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This question must be asked. The year ended terribly for women's tennis. No one could dispute that. Injuries and withdrawals all over the place have crippled the tour this year. And Venus and Serena Williams only being part time players has hurt the tour, too. Venus and Serena are talented, hard working and spectacular. They should carry women's tennis on their shoulders the way Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert did. But they don't. Has the WTA tour reached its apex? This question must be asked, too. I think women's tennis has already reached it's peak, and now it's coming back down to earth. Something is missing. The pizzaz isn't what it used to be, too. That probably has to do with the problems of Anna Kournikova and Martina Hingis. Anna is always injured, and Martina's great play has slipped badly. I hope the WTA still has a bright future. But I'm not so sure.
P.S. - I hope Davenport makes a full recovery from her knee injury. But can you imagine the reaction if either one of the Williams sisters would have withdrawn from such a big final with a knee injury? Venus or Serena would have had venom spewed at them from all over the place. When I was told this morning that the final was cancelled due to injury. I immediately hoped it wasn't Serena withdrawing. Because she never would have heard the end of it. That said, I hope Lindsay makes a full recovery.
P.S. - I hope Davenport makes a full recovery from her knee injury. But can you imagine the reaction if either one of the Williams sisters would have withdrawn from such a big final with a knee injury? Venus or Serena would have had venom spewed at them from all over the place. When I was told this morning that the final was cancelled due to injury. I immediately hoped it wasn't Serena withdrawing. Because she never would have heard the end of it. That said, I hope Lindsay makes a full recovery.