Kim Clijsters
The viewers are sick of it. The commentators are sick of it. The other players are sick of it - to the point where they’re asking the WTA to act, and even worse, taking the piss out of them behind their backs (see below video of Caroline Wozniacki and Kim Clijsters).
Whether it’s cheating or not is open to discussion, but there’s no denying Maria Sharapova and her fellow screaming grunters are driving everyone around the bend.
This afternoon as Sharapova hits Rod Laver Arena for her Australian Open quarter finals match against fellow-Russian Ekaterina Makarova, Seven may as well give the commentators an hour and a half off work. No one will be watching with the sound on.
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This afternoon non-Aussie Kim Clijsters became the first person to win the US Open from a wild card entry and the first mother to win a Grand Slam since Evonne Goolagong in 1980. Her victory was cool on so many levels - not least of all she let her racquet do the talking - and not by throwing it at a lineswoman.
Clijsters made it into the final after beating Serena Williams in the match that could cost Williams her popularity. The sight of one of the most successful tennis players of all time baring down on a tiny lines woman after a fair and square ruling of foot fault was ugly to say the least.
But Clijsters kept her cool, and just five weeks after returning to the circuit from a 27-month break she was back - the woman we were once so close to being able to claim as our own.
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Arthur Potter says:
The only aspect of her amazing story you can focus on is that she was once involved with an Australian? That’s utterly pathetic. Oh, and she’s married to an American, not a European. Read more »
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ShaneO says:
Fantastic! She’s still ‘Aussie Kim’ as far as I am concerned! The fact the she didn’t marry Hewitt shows her excellent judgement. How gorgeous to see her daughter when she received her trophy! I am soooo not a tennis fan but it’s good to see a ‘real’ person win and… Read more »
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