tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post2967643899471230746..comments2024-03-11T05:26:34.143-05:00Comments on Women Who Serve: Some random thoughtsDianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07124489754017593105noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-89772928226226733042009-01-27T19:27:00.000-06:002009-01-27T19:27:00.000-06:00I think Amelie's game is beautiful, too, but she j...I think Amelie's game is beautiful, too, but she just doesn't have it together right now. I really liked it when the two of them played each other (and especially when Amelie won).Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07124489754017593105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-75188836477602656272009-01-27T12:44:00.000-06:002009-01-27T12:44:00.000-06:00I do agree that it's more fun to not have a domina...I do agree that it's more fun to not have a dominant player, and to never know who's going to be in the final.<BR/><BR/>But I do miss Henin, for the way she was playing and I don't find any player right now with a beautiful tennis, like she has.<BR/>Even if I didn't like always her behaviour, I liked that she was there to play tennis and not to show her new earings, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-7325502623943120662009-01-26T23:54:00.000-06:002009-01-26T23:54:00.000-06:00Jelena said something to the effect that she was r...Jelena said something to the effect that she was running on empty for the last hour of her 4th round match and I can't see her beating Safina if this is the case. <BR/><BR/>Even if she loses tonight she's still had a great tournament and I look forward to following her for the rest of the year and may Damir get a life of his own and leave her alone.Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16453370678013141363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-49783850992288269062009-01-26T17:03:00.000-06:002009-01-26T17:03:00.000-06:00Well said, Mr. Spiker.Well said, Mr. Spiker.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07124489754017593105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-54445876641747743472009-01-26T16:54:00.000-06:002009-01-26T16:54:00.000-06:00I agree with what you said about the sudden yearni...I agree with what you said about the sudden yearning for Henin. While I always enjoyed it when Henin won, what's more fun than having a real scramble for a title by a crop of very good players? I think it all depends on the personalities and games of the contending players, and personally I think all the individual stories (<I>and an occasional one like Dokic's</I>) make for great entertainment.<BR/><BR/>I know I've been saying for a few months now that people are trying to re-write history. When Henin was #1, what I remember is all the complaining about accusations about her "lack of sportsmanship" (<I>Shriver said her AO final retirement against Mauresmo "would tarnish her career forever"</I>) and a general ignoring of her dominance by the sports media (<I>at least here in the U.S.</I>), but now that she's gone so many whine about how much they miss her. Oh, really? I don't believe it for a second. I think they just want to have something to complain about.<BR/><BR/><I>Example: on ESPN's "PTI" the other day, after hardly a mention all week of the action in Melbourne -- from Venus' loss to Ivanovic's upset to Dokic's comeback -- they finally led off the show with a tennis story. What was it about? The chair-throwing and streaker incidents. Figures.</I><BR/><BR/>Also, for years, many people have unfavorably compared the women's game with the men's, pumping up the ATP tour by talking about (<I>at least pre-Federer's run</I>) how exciting it was that more than one or two players could win a slam while bemoaning a women's tour that was at times dominated by Graf, Seles or the Williams sisters prior to Henin. But when the tables are turned, what was once bad is suddenly good and what was formerly good is now deamed bad largely because it fits the pre-conceived storyline that someone wants to tell.<BR/><BR/><I>Very Orwellian, I think.</I>Todd Spikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01291100150348445819noreply@blogger.com