I just don’t think you can justify giving Dinara the top seeding when there is a special committee formed to make sure that the women’s seeds reflect grass court prowess. What’s the point of the committee? Dinara has a career record of 7 wins/6 losses at Wimby and the next two down have won it multiple times and played each other in last year’s final. . .so I just don’t see it.

On the other hand, Patrick also said that he didn’t think the seeding mattered much anyway, when it came to Venus and They are the only two who came into Wimbledon really, truly believing they could win the tournament. I agree with him – but it will just be a pity if they end up on the same side of the draw (which we’ll know very soon!)

I’m going to go check out your Andy Roddick story now! I was reading the New York times tennis reporters forum today an dI think many people agree with you!

As for Fed’s statements going in, I don’t think he was being arrogant, just truthful.

For Ms. hyper Cindy who obviously seems to think she is the sole propreiter of Federer fandom should go to my blog and see my Federer posts there. I think criticizing your player when he does something wrong is also a form of love. I feel disappointed in Federer because I expect better from him. So far Federer has not managed to be as gracious about Rafa as he has always been about Federer, often refusing to celebrate too loudly after defeating Fed so as not to hurt his feeling.

And the Fedo-files, please shut up and get some sense into your head for a change. Don’t turn everything personal!

(oh oh, my “captcha” is “Superior Scotsmen” – I guess my website disagrees with me!)

Love this: “There are a few times where I do think he’s being a bit arrogant, but as a fan, you should embrace his flaws as well.”

Re: the NYTimes piece, I’m thinking it must be for casual tennis fans or tennis newbies. The kind of people who wouldn’t already have read the same anecdotes in Strokes of Genius. . .I always love reading about Uncle Toni – he is such a character!

I’m so with you on the man issue! One of the most annoying cliches in tennis right now is that Rafa is a hyper-macho stud and Roger is – uh- not. I don’t think this captures either of their personalities. And even if it did – I see nothing un-manly about Roger on the court – he looks good to me!

I don’t think the seeding controversy is a knock on Safina – it’s just the truth. I don’t blame her for it – Wimbledon has this seeding committee set up for the women’s game for a reason (I assume) for precisely this reason. It’s a very, very strange decision to me. Honestly, I think it’s a little insulting to the Williams sisters.