tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757702474597183495.post5456151322171172075..comments2023-09-20T10:27:39.247-05:00Comments on Savannah's World: Being WeeniesSavannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15079111598976360942noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757702474597183495.post-47325235845519528362012-05-19T20:10:11.846-05:002012-05-19T20:10:11.846-05:00Whether you like Tiriac or not I think we can all ...Whether you like Tiriac or not I think we can all agree that it was absurd not to pretest the surface. They could've found out the surface was unplayable way before it was bought and put in place. That they ended up having to change their tune towards the end shows that they were caught with their pants down and had to come up with some kind of excuse.<br /><br />It would be laughable except that athletes careers were put in danger.Savannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15079111598976360942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757702474597183495.post-63509171777135691512012-05-19T06:47:26.004-05:002012-05-19T06:47:26.004-05:00I admire Serena, am glad she has a life outside of...I admire Serena, am glad she has a life outside of tennis, and enjoy watching her smack the heck out of the ball. And I especially enjoy her strive for inner focus in between points. When she's on, her game is cruel, aspiring, and majestic. <br /><br />However . . . I never take anything she says off the court seriously, because she seems to say whatever she thinks at the time without much caring how it will sound. Including the "weenies" comment. <br /><br />Plus, her use of the word "weenies" when I originally saw the wire story made me think she was half-joking. She does like to joke around. <br /><br />I do agree though that the blue clay was nasty. The latest wire story I saw has Carlos Moya saying that somehow the salt they used on it - identical to salt used on RG - reacted poorly with the Madrid climate and changed into an "unbreakable film" of pure slippery hell. <br /><br />Yes, power players were able to cope with it, but even the likes of Federer said it was a harsh surface - he said after he won the final that his body was aching, which seemed to imply that all the extra work he had to do to avoid slipping was a real strain. I can imagine.Randy Burgesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16460408574767042265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757702474597183495.post-88188488950371046502012-05-18T12:30:08.674-05:002012-05-18T12:30:08.674-05:00We will have to disagree on this one Karen.
Clay ...We will have to disagree on this one Karen.<br /><br />Clay is by it's nature slippery. It's dirt. What made this blue stuff dangerous is the fact that you couldn't gain any traction on it. If you can't get traction there is no way to move the way you should on clay and sliding when you can't stop turns players into bovine animals on ice. This is what the players were complaining about. I'm sure you're watching Rome this week and see the difference in movement.<br /><br />As for the women I did read later that there were voices raised against the stuff. That just makes Serena's comments more frustrating.Savannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15079111598976360942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757702474597183495.post-18139226660803132192012-05-16T16:57:56.317-05:002012-05-16T16:57:56.317-05:00Oh Savannah, you are clutching at straws on this o...Oh Savannah, you are clutching at straws on this one my friend. The court in Madrid has always been slippery. Playing on a clay court, one cannot stop on a dime and recover. That is why ppl like Venus and Serena do not do well on the stuff. If clay gets you out of position, you cannot recover like on a hard court or grass. No traction. That being said, the women did complain. Their voices were maybe not as loud as the men, but they did. Stosur, Serena, Venus, Sharapova, Azarenka. They all complained. However, their complaints were along the lines of: jeepers this court is crap, but guess what let me make the best of a bad situation. The men on the other hand threatened to boycott a tournament. Frankly speaking this new breed of so-called pros leaves a bad taste in my mouth. At the first sign of adversity they are calling for boycotts. The last time someone started that crap he became a pariah for a long time. There are ways of fixing things and yes I agree with Serena, they came across like a bunch of weeniesKarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14548283336955001884noreply@blogger.com