You have to know of everything. We have no complaints. “We don’t have any complaints”.
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A vicious backhand proved the catalyst as the American converted her first break point to draw level at 4-4 before completing the turnaround a few games later some more ferocious returning. It’s a two-part question.
– The former tournament director at Indian Wells who now runs the WTA Tour calls his successor’s critical comments about women’s tennis players “disappointing and alarming”. But she’s in there.
“I couldn’t control how she was going to play and she was throwing some bombs there”.
Mr. Moore also said the WTA has a lot of “attractive” prospects who can help make the game more popular. They seem to reflect the assumption that the WTA needs hot players to remain a success as much or more than it needs excellent ones. And the standard in ladies tennis has improved unbelievably.
Just because football is more popular than baseball doesn’t mean Bryce Harper needs to thank Tom Brady for keeping sports in the limelight.
As secondary as they were, Moore’s comments about the attractiveness of players are just as undermining.
Moore didn’t stop there, saying that women in the sport should get down on their “knees” and thank Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal for the way they “carried” the sport.
World number one Novak Djokovic said Moore’s comments were “not politically correct” and that women players had “fought for what they deserve, and they got it”.
Tennis: Serena Williams is through to the final at Indian Wells where she’ll attempt to claim her 70th career title.
“I think it’s something that, again, we have to work through as women”. So I don’t think that is a very accurate statement.
“I think I have it within me, but obviously I need to reach a lot deeper to find that execution”.
The world No. 5 Spaniard, who survived an early assault to defeat Japan’s Kei Nishikori 6-4, 6-3, said: “I beat a top 10 player and that is important for my confidence”.
“I think it was really good for me to have a match like that and I think that’s the reason “Aga” is doing so well, because she never gave up”, Williams told reporters.
“It was really hard – the last moment I had here wasn’t the greatest, so thank you so much”, Williams said, trying to hold back tears.
When asked if she thought there was a misunderstanding to his words perhaps, she made it clear she did not.
Williams: Well, if you read the transcript you can only interpret it one way. I’m very happy to be married with one and to have a child. “I’m sure he does too”, she said. “We shouldn’t have to drop to our knees at any point”, she said in a statement responding to Moore’s comments.
Azarenka was also asked her opinion on the quotes, humourously pointing out that every person on this earth was here because of a woman.
Williams: Yeah, I’m still surprised, especially with me and Venus and all the other women on the tour that’s done well.
Williams has a chance to become the first three-time victor in women’s singles at Indian Wells, a feat she failed to achieve past year when she pulled out of her semi-final match with a knee injury. Before Serena Williams’ finals loss to Victoria Azarenka at that same tournament today, Moore took some time to say something to the press that sounded right out of the 1940s.
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“If someone makes irrational comments or if something unfortunate goes on in the sport, you know, everyone hears about it. I’m on social media enough to hear about it”.
