Thursday, January 18, 2007

ANYONE FOR TENNIS EYES

I have noticed a few basic changes going on in the tennis world over the last few decades. OK that is obvious I know. However I do not mean faster and stronger serves and stuff like that. Things more basic have changed. Let me provide two examples.
First the mens game takes second place today and women playing are the centre court attraction. The men have only themselves to blame for this. Before when robots like the Swede Bjorn Borg endlessly tossed the ball across the court and from the back the crowds would yawn. But at least then we had characters to liven things up. Nastatse from Romania was a joy to see as he teased out an art form foreign to the Swedish robot. But today the Borg robotics has won out and there are no characters left in the game. The main point here comes from the eyes of the spectators and the umpire. Left to right, left to right, left to right until the neck hurts. But no, no, no not today. Today there is more neck variety involved as women take the main eyes.

This second point concerns the adventurous and sensuous clothes ( or lack of them) worn by the female players where cleavage is part of the game. Serena Williams set off a trend here and the likes of Maria Sharapova in her slightly different way enchants the crowds and the umpire. She jumps up and down as if she is determined to throw a wobbler and this before each and every new point. The umpire and spectators now have their eyes going up and down, up and down as well as left to right. Much more healthy this tennis eye today and the neck gets good exercise.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

The wonen's game changed character with the selling off by Yeltsin of the Russian economy to the American oil companies.
Suddeny, the oligarchy was awash with the money to send the daughters to the tennis academies.

zola a social thing said...

And there was me thinking naughty humour.
Rackets for rackets I guess.

Anonymous said...

The health and safety inspectors will be around to your place in no time at all, Zola. Watch out for tennis elbow. You could also end up going blind, too.

zola a social thing said...

What a way to go though.
Perhaps I should be more PC
nah

Anonymous said...

Quite correct, Zola, I would also give Sharapova a right good lesson in 40 love.

zola a social thing said...

New balls needed?

Anonymous said...

There was a Tom Cat round here earlier on, he had the biggest pair of balls I have seen apart from on a bull.

zola a social thing said...

LB : You do look in some strange places you know.
Best you buy a budgie methink.

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