While in high school, my sister got really into watching tennis because of Andre Agassi.  When I was in high school, I got really into tennis because of Lindsay Davenport (and Martina Hingis).  If I didn't know I was gay before tennis, I certainly new after.

But this post is really about Tina.  There's a lot of Tina-gushing on this blog, but that's fine by me. "Every time I think I couldn't possibly love her more....  Yeah, she's practically perfect in every way."  Indeed.  Totally agree.  You said it.  Ditto.  That'll put marzipan in your pie plate, Bingo.

TSN refuses to air the primetime matches when they're playing live; instead there's hockey.  Canada, hockey, yes but tennis!  It's more interesting, well at least to me.  I wanted to watch the Henin/Serena, Federer/Roddick, Venus/Jankovic matches but missed them all.

Re: Tina.  I love her.  She plays the flute?  Awesome.  She has cute handwriting too.

Anyone else totally looking forward to the Venus / Justine match? Venus did an interview where she was talking about how personally she had taken Serena's defeat and how she had blood on her mind.

When those William sisters get determined about something, blood is usually quickly spilt. Just think about Serena/Justine at the French Open a few years ago and then the resounding defeat of Justine in Wimbledon.

Grudge match anyone?

FYI, Martina Navratilova will be playing tonight--any minute now (10:20 p.m. Eastern)--in a "Champions" match vs. Jana Novotna.

Doesn't look like they're televising it (grrr...) but you can watch the live score via the US Open site.

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Wow, her post-its are really….neat and organized.  I've never seen a bulletin board so immaculately arranged. 

Dammit.  Now I hafta clean up my desk  :( 

But speaking of good tennis/AmEx ads, Johnny Mac: “there’s a chance that ball DID hit the line.  You’re not evil!” 

Well, it was good the first 2 times I saw it.  Now it’s kind of annoying.

I'm nerd enough to admit my latest pair of glasses are exactly like Tina's.
The lady at the store said it was pretty much the first time someone brought a pic of the frame to be made =P.

And did I read "bat skeleton"?
Boy unusual and gift are sure under and over statements there...

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I absolutely adore that her impulse purchase was a case of soup, rather than a fancy car, a $10,000 bag, or an island. Way to be down to earth.

Haven't seen any of the US Open here in the UK :-( gutted Jelena got beat by Venus.. you gotta love her cos she always looks like she's enjoying herself on the court rather than geting all stroppy and making those ridiculous noises that other players do when they hit the ball...

Saw her interview after the match, and she said the crowd were shouting "we love your smile Jelena" and she was like "cheers but its not gonna help me return Venus' serve!" lol

Damn, i was soooo pissed when Jelena lost (mostly, because of the time diference it was aired live at 1am and lasted till 4am :)... she was way better, but Venus' serve was almost flawless *sigh* it will be better next year... I do have to add that draw was quite weird; i mean, how can it be possible that in one half we have Henin, Jankovic, Bartoli, both Williams sisters, Ivanovic and Dementieva while in other half only Sharapova and Kuznetseva... not quite fair.

and, also have to add, Novak Djokovic will be playing tomorrow in finale!!!!

GO NOVAK!!!!

I was pissed that she lost, too, because I thought she could have won it. Not easily, but she was there and with a little more agressive play rather than defensive play she had Venus.

But to the original post, I wish someone would talk more about Serena and her total lack of sportsmanship. From what I understand (from the reporter guy on USA Network who brought the press conference to my attention) her behavior at that press conference was the same as it always is/was/will be. "Lucky shots" from the world's #1 player? As he said, "You mean 'winners'?!" It's pathetic that she continually gets some sort of pass, especially among women, for being someone we should all laud, when she's actually a self-absorbed, whining, childlike person, who can NEVER give the other player any credit for what they've done. I don't get it.

During the match with Henin, I suspected we saw her call Henin "bitch" when Henin made her run hard during the prior point. My wife thought perhaps Serena was cursing "sonuva bitch," and yes, perhaps that was it. But all we saw was a closeup of Serena, getting ready to return serve, mouthing "bitch."

Maybe I'm simply of a generation when an athlete's attitude combined with their prowess was the stuff that a fan admired. Even McEnroe, with all of his brouhaha during a match, was a player who gave credit to others off the court. Or Martina, even!

So, yes, give me Jelena Jankovic, Ana Ivanovic, MoMo, Billie Jean King, Martina, Sha'har Pe'er, Chris Evert, Mary Carillo, Mary Jo Fernandez, etc., etc., etc. -- women who love the sport and admire, and more importantly respect, players other than themselves who can play their guts out.