Quotable Quotes: Stab you with a pen, Lena Dee.

 
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a young woman in possession of good looks must be in want of a brain.
But the latest issue of the Fairfax magazine Sports&Style featured an interview with Elena Dementieva, in which she showed the apparent capacity to form coherent sentences.
Looking hot and making sense? Hate you, Lena D.
 
Dementieva is electrifying. [...]

Doha: Fortune favours the glamour girls.

If you had asked me to pick the semifinalists at the beginning of the week, I would not have picked Venus, Serena, Wozniacki and JJ.
You see – the Tennis Gods aren’t usually this kind to me, but somehow, they’ve given me my dream match-ups. I officially fear for karma next week in Basel. 
 

 
With Caroline Wozniacki [...]

Doha: The Bland and the Beautiful.

Weary players, half empty stadiums – must be the WTA year-end championships. 
I’m starting to worry about Venus Williams. How many times this year have we seen her win the first set, braincramp in the second, and completely lose control over her game in the third?
And the annoying part is, she could – and should – [...]

Picspam: Catwoman and the Reject Bridesmaids of the WTA

Is it time for Doha already? The WTA year-end championships gets underway this week over in Woop Woop, as the players glammed for the draw ceremony. 
By “glammed up”, I mean they all went through their gloryboxes and practiced the aisle walk.
 

 

 
In times like these, I miss having Maria Sharapova in the top 8. She can [...]

Shrimp on the barbie?

Looks like the good folks of Western Australia will be tossing plenty of shrimp on the barbie this summer, with an absolute kick-arse field headed for the Hopman Cup 2010.
 

 
As if the combined attraction of Stosur/Hewitt wasn’t enough in this country, so far four other teams have been confirmed with Dementieva/Andreev [...]

Picspam: Wer-com to Beijing!

The big names are arriving in China ahead of the China Open in Beijing and the Shanghai Masters, which make for fabulous photo-ops. 
 

 
Must admit, Djoko’s got this whole “unshaven devilish smile” thing down to a tee. 
 

 

 
Dinara, on the other hand, wouldn’t recognize the devil if he came and told her she wasn’t the real World [...]

Tokyo: So who wants to play tennis?

Dinara Safina: OUT.
Venus Williams: OUT.
Elena Dementieva: OUT.
Svetlana Kuznetsova: OUT.
Caroline Wozniacki: OUT. 
Vera Zvonareva: OUT.
Flavia Pennetta: OUT.
Nadia Petrova: OUT. 
Ana Ivanovic: OUT. 
 
Hardly excusable for any of these players. With the exception of CWoz and Flavia, none of them made it beyond 4th round at the US Open. Even with an extended break, none of them came to Tokyo [...]

Picspam: I don’t know where do start…

There are so many things wrong with this. So many. 
 

 
It’s best just to keep focused on the face… 
 

 
The WTA premier tournament in Tokyo starts next week, with most of the top gals arriving in the city. Maria Sharapova, being the commercial magnet that she is, handled pre-tournament practice and a little night out in town for [...]

USO Day 4: BELIEVE.

Good day at the office for Americans, a day of bloodbaths for the WTA, as its own headlines read: “who let the underdogs out?”
 

 
For all her comforting results this summer, Jelena Jankovic fell second round to Yaroslava Shvedova 6-3 6-7(4) 7-6(6) after holding two match points. During the match, JJ lacked her usual vibrancy and sprint.
And [...]

Toronto Day 7: Blech.

Was I the only one majorly underwhelmed by the Toronto semis and final?
Elena Dementieva beat Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova both in straight sets to take the title. On paper, it sounded impressive. In reality, the sheer topsy turvy dynamics of those two matches made me want to eat my own fist.
Because that’s not a [...]