Comments on: Women’s sports links, June 28

By: Wendy Parker

Wendy Parker — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:15:58 +0000

I just hope that Serena’s injuries don’t take a toll.

By: Clarence Gaines

Clarence Gaines — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:51:21 +0000

Serena still has the fire. Venus is toast – her game was never as technically sound as Serena’s.

By: Wendy Parker

Wendy Parker — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:59:47 +0000

Hi Ethan —

I understand your point. What I meant to say is that the lack of star quality on the women’s side — big-name star quality — has been a concern for a lot longer than this Wimbledon.

Nadal and Federer have been battling injuries, but there’s no doubt about their desire to come back and dominate the game. I wonder whether the Williams sisters have the fire any longer, and I don’t think Wozniacki is good enough.

Perhaps Li Na will be that player, but right now the women’s game doesn’t seem to have the buzz to which it has been accustomed.

By: Ethan Johnson

Ethan Johnson — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:51:03 +0000

Re: Tennis, ironically there was an article published in the Kenosha Daily News (no doubt lifted from some other source) before Wimbledon stating that women’s tennis was doomed because the Williams sisters were favored to meet in the final despite taking time off for various maladies. This meant (at the time) that women’s tennis didn’t have any up-and-comers and it was up to the Williams sisters to provide the drama. Now the Williams sisters are out of the running which means women’s tennis is in “disarray”. Apparently they dropped out with neck and shoulder pain and didn’t lose to, you know, other players.

Hokay.

And yes, funny how that doesn’t seem to apply to Federer/Nadal, who really do meet in the final like the Sun rises in the east.