tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post2092116750261736302..comments2024-03-11T05:26:34.143-05:00Comments on Women Who Serve: Scary Petra rampages through WuhanDianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07124489754017593105noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-34879429482540503342016-10-02T19:27:43.615-05:002016-10-02T19:27:43.615-05:00There have been signs, for years, that something i...There have been signs, for years, that something is wrong. Maybe I picked up on them because of my professional interests. But the signs were there. I don't want to go into them out of respect for her privacy. Such a great athlete, great sportswoman, wicked sense of humor. It makes me sad to see her this way.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07124489754017593105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-31685664590069874392016-10-02T18:08:36.676-05:002016-10-02T18:08:36.676-05:00i read the article on the WTA site and heard the t...i read the article on the WTA site and heard the trophy speech. it really bothered me. and though you say it is petra being honest, it does not demonstrate a fighting attitude that i like to see in athletes. the top players all talk about getting better, working on their games etc. even the sometimes fragile halep has found her way to a coach who she feels comfortable with and actually did well by herself in wuhan until running into kvitova. so to hear a former top player and a top player at her best talk this way is not what i want to personally hear. even if she needs help or is not getting the right help, as you say, time is running out and she seems resigned to sometimes having a good run and sometimes not. i hate to say this and it may be taken the wrong way but i feel there is something missing between the ears. there is something missing in her eyes when she is not playing well. there is not fight but resignation. i don't know, the interview was strange. i love her game when she is on but one would hope she would also find pleasure in her game and in winning. if she is resigned to the fact that she will just not play well, then for an athlete, i don't know what that really means. sometimes my mind goes back to when she could have grabbed the no 1 spot at the 2012 aussie open. she, azarenka or sharapova all had the chance. but i didn't feel she was fighting for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com