tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post8962116731264775225..comments2024-03-11T05:26:34.143-05:00Comments on Women Who Serve: Williams and Safarova: Who could ask for anything more?Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07124489754017593105noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-15233859575864847732015-06-05T16:06:09.919-05:002015-06-05T16:06:09.919-05:00Go Serena.....show us all what you can do!!!Go Serena.....show us all what you can do!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12337785654990838406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-18500091150156045622015-06-05T16:02:42.911-05:002015-06-05T16:02:42.911-05:00Hello all, I say lets just enjoy this time with Se...Hello all, I say lets just enjoy this time with Serena. Love or hate her (why would anyone not love her?) She is truly amazing...we are watching history! I remember watching at 17 years old... look at her now, again I say...wow. Being older, She had to made the adjustments...stronger mentally and physically (since there's a new young tennis every year) I believe Serena is changing game of Tennis.<br />Again I say...wow.<br /><br />FreddieAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12337785654990838406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-17328227181403950542015-06-05T08:57:26.803-05:002015-06-05T08:57:26.803-05:00Thanks for your kind comment, shallini.Thanks for your kind comment, shallini.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07124489754017593105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-14858225900523230232015-06-05T08:53:39.607-05:002015-06-05T08:53:39.607-05:00Thanks for the great statement about Serena. It is...Thanks for the great statement about Serena. It is very upsetting to me how she has been treated and continues to be treated by the media and so called tennis fans. Thanks for pointing out what everyone else missed and want to blame Serena for - Timea choked. It's her first time on the big stage so it's understandable and she will have many more opportunities. <br />It is true that Maria and Serena seem too polished and controlled these days but really I don't see how either has a choice given the constant scrutiny.<br />Oh and Virginia Wade is embarrassing. She cant seem to get over the fact that when it comes to tennis, the doors to the country club have been smashed open.shalinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11328663779094966118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-23927801518745727682015-06-05T07:26:52.411-05:002015-06-05T07:26:52.411-05:00Roi, think back to a time, not that long ago, that...Roi, think back to a time, not that long ago, that I call pre-charm school Serena. This was before her handlers quite obviously taught her "how to act" and what to say. I miss that Serena! I may have occasionally cringed over something she said (or didn't say), but we were getting authenticity. I wish that Serena would return.<br /><br />As for Maria, I like her just as her smart-ass, somewhat world-weary self!<br /><br />Agree, Todd, that Wade is pretty much negative about everyone and everything.<br /><br />Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07124489754017593105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-65336155028218035002015-06-04T23:55:28.413-05:002015-06-04T23:55:28.413-05:00I'd like to agree with everything you say abou...I'd like to agree with everything you say about Serena, I'd really do. But I can't help but see this phony persona about her and everything she does on and off court. The same as I think with Maria. But in saying that, I really do recognize Serena as the best player to ever hold a racket and I'm fortunate to be a witness of it, I might not like her but what a pleasure is to see her doing her thing, overcoming every single obstacle and as you said it, she has endured a lot of those.<br /><br />Timea really has no one to blame but herself, even at the net she seemed to be expecting something from Serena, she had that judgemental look on her and I think she was wrong, if that was the case. Serena will be a wonderful champion and such an inspiration yet again, IF Lucie lets her. But this is the Serena fucking Williams, as Irina Spirlea would say, and we know how this story will end if the player on the other side of the net forgets it.<br /><br />How great would it be if Lucie makes both finals, let alone win them too!!!Roihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08335445895486222478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-45981648246940323712015-06-04T22:10:05.267-05:002015-06-04T22:10:05.267-05:00Yes. Though at least as far as Wade goes the last...Yes. Though at least as far as Wade goes the last few years, as I recall, she seems to take issue with many of today's players for various reasons that seem senseless and/or derogatory.Todd.Spikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16455101522360257651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-39668834746705980722015-06-04T21:45:43.340-05:002015-06-04T21:45:43.340-05:00I always brace myself for the tacky and disgusting...I always brace myself for the tacky and disgusting comments people make about any player, but especially Serena. What do they want from her? She could stick nails in her head and and bleed all over the court and people would find something "fake" about it. And did you notice that today, it was Brits who were having a field day trashing her?Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07124489754017593105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-20439174978927724972015-06-04T21:32:43.350-05:002015-06-04T21:32:43.350-05:00Some of the post-match comments from some corners ...Some of the post-match comments from some corners about the prospect of Williams "faking" her condition, or playing it up to get attention (which is essentially what V.Wade said), were as sad as they were expected. Unfortunately, it sort of goes with the territory where Serena (and Venus, at least before the Sjogren's) is concerned that some are going to immediately go down that road.<br /><br />It's sort of remarkable that for all the attention she's gotten and all that she's accomplished, a case can still be made that she's not been given all the recognition and admiration she's deserved. :(Todd.Spikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16455101522360257651noreply@blogger.com