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When Tennis Players Ride The Crimson Tide

Barry Petchesky — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:30:00 EDT

Lost in yesterday's huge win for American teenage Melanie Oudin was the loser, former world number one Jelena Jankovic. Turns out she was suffering from a malady you don't normally see on injury reports.

Asked if he she had been suffering from heat stroke or dehydration, Jankovic told reporters "I don't know. It's some woman problems as well. It's not easy being a woman, you know sometimes. All these things happen. What can I do?"

Questioned about whether her monthly cycle had ever affected her so dramatically before in a match, she said: "No, I never had a problem like that in the past. It was my first time experience."

Ahem.

Wimbledon-Jankovic wilts with "woman problems" [Reuters]

Nadal Gonna Try Best For Try The Victory, Gonna Try That

Leitch — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 09:09:57 EDT

Now, this morning's Wimbledon final is gearing up to be something really special. Federer and Nadal are fun to watch anytime they play and on such a grand stage it's a great way to get a Sunday morning started. So, this pull quote isn't meant to slam Nadal, per se, but more the reporter on this story— who, granted, seems to have quoted everything verbatim from him —for under utilizing the whole paraphrase/bracket technique used to not make people look stupid.

"I want to win, for sure," Nadal said. "But not for that reason because I gonna win, because is his best surface. He is the best in this surface, for sure, no doubt. He is the favorite by far."
Still, the relentless Nadal says he will give Federer everything he has, which has worked well for him up to now - much to the chagrin of the world's top player.

"I gonna try my best always, no? I gonna try my best," Nadal said. "I gonna need play my best match in my life for try the victory, so I gonna try that."

Seriously, were his quotes run through a Babel Fish dictaphone? 4-year-old autistic kids doing a Yoda impersonation come off more articulate than that.

Anyway, here's a nice little rundown of some Wimbledon pregame stuff to enjoy with your morning coffee, paper, and wood. Go Nadal.
Federer-Nadal Potent One-Two Punch [WaPo]
Nadal Won't Be Easy to Take Out on Grass [ESPN]
Federer Has the Edge [Yahoo Sports]
Wimbledon Finals Preview [Tennis With Attitude]
Wimbledon Finals Coverage [Off the Baseline]

Just Can't Live Without Your Radio

Leitch — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 13:45:57 EDT

MediaBistro's Fishbowl NY blog points out a brand new feature on Sirius Satellite Radio: It's Wimbeldon on the radio!

We've never listened to tennis on the radio, though, as Fishbowl points out, it probably has a lot of, "the exchange continues" and "he hits hit ... and a return ... he hits it back ..."

This got us to thinking: What would be the most pointless sports to listen to online? Golf is obviously pretty tough, but last time we listened to satellite radio, there was a whole channel devoted to golf, so we could be wrong on that one. Bowling's pretty rough, but at least you get the sound of the pins rattling and an announcer yelling "STRIKE!"

No, we'd have to think the worst is pretty much any Winter Olympic sport other than hockey. How does one broadcast skiing on the radio? Curling? Figure skating? Does anyone have the rights to this? We think it's worth hearing sometime, just for fun.

Wimbeldon Play-By-Play [FishbowlNY]