tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post828159322406819093..comments2024-03-11T05:26:34.143-05:00Comments on Women Who Serve: Naomi Osaka defeats her idol and wins U.S. OpenDianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07124489754017593105noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-30696734462288070562018-09-08T20:27:18.322-05:002018-09-08T20:27:18.322-05:00Well said, as always, Johnny. There will always be...Well said, as always, Johnny. There will always be a lot of arbitrary content in sports, but tennis seems to have more than most. 🙄<br />Naomi is one fast learner, isn’t she? Her transition game is stunning. I think she’s the real thing.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07124489754017593105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-814644884159271122018-09-08T19:46:33.278-05:002018-09-08T19:46:33.278-05:00The rulers of Tennis fudge everything. The time cl...The rulers of Tennis fudge everything. The time clock, coaching, code violations, drug penalties, etc., etc. Sometimes you get penalized, sometimes not. After a while it's worth considering the possibility that the arbitrariness of it all is by design. Not some grand conspiracy, just the native pettiness of small minds, working in concert. Which is why I doubt anything will change.<br /><br />That said, Osaka has shown this year that she's the first player since the pre-2007 (i.e, pre-shoulder problems) Sharapova who can match Serena's fantastic wrists--the quality no one ever seems to talk about which allows Serena to, time and again, stay in improbable points, turn defense to offense and control her service games like no one else. And today, Naomi proved she, like Serena, can hold her nerve on the biggest stages under the most difficult cirucmstances as well. Just what I needed...ANOTHER player to follow! (And I really liked what she said in ESPN's post-match round table interview where she talked about not having to kill the ball all the time--we hear it a lot, but she just played a U.S. Open that proves it works!)<br /><br />Nondisposable Johnny<br /><br />jwrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16672233905937568654noreply@blogger.com