Women Who Serve: Stuttgart

Saturday, October 6, 2007

Henin does it again

Those of us who were hoping to see Jelena Jankovic break the curse today got that sinking feeling when--in the second set of her semifinal match in Stuttgart--Justine Henin, down 1-4 and 0-40--not only managed to hold serve, but then broke Jankovic. Katrina Adams, who I think is the best women's tennis commentator around, made an insightful remark about Jankovic--that she plays with more physicality than she needs to, and then fatigue sets in, and her serve suffers. We definitely saw that today. Final score: Henin def. Jankovic, 7-6, 7-5

About the blog author

Diane Elayne Dees is a writer, a retired psychotherapist, a former speech communication instructor, and a former public relations specialist. She is also a life-long fan of women's professional tennis.

For several years, Diane published the progressive blog, The Dees Diversion, and she also contributed regularly to the Mother Jones MoJo Blog. Diane has published political essays, short fiction and creative nonfiction. For the past several years, she has concentrated on writing poetry.

An eight-time Pushcart Prize nominee, Diane has published four poetry chapbooks, Coronary Truth (Kelsay Books), The Last Time I Saw You, (Finishing Line Press), The Wild Parrots of Marigny (Querencia Press), and I Can't Recall Exactly When I Died (Kelsay Books). (See ordering information at the top of the page.)

Diane's nature poetry was read on Martha Stewart Living Radio's "The Naturalist's Datebook." She has also published four microchaps with the Origami Poems Project: Beach Days, Pandemic Times, Missing Amy, and Yogic Truth.