Excerpt from cnnsi.com:
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After reading various comments by your readers, I have a few comments to make.
1) I think people take the game of tennis too seriously. Hitting a ball 120 zillion miles per hour across a net, running down a good or bad drop shot -- big deal. Mother Hale, a dedicated schoolteacher, the trash man, an act of kindness, saying thank you -- all deserve much more praise.
2) The Williams sisters are the best thing to happen in the world of tennis in quite a while. I'm sure their success has led other women players to elevate their game, except for Anna K (sigh).
3) Richard Williams should be praised for letting his daughters have a teenage life, nurture their education and develop interests outside of tennis. As for some of his comments, leave them as such; his opinions will not change the world. Frankly, I think he's hilarious (in a good way).
4) Most of the potshots tennis players take at each other is funny, a sign of frustration, a weak game plan or just plain immaturity.
5) I'm sure there is some degree of racism in tennis. We've come a long way, but ignorance has not been eradicated from humans yet.
6) Tennis is just a game with some good and bad characters, sometimes exciting and other times boring -- including the matches.
—Troy Knight, Denton, Texas
Troy, you're like Chance the Gardener observing tennis.
1) You're absolutely right.
2) You're absolutely right.
3) Oracene Williams deserves far more credit than Richard.
4) You're absolutely right.
5) You're absolutely right.
6) Man, you are good.
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See, now that wasn't so bad now was it, boys and girls?
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After reading various comments by your readers, I have a few comments to make.
1) I think people take the game of tennis too seriously. Hitting a ball 120 zillion miles per hour across a net, running down a good or bad drop shot -- big deal. Mother Hale, a dedicated schoolteacher, the trash man, an act of kindness, saying thank you -- all deserve much more praise.
2) The Williams sisters are the best thing to happen in the world of tennis in quite a while. I'm sure their success has led other women players to elevate their game, except for Anna K (sigh).
3) Richard Williams should be praised for letting his daughters have a teenage life, nurture their education and develop interests outside of tennis. As for some of his comments, leave them as such; his opinions will not change the world. Frankly, I think he's hilarious (in a good way).
4) Most of the potshots tennis players take at each other is funny, a sign of frustration, a weak game plan or just plain immaturity.
5) I'm sure there is some degree of racism in tennis. We've come a long way, but ignorance has not been eradicated from humans yet.
6) Tennis is just a game with some good and bad characters, sometimes exciting and other times boring -- including the matches.
—Troy Knight, Denton, Texas
Troy, you're like Chance the Gardener observing tennis.
1) You're absolutely right.
2) You're absolutely right.
3) Oracene Williams deserves far more credit than Richard.
4) You're absolutely right.
5) You're absolutely right.
6) Man, you are good.
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See, now that wasn't so bad now was it, boys and girls?
