Henin: Back for Wimbledon

OddJack · 12-08-2009, 04:03 PM

" She Says her comeback has nothing to do with Kim Clijsters’s recent phenomenally successful US Open-winning return. Not at all. It is because of Federer"

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/spo...cle6949302.ece

Finally WTA is going to be something to watch.

OddJack · 12-08-2009, 04:19 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-wmEI1zQYk

Outbeyond · 12-08-2009, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by OddJack

" She Says her comeback has nothing to do with Kim Clijsters’s recent phenomenally successful US Open-winning return. Not at all. It is because of Federer"

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/spo...cle6949302.ece

Finally WTA is going to be something to watch.

Interesting article. I never got much of a chance to watch Henin when she was around, but I wished I had when I heard (or maybe read) that McEnroe called her one of the best ever tennis players...the Federer of the women's tour. Now it looks like I'll get that chance!

I wonder how she'll do against Serena next year, much less Kim? Very interesting, indeed.

marpiw · 12-09-2009, 06:02 AM

I think she has a 50% of Wimbledon (and of the entire season) in her pocket,the other 50% belongs to Kim Clijsters...and thats all...a boring season with only two players...
Does this help the WTA to make their tournaments more attractive?...I guess not...
The best tennis is today on the ATP side....

P_Agony · 12-09-2009, 06:15 AM

Another great thing Fed did for tennis, he brought Henin back. I always thought of Henin is the female version of Federer, with some similar strokes and styles. I can't wait for her return.

marpiw · 12-09-2009, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by P_Agony

Another great thing Fed did for tennis, he brought Henin back. I always thought of Henin is the female version of Federer, with some similar strokes and styles. I can't wait for her return.

I dont know if she is the female Roger Federer,because with the same criteria I could say that Kim Clijsters is the female Rafael Nadal...but leaving all this rubbish aside I want to express that these comebacks dont help the WTA WHO NEEDS DESPERATELY 20 REALLY GOOD PLAYERS to make their tournaments attractive and sell all the tickets...lately I've seen many empty courts...and they dont need two players to make the top...they need ALL 20...AND THAT EVERYONE OF THOSE PLAYERS COULD BE THE WINNER OF THE TOURNAMENTS...
How nice should it be to see a different player winning each tournament with a good tennis exhibition...

Mick · 12-09-2009, 06:41 AM

if her form is good maybe she has a good chance because she has had more than a year of rest while the other wta players have been playing every week. she's well rested and hungrier for winning than her peers -- but if her form isn't good then all bets are off.

AAAA · 12-09-2009, 06:46 AM

But she kidded herself that that — and three of the four Slams — was enough. The day Federer completed his full set, she realised it was not.

marpiw · 12-09-2009, 06:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Mick

if her form is good maybe she has a good chance because she has had more than a year of rest while the other wta players have been playing every week. she's well rested and hungrier for winning then her peers -- but if her form isn't good then all bets are off.

Continuing my line of thought I find that nor Henin,nor Clijsters will help in any way to make WTA tournaments more attractive...WTA does not need comebacks...in the worst of the cases WTA needs that many players should develop in very good players...this is the case of Caroline Wozniacki,Michelle De Brito,Alizee Cornet and others of their generation in which the WTA should spend its energies and resources to make them the superb players of tomorrow...Sounds logical?...doesnt it?...
As we say in Spanish,these comebacks ''are bread for today and hunger for tomorrow"...

P_Agony · 12-09-2009, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by marpiw

I dont know if she is the female Roger Federer,because with the same criteria I could say that Kim Clijsters is the female Rafael Nadal...but leaving all this rubbish aside I want to express that these comebacks dont help the WTA WHO NEEDS DESPERATELY 20 REALLY GOOD PLAYERS to make their tournaments attractive and sell all the tickets...lately I've seen many empty courts...and they dont need two players to make the top...they need ALL 20...AND THAT EVERYONE OF THOSE PLAYERS COULD BE THE WINNER OF THE TOURNAMENTS...
How nice should it be to see a different player winning each tournament with a good tennis exhibition...

It won't save the WTA, but along with more quality players like Kim, it's a start that will maybe inspire the younger female players .

And I call Henin the female version of Fed because of her game. Her single hander BH, her net game (doesn't come in a lot, but compared to other players, she does). She has a lot of variety compared to the very one dimensional WTA game. Her domination in 2007 was also very similar to Fed's, and if I'm not mistaken both reached all slam finals that year.

fps · 12-09-2009, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by marpiw

Continuing my line of thought I find that nor Henin,nor Clijsters will help in any way to make WTA tournaments more attractive...WTA does not need comebacks...in the worst of the cases WTA needs that many players should develop in very good players...this is the case of Caroline Wozniacki,Michelle De Brito,Alizee Cornet and others of their generation in which the WTA should spend its energies and resources to make them the superb players of tomorrow...Sounds logical?...doesnt it?...
As we say in Spanish,these comebacks ''are bread for today and hunger for tomorrow"...

there have been a lot of nobodies at the top end of the women's game for a while, and it's not because they're superbly talented. henin and clijsters are proven gold standard competitors, their presence will elevate the rest of the field, and there have been pages and pages of press written about their comebacks. clijsters winning the USO was the women's story of the year. this is good publicity for the WTA, they are players who will put bums on seats in courts and at home.

Cyan · 12-09-2009, 10:28 AM

I think she will only win the FO in 2010.

stanfordtennis alum · 12-09-2009, 10:35 AM

she will definately be a threat at the french and wimledon next yr

kOaMaster · 12-09-2009, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Cyan

I think she will only win the FO in 2010.

how is that "only"?
she can call herself lucky if she reaches any slam final next year.

OddJack · 12-09-2009, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by kOaMaster

how is that "only"?
she can call herself lucky if she reaches any slam final next year.

Yeah.. you would say the same thing about Clijsters this year.

anointedone · 12-09-2009, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by kOaMaster

how is that "only"?
she can call herself lucky if she reaches any slam final next year.

ROTFL have you been living under a rock. The current womens field sucks completely and you say she would be lucky to reach any final. Are we to assume she forgot how to play tennis completely or something. At even 50% of her old self she would be a lock to win the French atleast.

wta_fan · 12-09-2009, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by marpiw

I dont know if she is the female Roger Federer,because with the same criteria I could say that Kim Clijsters is the female Rafael Nadal...but leaving all this rubbish aside I want to express that these comebacks dont help the WTA WHO NEEDS DESPERATELY 20 REALLY GOOD PLAYERS to make their tournaments attractive and sell all the tickets...lately I've seen many empty courts...and they dont need two players to make the top...they need ALL 20...AND THAT EVERYONE OF THOSE PLAYERS COULD BE THE WINNER OF THE TOURNAMENTS...
How nice should it be to see a different player winning each tournament with a good tennis exhibition...

But this is WTA now...everybody is losing to everybody. No consistency, Schiavone won Moscow for God's sake!. They need 2 players that like Roger and Rafa dominate the tour and make the others play better.

marpiw · 12-10-2009, 03:41 AM

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Originally Posted by P_Agony

It won't save the WTA, but along with more quality players like Kim, it's a start that will maybe inspire the younger female players .

And I call Henin the female version of Fed because of her game. Her single hander BH, her net game (doesn't come in a lot, but compared to other players, she does). She has a lot of variety compared to the very one dimensional WTA game. Her domination in 2007 was also very similar to Fed's, and if I'm not mistaken both reached all slam finals that year.

Thinking about the past,even if it is near,wont change the future of the WTA tennis developement...but thinking in what the WTA has in hand NOW AND BETTING ON IT that will change definitively the history of the future of the sport.
Comebacks were never the answer...they were more a headache than a pleasure...even if you'll love to see Henin playing until she comes with her grandsons to the court...
As I've said the new generation of players holds the key of the good sport and the WTA should invest on them rather than in comebacks wasting precious wildcards...

marpiw · 12-10-2009, 03:47 AM

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Originally Posted by wta_fan

But this is WTA now...everybody is losing to everybody. No consistency, Schiavone won Moscow for God's sake!. They need 2 players that like Roger and Rafa dominate the tour and make the others play better.

WHY ONLY TWO?...WHY NOT TWENTY?...Dont you like new faces winning tournaments?...Personally I love it and it adds credibility to the sport...

marpiw · 12-10-2009, 04:13 AM

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Originally Posted by fps

there have been a lot of nobodies at the top end of the women's game for a while, and it's not because they're superbly talented. henin and clijsters are proven gold standard competitors, their presence will elevate the rest of the field, and there have been pages and pages of press written about their comebacks. clijsters winning the USO was the women's story of the year. this is good publicity for the WTA, they are players who will put bums on seats in courts and at home.

I think that they were not ''a lot of nobodies'',I think that they were at last new faces winning tournaments and adding credibility and assortment to the sport...and girls like Caroline Wozniacki (one of your nobodies) added a great talent and spice to her way of playing tennis...and with girls like her the sport will certainly be upgraded into a more competitive activity...
Also in the recent upgrade on the ATP side the betterment of the playing quality came as a tsunami and tumbled the two players on the top and installed there players as Del Potro winning the Us.Open to...Mr Federer...and it came from players listed below the top...
I think the same was going to happen in the WTA but they decided to waste a wildcard and they ruined the broth...they put a stick in the wheels of Wozniacki...and she tumbled down...what a pity!!!...Under my personal logical thought she was undoubtedly the champion!!! but the WTA didnt want it...

12-08-2009, 04:03 PM	#1
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marpiw Semi-Pro Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 541	50% 50% I think she has a 50% of Wimbledon (and of the entire season) in her pocket,the other 50% belongs to Kim Clijsters...and thats all...a boring season with only two players... Does this help the WTA to make their tournaments more attractive?...I guess not... The best tennis is today on the ATP side....

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Mick Legend Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,177	if her form is good maybe she has a good chance because she has had more than a year of rest while the other wta players have been playing every week. she's well rested and hungrier for winning than her peers -- but if her form isn't good then all bets are off. Last edited by Mick : 12-09-2009 at 06:50 AM.

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