Serena: " for women's tennis: "Clearly, women's tennis is better than men's tennis."

MIGHTY MANFRED THE WONDER said:
Couple days ago, forced to watch her play doubles with Big Bird, when she actually got both feet off the ground about six inches to swat an small overhead-
Then the anouncers gushed on and on about her "athleticism"

I laughed so hard- now I have the piece on disk- Ready to play in a loop to settle any ideas about women's tennis...

But her behavior when the fat tub of goo threatened the cheater- That was even better then the normal cursing and snarling.

I have often wondered why she has not taken up the European soccer habit of spitting on your opponent when they get close?
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You are such an incoherent poster. I started reading this and couldn't make any sense out of it. Suddenly I realized that Manfred was the author.
 
marc45 said:
defensive behind it all, she knows men's tennis has passed women's tennis in recent years with fed and rafa and women's has been falling behind (henin's retirement, sharapova's disappearance, disappointment from other players)....men's tennis got slagged for years and they've been feeling their oats...consider that si cover of fed and rafa last year with the greatest ever title coming after serena and venus had played a final the day before....quite frankly it's become very didfficult to watch serena on court, she always seems so angry and frustrated, little joy..and her press conferences are legendary in their cringe factor quotient....but maybe, just maybe the women are on the uptick again, but they'll get there on the court not by serena's proclamations
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A lot of this is cyclical. Back in the early Nineties, all the talk was that the big servers were killing men's tennis, while the women were in better shape with Graf, Seles, Sabatini, and a still-competitive Navratilova all vying for titles. (Hell, a couple of years ago, people were complaining that Federer was killing tennis.) Now, the men--at least a few of them--are producing great stuff, and the women have fallen into a relative sameness and a dearth of quality.

I suspect that the women will be on the way up again. There are some very talented girls emerging from the juniors with a lot of variety in their games (Magdalena Rybarikova, Palona Hercog, Kristina Mladenovic, and Arantxa Rus among them). What seems to be happening is that the "new wave" are players who were influenced by Hingis, Henin, and Mauresmo; they're youngsters who see (and whose coaches see) the necessity of having a well-rounded game, rather than simply trying to hit their opponents off the court a la the Big Babes.
 
The ATP and the WTA are two completely different tours, men and women play completely different Tennis, so you can't even begin to compare the two. Everything Serena Williams says is completely void, in fact im betting that quote was misunderstood anyway, seeing that her voice would have been muffled, with her head shoved so far up her arse and all......
 
if you guys watched the actual press conference you'd see that she was clearly being sarcastic. even the journalists laughed, and it was obvious she was just kidding.
 
I think she was joking a little bit, but she is still a dummy. I can't stand Serena. Venus is tolerable, but Serena just seems like a spoiled brat and a nasty person.
 
if any of you actually watched the conference, you would know that it was just an attempt (lame attempt) at being tongue in cheek.
 
The funny thing is that we can all imagine her being serious. :)
 
She may have been trying to be sarcastic, but sarcasm doesn't translate well within the written medium. My personal opinion is that women's tennis has become way too one dimensional. Sit on the baseline and try to out hit, or sometimes, outlast the other gal? Sorry that's just boring, how many of these women know how to put a decent volley away? Ever since Henin retired the number one ranking is being passed arround like a soccer ball. I can't even tell one player from the other cause they all play the same.
 
jessey said:
Well, Jankovic said, "To be honest, I'm watching only men's tennis on TV. I don't really watch too much women's. That's why many times when I play against them, you know, many times I don't know my opponent."

She added, "I think men's tennis is much more advanced than woman's, and if I can try to learn some things and try to add that to my game would be a good advantage." *from tennis.com

I think Jankovic is less full of herself and more down to earth. Serena is just delusional. Maybe she's just trying to promote women's tennis, which is good for her, but if she really think so, she's just not right in the mind.
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Kudos to Janko for being honest.
 
Fedexeon said:
Serena Williams, making her case for women's tennis: "Clearly, women's tennis is better than men's tennis. There's no comparison. I mean, I'm on the tour. We have great personalities like Jelena on the tour. I mean, it's way cattier, so it's way more exciting to watch.

"But, you know, I think men's tennis is good to watch because we can learn from them."

Serena just took her cockiness to a whole new level. And now she thinks that women's tennis is better the men's tennis? Lolz. Yeah, personalities, arrogant personality like Serena. =)
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Better than men's tennis because 'I'm on the tour' WTF?? Women's tennis was at it's peak back in the day of Graf, Seles, Hingis, and just of late Henin. There are no real contenders nowadays. Serena only wins because opponents fold too easily. I hope when Clijsters comes back, she comes with a bang challenges for top spot.
 
Women's tennis is pathetic and there should be less mixed events so the women can see where they really stand.
 
The equal prize money thing is a load of crap. Who gets the largest viewing audience, who brings in the most money for the sport? Men, that's who. Why should women get an equal share with men when their sport is no where near as popular and doesn't generate the same revenue?
 
grafrules said:
Of course delusional Serena wants to believe this. Rather than the truth that she is playing in by far the worst time ever for womens tennis and in her current fitness and form wouldnt be getting past the 4th round of any slam in almost any other era. That and the WTA is close to bankruptcy.
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You're way too kind, I don't think she'd get past the qualifiers.
 
Man i was watching the Jankovic match..and all im seeing is baseline bashing..no slices not nothing..im like it a ****ing dropper for ****s sake SOMETHING...come to ****ing net...
 
Serena's new career

Someone should check Serena into the hospital....women's tennis better then men's.........Serena should be more concerned about fitness then making absurd statements...

I actually heard there going offer Serena a new job as a balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade...just add some ropes and shes ready to go.

I will be glad when we have seen the last of that fat ass......her knees can't last much longer...
 
Serena could probably play well in mens tennis. Thats why shes so happy about womens, she wins all the time
 
I'm laughing at how something Serena said has made all you guys call her fat. :shock: So what other tennis ladies are too fat for you to watch? :twisted:

Does anyone like watching how she plays? I do. And I also like watching women's tennis. Much more like my own. But also like watching men's tennis.
 
darrinbaker00 said:
You've never kissed a girl before, have you?
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what does this have to do anything? are you implying that the WTA is more entertaining than the ATP? are you implying that women players can beat male players?

For all you know this guy(or girl) could be married with a family, don't make pretentious and half assed assumptions.

The Jankovic match showed everything wrong with the womens game..i was praying to see a ****ing slice shot during those rallies
 
I think she is referring to how hard it is to guess who will actually win a womens tennis match.

I MEAN THERE ARE UPSETS EVERYWHERE!! WHAT KIND OF PLAY IS THIS?

Womens tennis is in a very low state.

Girls are scraping for the no.1 spot, people I haven't even heard of are leaking into the top 50, and it's just like WTF??

Mens tennis is sooo much more solid.

Womens tennis is so unpredictable!
 
not quite sure how one might go about interpreting her quote, but from what i gathered, she is quite arrogant. she at least acknowledged mens tennis though, which was a wise move. womens tennis, i will watch because there isnt mens tennis. still, it can be fun to watch at times (jankovic vs. that one romanian chick) was actually a pretty good match, as far as entertainment value is concerned.
 
jessey said:
Well, Jankovic said, "To be honest, I'm watching only men's tennis on TV. I don't really watch too much women's. That's why many times when I play against them, you know, many times I don't know my opponent."

She added, "I think men's tennis is much more advanced than woman's, and if I can try to learn some things and try to add that to my game would be a good advantage." *from tennis.com

I think Jankovic is less full of herself and more down to earth. Serena is just delusional. Maybe she's just trying to promote women's tennis, which is good for her, but if she really think so, she's just not right in the mind.
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Let's not forget that Ana was hanging out with Nadal last year hoping to copy his forehand :p Said in some interview she was trying to make her forehand more like his.


Hey look, this is definitely the best women's match I've seen this year! Wow, an attacking serve volleying one handed backhand women's player!

http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=264313

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdEckKq6vEE



...oh wait, it was twenty years ago lol.
 
canadave said:
That's what it sounded like to me too, although of course there's no way to be sure unless we can see it firsthand.

I'm amazed how people on a forum will jump all over someone's comments without giving the slightest thought to what context the words were uttered in. Who knows, maybe she said that to get a laugh out of the press corps and was saying all that with tongue firmly planted in cheek. Or maybe she WAS deadly serious and is an arrogant b****. But unless we can see a video or get some other evidence, there's no way to tell either way.
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Good point.
Anyone have a video?
 
1970CRBase said:
Let's not forget that Ana was hanging out with Nadal last year hoping to copy his forehand :p Said in some interview she was trying to make her forehand more like his.


Hey look, this is definitely the best women's match I've seen this year! Wow, an attacking serve volleying one handed backhand women's player!

http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=264313

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdEckKq6vEE



...oh wait, it was twenty years ago lol.
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Three of the four semifinalists at WTA Barcelona last month were attacking players with one-handed backhands (including the tournament winner).

Not serve-and-volleyers, admittedly, but there aren't many of those left on the men's side, either.
 
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