Tennis and All That

Periods.  The hot topic of recent years. Its relevance to Wimbledon is wearing 'whites', not a colour I wear much. It's incredibly tedious unless there's some interesting design on it or if it's Yom Kippur. So what's the argument? It's impractical for the women who may have a period during Wimbledon fortnight. I've been saying that for years. Golovin bucked the trend and broke the rules by wearing red ball shorts-style tennis knickers and Wimbledon saw 'red'.😅 I thought her red garment was very attractive certainly better than the white ones they wear at the tournament. Zhang, a month ago, lost to Swiatek, apparently due to period cramps. But, presumably exactly a month later she doesn't have the same problem because today she beat Greet Minnen who was playing very well! So even the same woman doesn't always have the same period issues every time. Besides, unless you have a menstrual related condition surely you can ask the WTA tournamen...

Serena shouldn't feel despondent about her early exit from this year's Wimbledon. A three hour match is an achievement in itself and even more so when your opponent is injured next day and cancels her doubles match much to the annoyance of her doubles partner. I can understand that. It's not as if Tan is deep into the tournament. Maybe if you have a shot at the title then there may be a reason to withdraw from your doubles. But, nevertheless, you have an obligation to your doubles partner to turn up and play even if you are in the singles final! So, I hope Serena does keep playing tennis because she played awesome tennis and had possibly more variety in her game than before.  I'm looking forward to seeing Venus play mixed doubles. She's a joy to watch as well. I love her style of play! Speaking of doubles, today, I watched Siniakova play women's doubles with Krejcikova. She's a brilliant doubles player who wore an eye-catching outfit. Siniakova rocked the lo...

Roland Garros came and went with predictable results: Swiatek won the Women's title 🏆and Nadal won the Men's🏆, his 14th! Congratulations to both, especially Nadal! What a feat! I'm delighted because he has been my favourite male player, indeed the only male player that I've followed on the ATP tour. I'm pleased it was Swiatek who received the honour of opening Centre Court in place of the reigning Wimbledon champion, Ash Barty, who retired earlier this year at the shockingly tender age of 25. I'm surprised it was ever questioned who would replace Barty. It has always been the protocol that the current world number 1 opens on Centre if the reigning champion cannot do so, for whatever reason. Therefore, it's only fair that Swiatek who is entitled to the Centre Court slot as world number 1, wasn't overlooked by the tournament directors, especially since she is also the current two time French Open champion who is still winning a record amount of matches i...