tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post3556847808704779137..comments2024-03-11T05:26:34.143-05:00Comments on Women Who Serve: Scream 2Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07124489754017593105noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-58410615556773868772012-01-26T19:12:35.981-06:002012-01-26T19:12:35.981-06:00Yes, I saw Todd's post--and well said. I can t...Yes, I saw Todd's post--and well said. I can take it or leave it, except for Kvitova's "bark," to which I've become attached :)Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07124489754017593105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-32477881965093428772012-01-26T18:52:10.323-06:002012-01-26T18:52:10.323-06:00All I know is that intensity of fight, determinati...All I know is that intensity of fight, determination and will that came from the women in the Kvitova-Sharapova match was enhanced for me by the yelling. It represented the fierceness and power of the play. What are people afraid of? I don't think there are that many people who object. They all come to the matches. If all are so concerned don't show up. In fact the power "screams" are better than the "dying animal" (I love animals-but didn't know what else to use) grunts of the men, ala Nadal. I like what Todd Spiker said "AO.11- =DAY 11 NOTES=<br />AUSTRALIA DAYS<br />by Todd Spiker<br /><br />(Just the part about Azarenka)<br /><br />..DAY 11 LIKES: Azarenka having, perhaps, the "temerity" in the face of all the talk of her on-court shrieking, to complain to the umpire about fans talking during a point in her match with Clijsters. Oh, that's so very Vika-ish, isn't it? I love the, "You don't like it? I don't care. I don't like it... and that's what matters to me right now." attitude about it all she has. If she wins the final, maybe she hold up another single finger to all the people who'd want to ignore her actual accomplishments and focus on the noise she makes when she swings a racket. Hey, absent a black-hatted Justine, the tour could use a "villain," real or imagined, to spice things up a bit. Why not embrace and go all the way with it?<br /><br />Of course, rather than see the natural humor in the situation, from Azarenka's complaint to (I think) her sounds, the ESPN2's were more offended than amused. No surprise, considering (yet again) they spent a five-minute stretch in the 1st set griping about how much noise Azarenka makes, completely overlooking the fact that a MATCH to reach a slam final was going on... while crazy-noisy jet fighters were flying back and forth across the Melbourne sky in Australia Day activities, it should be noted. And if that particular tangent wasn't enough, ten minutes later Cliff Drysdale saw fit to inform everyone of the "breaking news" that Patrick McEnroe was reporting to him that... fans (CUE IMPORTANT NEWSREADER VOICE) were Tweeting him right then and there about how much they hate all the noise the players make on court. <b> Because, as you know, the only opinions that matter are those of the people with nothing better to do but Tweet some loud-mouthed TV tennis commentators and tell them what they want to hear."</b> (My bold).<br />The WTA should stand by its players-these were some of the best recent matches-that is what people should be concentrating on. If they watched each strike, the noise would not bother them. People are just jumping on a bandwagon and I believe jumping on women.Sunny ninenoreply@blogger.com