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Related: About this forumIt's tennis time again......yup, the French Open starts this Sunday at 4:00am CST.
and it's looking like Serena is ready to roll.
Serena gets down to work
World No.1 Serena Williams finally made her first appearance of the year on Philippe Chatrier Court early on Friday morning before appearing at the media day in the afternoon. The reigning Wimbledon and US Open champion cut a relaxed figure and seems confident of adding a second French Open title to her trophy cabinet, 11 years after the first.
http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/news/articles/2013-05-24/201305241369417479089.html?promo=menu_news
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)marmar
(77,081 posts)And yes, Serena is rolling right now.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)marmar
(77,081 posts)MuseRider
(34,111 posts)and hoping for another FO win for him. Also happy to watch David Ferrer. I enjoy watching him. Saw that one of my other favorites who recently retired is working there, Fabrice Santoro He interviewed Serena.
I have not figured out a favorite woman player or even several yet. There are a few I am watching and hoping to see them come through. Serena is always fine with me although I always had a preference for Venus. Never sad when they win but would sure like to see some other women begin to really challenge Serena.
So happy when the slams are on. I pretty much make myself stick with watching them because otherwise I would never get anything done.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Here's hoping, although I fear the eventual outcome!
MuseRider
(34,111 posts)Not that there has been a lot of challenge but you know how he gets sometimes and even in the earlier matches he starts to suck before he pulls it out? So far he just looks happy and comfortable and very easy about it all.
Nadal and Djoker are going to have to duke out the other half.
There are some pretty good future men playing I think. Lots of women although I have not watched them enough yet to pick them out as watchers. As long as they don't shriek, lol. They can grunt and groan and make lots of noise but please stop the little girl shrieking.
I watched the Bartoli match yesterday. I used to really dislike watching her but I enjoyed it. She is a nut, really interesting nut to watch. I don't mean that in a bad way just that she is really odd compared to all the others, her mannerisms and coping skills are very interesting. She is a scrapper, I will give her big props for being a real scrapper.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)even if he does end up winning...seems more focused this tournament...if he keeps it up, he has a chance...not a Djoker fan, but I'd love to see him knock off Rafroid in the semis. Sorry Ernst Gulbis lost today...he could have given some of the top men trouble, but he's very inconsistent.
a kennedy
(29,672 posts)U.RADWANSKA
defeated 7/6 6/7 6/4
V.WILLIAMS [30]
Some interesting matches already. Monfils and Berdych, wow. (I hope I spelled those correctly, too tired to go look them up)
MuseRider
(34,111 posts)Outstanding effort. I was very pleased to see this. I like Isner OK but Haas has worked so hard to make a comeback after all those years out. Hope he can go a little longer.
a kennedy
(29,672 posts)Haas is 35 years old....wow. Hated to see Isner lose, but, Haas deserved to win that match, even though I didn't watch the final set.
MuseRider
(34,111 posts)and I was trying to get some things done but I could not totally tear myself away from it. It was a fun match to watch.
Was glad to see Schiavone beat Bartoli. I have always liked her game. Would be good to see her get farther.
MuseRider
(34,111 posts)Looked iffy for a while so I did dishes and only peeked in. LOL
What is it with the attitude of some of these guys? Simon talking about how women shouldn't earn as much, their games are not as attractive etc. and Tsongas and his comments after the Azarenka mess when she was playing Sloane Stephens in Australia. He commented that they had hormones and stuff that make women too unstable to have dominant women in sports. Has he met Serena? Just to name one.
I only bring this up because I just heard about what Simon had said today during the match. Harumph and grrrrrrrr.
Anyway, YAY Federer
Also great for Serena, Kuznetsova and Hooray for Ferrer as well, looked bad for a while but he is a scraper. Wish they would play the Radwanska match on NBC.
a kennedy
(29,672 posts)thought it was funny how the French fans aren't crazy about Simon even being a native son....ha ha, shows what a putz he is. Glad he's gone.
TBF
(32,064 posts)the only argument they have is that the men play 5 sets in the majors vs. the women playing three. However, I do think Serena could quite happily play 5 sets amongst others.
Regarding misogynist Tsonga, we'll give him some respect when he can show us he can win maybe ONE major. That f*&*head isn't fit to make any criticisms. Only four people (2 female, 2 male) have won Golden Slams in their careers in the open era - Steffi, Andre, Nadal, and S. Williams. Do you know who did it all in one year - 1988 - that's right FEMALE Steffi Graf.
a kennedy
(29,672 posts)a w e s o m e, and now she's happily married to Andre.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Tough five set win...I think he plays Rafroid next.
a kennedy
(29,672 posts)After some health scares, Serena shows she's in good shape now.
Serena Williams has definitely come back after health problems that included stepping on glass in 2010 and a pulmonary embolism in 2011.
The tennis star graces the cover of Essence mag's July cover, wearing an ombre Carmen Marc Valvo swimsuit and Ben-Amun hoop earrings.
"I feel lighter, I feel healthier, and even though I'm 31 which really isn't old, but for an athlete, particularly a tennis player, it's old I promise you, my body has never felt better," she says in the magazine. "Considering how much I've played and how much I've done, I feel fine. I'm strong ..."
Her 5-foot-9, 155-pound body gets a lot of attention, including her backside, she says. So she's happy that curves are cool.
"It can be a bit weird," she admits. "Before it was, 'Serena has a big butt,' and that was all. Now there are way more people who feel comfortable with themselves and they're saying, 'I'm a woman, and this is what I look like.' I always say, 'We're popular now! We're finally in style!' "
Meanwhile, she has been rolling through the French Open in Paris. She faces 2009 champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarterfinals on Tuesday.
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2013/06/03/serena-williams-my-body-has-never-felt-better/2385115/
I'd say.....she looks amazing.
edit to add info.
MuseRider
(34,111 posts)I have to admit I was rooting for Kuznetsova. No problem with Serena except her outburst at the US Open. That has remained a bad taste for me. As an athlete she is top notch, her game is wonderful and her strength is great to watch. Her big butt? People really comment about that or care? Good grief. Oh well, as far as the rest of the women left I will certainly be pulling for Serena.
What in the world was with Federer today? 2 sets with 27 unforced errors? <--something like that. Wow. Tsonga looked good and looked ready. Fed did not even have a sad smile, he was smiling after his loss. I think he really meant it when he said he was not ready to retire but wanted to continue to play as long as it was fun. I hope that is so for him
YAY Ferrer! Not that I am usually pulling for underdogs but he and Haas are really fun to watch and I would love to see one of them win in the semis. Wawrinka would be good to see as well. More days of good tennis to come
a kennedy
(29,672 posts)ESPN is running the match scores along the bottom of the screen just when their coverage is just beginning. D*mn. I'll watch, but shoot, didn't want to know the outcome first.
MuseRider
(34,111 posts)I cant believe I did that. No more. These matches are so all over the place coverage wise that I forgot. I will no longer post until everything is over.
Again. I am so sorry.
a kennedy
(29,672 posts)but it was strange that ESPN2 taped Serena's and Roger's match yesterday, but went live with Sharapova and Djokovic's matches today. Was rooting for Jankovic today....but, Sharapova came through and will be a good semi. Looking forward to them all.
MuseRider
(34,111 posts)I HATE when this happens to me. Where I live I have a lousy satellite to watch on. The feed is jerky and in and out when it gets cloudy and when it rains it is gone. My internet connection is wireless and the tower is quite a ways away so it is not capable of even posting the points on the site let alone watching it online. The local station would replace tennis coverage with anything it can and often when the coverage is on the network I don't get to watch. "What? We would be pounded if we did not show Wheel of Fortune" (I missed US Open coverage of a record breaking chance for Agassi after rain had postponed many matches. I was livid). So my point is, this happens to me all the time and I hate it. To be that person who blows it for someone else just killed me!
I will refrain from posting. Really, coverage is so difficult when it switches from here to there to somewhere else often making you watch something you have already seen before they cover the next match and then switch again before that is over. My husband is stunned by how I have to search for the Slam matches. Oh well. I will stop posting until it is over because frankly I never really know what I am watching, if I have not seen it before I have to assume it is from this day but sometimes it is not. It has to be this way for everyone isn't it?
marmar
(77,081 posts)Tsonga took out Roger convincingly.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)His heart isn't in it anymore...he either needs to taka long time out and regroup, or say this is it.
marmar
(77,081 posts)....... Wimbledon will be telling. If he can't be focused there, then he probably really doesn't want to play anymore.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Eventually everyone decides it's time to move on...it may be time for him, too.
You're right about Wimbledom...he's always up for that, and if he isn't this year...well...
TBF
(32,064 posts)I have been bracing myself ever since for the retirement notice. He isn't going to make it to the 2016 Olympics - sadly 2012 was his chance. I really would've loved for him to have the Golden Slam and I know he is kicking himself because he really should have it. Regardless though it's been a great ride. I am really going to miss him.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)There are some guys I lilke, but not the other 3 of the top 4, and I can't stand to see them keep winning!
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Sorry Jelena lost...thoguht she might be making a comeback. I'd like to see Sara Erani win...
marmar
(77,081 posts)nt
marmar
(77,081 posts)Serena is CRUSHING Sara Errani. That was the fastest 6-0 set I've ever seen.
a kennedy
(29,672 posts)joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Blah!
marmar
(77,081 posts)And I suspect we'll have an 8-time men's winner tomorrow, though I'd LOVE to see Ferrer win one.
a kennedy
(29,672 posts)I'll be watching. and yup, love to Serena winning. 16 major titles..... wow. The best.
TBF
(32,064 posts)Steffi still holds 22 grand slam titles and a golden slam in one year but Serena is doing ok too
marmar
(77,081 posts)Or so it seems.