Well when she was up and coming Caroline showed signs of promise....I of course expected her game to develop and evolve further as even back then I was underwhelmed by her ground game but attributed it to being young and inexperienced at the top. More recently, however, her attitude and attention-seeking ways have totally turned me off of her. I hate how she whines to the umpire in almost every match and plays the victim, and I also hate her father and his attitude/actions as well. Further, Caroline has shown no improvement in her game since i started watching her and I really have no respect for players that have zero weapons and just make their opponents defeat themselves. What really irks me is that she acts like she earns so many of her victories when, had her opponent just not made so many errors, she would have been off the court in straight sets. She's Safina-esque in that she defended her slamless #1 ranking--however I respect Dinara infinitely more than I will ever respect Caroline because Safina was actually capable of winning majors, it was just her head that got in her way. She actually had weapons and a good game but succumbed to the pressure (and despite that managed to make more slam finals than Caroline).
*attitude and attention seeking ways* - Huh? got an example or two?
cuz I know youre not so petty as to be referring to Caro's minimal and infrequent exchanges with umpires.
*zero weapons* - that makes you sound like just another WTA hater! Cuz if Caro was able to maintain the world no. 1 position with "zero weapons," then that means all the other 100+ players in the world who were playing during the 67 weeks that Caroline was World No. 1 have
less than zero weapons. that surprises me that you'd be one of those, Tanya! :shock:
"had her opponent just not made so many errors, she would have been off the court in straight sets"
CMON, Tanya, make sense ..... name the player who doesnt profit from her opponent's errors? that's the nature of the game of tennis: you profit (gain points) from your opponent's errors. that's a FULL HALF of the scoring system.
"it was just her head that got in her way" ..... again you shock me ... this time with your poor opinion of the mental game of tennis! there's really nothing more important, IMO. In fact, Caro's inability to win a slam is because her father has forced her to remain reliant on him for the mental aspect, a brain to call upon when the body isn't maintaining the lead.
"Caroline has shown no improvement" ... anybody who considers movement up the ranks as "improvement" knows the falsity of that point, and the fact that you make it leads me to believe that you've got an axe to grind, maybe some other player you prefer. that's what's really the basis for your emotions, isnt it?
speaking of players you prefer causing you to "hate" other players and delight in their defeat, did you see nadal beat federer today? ... you can hope for such a satisfaction at a match result by watching Caro play Kerber tomorrow! :razz:
