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md
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Wimbledon
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Jun 24 18:08 UTC 2002 |
First round winners so far include Sampras, Agassi, Capriati and S.
Williams. Anna Kournikova lost to one of the other "ovas." (There are
eleven [!] of them in the first round.) Fwiw, Anna was wearing a
little hip-hugger skirt that came down to about pubic hair level in
front but that kept riding up in back, causing her to reach back and
tug it down every so often. The harpies in the booth had lots of fun
with that one. In any case, if you missed the first round then you
missed Anna, as usual.
CNNSI is predicting that Federer and Agassi will make it to the finals
and Federer will win, and Venus and Serena will make it to the finals
and that Venus will win.
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jep
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Jun 24 18:18 UTC 2002 |
This item is linked as #21 summer 2002 agora and #120 in the sports
conference.
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jep
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response 2 of 36:
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Jun 24 18:23 UTC 2002 |
I used to watch tennis. I very much enjoy watching tennis. I can't
stand the TV crews switching from one game to another, though, so the
early rounds of tournaments are hard for me to watch.
Come to think of it, the last time I watched tennis on TV, the camera
crews had this thing about switching the view to be right behind one of
the players, from the corner of the court, at court level, so you
couldn't see what was going on, but you could see how the player tied
his shoes. Gah! I hate that angle. Show me the game!
Ahem. But I do enjoy watching a tennis tournament. The French is my
favorite normally (slower play and more shots in these days of bionic
tennis players hitting the ball at the speed of sound), but I like
Wimbledon a lot, too.
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senna
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response 3 of 36:
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Jun 24 23:45 UTC 2002 |
Tennis is a sport with some problems. The men's draw has the appeal of moldy
wonderbread, and the women's draw has serious sideshow potential with all of
the extracurricular activities of the major competitors, such as Kournikova
doing modelling, Venus doing art school, and Hingis doing Sergio Garcia. The
Williams sisters, at least, have competitive potential, but they are their
own greatest rivals and their matches between each other are not compelling.
Some might even say that they aren't really competetive, but that talk has
mercifully trickled off.
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md
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response 4 of 36:
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Jun 25 00:05 UTC 2002 |
No, the harpies in the booth were gossiping about that today. It's
still a hot topic, I guess.
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danr
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response 5 of 36:
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Jun 25 00:06 UTC 2002 |
I am as interested in tennis as I am in golf.
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drew
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response 6 of 36:
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Jun 25 02:27 UTC 2002 |
Tennis is ping pong played on top of the table.
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ea
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Jun 25 03:39 UTC 2002 |
what about Anna doing half the NHL? (ok, maybe not half, but still ...)
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edina
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response 8 of 36:
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Jun 25 12:54 UTC 2002 |
Two does not make half.
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gull
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Jun 25 13:05 UTC 2002 |
I haven't watched tennis is quite a while, but last time I did I thought the
women's game was more interesting. Men's tennis seems to mostly be a
serving contest these days.
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jep
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Jun 25 13:14 UTC 2002 |
Women's tennis would benefit if Kournikova could win tournaments. She's
been ranked in the top 10, but never won a tournament. Celebrity has not
been good for her tennis game.
I like Serena but can't tolerate Venus, or their father. I don't like
loud, brash obnoxious people in tennis. I didn't like either Jimmy
Conners or John McEnroe, either.
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mynxcat
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response 11 of 36:
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Jun 25 15:07 UTC 2002 |
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gull
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response 12 of 36:
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Jun 25 15:07 UTC 2002 |
See, I've never been interested enough to get involved in the soap-opera
aspects.
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bhelliom
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Jun 26 16:21 UTC 2002 |
Neither Serena nor Venus are the stereotypical women in the tennis
game. They are more no nonsense than a lot of folks. And one is
as "brash" the other. People like Serena more because she's sunnier,
smiles more. Venus doesn't. I can agree about their father, and I
suspect that that wears more on the eldest tennis player than it does
the younger.
Resp:11 I miss GS, too. I thought she was tops.
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albaugh
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Jun 26 16:27 UTC 2002 |
What is it about Venus that you "can't tolerate"? From what I've heard of
Mr. Williams, I concur.
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mynxcat
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response 15 of 36:
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Jun 26 16:52 UTC 2002 |
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md
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response 16 of 36:
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Jun 27 03:11 UTC 2002 |
Lots of upsets. Champions and favorites are dropping like flies:
Agassi, Federer, Sampras and Marat Safin are all out. Sandrine Testud
lost to Mary Pierce.
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pthomas
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Jun 27 19:03 UTC 2002 |
Looks like Hewitt and Henman are through round two...the Williams
sisters, Hingis, and Capriati also emerged unscathed. Personally my
money's on Henman to win the mens' and Williams (one of them anyway) to
win the womens'.
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md
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Jun 28 13:47 UTC 2002 |
I caught a few minutes of the Dokic-Dechy match this morning. I know
it's not PC to comment on the female players' appearance, but Jelena
Dokic gets curvier every time I see her. I believe the term now would
be "va-va-voomish." She was voted sexiest female by the ball-kids at
the French open last year. (Yes, they actually poll them.) I awlays
thought she was cute, despite her Slavic peasant face. She's grown a
tiny bit thick in the waist, but who cares? She put Nathalie Dechy
away 7-5 6-2.
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md
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response 19 of 36:
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Jul 2 22:59 UTC 2002 |
Spectacular tennis by Venus Williams. She is major fun to watch.
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md
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response 20 of 36:
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Jul 2 23:21 UTC 2002 |
On the other hand...
In an interview yesterday, Venus Williams opined that Steffi Graf was
not a good grass court player. Graf won the Wimbledon championship
seven times.
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md
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response 21 of 36:
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Jul 3 12:40 UTC 2002 |
Jennifer Capriati vs. Amelie Mauresmo today. Battle of the amazons
(Capriati is extremely buff, Mauresmo is an out-of-closet lesbian *and*
extremely buff), if that look appeals to you.
Pale skinny little Justine Henin, the Belgian anti-amazon, beat Monica
Seles but will have to face Venus Williams tomorrow, weather
permitting. If she beats Venus, I will finally give up trying to
understand tennis.
Except for Tim Henman and Lleyton Hewitt, and barely them, there's
nobody interesting left on the men's side.
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md
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Jul 3 13:11 UTC 2002 |
More rain.
They're showing clips of last year's match between Venus Williams and
Justine Henin. The announcers this year pronounce it either just-EEN
HEN-in or just-EEN ENna, depending on their languange skills. It's
probably more like zhoos-TEEN en-ANG (without voicing the G). Anyone
know how Belgians pronounce stuff?
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bhelliom
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Jul 3 15:34 UTC 2002 |
Well, given the calliber of tennis that is being played now, it's
possible that Steffi Graff would have won less matches. To our eyes
she may have been spectacular, but to other tennis players, who knows.
The difference with Venus is, she's not always willing to keep her
opinion to herself.
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mynxcat
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Jul 3 16:10 UTC 2002 |
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