Comments on: WIMBLEDON LADIES SEMIFINAL WRAP: THE BEST OF TIMES, THE WORST OF TIMES http://gototennis.com/2009/07/02/wimbledon-ladies-semifinal-wrap-the-best-of-times-the-worst-of-times/ Tennis blog. Tennis news. Tennis gossip. Thu, 06 Oct 2011 04:22:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jfk(nbc hater)http://gototennis.com/2009/07/02/wimbledon-ladies-semifinal-wrap-the-best-of-times-the-worst-of-times/#comment-6490 jfk(nbc hater) Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:51:29 +0000 http://gototennis.com/?p=9985#comment-6490 Hats off too Elena! She played great. I like the Williams sisters, but I really wish that she had gotten that match point. She deserved it. All Williams Finals are awkward and tense. I don't know who to root for. As for Safina, she did make it past the 3rd round on a surface she hates. I think she just needs to work on 'the big matches', she's got the goods to win a slam. Hats off too Elena! She played great. I like the Williams sisters, but I really wish that she had gotten that match point. She deserved it. All Williams Finals are awkward and tense. I don’t know who to root for. As for Safina, she did make it past the 3rd round on a surface she hates. I think she just needs to work on ‘the big matches’, she’s got the goods to win a slam.

]]> By: dootsiezhttp://gototennis.com/2009/07/02/wimbledon-ladies-semifinal-wrap-the-best-of-times-the-worst-of-times/#comment-6489 dootsiez Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:17:47 +0000 http://gototennis.com/?p=9985#comment-6489 Heehee I see what alista meant about the legs, but I'll pass on the Dementieva arms. Too 'Madonna' for me. I for one wasn't sorry that Dementieva lost, being all pro-Williams, but you gotta feel bad for her. Opportunities like that don't come for her very easily, and despite all that hard work, she's back where she started - a perennial semifinalist/sometime finalist. It's tough getting so close and then missing out - probably even tougher than if she had lost 63 63. As for Safina, I dunno what to say about her that won't sound cruel. I agree FF, it makes me sick too. Even though this is her best result at Wimbledon, the WAY she lost was just distressing. Heehee I see what alista meant about the legs, but I’ll pass on the Dementieva arms. Too ‘Madonna’ for me.

I for one wasn’t sorry that Dementieva lost, being all pro-Williams, but you gotta feel bad for her. Opportunities like that don’t come for her very easily, and despite all that hard work, she’s back where she started – a perennial semifinalist/sometime finalist. It’s tough getting so close and then missing out – probably even tougher than if she had lost 63 63.

As for Safina, I dunno what to say about her that won’t sound cruel. I agree FF, it makes me sick too. Even though this is her best result at Wimbledon, the WAY she lost was just distressing.

]]> By: alistahttp://gototennis.com/2009/07/02/wimbledon-ladies-semifinal-wrap-the-best-of-times-the-worst-of-times/#comment-6488 alista Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:09:10 +0000 http://gototennis.com/?p=9985#comment-6488 I agree; in fact every time I see Elena, i think Sharapova is SOOOO overhyped (in terms of beauty I mean). I agree; in fact every time I see Elena, i think Sharapova is SOOOO overhyped (in terms of beauty I mean).

]]> By: freakyfriteshttp://gototennis.com/2009/07/02/wimbledon-ladies-semifinal-wrap-the-best-of-times-the-worst-of-times/#comment-6487 freakyfrites Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:51:08 +0000 http://gototennis.com/?p=9985#comment-6487 Elena has an amazing physique! Great legs, arms everything! And she's beautiful, too, and obviously talented. She's won the genetic lottery, for sure! Elena has an amazing physique! Great legs, arms everything! And she’s beautiful, too, and obviously talented. She’s won the genetic lottery, for sure!

]]> By: freakyfriteshttp://gototennis.com/2009/07/02/wimbledon-ladies-semifinal-wrap-the-best-of-times-the-worst-of-times/#comment-6486 freakyfrites Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:50:03 +0000 http://gototennis.com/?p=9985#comment-6486 Yes! Go V! I also enjoy seeing how sulky Serena gets when she loses - even to her sister! It's pretty amazing how competitive she is. It's hard to say who'll win, right? Serena's looked sharper, but Venus has had a much easier path. Yes! Go V! I also enjoy seeing how sulky Serena gets when she loses – even to her sister! It’s pretty amazing how competitive she is.

It’s hard to say who’ll win, right? Serena’s looked sharper, but Venus has had a much easier path.

]]> By: alistahttp://gototennis.com/2009/07/02/wimbledon-ladies-semifinal-wrap-the-best-of-times-the-worst-of-times/#comment-6484 alista Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:43:57 +0000 http://gototennis.com/?p=9985#comment-6484 I always wanted to have legs like Elena from the first time I ever saw her play. Shapely and athletic, that's what I want. Oh well, we can't all be athletically gifted can we? :-) I always wanted to have legs like Elena from the first time I ever saw her play. Shapely and athletic, that’s what I want. Oh well, we can’t all be athletically gifted can we? :-)

]]> By: alistahttp://gototennis.com/2009/07/02/wimbledon-ladies-semifinal-wrap-the-best-of-times-the-worst-of-times/#comment-6483 alista Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:38:34 +0000 http://gototennis.com/?p=9985#comment-6483 Nothing against Serena, but I wish Dementieva had won. She deserved it just as much and watching the sisters play each other, knowing how difficult it must be for them is just no fun. But I'm rooting for Venus! Nothing against Serena, but I wish Dementieva had won. She deserved it just as much and watching the sisters play each other, knowing how difficult it must be for them is just no fun. But I’m rooting for Venus!

]]> By: alistahttp://gototennis.com/2009/07/02/wimbledon-ladies-semifinal-wrap-the-best-of-times-the-worst-of-times/#comment-6482 alista Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:34:31 +0000 http://gototennis.com/?p=9985#comment-6482 I meant SAFlNA not Dementieva. Dementieva played a glorious match, unlike her compatriot. Safina was a disgrace. I meant SAFlNA not Dementieva. Dementieva played a glorious match, unlike her compatriot. Safina was a disgrace.

]]> By: alistahttp://gototennis.com/2009/07/02/wimbledon-ladies-semifinal-wrap-the-best-of-times-the-worst-of-times/#comment-6481 alista Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:31:44 +0000 http://gototennis.com/?p=9985#comment-6481 Yes, I meant Safina, thanks. I'll put a note after my comment. Yes, I meant Safina, thanks. I’ll put a note after my comment.

]]> By: zhttp://gototennis.com/2009/07/02/wimbledon-ladies-semifinal-wrap-the-best-of-times-the-worst-of-times/#comment-6479 z Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:47:49 +0000 http://gototennis.com/?p=9985#comment-6479 I instantly became a Dementieva fan. Will sure be rooting for her come the USO. Still feeling bad for her. I instantly became a Dementieva fan. Will sure be rooting for her come the USO. Still feeling bad for her.

]]> By: Alice Marblehttp://gototennis.com/2009/07/02/wimbledon-ladies-semifinal-wrap-the-best-of-times-the-worst-of-times/#comment-6478 Alice Marble Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:43:02 +0000 http://gototennis.com/?p=9985#comment-6478 alista: you mean Safina, right? (I do that kind of thing all the time.) Like you, I felt as if I were watching something shameful and embarrassing -- no knock on Venus, of course! Safina made me nuts;all my maternal instincts kicked in and I just wanted to shake her silly and give her a kiss. She needs help. Bad. I've never had much opportunity to see Dementieva, so color me impressed. (Like Freaky, I'm jealous at how pretty and unruffled she looked after working in the heat for three hours.) Way to go, Elena! To me husband's dismay, I'm practicing Serena's raised fist, over the shoulder snarl. She looks like a lioness. I think all women should practice it -- -we might achieve Serena's self-confidence and killer instinct. "LET'S GO!", ladies. alista: you mean Safina, right? (I do that kind of thing all the time.)

Like you, I felt as if I were watching something shameful and embarrassing — no knock on Venus, of course! Safina made me nuts;all my maternal instincts kicked in and I just wanted to shake her silly and give her a kiss. She needs help. Bad.

I’ve never had much opportunity to see Dementieva, so color me impressed. (Like Freaky, I’m jealous at how pretty and unruffled she looked after working in the heat for three hours.) Way to go, Elena!

To me husband’s dismay, I’m practicing Serena’s raised fist, over the shoulder snarl. She looks like a lioness. I think all women should practice it — -we might achieve Serena’s self-confidence and killer instinct. “LET’S GO!”, ladies.

]]> By: alistahttp://gototennis.com/2009/07/02/wimbledon-ladies-semifinal-wrap-the-best-of-times-the-worst-of-times/#comment-6477 alista Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:43:43 +0000 http://gototennis.com/?p=9985#comment-6477 No you are not being too hard on Dementieva. That was just embarassing and I felt bad for her. I didn't even finish watching the match because I felt like I walked in on something I wasn't supposed to see. And she keeps melting down in big matches. It's true that Roger got whipped at the French last year, but he does not go melt down in big matches routinely and he COMPETES. Dinara didn't even look like she was competing out there ... she looked incapable of competing. And can she get a shirt that covers her stomach, PLEASE? No you are not being too hard on Dementieva. That was just embarassing and I felt bad for her. I didn’t even finish watching the match because I felt like I walked in on something I wasn’t supposed to see. And she keeps melting down in big matches. It’s true that Roger got whipped at the French last year, but he does not go melt down in big matches routinely and he COMPETES. Dinara didn’t even look like she was competing out there … she looked incapable of competing.

And can she get a shirt that covers her stomach, PLEASE?

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