Mto!!!!

[woodrow1029]

Originally Posted by mariecon

I'm confused. Was it her back or her ankle? During the match they said it was her back but then there's this photo circulating of her swollen ankle...


Watching the match I did actually think she injured herself because she was winning so why would she fake an injury. But now this photo makes me wonder what's going on.

The ankle injury first occurred earlier in the tournament. In the match against SS, she tweaked her back.

[mariecon]

Originally Posted by woodrow1029

The ankle injury first occurred earlier in the tournament. In the match against SS, she tweaked her back.

so....she was playing Sloane Stephens with an ankle like this? I watched the match. Her ankles were taped but they certainly weren't swollen to this magnitude. When did this swelling happen? After the first match where she injured it, or after the Stephens match?

[woodrow1029]

Originally Posted by mariecon

so....she was playing Sloane Stephens with an ankle like this? I watched the match. Her ankles were taped but they certainly weren't swollen to this magnitude. When did this swelling happen? After the first match where she injured it, or after the Stephens match?

I don't know when that picture was taken. She may have aggravated the ankle, but the ankle initially was injured in her 1st or 2nd round match.

[cluckcluck]

Tennis Channel is also questioning the legitimacy of Screecharenka's MTO against Stephens: http://www.tennischannel.com/news/Ne...x?newsid=11978

[woodrow1029]

Originally Posted by cluckcluck

Tennis Channel is also questioning the legitimacy of Screecharenka's MTO against Stephens: http://www.tennischannel.com/news/Ne...x?newsid=11978

Everybody is questioning it. It's over. There's nothing that can be done about it now!

[jokinla]

Originally Posted by mariecon

I'm confused. Was it her back or her ankle? During the match they said it was her back but then there's this photo circulating of her swollen ankle...


Watching the match I did actually think she injured herself because she was winning so why would she fake an injury. But now this photo makes me wonder what's going on.

This is the most bizarre pic, an ankle can't swell like this, must be the angle of the pic, it seriously looks like an NFL lineman's ankle, then again, we are talking about Serena.

[jokinla]

Originally Posted by cluckcluck

Tennis Channel is also questioning the legitimacy of Screecharenka's MTO against Stephens: http://www.tennischannel.com/news/Ne...x?newsid=11978

Yep, it's obvious what happened, I believe it was a yahoo columnist guy wrote about it, you know it's bad when non-tennis types are writing about it.

[DMan]

Originally Posted by smoledman

If you've ever had a panic attack you wouldn't ridicule it so easily. I have had several of them and believe me, they are no laughing matter.

During a tennis match?

So, if you're nervous, you just get to calla medical timeout? HOw terribly convenient for you.

But, I have a better idea. If you are subject to being nervous or having panic attacks, try something else: Golf, knitting, sewing, gardening. Quite easy to take timeouts for those activities.

But tennis is a sport. A mental and physical challenge. Not up for both, at the same time, playing under pressure, with millions of dollars riding on a single match? (and already amazing enough wealth to support a small country!) Then my heart bleeds for such a miserable excuse for a human being, and make no mistake, that's exactly what Victoria Azarenka is.

[Sid_Vicious]

Miserable excuse for a human being?

She called for a BS medical timeout in a tennis match. Lets keep it in perspective.