I'm at a loss of words. Every single announcer on the Tennis Channel is praising Maria whether she plays well or not. It's like an episode of the Twilight Zone. Navratilova is all up Sharapova's ass, to the point where she could report on what Maria had for lunch, praising her gutsy serving, right before a double fault, then she skips the commentary all together until the next point. It's comical. The only explanation I can see is that Maria's management or public relations pays for positive commentary. I just can't see that a knowledgeable commentator such as Navratilova or Davenport would withhold legitimate criticism, unless they were paid to do so.
It's funny, I don't think there's ever been a bigger gulf between the commentators and the fans. The crowd never roots for Sharapova, tennis fans generally think she is an unlikeable, boring, robotic cheating twat. But commentators are all about Maria!
Honestly though commentators get paid to promote the sport, the higher the ratings the more they get paid, the more they talk up their manly ass glamazon girl, the more people they hope will watch.
BTW even Chanda Rubin and her male co-commentator on USO Live were up her ass.
It's funny, I don't think there's ever been a bigger gulf between the commentators and the fans. The crowd never roots for Sharapova, tennis fans generally think she is an unlikeable, boring, robotic cheating twat. But commentators are all about Maria!
Honestly though commentators get paid to promote the sport, the higher the ratings the more they get paid, the more they talk up their manly ass glamazon girl, the more people they hope will watch.
BTW even Chanda Rubin and her male co-commentator on USO Live were up her ass.
The crowd never roots for Sharapova, tennis fans generally think she is an unlikeable, boring, robotic cheating twat. But commentators are all about Maria!
I'm pretty sure this HingisGOAT person has been eating lead paint chips.
A player that has won the career slam with a non-diverse game and limited athleticism almost solely because she can mentally beat almost anyone but Serena is respected by former players?
Why cant people just accept the fact that people like Maria, her game and her persona. She is a good ambassador for the sport. She doesn't threaten line judges.
I'm at a loss of words. Every single announcer on the Tennis Channel is praising Maria whether she plays well or not. It's like an episode of the Twilight Zone. .
Masha has a great support coming from the crowd, but you might have not noticed it because you were crying. Crying because your fave will never win Career Slam and will never win French Open....
Unlike you, I am an adult with a job, a family, and a life -- not a teenager fingering myself every time Maria screams. So, unlike you, tennis doesn't make me CRY :haha: What a ridiculous thought
But I know you were just trying to take a cheap shot at a player infintely more talented and accomplished than Sharapova :shrug: Hingis should come out of retirement just to humiliate Pova in a T1 final again Maybe she wrote the book for Serena :lol:
The crowd was definitely on maria's side :lol: The US fans have adopted maria as their own. Hingisgoat seems to have followed his fave and snorted some coke.
It is interesting how ALL the commentators praise Pova's combativness, intensity, grit, game and so on. And, of course, everyone of these scatterbrained know nothings are so wrong. How can you trust such tennis idiots like Navratilova, Davenport, Virginia, MJF, Tracy, etc.?
All Pova did was give each of them a bag of Sugarpova Cheeky!
Everyone must hail the Queen, the one who won Wimbledon at 17!!!1111 All the people are in Maria's hands, they are here pimp as the great Foxy once said. Sharapova is the biggest Illuminati ever making people buy her candy & get fat.
She's won grandslams, she' s consistently been near the top, she shows her personality offcourt, she a tennis superstar, and she's hot. Is it that surprising that she's popular? it's really not that complicated. and the crowd was pro Petrova because she was the underdog, and they wanted to see a good match. There not shelling out good money to watch a straight set drubbing. They want bang for there buck.
she won grandslams, she' s consistently been near the top, she a tennis superstar, and she' hot. is it really that surprising that she is popular? it is really not that complicated. and the crowd was pro Petrova because she was the underdog, and the crowd wanted to see a good match.
Exactly. The crowd was pro-Nadia until they thought there was a real chance that Maria might lose. Then it switched. It's not like Petrova is some up-and-comer that the tennis world would be fascinated to see move on. She's a career choke-job that would just get rolled over the next round. The crowd just wanted the match to be more interesting than 6-1 6-2.
Were the announcers kissing ass? Yes. Without question. and yes Navratilova was waaaaaaaay up Maria's ass.
But you must take into consideration the crowd. they too were all over Maria. whether we like it or not, we have to understand that the Maria Sharapova engine drives much of the tennis commentators salaries.
She's hugely popular with the fans. that makes her hugely popular with the sponsors. that makes her hugely popular with those that derive their paycheck directly or indirectly from the sponsors. Tennis commentators have always felt like the game needs a face to drive the popularity of the game and thereby create a good deal of job security for themselves. Maria Sharapova is that face - that personality.
...That's just the way it is, whether we like it or not.
Fortunately or unfortunately, all true.
Personally, I don't understand the draw, but I get the feeling that it's an obvious one, and one unnecessarily defined due to obvious reasoning(s).
Sometimes, I am sort of glad that she does not have huge breasts. It seems enough that she is good enough in business to earn close to thirty million a year, she speaks two languages well, and probably some others, her legs look nice, and her abs are in close to perfect shape. She dresses nicely, and sometimes her hair looks really good. She is a big girl, and has, in my opinion, just the right size rear end. She has won all four grand slams. She wins a lot of tennis matches. If her breasts were huge, that might cause some people to have some sort of envy of her.