Of Women’s Tennis Players (Specifically Henin-Hardenne vs. Sharapova)

Published by simon on September 9, 2006

Speaking of women’s tennis, the US Open final is on this weekend. I’d like to say that the US Open is probably the most exciting of the 4 slams, Wimbledon is full of tradition but tennis on grass don’t look so great if you’re not serve and volleying. And what’s with the white-gear-only ruling? Anyway, as my dad says, when it comes to finals, the grass is mostly dead and gone, it’s pretty much like playing in clay. Roland Garros, well, it’s OK, except that kind of clay reminds me of construction site backfilling works.

And Aussie Open comes on too early in the season for me to get into it.

Back to the hardcourts of the US Open. The finals are going to be Justin Henin-Hardenne against Maria Sharapova. That latter’s entry will probably ensure a few more million viewers for the match. But hey, women’s tennis needs all the viewers (and prize money) it can get (49-year old multi-grand-slam-winner-now-playing-doubles-but-now-retired notwithstanding...)

Of all the current women players, i like Henin-Hardenne the best. She’s got this killer cross court backhand that half the guys on the circuit can’t return, and her games’ solid all round. Plus she’s got this steely determination that can make Stallone look like Nacho Libre (btw, has anyone noticed she has a slight resemblance to Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh?)

Sharapova, well, good looks aside, she plays good tennis, and wins. Can’t say the same for Anna Kournikova, though, last i heard she was cavorting around in an Enrique Iglesias video, plus playing doubles (not at the same time). She did well to beat world number 1 Amelie Mauresmo, and if she wins, this will be the second Grand Slam for her after Wimbledon of 2004. Let’s just hope she has a changed to a better cellular phone network to call her mom.

Women’s tennis has been a lot more exciting since the days of Venus Williams and her muscle-bound brother sister Serena winning every single grand slam. I’ve nothing against them, but watching them beat some hapless opponent 6-1, 6-0 is as exciting as the New Zealand All Blacks take on my school’s rugby team.

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