Home Again
It's been a busy day, what with laundry, lots of comments to moderate, writing my SMASH column (should be posted on Tuesday) and working on the Kalamazoo Nationals website, ustaboys.com. On Saturday it was announced that Todd Martin and Aaron Krickstein would play in the annual exhibition, making it an all-Michigan battle.
There was another article on the state of American tennis by Tom Perotta in the New York Sun called The Death of American Tennis Has Been Greatly Exaggerated and it is so sensible and soothing that I feel better about the future than I did before reading it.
3 comments:
Collette,
Best be careful, too much sugar isn't good for a body LOL.
Possibly the most entertaining aspect of the article is the way it shows the media so neatly turning on itself. Adminster the last rights then scream 'buried alive', it's wonderfully self-perpetuating.
Regardless, while the article is particularly lulling, I think it's exactly the kind of thing American tennis doesn't need (unfortunately, its what we get from writers with no understanding of the game's history). Reading it you would think that the greatest, most gifted and most revolutionary players all came from the same nation. If you do think that (and one gets the impression Perrotta has never heard of Budge, Laver or the French Open)why would you be motivated to re-invigorate US tennis?
Essentially it's a lazy article with no real insight or depth. Nutrition free and laden with empty calories it's the journo's equivalent of chocolate.
Personally, I am optimistic about the future of US tennis. However, after reading Perrotta's article, I've got some grave doubts about our sports writers.
I got a chuckle out of your last paragraph, AndrewD. And that's a very perceptive assessment of the point/counterpoint (to put a positive spin on it) media style we've developed.
But I do love chocolate.
Hello all
Welcome America to how British sports writers have covered Tim Henman's Wimbledon fortunes (and the UK's other major sports) for the past umpteen years!!
i.e. build up - knock down - and then twist the knife!
The whole issue of where a country's tennis development should go is far too big a topic for one article - as I think andrewd intimates - especially one written in a very 'light/soft' style (nice writing style - but not appropriate to the serious issue it raises perhaps?)
Cheers
Guy
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