Tuesday, July 7, 2009

ASKING A BIT MUCH? by Tannen

Have to take a page from the Dan Patrick show & their discussion over the piece by Jason Whitlock of foxsports.com about Serena Williams. Feels she has not accomplished enough. What? Is it possible to be one of the greatest of all time already at the tender age of 27, yet have certain folks feel you've underachieved? No way. She's won 11 major titles, all of the grand slam events plus 2 Olympic Gold Medals. As we speak she is the reigning champ at Wimbledon, the US Open and Australian Open. She just demolished sister Venus in London on grass, a Venus specialty. When the dust settles we might view her as the best of all time. Whitlock cites her physique and perhaps lack of committment to training. She's a big girl, but her power puts her in a different league than most women. I could see if there were a decline in performance, but Serena seems to be getting more dominant and after she smokes the field to win another US Open will again be the #1 player on the planet. My question is, "how can you be better than the best"?
Congrats to Chuck who won our Monday contest correctly identifying Mark Philippousis as the man Roger Federer defeated to win the 1st of his record 15 Grand Slam titles.

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