Women's Hoops Blog

Inane commentary on a game that deserves far better


Tuesday, September 07, 2004

The Russian Revolution continued last night in women's tennis as Nadia Petrova knocked off defending champ Justine Henin-Herdenne.

It wasn't even a close match. Henin was exhausted from the Olympic tournament and got drubbed by Petrova. "You don't feel good, you don't feel your game," Henin said. "It's normal what happened this week. I never felt free in my head, or 100 percent on the court.

On the other side of the draw, Serena faces Capriati tonight. Serena has been looking good, despite the knee injury which made it absolutely impossible for her to play in Athens just two weeks ago.

Serena says it took "guts" for her to pull out of the Olympics. She says she's now ignoring the doctors. I don't know if she really thinks that any of us are buying this crap, but Capriati certainly isn't. "I believe that from now on, I don't believe what anybody says," Jenny said.

All that nonsense aside, we should be treated to a great match tonight. After the women play on Ashe, Roddick and Federer will take the stage. [Oops -- Andy meets Robredo tonight. It's Agassi-Federer tomorrow.]