I think that the main reasons that Kim doesn't get as much attention as some other top 10 players are:
1. That her game isn't particularly "flashy". No-one is going to "ooh-ahh" about her shots the way that they do about say Henin's backhand, or Hingis' anticipation, Venus' reach, Serena's serve, Jen's forehand et cetera. Nor is her game easy to describe - she's not precisely a power player, nor is she a finesse player.
2. Her personality/character doesn't attract much attention. Henin, the Williams sisters, Dokic have interesting family backgrounds (as far as the media is concerned anyway). Mauresmo gets a certain amount of attention because she's lesbian. et cetera. Also, she doesn't say anything derogatory about other players or make particularly controversial statements to the press. She's just a quiet, nice girl and that isn't what the media are interested in.
3. She's not spectacularly beautiful. She is quite pretty, but nowhere near as striking or beautful as Venus, Serena, Dokic, Kounikova, or cute like Hingis.
4. She's been steadily climbing her way to the top. She didn't do a Dokic/Kounikova and dramatically reach the semis of Wimbledon at 16, or a Hingis and win 3 slams at 17. Nor did she do a comeback like Capriati or Seles. And her quiet success story is again just not as newsworthy.
I would agree that she perhaps deserves more attention than she gets, I'm just giving reasons why she doesn't get it.
1. That her game isn't particularly "flashy". No-one is going to "ooh-ahh" about her shots the way that they do about say Henin's backhand, or Hingis' anticipation, Venus' reach, Serena's serve, Jen's forehand et cetera. Nor is her game easy to describe - she's not precisely a power player, nor is she a finesse player.
2. Her personality/character doesn't attract much attention. Henin, the Williams sisters, Dokic have interesting family backgrounds (as far as the media is concerned anyway). Mauresmo gets a certain amount of attention because she's lesbian. et cetera. Also, she doesn't say anything derogatory about other players or make particularly controversial statements to the press. She's just a quiet, nice girl and that isn't what the media are interested in.
3. She's not spectacularly beautiful. She is quite pretty, but nowhere near as striking or beautful as Venus, Serena, Dokic, Kounikova, or cute like Hingis.
4. She's been steadily climbing her way to the top. She didn't do a Dokic/Kounikova and dramatically reach the semis of Wimbledon at 16, or a Hingis and win 3 slams at 17. Nor did she do a comeback like Capriati or Seles. And her quiet success story is again just not as newsworthy.
I would agree that she perhaps deserves more attention than she gets, I'm just giving reasons why she doesn't get it.
