I understand that the Chinese Nationals might be important to them...but this is WIMBLEDON, & some of them could do well IMO.
Derek.
Jun 2nd, 2005, 06:37 PM
Shuai Peng could have done very well on grass. :o
nicky007
Jun 2nd, 2005, 06:39 PM
lots of miss and few of mrs in women tennis
HectorMagnus
Jun 2nd, 2005, 06:40 PM
some Miss' aren't miss anymore.... :p how about Dechy British know-all? :p
PointBlank
Jun 2nd, 2005, 07:01 PM
I understand that the Chinese Nationals might be important to them...but this is WIMBLEDON, & some of them could do well IMO.
Oh Please. Just because its Wimbledon. Whoopdy doo. I think they would rather win for there provinces and have the whole country know it then play Wimbledon, maybe lost 2nd round, and have no one even know your name.
njguido11
Jun 2nd, 2005, 07:48 PM
Any news if Ashley Harkelroad plans on playing here??
FLL
Jun 2nd, 2005, 07:53 PM
The chinese girls' game are design for grass!!!
Jakeev
Jun 2nd, 2005, 07:53 PM
1. Considering Fabiola did not do well on clay this year, I don't think it is very smart she skips grass. Who knows she might have done well.
2. I thought Shua Peng was actually going to Wimbledon?
jimbo mack
Jun 2nd, 2005, 07:53 PM
the players choosing not to play wimbledon, the biggest tournament in the world are fools
shame on them :smash:
PointBlank
Jun 2nd, 2005, 07:53 PM
Also, I wouldnt blame Fabiola for not playing. She knows she has no chance on it. So she is probably praciticing on hard courts right now getting ready for US Open and the hardcourt summer leading up to it. She is 2/8 on grass in her career so why play when you can practice. :shrug:
Jakeev
Jun 2nd, 2005, 07:56 PM
some Miss' aren't miss anymore.... :p how about Dechy British know-all? :p
Yeah but I guess they go by miss because they are not using their husband's names, ie Lindsay Davenport, Elena Likhovsteva and Dally Randrientefy.
jimbo mack
Jun 2nd, 2005, 07:56 PM
Also, I wouldnt blame Fabiola for not playing. She knows she has no chance on it. So she is probably praciticing on hard courts right now getting ready for US Open and the hardcourt summer leading up to it. She is 2/8 on grass in her career so why play when you can practice. :shrug:
there's nothing wrong with making an effort and trying, she's had success on indoors, most similar surface to grass
she's just being lazy, and i always thought she was smart up until now
PointBlank
Jun 2nd, 2005, 07:56 PM
the players choosing not to play wimbledon, the biggest tournament in the world are fools
shame on them :smash:
Really because there are 3 other on that same scale and all pay more.
PointBlank
Jun 2nd, 2005, 07:58 PM
there's nothing wrong with making an effort and trying, she's had success on indoors, most similar surface to grass
she's just being lazy, and i always thought she was smart up until now
So she should play a surface she has no shot on. Or go practice for 4/5 weeks on hardcourt to get ready for a much longer hardcourt season then the short grass. Her playing on hard alot longer then others may give her a heads up on the competition.
jimbo mack
Jun 2nd, 2005, 07:59 PM
Really because there are 3 other on that same scale and all pay more.
everyone knows that wimbledon is the most special and unique. tennis is wimbledon
ezekiel
Jun 2nd, 2005, 07:59 PM
this list is old. Hopefully there is an update. I agree also that it's sick how china treats it's players like slaves. Not only do they submit to their schedule but they also must give part of their earnings to the communist bosses :mad:
SelesFan70
Jun 2nd, 2005, 08:00 PM
I hope Chanda requests and gets a wild card. :angel:
jimbo mack
Jun 2nd, 2005, 08:01 PM
So she should play a surface she has no shot on. Or go practice for 4/5 weeks on hardcourt to get ready for a much longer hardcourt season then the short grass. Her playing on hard alot longer then others may give her a heads up on the competition.
she's hardly a threat to top players on hardcourts lol
like i said, she's being lazy and disrespectful. we all have to come across challenges we dont like in life. only the cowards walk away
Rising Sun
Jun 2nd, 2005, 08:02 PM
According to the list, Chia-Jung Chuang is supposed to be playing the Chinese Nationals, but she's playing a Challenger instead. Taiwan's not part of the Games are they? :tape:
PointBlank
Jun 2nd, 2005, 08:05 PM
everyone knows that wimbledon is the most special and unique. tennis is wimbledon
Really. I hate Wimbledon. So saying everyone know that it is special and unique is crap. Tennis is not Wimbledon. Only 2 weeks.
PointBlank
Jun 2nd, 2005, 08:06 PM
this list is old. Hopefully there is an update. I agree also that it's sick how china treats it's players like slaves. Not only do they submit to their schedule but they also must give part of their earnings to the communist bosses :mad:
They also pay for everything the players do, including providing a coach, flights, clothing, racquets, courts. They take some prize money away from women that arent paying for anything as it is. :rolleyes:
RenaSlam.
Jun 2nd, 2005, 08:07 PM
Really. I hate Wimbledon. So saying everyone know that it is special and unique is crap. Tennis is not Wimbledon. Only 2 weeks.
You hate Wimbledon because your faves will do crap on it this year and you know it. Get some class, Carma.
Jakeev
Jun 2nd, 2005, 08:08 PM
So she should play a surface she has no shot on. Or go practice for 4/5 weeks on hardcourt to get ready for a much longer hardcourt season then the short grass. Her playing on hard alot longer then others may give her a heads up on the competition.
Well considering she went 5-5 on her best surface, clay and 6-4 on hardcourts and is now ranked 40, sure why not skip the grass-court season?
PointBlank
Jun 2nd, 2005, 08:08 PM
she's hardly a threat to top players on hardcourts lol
like i said, she's being lazy and disrespectful. we all have to come across challenges we dont like in life. only the cowards walk away
Some of the top Spanish men even skip Wimbledon.
She reached Australian semi-finals on hard courts so to say shes not a threat is stupid. I dont get how not playing one tournament makes her lazy and disrespectful.
Anyways, we dont know the real reason behind why shes not playing. She could actually have an injury or personal issues.
PointBlank
Jun 2nd, 2005, 08:09 PM
You hate Wimbledon because your faves will do crap on it this year and you know it. Get some class, Carma.
Ok, Serena is one of my favorites and she has won it. Ivanovic reached junior finals last year.
I'll put a nice bet that Ivanovic will draw Mauresmo in the same part of the draw :lol:
It's just not possible that it won't happen!
VeeDaQueen
Jun 2nd, 2005, 08:17 PM
Really. I hate Wimbledon. So saying everyone know that it is special and unique is crap. Tennis is not Wimbledon. Only 2 weeks.
Tennis started with Wimbledon. Learn your history before you make dumb comments.
Pengwin
Jun 2nd, 2005, 08:17 PM
According to the list, Chia-Jung Chuang is supposed to be playing the Chinese Nationals, but she's playing a Challenger instead. Taiwan's not part of the Games are they? :tape:
They only started introducing flights between China and Taiwan in 2005 so relationships aren't exactly hot. If you didn't know, the current Taiwan government used to rule the whole of China but was beaten by the CCP in the civil war, and even though they planned to recapture China they were shooed off to Taiwan where they never reconciled.
It's a shame becuase I have many Taiwanese friends and I don't see why they can't have a 1 China 2 Systems policy with full soverengty to Taiwan. It's all about pride I guess...
PointBlank
Jun 2nd, 2005, 08:20 PM
Tennis started with Wimbledon. Learn your history before you make dumb comments.
Ok. Good for that. Doesnt mean tennis revolves around Wimbledon.
SelesFan70
Jun 2nd, 2005, 08:34 PM
I'll put a nice bet that Ivanovic will draw Mauresmo in the same part of the draw :lol:
It's just not possible that it won't happen!
:scared:
James
Jun 2nd, 2005, 08:38 PM
Ok. Good for that. Doesnt mean tennis revolves around Wimbledon.
I agree, I'm sure Grand Slams have a special atmosphere, but if a player doesn't play there, there is no reason to condemn them. There's more to life than Wimbledon.
jimbo mack
Jun 2nd, 2005, 09:03 PM
Some of the top Spanish men even skip Wimbledon.
She reached Australian semi-finals on hard courts so to say shes not a threat is stupid. I dont get how not playing one tournament makes her lazy and disrespectful.
Anyways, we dont know the real reason behind why shes not playing. She could actually have an injury or personal issues.
yes, she reached semis australian open
she didnt beat anyone special to get there
oh well, its her loss.
Caz
Jun 2nd, 2005, 09:10 PM
I agree, I'm sure Grand Slams have a special atmosphere, but if a player doesn't play there, there is no reason to condemn them. There's more to life than Wimbledon.
Well said. Wimbledon is just one of many tounaments. If a player is not going to do well there and wants to spend their time practising instead, or simply doesn't want to come and play, what's the big deal? Their schedule is entirely up to them.
PointBlank
Jun 2nd, 2005, 09:17 PM
yes, she reached semis australian open
she didnt beat anyone special to get there
oh well, its her loss.
She beat 4 straight players, 3 in straight sets. She did something that 124 other girls couldnt do.
Yes, its her loss. She should have went and got her ass kicked and brought that confidence level even lower. Shame on Fabiola.
jimbo mack
Jun 2nd, 2005, 09:19 PM
She beat 4 straight players, 3 in straight sets. She did something that 124 other girls couldnt do.
Yes, its her loss. She should have went and got her ass kicked and brought that confidence level even lower. Shame on Fabiola.
she could have got a piss easy draw and won a couple of matches, she'll never know
must be mad for missing out on a wimbledon experience
alwayshingis
Jun 2nd, 2005, 09:20 PM
Really. I hate Wimbledon. So saying everyone know that it is special and unique is crap. Tennis is not Wimbledon. Only 2 weeks.
Wimbledon has the most history behind it. It has the most class of any of the majors. You hear players from all over the world say that their dream is to win Wimbledon. It IS special. It IS unique.
jimbo mack
Jun 2nd, 2005, 09:22 PM
Wimbledon has the most history behind it. It has the most class of any of the majors. You hear players from all over the world say that their dream is to win Wimbledon. It IS special. It IS unique.
its a shame that not everyone has the intellectual capabiliy to realise this :o (carma)
PointBlank
Jun 2nd, 2005, 09:26 PM
she could have got a piss easy draw and won a couple of matches, she'll never know
must be mad for missing out on a wimbledon experience
Huh?
Shes already played Wimbledon. She has had that experience.
PointBlank
Jun 2nd, 2005, 09:28 PM
its a shame that not everyone has the intellectual capabiliy to realise this :o (carma)
Because it has history everyone must play? They cant even give prize money equally. And to say basically I am ignorant because I dont like Wimbledon is stupid. I have a 4.0 GPA and taking the hardest classes I can at my grade. So no. I dont like Wimbledon because they arent fair to both. I am a male but I dont think its right. I want to win the French Open. I dont want Wimbledon. Not everyone does.
jimbo mack
Jun 2nd, 2005, 09:28 PM
Huh?
Shes already played Wimbledon. She has had that experience.
must be mad on missing out on another wimbledon experience
its just bad attitude, she cant be bothered to make the effort
Lemonskin.
Jun 2nd, 2005, 09:29 PM
tennis is wimbledon
Yes! :worship:
I hope Alicia does well here :D
PointBlank
Jun 2nd, 2005, 09:29 PM
Wimbledon has the most history behind it. It has the most class of any of the majors. You hear players from all over the world say that their dream is to win Wimbledon. It IS special. It IS unique.
Class? :rolls:
Shonami Slam
Jun 2nd, 2005, 09:29 PM
chinese nationals are a BIG thing.
i'd rather miss one wimbledon tourny than miss my home country most important sportscampaign.
plus - olympics at stake ;)
as for zuluaga - too bad.
i'm really sad for magui.
came back too early, like i said a while ago, and now - in the tourny where she can beat alot of top players, she's out.
depressing.
as usual, jen is missed. the GS really make you realize it.
for the third straight GS tourny - two israelis in the MD :)
PointBlank
Jun 2nd, 2005, 09:30 PM
must be mad on missing out on another wimbledon experience
its just bad attitude, she cant be bothered to make the effort
So basically your saying even though she sucks at grass and will embarass herself she has a bad attitude. She is practicing for this summer on a court thats better for her.
Libertango
Jun 2nd, 2005, 09:30 PM
It pi*ses me off greatly that none of the Chinese are playing....:rolleyes: :banghead:
jimbo mack
Jun 2nd, 2005, 09:30 PM
Class? :rolls:
classier than the other grandslams, particularly the french
PointBlank
Jun 2nd, 2005, 09:31 PM
plus - olympics at stake ;)
True.
for the third straight GS tourny - two israelis in the MD :)
Only if it could be 3. Or more. Maybe thats dreaming to big.
Shonami Slam
Jun 2nd, 2005, 09:31 PM
as for the debate -
i think wimbledon, FO and the USO have the same class, since you have the uniqueness to every one of them.
but the aussie is way behind.
PointBlank
Jun 2nd, 2005, 09:32 PM
classier than the other grandslams, particularly the french
Given the crowd has more class. The directors are barely trying to make prize money even. The French are inching to it.
jimbo mack
Jun 2nd, 2005, 09:32 PM
So basically your saying even though she sucks at grass and will embarass herself she has a bad attitude. She is practicing for this summer on a court thats better for her.
there's nothing embarassing about losing early if u make the effort (in zuluaga's league anyway)
Shonami Slam
Jun 2nd, 2005, 09:33 PM
Only if it could be 3. Or more. Maybe thats dreaming to big.
I doubt savransky can make it to the USopen, and i don't think anna will be playing next year :sad:
croat123
Jun 2nd, 2005, 11:28 PM
phew, sanda got in and silvija is only 2 spots out so she'll most likely get in too
CoryAnnAvants#1
Jun 2nd, 2005, 11:33 PM
I could never understand why anyone would voluntarily skip a grand slam. The American men suck ass on clay, but they turn up every year and try. Ditto with Tamarine Tanasugarn. Lindsay Davenport at least shows up for the French Open.
Fabiola should humor us. Go practice on hardcourts and then show up to Wimbledon cold on grass court practice. Who knows. She could draw a Brit and win a round. Even if she loses, she'll get paid $10,000 to get her ass kicked. Seems reasonable to me.
Babolatpro880
Jun 3rd, 2005, 12:27 AM
I could never understand why anyone would voluntarily skip a grand slam. The American men suck ass on clay, but they turn up every year and try. Ditto with Tamarine Tanasugarn. Lindsay Davenport at least shows up for the French Open.
Fabiola should humor us. Go practice on hardcourts and then show up to Wimbledon cold on grass court practice. Who knows. She could draw a Brit and win a round. Even if she loses, she'll get paid $10,000 to get her ass kicked. Seems reasonable to me.
Some of the brits that aren't very good on other surfaces are quite good on grass and can win matches at Wimbledon. Emily Webley-Smith for example.
bigshow21
Jun 3rd, 2005, 01:53 AM
WOMENS SINGLES ENTRY LIST
NOT PARTICIPATING: :sad:
Jennifer Capriati (shoulder & wrist injury) :sad:
Wrist injury? :confused: I have not heard about any wrist injury. I sure hope this information is a false accusation.
DutchieGirl
Jun 3rd, 2005, 02:44 AM
as for the debate -
i think wimbledon, FO and the USO have the same class, since you have the uniqueness to every one of them.
but the aussie is way behind.
:rolleyes: wtf!
DutchieGirl
Jun 3rd, 2005, 02:45 AM
OK... one person needs to pull out.. or I'm gonna be MIGHTY PISSED! ;)
maxomax
Jun 3rd, 2005, 03:37 AM
Hope Pelletier will enter in maindraw!!
switz
Jun 3rd, 2005, 04:10 AM
zuluaga actually got a walkover in the quarters and then got smashed by henin so it was a bit different.
still it's her choice. you don't know her life - maybe she wants to go home and be with her family after being away for months instead of playing a tournment she will do nothing in from her perspective.
wimbledon is important to tennis and to many people but for people who have not been brought up in the traditional tennis set or from an anglo-saxon background i can fully understand why they don't give a toss about it.
it's not as if clay courters etc have been exactly treated well by wimbledon anyway with this tired superiority they try to exert based on the tournament's history so i don't see any reason why they should have to be caught up in the magical wimbledon experience if it doesn't exist for them.
switz
Jun 3rd, 2005, 04:13 AM
smashnova should retire :)
pancake
Jun 3rd, 2005, 04:37 AM
If I remember it right,I think the Chinese girls MUST have to play the national game,they have NO choice,so,it's not their fault!
Rising Sun
Jun 3rd, 2005, 04:56 AM
They only started introducing flights between China and Taiwan in 2005 so relationships aren't exactly hot. If you didn't know, the current Taiwan government used to rule the whole of China but was beaten by the CCP in the civil war, and even though they planned to recapture China they were shooed off to Taiwan where they never reconciled.
It's a shame becuase I have many Taiwanese friends and I don't see why they can't have a 1 China 2 Systems policy with full soverengty to Taiwan. It's all about pride I guess...
I know about their history, just wanted to know if Taiwan was competing the National Games or not. I guess not, since Chin-Wei Chan, etc are playing in the same challenger as Chia-Jung.
Therefore, an error on the list. Chia-Jung simply doesn't want to play Wimby. :lol:
DutchieGirl
Jun 3rd, 2005, 04:56 AM
yeah I was thinking that too pancake...I didn't think they had much say in it...
pancake
Jun 3rd, 2005, 05:14 AM
yeah I was thinking that too pancake...I didn't think they had much say in it...
Ya.
I do trust that most of them want to play Wimbledon instead of national game.But see that all of them aren't get involved in Wimbledon,how come nearly none of you feel odd of it? :shrug: At least someone must doubt that why ALL of them think national game is more important than Wimbledon.It actually imply there is a must to play national game.
DutchieGirl
Jun 3rd, 2005, 05:36 AM
Ya.
I do trust that most of them want to play Wimbledon instead of national game.But see that all of them aren't get involved in Wimbledon,how come nearly none of you feel odd of it? :shrug: At least someone must doubt that why ALL of them think national game is more important than Wimbledon.It actually imply there is a must to play national game.
Well their govt seems to control much of what they do so... it's entirely possible...
suzie
Jun 3rd, 2005, 08:34 AM
It's a bit weird the way chinese tennis and chinese tennis players work. There was a big group in Estoril Open and they act in a completely different way everybody else. After being there for a week, I got use to watch them always together, training with each other in unacessible courts, always with a coach, never talking to anybody... (I was surprised when I found out that Li Na would play doubles with Jaslyn Hewitt), their press conferences were hilarious: reporters asking questions to players and the so called coach answering them all! the excuse was that they could not speak english but in the end it was like they were not suppose to talk to "foreigners"... Very sad. :rolleyes:
Jorn
Jun 3rd, 2005, 10:56 AM
No Maja :sad:
I thought Rubin was in with SR, can't they use that for GS's?
VRee_Willario
Jun 3rd, 2005, 10:59 AM
I agree, I'm sure Grand Slams have a special atmosphere, but if a player doesn't play there, there is no reason to condemn them. There's more to life than Wimbledon.
No there isn't!!
;)
SARA-GOAT
Jun 3rd, 2005, 11:00 AM
They also pay for everything the players do, including providing a coach, flights, clothing, racquets, courts. They take some prize money away from women that arent paying for anything as it is. :rolleyes:
Exactly! :D
VRee_Willario
Jun 3rd, 2005, 11:01 AM
Jennifer with a wrist injury :sad:
I hope she gets to play Hard court season, US OPEN :hearts:
VRee_Willario
Jun 3rd, 2005, 11:04 AM
Class? :rolls:
Excatly. Wimbledon has such a polite nice crowd, they don't boo anybody, give the both players polite applause, don't whistle and shout when some one questions a call, are quite quiet between points. And Wimbledon has the best atmosphere... England :hearts:
How can you even ask
James
Jun 3rd, 2005, 11:18 AM
No there isn't!!
;)
Yes there is. ;)
VRee_Willario
Jun 3rd, 2005, 11:20 AM
Yes there is. ;)
No way!
James
Jun 3rd, 2005, 11:26 AM
No way!
ABSOLUTELY! (CASE CLOSED)!
VRee_Willario
Jun 3rd, 2005, 11:33 AM
ABSOLUTELY! (CASE CLOSED)!
ABSOLUTELY NOT (NOW CLOSED)
ASV_FAN
Jun 3rd, 2005, 01:23 PM
Still no Jennifer and Monica :( !!! Someone made a comment bout Fabi further up, not even my good luck can bring her success! I bumped into her outside of my fave Italian in Earls Court prior to last year's event and wished her the best of luck - she lost the next day! :o
James
Jun 3rd, 2005, 01:29 PM
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT JAMES (NOW CLOSED)
Yes, I agree with this quote. ;)
DutchieGirl
Jun 3rd, 2005, 01:33 PM
Yes, I agree with this quote. ;)
:haha: :yeah: ;)
Sadka
Jun 3rd, 2005, 01:42 PM
Fabiola Zuluaga (not playing events on grass) :rolleyes: :tape: :lol:
:eek:
VRee_Willario
Jun 3rd, 2005, 01:42 PM
Yes, I agree with this quote. ;)
I'm Absolutely Right and you're wrong you ugly witch!!!
thanks for agreement :D
James
Jun 3rd, 2005, 01:45 PM
James is Absolutely Right and all those that think he's wrong are ugly witches!!!
thanks for agreement :D
You're welcome. ;)
DutchieGirl
Jun 3rd, 2005, 01:46 PM
I'm Absolutely Right and you're wrong you ugly witch!!!
thanks for agreement :D
:haha:
VRee_Willario
Jun 3rd, 2005, 01:47 PM
Okay, this is just joking :)
VRee_Willario
Jun 3rd, 2005, 01:50 PM
James reveals:
I'm A witch!
James
Jun 3rd, 2005, 01:50 PM
Okay, this is just joking :)
Of course it is. I'm having fun. :haha:
DutchieGirl
Jun 3rd, 2005, 01:51 PM
this is good entertainment! :p
James
Jun 3rd, 2005, 01:52 PM
A-S-Vwitch!
I see your point. :haha:
VRee_Willario
Jun 3rd, 2005, 01:55 PM
I see your point, but I'm still A WITCH :haha:
I understand :yeah: Have you got a letter from Hogwarts?
James
Jun 3rd, 2005, 01:58 PM
I understand I look like a hog.
Ok.
VRee_Willario
Jun 3rd, 2005, 02:04 PM
Ok, but now I'll have to get my magical potions ready and practice flying on the broom stick, See ya!
Okay, See ya! :worship: