Motherhood, Rules of Engagement, and Fighting
The sensuous art of belly dancing performed by Heather Shoopman
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Lindsay Davenport happily sent Ana Ivanovic home, Andy Roddick has big news, and a fight between Guillermo Canas and Fernando Gonzalez was interrupted by rudeness.
Motherhood
Lindsay Davenport returned to the WTA tour last fall after giving birth to baby Jagger and cleaned up on the minor circuit of Tier III and Tier IV tournaments - she won four of the five lower level events she entered. The Australian Open and Indian Wells didn’t go so well though, so when she faced off against Ana Ivanovic in Miami yesterday, I predicted a straight set loss, but here she was up 3-0 in the first set and it would only get worse.
Ivanovic faded as the match went on and lost the match in straight sets by the somewhat shocking score of 6-4, 6-2. Let’s give Davenport some credit. There are lots of players who hit the ball hard but Davenport was coached by Robert Lansdorp - as was Maria Sharapova - and he doesn’t go for this wraparound your neck topspin crap. He trains you to hit through the ball and that means Davenport’s balls go deep.
When someone asked Ivanovic if Davenport hits the ball as heavy as today’s players, she said:
It’s different. Because these days there are so many girls that are hitting really powerful, and they try to dominate the game. But with her it was different. She was playing also very deep, which other girls usually don’t play as deep. So after the serve I felt straightaway under pressure. It was hard for me to direct the ball and control the court.
Ivanovic was caught again and again trying to pick up hard shots off the baseline but, like a few players these past few weeks, she was a step slow. Since we’ve been doing theories lately, let’s call it the Middle East theory of exhaustion or, maybe, the Williams Sister’s theory of relaxation. While WTA and ATP players were recovering from Dubai, the Williams Sisters took off for Bangalore in India then took off two weeks during Indian Wells for reasons that have been well chronicled in our pages.
Most of the top players who played Dubai and Indian Wells are floundering in Miami. Andy Roddick won Dubai and he’s still alive here (see below) but he lost his first match in Indian Wells. David Nalbandian reached the semifinals in Indian Wells and lost his first match in Miami. Roger Federer passed through to the fourth round today after Robin Soderling retired and Federer reached the semifinals at Indian Wells but he lost his first match at Dubai. Soderling, by the way, retired due to heat exhaustion so the conditions aren’t helping players either.
Novak Djokovic won the title in Indian Wells as did Ivanovic and they’re both gone. So far nobody seems to resent Serena and Venus their two week vacation but then, these days, players never say anything remotely controversial, especially when it comes to other players.
I had one more thing to say about Davenport. I’ve been reading a book called Body, Mind and Sport by John Douillard. Douillard states that he can get you into the zone on a regular basis by teaching you to train at a lower heart rate thus keeping you relaxed, which is a prerequisite for getting into the zone. I haven’t put many of the principles in the book into practice yet though I have started breathing through my nose while I play tennis – try it, it does keep your heart rate down - but I did wonder about Davenport while I was reading it.
If you’re having fun, you are by definition relaxed and Davenport is having fun because she’s getting a free pass. No one expected her to come back and she has no hard goals except, maybe, as she said after the match, to not look like a fool. She looked like she was in the zone at times during her match with Ivanovic. How can you get this feeling when you’re Ivanovic or Djokovic or some other top tennis player? Do you have to learn exotic yogic practices to remain relaxed in stressful competitive situations or have a baby?
There are techniques that help you relax under stress and I imagine some of the top players have either stumbled upon them or paid to learn them from a sports psychologist. Davenport is getting them from a somewhat unusual situation and I’m jealous because I probably play with more angst than she does at the moment and, under the circumstances, that’s pretty dumb. She did lose to Dinara Safina today so we’ll see if happiness brings her a Tier I title at some point in the future.
Rules of Engagement
The only interesting news about Andy Roddick - besides poor serving in his win over Ivo Minar today in Miami - is the announcement of his engagement to model Brooklyn Decker. His tennis match wasn’t anywhere near as momentous as that little bit of information.
I will say a few things about Minar. He’s an annoying opponent somewhat like WTA player Anastasia Myskina used to be. Myskina is not likely to come back soon, by the way, unless she pulls a Lindsay Davenport (excuse me, Mrs. Leach, as it says on her tennis sneakers). Wow, there’s marriage in the air today which reminds me: I went to a book publishing party at a fabulous house in Brentwood yesterday afternoon which featured one of the more sensuous belly dancers I’ve ever laid eyes on: Heather Shoopman. She performed at the party to honor the release of my friend Sarah Forth’s new book, Eve’s Bible. That fabulous house was jammed with arts and crafts objects from all over the world – everything from outsized Day of the Dead masks to tiny balancing figurines made from gourds.
The man and woman who own the house are now splitting up and as I walked around the house, I couldn’t help thinking how difficult it’ll be to split up such a trove of objects between two people who’ve lived together for years. All I’m saying is that Roddick should seriously consider a prenuptial agreement just in case he has to divide things up, you know, some time in the future. Oh, and he really should get a companion for his fiancée who was in the stands today. She looked rather like she didn’t know what to do with herself.
Where was I? Oh yes, Myskina won’t be coming back anytime soon unless she pulls a Lindsay Davenport because she’s pregnant. When she was on the WTA tour, she’d drive you crazy because she never gave you any rhythm to work with. Minar is similar. He’s not a small guy – he’s 6ft (182cm), 187lbs. (85Kg) – but he plays like he’s a small guy. He doesn’t hit the ball hard, he just moves it around a lot to make up for lack of force and it gave him the edge on the baseline against Roddick and got him to the first set tiebreaker. Once he was there, though, he couldn’t do much.
Having said that, Minar only lost the match by one break and he was able to get back on serve in the second set after losing his serve early. He hung around and hung around until he pissed Roddick off enough to send a ball into orbit but he just didn’t have much in the way of offensive weapons. By the way, we won’t get to see that Roddick - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga matchup because Tsonga went out tamely to Julien Benneteau. We may have to settle for Roger Federer - Roddick XVII in the semis.
Fighting
It was wild and crazy last night during the match between Guillermo Canas and Fernando Gonzalez. Gonzalez’ Chilean fans were carrying on like this was a soccer match complete with flag waving and chants. The chair umpire quieted the crowd bilingually and he did it often. Not only that, but the linespeople kept making errors so the players weren’t too happy either.
Gonzalez was playing intelligent tactical tennis. He knew Canas would rather stick a fork in his eye than come to the net so Gonzalez kept feeding him short balls until Canas had to come to the net then passed him. When Canas didn’t move forward, the soft balls got him out of position and left him vulnerable to Gonzalez’ power shots.
I was planning to look at how much Guillermo Canas’ career has suffered from his drug suspension by comparing his pre and post-suspension career because it looked like he was headed for a loss - Gonzalez was about the close out the first set against him, but a bit of rude fan behavior intervened.
Gonzalez failed to cash in four set points and Canas crawled back to 6-6 in the tiebreaker. Gonzalez was then serving when someone yelled out in the middle of his service motion to intentionally disturb him. I suppose it’s like those camera shutter going off in the middle of Tiger Woods’ backswing. Gonzalez stopped his serve and spectators booed and pointed to the perpetrator. After restarting his serve, Gonzalez hit a forehand wide on the next point and, one point later, Canas had set point and the first set.
After the tiebreaker ended, the chair umpire called the ATP supervisor so they could find the guy who yelled and throw him out of the stadium. The perpetrator was too smart, though, he’d vacated his seat. On the one hand, the idiot who yelled out interrupted a tense, dramatic match and crossed the line from spectator to intruder. On the other hand, and this goes for golf too, tennis is sometimes just too precious. Baseball pitchers probably hear things they’d be embarrassed to repeat in the middle of their windup and NBA fans take pride in their ability to distract an opposing player at the free throw line.
For me the rules are the same as they are in a personal relationship. You can yell and scream and generally emote as much as you like, doesn’t bother me. If you’re mean or abusive, though, you’re out the door. I’d love to hear chanting and screaming throughout a tennis match because I’d be thrilled that tennis was generating so much emotion. But if someone is verbally abusive or interferes physically in any way, they’re out the door. That goes for much of the student cheering section at college basketball games in the U.S. these days, those students should be out the door too.
It was a fantastic match. Gonzalez hit an amazing between the legs netcord winner and Canas played his usual relentless defense, but Gonzalez’ spirit never quite recovered from losing the first set. He did go up a break in the second set but he’d returned to his impatient self and was hitting out more than working his strategy. Canas managed to break Gonzalez twice late in the set to win the match, 7-6(6), 7-5
What do you think, shall we make tennis full volume or keep the polite silence?
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31 Responses to “Motherhood, Rules of Engagement, and Fighting”
April 1st, 2008 at 5:12 am
First of all congratulations to Andy. I personally wouldn’t like to go back to the polite silence. I don’t mind the chants of Roger, Rafa, Novak etc., the Mexican wave, the Hawkeye involvement. I hate cheering at double faults, u/e’s though. Poor Fernando, who goes through peaks and troughs anyway, but now for the second time in as many months, he’s been the butt of fans unnacceptable rude behaviour. I believe the Williams sisters suffered dreadful racist abuse too some time back. I agree with Nina, when it gets mean and personal - out! Sometimes removal is too late, they’ve either legged it, or the damage has already been done. As I see it, the only intelligent thought going on in these buffoons heads, is they recognised how dangerous Fena can be to any opponent on his right day, IMO, he lost the set, and maybe the match because of it. It can hardly be because of obnoxious behaviour on his part. There’s a fine line between healthy enthusiasm, and going over the top, a bit like a good natured drunk who turns nasty. Take nothing away from Willy Canas he is a great player who held his nerve and capitalised on Fena’s rather more wobbly temperament. Talking about Willy, I really didn’t put him down as a drug cheat and he was cleared wasn’t he? Unlike Mariano Puerta who got his just deserts. As I saw it, Willy’s only fault was not to check what he was ingesting, but if you can’t trust a doctor who admitted giving him the said medication, then who can you trust?
April 1st, 2008 at 8:32 am
Great match with Gonzo-Canas, Canas got outplayed in that first set, Gonzo was hitting the forehand as well as he has in ages. I am surprised that fan slipped away, you would have thought a gaggle of fans would follow him around, fingers pointing so the security could nail the guy. Tight match as we would expect, I really like Canas’s chances to go far here.
April 1st, 2008 at 8:57 am
Canas should get through Andreev and then it depends on Berdych’s day form (or should I say headspace?). And speaking of headcases / madness / craziness, did y’all see Youzhny’s meltdown / skull cracking last night?
Here’s the you tube replay if not:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AEfCQxVmxM
I don’t think it was gamesmanship but it musta thrown off Almagro?? Crazy.
As for fan madness, I thought the atmosphere at the AO final was awesome, except I think fans should back off on Djoko - so what if he bounces the ball a lot; it’s up to the umpires to deal with it. Fan’s should NOT yell when a player’s about to serve. That’s just RUDE. But chanting & cheering, waves & excitement? It’s all good.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:17 am
Hi Jenny, Fernando was fairly composed under the circumstances and that has always been his job in tennis. He’s getting it bit by bit and he wasn’t bad throughout the match, his spirit was just a bit dimmed in the second set. I’m really curious about Fernando because he could be a regular top tenner if he could balance his power with more strategy and especially if he could bide his mind with the task at hand instead of losing his temper. And he has an excellent coach who’s standing by him. I’m really looking forward to the long haul with Fernando and that’s a great thing because so often today, coaching relationships and careers seems to aim for the short term.
Oh my god, Mikhail Youzhny smashed himself in the head with his racket at least three times and drew blood last night. l think about doing that but I haven’t yet. In fact I was lying in bed this morning imagining banging my head on the strings a few times for some remembered tennis error so I suppose I can’t be took shocked but I haven’t drawn blood yet.
The situation with Willy’s drug suspension is a bit complicated. In his first drug suspension hearing, he didn’t bring up any evidence that he get a prescription meant for someone else. At the second hearing - an appeal I guess you’d call it - he brought in all kinds of witnesses that showed exactly how he got the wrong prescription. The problem is: why didn’t he do this in the first hearing?
The drug suspension people have a rule for this situation because, I suppose, they’re somewhat suspicious of something like this too. They’re allowed to reduce the suspension to a minimum if someone presents evidence at the second hearing but there is still the record of a suspension.
On the one hand you could say that a court of law would not act like this: if new evidence came forth, they’d find the person innocent if the evidence was compelling. I’m not sure why the drug suspension people don’t do this but I’m also not sure how the hearings work. Did Canas’ lawyer share the new information they had before the second hearing so the ATP could refute it? I’m a bit suspicious of the evidence at the second hearing but I’d need to know a bit more how they’re hearings work to know for sure. (sorry if that was TMI (too much information) :o)
April 1st, 2008 at 10:21 am
Serena is absolutely smashing Justine, it’s 4-0 in the second site. I’ve seen Serena’s game face a few times this week and it is scary. When you see that, run and hide because it means she’s on.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:34 am
I felt for Youzhny last night. I saw him as a nervy talented soul who could make nothing work for him, he was well up in the first set. Further frustration overcame him in the third and he exploded into a tantrum, he’s always been a bit of a screamer anyway. I’m sure he intended to bash his head with the racquet strings, but the frame caught his forehead. Mind you, he did knock some sense into himself. I didn’t see it as gamemanship either, but pure instinct. I agree, it must have shaken Almagro’s concentration which was a shame, he’s an emerging talent, but in all honesty I thought Youzhny would prevail, he took his time about it though.
Canas is out I’m afraid. Back to the drawing board for us Pat.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:34 am
Wow, Justine couldn’t do anything, 6-2, 6-0. She didn’t play well but she’d have lost today no matter what.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:38 am
Willy’s out.
Yeah, I like Almagro and look forward to him on clay. Poor Youz - musta felt like a bit of a dork after that! But you’re right Jenny; it seemed to wake him up.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:38 am
Henin isn’t gonna stay number 1 at this rate is she?
April 1st, 2008 at 10:48 am
I’m more concerned about Sharapova than Williams and the clay court season is coming up. Sharapova does not like running around in the red mud so Henin should be fine through the US Open and she’s more consistent than Sharapova so I think she’s ok through the end of the year.
April 1st, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Roger’s looking more convincing to me now. Must say it’s nice to see Acasuso awakening from his slumber, I’ve always enjoyed watching him, and he did take Nalby to the wire recently. Just wished he had better movement and more consistency, gives up too quickly for my liking. Interesting to see how he performs on the clay.
April 1st, 2008 at 2:30 pm
At least Acasuso kept at Fed for the first set (as did Soderling) but it seems like players fade after that. Had either one of them won the first set perhaps they’d've been reinvigorated?
I do think Fed has a good chance of winning here. I wonder if Tispy would challenge him; this guy has been slowly and quietly making his way through the draw and now he’s in the quarters. I hope Roddick and Ancic come through. Davy is steady, I know, but I don’t find him very compelling to watch.
On the bottom I am pleased that we get Rafa and Blake again; both have been playing some good tennis here. I hope Berdych wins that quarter; I’d love to see that guy win a bigger tournament and then see if the momentum would carry him a bit. He seems to doubt himself in big matches against big guns and makes bad decisions (like against Fed at the AO he could’ve won at least one set were it not for a brain cramp in the tiebreak).
NR - Sharapova has some serious points to defend at the French too.
April 1st, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Completely agree on your first para Joel. Acasuso is a big guy with a booming serve and forehand and great groundstrokes but he doesn’t have the feet or hands, and he moves like an elephant. I couldn’t imagine Jose ever floating like a butterfly, but Nina’s ballet classes could help LoL. I gather he’s a natural left hander, but plays with the right, I believe Moya is the same.
I thought Tipsy played a great match, solid, so well done to him. There were signs of brilliance from Youzhny, but last nights episode was all too much for him. I love Youzhny’s tennis, but it’s no good just being brilliant wth the racquet, you’ve got to be tough in the head. Nice to see Blake and Nadal through. Still on the fence re Berdych, let’s hope he can hold it together. Who’s he playing next, Andreev, Ancic? I respect Davy, but it is a bit gruelling and to be honest, I wouldn’t choose to watch him.
April 1st, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Ancic and Davy playing now, with Ancic up a set.
Berdych plays Andreev which I’d expect him to win, but i agree; i’m on the fence about him too.
I like Youz’s tennis and keep thinking he could be in top ten if he was less erratic. too bad.
April 1st, 2008 at 5:59 pm
Berdych won the Masters at Paris a few years ago and it did lift him but he hasn’t won much since. I think Nadal’s quickness should be able to beat Federer rather handily if they meet in the final. Since this court is faster than Indian Wells, though, I’m going with Blake since it was close at Indian Wells.
Does Youzhny have enough firepower to win a slam or a few Masters? I know he got to the semis at the U.S. Open but is it only consistency he’s lacking or is it that he doesn’t have a big weapon to pull him out of trouble when he needs it which isn’t a requirement for the top ten else Davydenko wouldn’t be there - speaking of which - what are the weapons of the top tenners?
Federer - everything
Nadal - quickness, forehand
Djokovic - serve, forehand
Davydenko, Ferrer - quickness
Roddick - serve
Nalbandian - backhand (especially redirecting a shot)
Gasquet - backhand
Blake - quickness and forehand
Berdych - what would you say for Berdych?
April 1st, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Like the list Nina - Berdych has a big serve, doesn’t he, when it’s firing? I think a pretty strong forehand as well.
Is “everything” of Fed’s a weapon? No weakness to exploit whatsoever? Hmmmm…. What about the forehand? When it’s on it’s one of the best, no question, but it’s pretty errant at times as well.
I think most of the top tens can use quickness as a weapon, with the exceptions being Roddick, Nalby (fitness) and Berdych (least I don’t think of him as a mover). The rest are all quick.
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:44 am
Good list Nina. I would agree with Joel re Berdych. . I would add the backhand to Novak. When he’s firing Ferrer has a pretty good inside out forehand. Davydenko’s serve isn’t bad either.
Actually I do think Youzhny has firepower, good serve, great backhand. I think he has the ability to maybe win the odd Master or even a Slam, but realistically I don’t see it happening, nerves and confidence being an issue, holds himself back, similar mindset to Ferrer, who also dips in and out of confidence. Youzhny is a classic underachiever. At the end of the day, there are times when nothing works for any of them including the top 3. I would give the edge to a fit Nadal in that respect. I wouldn’t entirely go along with Joel re Nalby’s fitness, I agree last year it was an issue, but he does have endurance over a 5 setter which makes him pretty fit to me.
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:54 am
Btw Nina, completely agree re Fernando.
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:05 am
Yes, I agree Nalby has endurance, but I was referring to quickness; he’s not super quick is he?
The other thing not on the list but crucial is mental abilities, as Jenny points in her comments about Ferrer / Youzhny. Confidence, belief, focus, tactics (whatever words you want to use) goes a long way for top-teners, but there are some who are not as strong in that department:
Berdych, Gasquet, Ferrer and sometimes Blake & Roddick (esp against Fed) could all use more confidence and/or focus. Nalbandian - FOCUS!
The top four seem pretty good in this department, which shows just how important it is. Brains and heart go a LONG WAY.
April 2nd, 2008 at 7:06 am
It’s a fine line between fantastic atmosphere and putting the players off.
Put simply, the better the atmosphere (players geeing up the crowd, mexican waves, hawkeye etc) then the more chance we’re going to have of getting gamesmanship in a match.
Personally i love the big matches with the ‘edgy’ atmosphere, and i bet that the players do too.
Gamesmanship on the other hand should not be tolerated one bit. Let’s start with grunting..!
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:23 am
If I may Joel, add to Nalbandian, Focus & Desire!
April 2nd, 2008 at 10:48 am
Nadal - you know, he’s the one who’s done the best over the Indian Wells-Miami swing and that was true last year too. He has such focus and desire and stamina it is amazing. He has all of those things we wish Berdych and Youzhny had. It looks like Davydenko’s match fixing investigation is going to be dropped and though I absolutely think the match was fixed, he’s shown incredible stones, if I may say, considering that he’s the top ranked player outside the big three. That’s a pretty stunning accomplishment.
Nalbandian isn’t quick but he’s like Murray, he has exceptional anticipation because he’s a very smart player and he drives his balls deep which gives him a bit more time to see a point unravel.
I’m hard pressed to criticize Roddick mentally against Fed even though he is 1 and 15 or whatever it is. Fed is a terrible matchup for Roddick and even when Roddick does everything he can - which is to attack and attack more as he did, I think, in their last match, it’s never going to be enough because he just can’t move well enough to catch up to Fed’s shots and Fed returns his serve well. I don’t know what else Roddick can do except wait for Fed to slow down. Mardy Fish attacked Fed too but Roddick’s backhand is not an attacking shot and he’s not a nimble net guy. At this point, the 1-15 or whatever has to be in his head but I’m one of those people who think Roddick’s done very well with what he’s got and that’s a high compliment.
Thanks for stopping by Tennis Bets. What are the odds on the Roddick/Federer matchup?
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:58 pm
I’m tending to agree with you about Andy and Roger, Nina. I think I’ll skip that one because for some reasone it’s just too emotional for me. Andy will throw everything he has at Roger and it just won’t matter! I’d even feel a bit better if he could get a set off of Artful, but it just won’t happen. Not unless …
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Yeah, you’re right about Roddick; he does fight the good fight doesn’t he? Best of luck to him tomorrow. btw, he has hit at least one great “attacking” backhand at this tourney (was it the first match?); all credit to Andy for continually trying to better his game. Gotta like that about him. Frankly I got a little choked up with how hard he tried at the USO quarter last year; putting his whole heart into it. Man. And Fed just responded robotically. I think it’s that “Coolness” about him that I don’t like actually.
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Fed that is. Roddick’s hardly “cool” in the robotic sense or on the court; in pressers, well there he’s one of the coolest.
April 2nd, 2008 at 4:39 pm
I agree with you, Joel. Andy’s pressers are enjoyable reads. “I know I shouldn’t complain, but I really really really want to.” lol
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:58 pm
Roger can be too cool for himself. I’m curious to see how marriage changes Roddick because I seriously doubt he’ll wait until he’s 30 to have kids and I’m also waiting to see if Mirka really is pregnant. Having children can help you get over yourself. That’s why I’m so immature, I don’t have any kids :0)
You know what, I forgot about Andreev. He joins Tipsarevic as the players outside the top twenty to get to the quarterfinals. I’d never have picked either player.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:48 am
I suspect that if there are going to be little Federers they will happen in the next few years since Mirka is three years older and turns 30 this year. According to a friend of mine, kids can “yank your chain” like no other kind of relationship. Certain types of selfishness just have to go out the window when you have them. How many guys on the tour have kids, I wonder. I’m just wondering if they will ever get married. In so many cases, having kids is the only reason to do it. I also don’t think Andy will wait around to have kids either and that will bring up some compromise issues which will have to be thrashed through. I don’t have any kids either, but I sure do have friends and family who have them in and out of wedlock.
April 3rd, 2008 at 9:27 am
Debra, I believe the following have kids, Max M, Grosjean, Henman when on tour, Hewitt, Santoro, Johansson? Bjorkman, but they’re not in the top ten are they. I agree, it does ‘yank your chain’.
April 3rd, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Could one be number one and also be married with children or is that sort of mutually exclusive? I know Tiger Woods is number one in his sport and has a baby, but golf is entirely different to me.
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Goodness gracious! Love must be good for Andy! The score doesn’t sound like Roger was that bad off, but Andy’s in love and love does strange things doesn’t it? lol Now if he can just avoid the time-honored pattern of beating Roger and falling in the next round. Davydenko’s score against Tipsy sounds like a man on a mission. My, my!
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