Comments for Tenaciously Tennis

Comment on VIDEO: Sharapova and Federer – When They Were Young by Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:24:23 +0000

Thanks for the clips. A lot of fun. Roger was so relaxed and playful. Maria was so young!

Comment on Of Margaritas, Money and Mayhem at the WTA Championships by Ben

Ben — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:56:18 +0000

Hey all! Thanks for your comments. I really appreciate your reading.

Comment on Of Margaritas, Money and Mayhem at the WTA Championships by Zoe Edgell

Zoe Edgell — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:30:14 +0000

Looking at that quote from the guy at SI a few things jump out.
What he heck is a ‘tennis tastemaker’, as if the public accepts whatever the media guys spin. I get it that his three (un-fulfilled) requirements trotted out just for Kvitova are arbitrary to a great extent. And it appears that these guys have defined tennis more in terms of photogenicity, charisma, quotability and such than in terms of tennis skill and mental fortitude. Dear readers, make up your own minds. Ignore the pundits for the most part, for they know not what they are doing.

Comment on Of Margaritas, Money and Mayhem at the WTA Championships by Don McGriff

Don McGriff — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:36:19 +0000

Hmm. Methinks they want her to be a goddess to get their approval. Pitiful, ain’t it?

Comment on Of Margaritas, Money and Mayhem at the WTA Championships by Dean Daggett

Dean Daggett — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 03:51:09 +0000

What I’d like to know is why not a single writer was brave enough to come out praising Kvitova two years ago, when she had already thrashed Venus and Dinara. Anybody who really knows stroke production and mental resolve should have spotted the preternaturally able Czech then. Few were brave enough until after Wimbledon this year, and even now, the praise is somewhat muted and diverted by all sorts of non-essentials about her not being celebrity material. Wertheim of SI wrote about Petra: “The WTA, the tennis tastemakers and the media (I don’t exclude myself) might wish for a more dynamic, quotable, transcendent celebrity figure. What a pile. Notice the word WISH. I’d say that this is a case of bad values. Even on those terms, quick, somebody, give me a quote by Ana Ivanovic, media darling. You cannot. Few succeed on that standard. Moreover, Kvitova is the most dynamic player on the tour. She hits every single shot in the book, including the forgotten chip lob and stop volley, and hits them well. As to transcendence, time will tell who is and who is not transcendent. Jeez.