Anyone like Tennis?

I.m watching Williams and the Venezuelan chick on my VCR.
Still got 4 hours left...maybe it's after the final

About Serena...

I certainly have no patience for "haters" of any player. (I don't even hate that smug son-of-a-gun, Novak Djokovic -- really I don't! ) However, if you had asked me on September 26, 2011 (when Serena turned 30) whether she was the best female player ever, I would certainly have said "no", for the simple reason that she had won 13 major titles to Graf's 22 and didn't seem likely at that point to win many more. The basis for my opinion, on who the best player ever is, hasn't changed at all since then, but the facts have, which is why I now rate Williams #1. Until recently, Evert was within her rights to say she'd had a more successful career than Williams, having won 18 grand slam singles titles in her own right.

Yikes, re Djoko and Fed so far..


On the women's doubles, I'm only a reader, no idea where it was on tv.

I don't know who is the best, but Serena is tops right now and I think she's great.

Ah, well.
Congratulations to Djokovic.

It featured India's first women's doubles winner ever in a major, Sania Mirza.
I was hoping to get to see her play live.
I don't watch much doubles, but they used to show the final, anyway.

It all makes me wonder what kind of coverage doubles gets over there in India.
She's their first woman, but not their first doubles champ.
They have a long history of great doubles play.

Doubles is an acquired taste as a spectator sport, because you can't, as the viewer, watch your favorite player as she gears up to take a shot.
If you focus on one player, her teammate always pops up and cuts the ball off at the net.

Now the tennis is over let's take a moment to look at what Wimbledon really means.

So, is that Wombledon? I might like it better, the decor, I mean.

The Wombles of Wimbledon Common were a mini sensation back in the 70s, spawning a pop band that had a lot of chart success. There's talk of bringing them back, they're quite in vogue seeing as it's all about recycling.

Their movement around the court, though, will be woefully inadequate
even if they decide to become doubles specialists.

Hah, a tennis video that is new to me -




A better one - - - the Borg McEnroe match

I am playing tennis since my school time, and I still enjoy playing it. And I use to buy my all sporting goods from online stores.

I never buy online when I'm spammed.

Federer teases his fans yet again, by beating Djokovic to win the Cincinnati Masters.

Oh Em Gee I'm sorry I missed that. Would've loved to see Roger beat that guy.

I like Federer, can't help it.

It is sort of amazing to me to see that someone of his age, with his body, is considered old.

Cincinnati is the only masters Djokovic hasn't won. Federer did a lot of different things at this tournament, charging the net, returning second serves inside the baseline. Interesting to see how he plays the Open.

Serena also won and in good form. I'm ready to see her run for the Grand Slam.

Not a lot of focus on Women's tennis here but Serena is going for history next week. When she had 15 or 16 slams, I thought she had one or two more in her. Father Time just doesn't give up that easily and Serena has had issues with knees and ankles before, but here she sits at 21. To get the Grand Slam and tie Steffi Graf's open era Slam record would be beyond amazing. While she has been really dominant this season, she has done it with a lot of clutch play and battling from behind.

ESPN article: Powering Towards History

Lots of stuff out lately painting the Williams sisters as the grand dames of tennis. While I think that this is mostly about putting them on a pedestal so that we can all feel so good about how evolved we are there might be some validity to the argument.