NEWS AND COMMENTARY ON WOMEN'S PROFESSIONAL TENNIS
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
USA Fed Cup team announced for final
Captain Mary Joe Fernandez has selected Serena Williams, Melanie Oudin, Liezel Huber, and Alexa Glatch to play in the 2009 Fed Cup final against Italy. The final will take place November 7 and 8 in Italy.
I hate the name Fed Cup; it doesn't mean anything and is merely the contracted form of an already uninspiring name. The Davis Cup is named after somebody, even if most people don't know much about him. As the fiftieth anniversary of the competition comes in 2013 I would like to see competition renamed the Mary Hardwick Hare Federation Cup. Katharine Sinderson
At the time, naming the event for the ITF was a way of commemorating the organization's 50th anniversary, which was actually a nice nod to women's tennis. I'm not sure how naming it after Hare and the ITF at the same time would work.
I am glad that both Williams sisters were not put in. I like them but it was nice to see most of the women who won the other ties still on the team. I think win or lose the other women should have the chance to carry it through to the end.
I hate the name Fed Cup; it doesn't mean anything and is merely the contracted form of an already uninspiring name. The Davis Cup is named after somebody, even if most people don't know much about him. As the fiftieth anniversary of the competition comes in 2013 I would like to see competition renamed the Mary Hardwick Hare Federation Cup. Katharine Sinderson
ReplyDeleteAt the time, naming the event for the ITF was a way of commemorating the organization's 50th anniversary, which was actually a nice nod to women's tennis. I'm not sure how naming it after Hare and the ITF at the same time would work.
ReplyDeleteI am glad that both Williams sisters were not put in. I like them but it was nice to see most of the women who won the other ties still on the team. I think win or lose the other women should have the chance to carry it through to the end.
ReplyDeleteI doubt seriously that Venus "wasn't put in." MJF wanted both Williams sisters.
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