Federerx16
Rookie
Speak for yourself!
I'd prefer to watch WS matches over those three (especially Roddick
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Popularity of Williams sisters on TW...
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Speak for yourself!
I'd prefer to watch WS matches over those three (especially Roddick
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Joe Pike
Banned
Why is it great for tennis when folks who don't follow tennis closely have an opinion on the WS?
I'd say that those folks are irrelevant for tennis.
jamesblakefan#1
G.O.A.T.
It's irrelevant for tennis to try to bring in new fans and have players that bring eyes to the sport? Great logic as always.
Joe Pike
Banned
You were talking about folks "who don't follow tennis closely".
I don't think those folks buy tickets for tournaments.
Maybe you do - but, honestly, who else?
jamesblakefan#1
G.O.A.T.
Really? A majority of people who follow any sport don't actually get the chance to go and see said sport live. Bringing in the casual fan is important for the success of any sport.
LuckyR
Legend
Because they might turn on their TV and watch a Slam Final that featured one of the three tennis players they are familiar with (instead of Wheel of Fortune) and boost the share of the rating of the match, which would increase the ad revenue of the network, who would be more motivated to feature more tennis match time.
You are way too short sighted.
Joe Pike
Banned
I don't casual sports fans watch women's tennis anymore.
Those times are long gone, the 80s or 90s won't come back (when they had big TV ratings).
Frankly, I don't know.
The tournament is nearly at capacity now. To become any bigger, they need to find the parking spots first.
If I had to speculate, I might say their presence would only serve to increase attendance at the margins by a few hundred people.
Even in their early days, they were just not that popular at IW. I sat in a near empty stadium once to watch a night match featuring Serena Williams. She had a lead in that night from the immensely-popular Andre Agassi. (Steffi was even in his box. I know I nearly ran into her rushing to my seat.) The crowd cleared out after his match.
Personally, I also wonder how Venus and Serena would be received once the luster of their return wears off. You see many of the same people who were in the box seats for the 2001 women's final are still there. The Williams' family called those people racists. The local paper, that stirred up the controversy the night after Venus withdrew from the semi-final, would be first in line to remind them of that fact.
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
THUNDERVOLLEY
G.O.A.T.
Interesting. Which WTA players come up short in the personality department?
THUNDERVOLLEY
G.O.A.T.
Oh, you sad, little boy. Always trying to wear the big man pants in your fits of reading comprehension disaster. The slams were a factor referred to in the Bernstein piece, so the effects of the WS in relation to the majors (the most important event for all professional parties involved) is one of the only relevant factors here, not IW--which was not mentioned, and it would not be, considering they do not play the event, therefore (drum roll, please) IW was not a subject.
Ooops! Missed the details again, right troll?
The good stuff is always worth another look:
^ That's all anyone needs to know about you as a member of this board: you do not even know recent tennis history, which means you certainly do not watch it. If not for your daily ritual of salivating with the mere mention of Federer, no one would know much about you--other than your dangerous hatred of the Williams family.
Never the sharp one around here, are you?
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truth be told
Banned
Sisters' time has ended for good. It's Wozniacki's time to shine now.
Raiden
Hall of Fame
All of them.
When was the last time you heard any WTA player say or do something that shows personality?
And no, being a b*tch is not the definition of "personality". I'm aware that some of the players are obviously more b*tchy than the others but basically they're all bland, boring and clueless. Serena has in fact admitted to Oprah recently that she gets bored all day all the time. She doesn't know what to do. i presume that's more or less the same for the others. They were all basically uneducated/illiterate kids when they started to play tennis. Tennis is all they know and all they did ever since they grew their 2nd teeth.
The only exception to that is Andrea Petkovic and may be Vera "smart ass" Zvonareva. Very unusually for a female tennis player, Petko is spontaneous and witty and irreverent and has more sense of humor than the combined rest of the square 'n frigid world of WTA. And that's cuz she had a well rounded upbringing. I think only she went to a "normal" school and graduated before starting to play full time tennis. The others are all Bollettieri's or other tennis-factory products, that's why they behave like machines
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jamesblakefan#1
G.O.A.T.
I think there's plenty of personalities on tour. The WTA just does a horrible job of promoting them.
jerriy makes a useful point, which is that there are just too many not very likeable players on the women's tour. I'm always struck by the disdain with which most of them (barely) shake hands at the end of the match, in sharp distinction to the men who for the most part shake hands like colleagues who've just been through a shared ordeal. Really hard to warm up to most of the ladies.
Raiden
Hall of Fame
Good point. I agree that the WTA leadership is bad or even the worst, when it comes to personality.
jamesblakefan#1
G.O.A.T.
Some higher ranked ones are too though. Pennetta did an interview talking about her favorite sexual positions.
http://cowbell.typepad.com/forty_de...ced-bread-that-would-have-a-quickie-with.html
If that's not personality, I don't know what is.
SOMEone is smoking CRACk :neutral::neutral::neutral::shock:
Raiden
Hall of Fame
Speaking of Pennetta, I'd also add her compatriot Schiavone to the list of "personality palyers". Of the low ranked ones I'd add US college girl Megan Moulton-Levy
LuckyR
Legend
You are correct that the Golden Age of Tennis is long gone in the US. You incorrect, however that close to 100% of the TVs turned on the Network coverage of Slam Finals is from homes of avid tennis freaks.
Joe Pike
Banned
LOL, yeah....that's something you don't see the boring ones bringing up.
dlk
Hall of Fame
li0scc0
Hall of Fame
Interesting? Zvonareva, Wozniacki, Clijsters, Dementieva...etc. all seem to hug and even kiss on the cheek after a match. Very likeable bunch.
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