Hey Paul, here's a giggle for you.   Back in 2008, after Maria got beaten in the second round at Wimbledon by Alla Kudryavtseva ranked 154, she was asked in the post match Interview if her shoulder was okay.  She replied 'Uh Huh'.  6 weeks later after retiring in Canada when the shoulder finally collapsed, she admitted that she had been having pain with it for over a year , day and night, and was on pain killers all the time.  So, the little Uh Huh was a lie.  What reminded me of it was last week in her second round interview when a reporter asked about her new outfit.. He asked if she designed it herself.  She replied 'Uh Huh'.  Struck me as being funny and another downright lie.

Here's a thought for you. I wonder if the LTA will allow Venus to wear the same in white at Wimbledon.

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Early in the game, I think it was implicit that she worked with the designer team. But if she's actually good at this stuff, she could be doing all the design by now.

Heh-heh. Venus should take along a white version of the can-can for pre-tournament appearance--for more publicity and to jerk the old boys' chains just a bit. [H]

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A Can can's dress gives you no chance to win a tournement. Look all the tennis Champions, they never wear a can can dress for a serious tournament. When people see your dress they know what is happening in your head. You always think about can can. And during the game you always think about what people are thinking about your can can dress so you can't concentrate on your game. So I advice to tennis player to wear normal tennis dress and confortable ones to win the final but not a ridiculous can can dress.  

If you want to dance can can go to Paris in Moulin Rouge. If you want to play pro tennis be serious.

Not sure.

Serena overcome in the second.

JJ won against Shvedova.

Shvedova played so well, sorry for her.

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Ah, the brilliance, the drama... [|-)] the tedium. One can only wonder if Sam will make any more serious effort to deal with short balls from a Serfb, Russian or Italian than she did against this blundering cow! One dumb drop shot, easily within Serena's reach, but that Sam could equally obviously get back, she just turned & walked away from! My gawd, she tried every way she could to GIVE it to the Yank! I cheer Serena's defeat nonetheless.

I'll see it again, of course. ESPN2 will show every dumb second of this almost Li Na-quality farce rather than let us watch the beautiful Kazakhstani. Might get us thinking there's more in the world than our masters tell us. [;)] Yeah, Yaroslava played a quality match, lost only by her errors--which are entirely a matter of more work on CONTROL. Those returns are going long & wide solely because she needs more fine control over her own power. She's coming up. I'm good with her progress. [H]

Great Slammy Sammy. Her powerful all-court tennis is awesome. Her sliced shots are fu$king mortal.

Who can stop her from winning her first Grand Slam?

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Oh, maybe a Serb, or a Russian or maybe an Italian. [H]

Hey, I'll congratulate Sam, but not to get orgasmic. I'll have to see the first two sets later 'cause I preferred to watch a woman i actually like to look at, BUT: The scores are clear. After FAILING TO PLAY for almost two sets, Serena came bulling back like you've seen her do dozens of times before and Sam obviously couldn't handle it or there wouldn't be a third set. [;)]

I DID watch the third set and that was nothing to write home about. Couple of times I wondered if Sam were a Li Na deal who just camed there to tank for the Sweathawg on a bad day. She finally took it when Serena couldn't.

I AM GLAD SHE WON--if for no other reason that the Yank mouthpieces are not keen on her. Dunno why, really, but you can clearfly hear the subtext. At this moment, of course, they sing her praises--they gotta. She beat Serena so by definition she must've played brilliantly. [:P]

Not so much.

The best news of today is that Stosur WON !  [Y]

Sorry Paul, I go for a final between Stosur and Schiavone with a win for Schiavone.

At the end of her career, a Grand Slam title will be the cream on the cake [^]

You should read Serena's post match interview.  All she kept saying was that She didn't play her best tennis today, but  Stosur played very well.  Fact is, Sam totally outplayed her most of the time.. No matter how much better Serena's game 'might have been' , there was no way she could have got to some of those returns, they were just too accurately placed for the fat cow to reach them. She finally got bullied out of the match in the same way she likes to bully others.

Philli Wan sat silently in the corner of the court as Mad Sam systematically dismantled and destroyed the Dark side's power over her. Completely defeated, The Dark Sister left the court in a state of shock unable to grasp what had just happened to her. Phiili Wan smiled to herself and muttered in a low voice. 'Well done Sam, may the serve be with you...always'.