OT - Serena wins... Sharapova goes down

[DaddyChoc]

onto the next round in the Rome... on clay

 

[UCONNfan1]

I've always liked both Williams sisters. But I really don't care for the noisy players - mostly like Sharapova and Azarenka. If Serena can dial back the screeching over the years, then anyone can do it...

 

[AnotherVolFan]

Wow....Maria has been playing very well on clay this year....Im hoping Serena takes Rome and gets her 18th at the French!

 

[triaddukefan]

Any day that Serena wins, and Sharapova loses... its a good tennis day for me.

 

[DaddyChoc]

Any day that Serena wins, and Sharapova loses... its a good tennis day for me.

well said...

 

[DaddyChoc]

I've always liked both Williams sisters. But I really don't care for the noisy players - mostly like Sharapova and Azarenka. If Serena can dial back the screeching over the years, then anyone can do it...

Serena only makes a grunt when serving...

 

[toadfoot]

The WTA, ITF, etc., really dropped the ball with their efforts to reduce and/or eliminate excessive grunting. It's a useful step to try and remove the noise from the junior ranks, but it was a total copout not to apply the same rules to current professionals. I can guarantee that a few "excessive grunting" calls resulting in forfeiting a point under the "hindrance" rule would "cure" most professionals very quickly. I frankly consider it cheating because it can mask the sound of the ball striking the strings and thus making it more difficult to read the shot.

And what will happen in several years when some of these junior players, who've learned to play without the grunting begin playing on the professional level against today's professionals who are still allowed to make excessive noise. One player will be allowed to excessively grunt and mask the sound of the ball while the other will not. There's a recipe for controversy.

 

[semper]

The screaming should be banned...double fault!

 

[wire chief]

Sara Errani had a injury time out and resumed with a wrapped thigh. She could not move well, and Serena wraps up the win
6-3, 6-0.

Rafa & Novak on the Tennis Channel now near the end of set 1.