The itch is over

Women's tennis is a series of last names that end in "itch", "ick" and "ova".

Kuznetsova and Ivanovic
Dementieva....Sharapova
Jankovic.....Pavlyuchenkova
Zakopalova.....Pironkova
Bychkova.....Petkovic
Pivovarova......Mladenovic
Strycova......Dokic

Good luck trying to pronounce some of those names.

Well, you can stop itching. The itch is over. It's Stosur and Schiavone in the finals of the 2010 French Open.

Schiavone and Stosur. Two new names baby. New blood to the battlefield of already red.

Both have never been in the finals of a major before so we are all in for a treat.

What I don't like is hearing some players remarking that Samantha Stosur plays like a man.

Who should she play like, Betty White?

Because she is fitter than fit and hits the be jesus out of the ball and runs around her backhand and has superior footwork, she plays like a man?

Is that like saying the business woman who runs her company to brilliant success is a bitch?

Every female tennis pro has a male hitting partner so each of them know what a strong, heavy, deep shot feels like....right?

I have never heard Mary Carillo or Patrick Mc Enroe remark that any of these pros have a female hitting partner......that's an issue I will address at another time.....

Are you telling me that their male hitting partners don't hit as hard or have superior footwork like Stosur?

Whose fault is that?

The era of fat, slow, soft(read fat) women winning at professional tennis is OVA.


Remember Martina Navratilova? She and Samantha Stosur have a lot in common.

Martina changed the game to "the fittest will win". That was years ago. The ball has traveled full circle. To Stosur.

Thank you Samantha.