I am EXTREMELY sick of reading posts of people saying that they will not be watching the US Open because Serena and Venus will not be playing. As a HUGE fan of Monica Seles, I have been disappointed with her lack of play this year due to her injury but I still watch because I LOVE the sport. In essence, people who say they aren't watching because of the lack of Williams in the draw are really not true fans. Also, the US Open is not considered a critical failure just if the ratings bomb in the US. As a Canadian I find it insulting and ignorant that people say if there s low ratings in the States for the final it will be the end of the game and so on and so forth. If one or two Belgians make the finals the ratings will be HUGE in Europe. If a Russian makes the final, ratings will be high in Russia. If a Canadian makes the final the ratings will be huge in Canada. Tennis is global and I think the huge variances in ethnicities in the TOP 100 shows this. This is by no means an attack on the states or what say you but my own personal opinion and public airing of the things that have bugged me when reading the board tonight.
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