tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post1131430024148146041..comments2024-03-11T05:26:34.143-05:00Comments on Women Who Serve: Kuznetsova out, Kudryavtseva inDianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07124489754017593105noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-78468246997159259372007-07-09T15:52:00.000-05:002007-07-09T15:52:00.000-05:00I heard that, too. ESPN's commentators are, for th...I heard that, too. ESPN's commentators are, for the most part, too lazy, I think, to be bothered with such niceties as pronouncing people's names correctly. I often think they are not that bright, either.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07124489754017593105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-61272522330548634742007-07-09T15:37:00.000-05:002007-07-09T15:37:00.000-05:00Something to add to your "why can't they pronounce...Something to add to your "why can't they pronounce players' names right" file: during Wimbledon I heard a commentator--I forget which one; definitely male; definitely on ESPN; pronounce Kudryavtseva very close--if not the same way--as if it were Kuznetsova. Here's hoping the Fed Cup will bring enough awareness of Kudryavtseva to get people to at least attempt a correct pronunciation rather than assuming it is just like another Russian's.kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09975351996302093224noreply@blogger.com