk about retirement, then the 'oh no! Australian Open all the way!' ...then there's the pulling out of the Australian Open because, guess what? Lindsay Davenport is, once more, up the duff. Little Jagger's going to have a playmate in the not-too-distant future.

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This is just kind of bizarre - not bad or anything, because, I mean, come on, congratulations are obviously in order! - but it's just not something you ever consider happening, a top female athlete accidentally getting pregnant. In her statement, she said this:

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"Of course this unexpected but exciting surprise now means I will be putting tennis on hold for the foreseeable future."

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Guess it proves that accidents happen to everyone, even elite athletes. Congratulations, Lindsay - but you've got to think that this is the end of her tennis career now? Coming back after one baby was awesome - after two? That would just be something else. Not that she's incapable of it, but... it's horrible to say it, at her age? She's a great age to be a mum - but perhaps for a pro tennis player she's a bit past it.

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Not that she should regret it or anything. The end was obviously already coming for Lindsay. But I guess it just ends the whole career comeback thing pretty abruptly...

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But nevertheless - congratulations, Lindsay!