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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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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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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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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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response 7 of 36:
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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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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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Jun 25 15:07 UTC 2002 |
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