the foot fault gets its day

I was never really a fan of Kim Clijsters. While I preferred her over the other Belgian hope at the time (Justine Henin), I just found Clijsters too... ordinary. She was usually polite in interviews, not very clever, though. She, like her compatriot, always (ALWAYS) focused on talking about the tennis.

Which is, you know, so absolutely boring.

They never complained. They never gave the impression of self-importance.

Which are, I admit, features I loathe in professional athletes, but at least make me feel something.

At least Sharapova used to incite awe within me. She was... incredibly strong. These 8-foot-tall Russians at least made you aware of how weak and breakable you are. Yes, they're usually boring as hell, but knowing they could crush you made you keep your opinion to yourself.

But I was impressed when Clijsters originally spoke of her intention to return to the game. Apparently injury and wanting a family wasn't enough to temper her desire for winning. Or, at least, for playing.

I just hoped she wasn't coming back because she'd realized not playing professionally made her consequential. Some players just keep playing until the game just doesn't care about them anymore. I hoped Clijsters would make an impact upon her return, I don't know why.

I really wanted Dinara Safina to win. For the sake of winning.

Clijsters really wanted it, and, well, let's face it: she got lucky.


And, yeah, I can't believe The Fed lost.


And then there's the whole matter with Serena. Ahh, Serena. What to say.

I'm glad the whole drama happened at the US Open, because then nobody would be able to say it was racism, or whateverthehell. Serena and her family like to do that, you know.

You say you intend to shove a ball down a lineswoman's throat, you kind of have to know someone's going to hear it. And did you see that Asian? She was so gonna tell.

The part where Serena's all "I never said that!" and someone in the crowd calls back "Yeah, you did!"? I'm so glad that happened in Flushing Meadow.

Because shenanigans like that don't happen in any of the other tournaments.