tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post8628953429982431635..comments2024-03-11T05:26:34.143-05:00Comments on Women Who Serve: Azarenka out of French OpenDianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07124489754017593105noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-57172498088453020442012-06-04T21:54:12.351-05:002012-06-04T21:54:12.351-05:00Thanks, Dougie. I enjoyed, and a line will appear ...Thanks, Dougie. I enjoyed, and a line will appear later in the quotes section.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07124489754017593105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-74659517243551949732012-06-04T21:45:31.001-05:002012-06-04T21:45:31.001-05:00It was a bad day, but a post is coming later :)It was a bad day, but a post is coming later :)Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07124489754017593105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-43002985953440503612012-06-04T20:44:53.797-05:002012-06-04T20:44:53.797-05:00Pagliaro's good, but doesn't hold a candle...Pagliaro's good, but doesn't hold a candle to Diane (and Todd). :)<br /><br />All jokes aside, tennis fans are lucky to have so many tennis-savvy, gifted journalists to follow.<br /><br />========<br /><br />Diane,<br /><br />No posts today? Shame on you for having a life outside of tennis.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05861122308109064514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-6539292951340799362012-06-04T18:20:36.346-05:002012-06-04T18:20:36.346-05:00Kvitova/Lepchenko/Pagliaro
http://blogs.tennis.co...Kvitova/Lepchenko/Pagliaro<br /><br />http://blogs.tennis.com/racquet_reaction/2012/06/french-open-kvitova-d-lepchenko.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-73310600003408313142012-06-04T18:12:25.359-05:002012-06-04T18:12:25.359-05:00Diane,
See Richard's piece on the Lepchenko/K...Diane, <br />See Richard's piece on the Lepchenko/Kvitova match. It's clean, crisply incisive and hits the essentials. It's hysterically funny too, but even the jokes stick to essentials.<br />DMDougie Messengernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-68496132869295465512012-06-04T09:33:31.451-05:002012-06-04T09:33:31.451-05:00Thanks, DM.
I enjoy Richard Pagliaro, too.Thanks, DM.<br /><br />I enjoy Richard Pagliaro, too.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07124489754017593105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-17467559400278193722012-06-04T07:20:32.514-05:002012-06-04T07:20:32.514-05:00Hmmm, the ESPNers pulled back early today. Never ...Hmmm, the ESPNers pulled back early today. Never once bringing up the "n"-word when it came to Lepchenko, and instead focusing on how great a story her's was (inclduing showing a nice video segment).<br /><br /><i>I think there might have been a whole lot of "make good" work going on there.</i>Todd.Spikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16455101522360257651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-39426690566293086152012-06-04T02:32:04.014-05:002012-06-04T02:32:04.014-05:00The American commenters are a sad bunch, trammelle...The American commenters are a sad bunch, trammelled, tied and throttled by their own petty pragmatism. They're always putting all of their marbles on finding a 'story' with a juicy element or two. It's pitiful. The main exception among them is Richard Pagliaro, who is remarkably objective about what he has seen. In fact , he pays attention to the ebb and flow, changes of tactics and crucial points. He does not merely recite the set scores and a stat or two. He does a lot more. Three cheers for him. And cheers to you as well, Diane! Petra Petra Petra.... ooh yeah.Dougie Messengernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-46057120608827988342012-06-03T19:34:19.910-05:002012-06-03T19:34:19.910-05:00Yeah, I don't know what the NBC/ESPN commentat...Yeah, I don't know what the NBC/ESPN commentators' "game" is with Lepchenko. I suspect we'll get virtually overloaded with it again tomorrow. Do they secretly want people to root against her so that she doesn't "steal" an Olympic berth from a "real" American?<br /><br />Now, that said, I won't really be rooting for her to win tomorrow, either. But for entirely different reasons.<br /><br />(<i>Psst, don't say it too loud... Petra, Petra, Petra.</i>)Todd.Spikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16455101522360257651noreply@blogger.com