Tennis has seen its fair share of clueless tennis writers. From Wertheim's idiotic slam seed reports to Matt Cronin and his "Stephens > Halep" campaign a few years back.
But during her time as "WTA Insider", I've noticed that Courtney Ngyuen might just be poised to eclipse them all as the most clueless tennis writer of all time. It started clicking when she and OohZuzana were previewing the AO draw and Courtney was adamant that Serena (with Giorgi, Ostapenko, and La Borz) had a tougher draw than Maria Sharapova (with Pavlyuchenkova, Kuznetsova, and Bencic) to get to the QF. OohZuzana tried to reason with her that that made absolutely no fucking sense but Courtney was determined.
Then this happened today:
Like...:crying:
Should Courtney have stuck to blogging? Is she punching above her weight class right now? Has her time as an Ivanovic stan forever stunted her growth as a writer?
I'd rather read an indepth article from someone around here who knows the game like @Smitten or @The Dawntreader or @bobito much sooner than I would from than Courtney.
She's a fan, which is nice, but not the level of information I'm personally looking for.
Yeah, I've noticed this as well. She seems to look at most of the other journalists with contempt and has an inflated sense of self-worth. Probably comes from her time practicing law.
beck hitting One of the few what? It could come down to her understanding of the word few. I mean you have Babos, Ivanovic, Withcroft and Pavlychenko remaining. Also Kozlova is bigger hitter than Beck. So of the 10 remaining players Beck is easily one of the least powerful if not the least
She is indeed. she talks like an average TF's user :lol: and you can really see when she likes a player and when she doesn't. commentators/writers/analysts should not be biased
but i kinda like her podcasts though, is like listening to a fan who has access to the tennis world :shrug:
She is indeed. she talks like an average TF's user :lol: and you can really see when she likes a player and when she doesn't. commentators/writers/analysts should not be biased
but i kinda like her podcasts though, is like listening to a fan who has access to the tennis world :shrug:
Tennis has seen its fair share of clueless tennis writers. From Peter Bodo's idiotic slam seed reports to Matt Cronin and his "Stephens > Halep" campaign a few years back.
But during her time as "WTA Insider", I've noticed that Courtney Ngyuen might just be poised to eclipse them all as the most clueless tennis writer of all time. It started clicking when she and OohZuzana were previewing the AO draw and Courtney was adamant that Serena (with Giorgi, Ostapenko, and La Borz) had a tougher draw than Maria Sharapova (with Pavlyuchenkova, Kuznetsova, and Bencic) to get to the QF. OohZuzana tried to reason with her that that made absolutely no fucking sense but Courtney was determined.
Then this happened today:
Like...:crying:
Should Courtney have stuck to blogging? Is she punching above her weight class right now? Has her time as an Ivanovic stan forever stunted her growth as a writer?
OK, she hit 20+ winners, but there are any number of players in the top 100 who can hit the ball harder. Not too many of her winners today involved her bludgeoning the ball past Belinda.
There have been plenty of less knowledgeable tennis writers and commentators. Problem shows up when you HAVE to write something, even when you have nothing new to say. So see this same problem in all media, and not just in sports.
Styling Bodo as clueless about tennis only makes it seem that you're clueless about tennis writing. Sure, like all sports writers, he has put out some fails but he's also written some excellent stuff.
Tennis has seen its fair share of clueless tennis writers. From Peter Bodo's idiotic slam seed reports to Matt Cronin and his "Stephens > Halep" campaign a few years back.
But during her time as "WTA Insider", I've noticed that Courtney Ngyuen might just be poised to eclipse them all as the most clueless tennis writer of all time. It started clicking when she and OohZuzana were previewing the AO draw and Courtney was adamant that Serena (with Giorgi, Ostapenko, and La Borz) had a tougher draw than Maria Sharapova (with Pavlyuchenkova, Kuznetsova, and Bencic) to get to the QF. OohZuzana tried to reason with her that that made absolutely no fucking sense but Courtney was determined.
Then this happened today:
Like...:crying:
Should Courtney have stuck to blogging? Is she punching above her weight class right now? Has her time as an Ivanovic stan forever stunted her growth as a writer?
I think it's obvious that she started getting into tennis pretty late into her life. She may be kinda annoying and fangirlish, but she's completely obsessed with tennis which is great and her writing is kinda good.
She knows loads about current tennis, not so much about its legacy unfortunately and she should definitely educate herself in that respect tbh but she's a good bridge between WTA and fans.
Should Courtney have stuck to blogging? Is she punching above her weight class right now? Has her time as an Ivanovic stan forever stunted her growth as a writer?
Should Courtney have stuck to blogging? Is she punching above her weight class right now? Has her time as an Ivanovic stan forever stunted her growth as a writer?