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Date: Monday, August 25, 2008
As a follow up to rightyrafa's email about Hawk-Eye having a margin of error and changing matches, all I can say is that if the margin of error is consistent at both ends of the courts on all of the Hawk-Eye courts, and the players agree to its use, then I'm okay with it.
However, Hawk-Eye either should be used on every court each day, or none at all. If the contraption is too costly...
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Date: Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Todd:
Can you ask The Mad Scientist what his impression is of the players' feelings about the Olympics?
Are the Olympics important to all, most, some, or few?
To me, tennis is not a traditional Olympic sport, plus it does not introduce new combatants, like track and field stars that typically vary every 4 years, or, in the past, Soviet Red Army hockey teams that never play against the NATO country teams except at the games, which made...
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Date: Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Todd:
1. Can you ask The Mad Scientist what his impression is of the players' feelings about the Olympics?
Are the Olympics important to all, most, some, or few?
To me, tennis is not a traditional Olympic sport, plus it does not introduce new combatants, like track and field stars that typically vary every 4 years, or, in the past, Soviet Red Army hockey teams that never play against the NATO country teams except at the games,...
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Date: Tuesday, August 05, 2008
As we look at the landscape of the WTA, we see carnage and destruction all the way to the horizon.
Smoke billows out of Sharapova’s again-insured shoulder, evidence of a detonation from a poor service motion? Or perhaps a chronic wear-and-tear war injury? Kutznetsova’s power and net game now is 4 years in the past, replaced by an ineffective spinning game that leaves Sveta like a tank stuck in mud. Nothing-Left-In-The-Tank Jank has...
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