Guys only: best legs and other best female issues

[Bengals1]

There's a quote from Ana Ivanovic a few posts back where she said:

“Female tennis players have big egos, so it’s very hard for us to sit together. We get jealous easily.”

I've heard tennis announcers make similar claims while watching a WTA match. One color commentator pointed out how the men will hang out together off court, go out to clubs etc… but the women avoid each other and aren't particularly friendly toward one another off court.

I can't say I'm really surprised by this but I would like to hear more about it. Is there another thread on this forum or an article someone here can point me towards that explores this issue in a bit more depth?

Thanks.

[Morpheus]

Originally Posted by Bengals1

Maria never interested me much so I didn't realize she was raised in Florida.

She moved to Florida (with her dad) when she was 7 to train with Bollettieri.

[BreakPoint]

Originally Posted by Bengals1

There's a quote from Ana Ivanovic a few posts back where she said:

“Female tennis players have big egos, so it’s very hard for us to sit together. We get jealous easily.”

I've heard tennis announcers make similar claims while watching a WTA match. One color commentator pointed out how the men will hang out together off court, go out to clubs etc… but the women avoid each other and aren't particularly friendly toward one another off court.

I can't say I'm really surprised by this but I would like to hear more about it. Is there another thread on this forum or an article someone here can point me towards that explores this issue in a bit more depth?

Thanks.

Girls generally tend to be very catty and competitve with each other. For example, they usually dress up not to impress men but to impress other women.

[norcal]

3 of my favorite things: tennis, women and beer.

[Slayer_of_Kings]

Mine too!!!

[norcal]

Italian racket commercial

http://www.break.com/index/my_new_fa...ommercial.html

[Slayer_of_Kings]

[Slayer_of_Kings]

[fridrix]

Originally Posted by pabletion

yes, get her out..... I vote Bartoli outta this thread...
She just looks like that weird, dorky girl in every highschool that plays and talks by herself and picks up bugs in the yard.........

We had a Bartoli lookalike on my mixt team... very cute. Long hair, two-handed backhand... I think she was part French too.

[beedlejuice22]

Originally Posted by norcal

Italian racket commercial

http://www.break.com/index/my_new_fa...ommercial.html

I'll have what she's having.

[Kyle Rouge]

Originally Posted by Slayer_of_Kings

Looks like Tami Whitlinger (Jones):

[fridrix]

Originally Posted by norcal

Italian racket commercial

http://www.break.com/index/my_new_fa...ommercial.html

Clothing not racquets.

[fridrix]

Why is it that tennis looks more dramatic in still pictures?

[looseswing]

ha my god i havent been on this site in forever. im happy to see that the mens thread is currently beating the womens!

[RealityPolice]

Originally Posted by Bengals1

There's a quote from Ana Ivanovic a few posts back where she said:

“Female tennis players have big egos, so it’s very hard for us to sit together. We get jealous easily.”

I've heard tennis announcers make similar claims while watching a WTA match. One color commentator pointed out how the men will hang out together off court, go out to clubs etc… but the women avoid each other and aren't particularly friendly toward one another off court.

I can't say I'm really surprised by this but I would like to hear more about it. Is there another thread on this forum or an article someone here can point me towards that explores this issue in a bit more depth?

Thanks.

As many tennis writers have noted, this is in part an exaggeration. I'd be interested to know the context behind the quote, and specifically what she was asked that elicited that response.

There's certainly a fair amount of heirarchy in the game, with younger/higher-ranked players pulling rank on younger/lower-ranked ones. But it's often noted, by sportswriters and players alike, that the amount of cat-fighting on the tour is far less than would be expected given the environment, and that some writers like to play the "jealousy" angle because it sells papers. No-one wants to hear that the players (for the most part) get along.

Part of the insularity that does exist could probably be attributed in part to the fact that the women's players turn pro at younger ages, and are usually (therefore) accompanied by older relatives as they travel. In many cases, the parents are the ones who instill the "you have to hate them to win" attitude. Pierce and Capriati were perfect examples; they tried to be friends but their fathers refused to allow them to socialize for fear that it would blunt their competitive fires (and because Jim and Stefano hated each other).

Additionally, and on a related note, you have a higher percentage of introverts on the women's tour than on the men's. This is inextricably entwined with the previous discussion; turning pro at younger ages and keeping parents around keeps the girls from developing the ability to associate comfortably with their peers. Sure, they could do it when they were kids, but it's different with adolescents. At the ages the girls were supposed to be in high school, they were out clobbering tennis balls for a living, relating only to adults.

This isn't always true, of course. Most of the top Russian girls hang out together; Dementieva (the mother hen) and Kirilenko are the outsiders there. Even Sharapova has been welcomed into the fold a bit since playing Fed Cup. Hanutuchova routinely shows up when the players are asked who their friends on the tour are, as do Kuznetsova (the party animal) and Mirza. Sugiyama is very well liked. The ones that have bigger and more insulating entourages are the ones who tend to be loners.

[superstition]

[bumblebee]

^^^
wtf Man!!!

[Leelord337]

this d1 college player girl rivals anna k. :P

[alcap26]

Originally Posted by Leelord337

this d1 college player girl rivals anna k. :P

She is not bad if the beer googles are engaged but she is no Anna K.

[flyer]

Originally Posted by RealityPolice

Tales From the Backside presents a bit of foreshadowing: Ashley* Harkleroad, still dressed.







*yeah, I almost went there

is she wearing a thong under her compression shorts?

also anyone know when that issue is coming out?