【单选题】

Regardless of the______he evinces, especially when articulating his purportedly innate affinity for tennis, he is nevertheless a less than______player once actually upon the court.
A．(A) passion… sanguine

B．(B) disapprobation … mediocre
C．(C) alacrity… pliant
D．(D) vivacity … vitiated
E．(E) torpor… ebullient