Good to hear there are one or two sane people who blog­ here, annemacnaughtan. I agree that this site is sadly­ over-run with black supremacists who scream racism at­ the mere hint of a colour other than­ white.

Constructive criticism and irony are clearly­ concepts the majority of people who blog on this site­ have no grasp or comprehension of.

It's a shame­ for this site that a tool meant for use by tennis fans­ has been invaded with radical political views and­ deluded fundamentalists. I think I may well join you on­ the sidelines.

1 tantrum in I don't know how many years and the­ lady is pilloried, give it a rest, look at the many­ pluses not the one minus. She's the best like it or­ lump it. I lump it.

1 tantrum in I don't know how many years and the­ lady is pilloried, give it a rest, look at the many­ pluses not the one minus. She's the best like it or­ lump it. I lump it.

Amazing that there are so many comment on this subject.­ On one hand you have Serena who performs well at GS­ but not so at other tournaments. Then Dinara wins the­ small tournaments but flops in the GS. Although Dinara­ was runner up at Australian and French and semi at­ Wimbledon, it was the manner of those defeats,­ especially Wimbledon.

Some real sad and pathetic rascim going on.

Katerina you spend all of your time on this blog­ definding the fact that you are not Racist!! Why? ­ Good for supporting Tsonga his mum is white so what is­ your point?
Not bashing you just don't understand­ why you seem to need to defend yourself so forcefully.­

Clarence as far as I'm concerned Serena's­ attitude is fine she just made one judgement of error­ because she put herself under enormous pressure to­ defend her US title. She doesn't need to be like­ Arthur Ash she needs to be herself. Ton Jin K you are­ an idiot you are acting like a Monnkey so I suggest you­ get it off your back.

From a Black and Proud­ sister!! Booyaka!!

I just wish people would stop­ refering to this one lapse of judgement from Serena.­ She is a great role model for young and inspired young­ people.
Johnnie Mac was not a good example in his­ tennis days yet alot of people laughed off his­ behaviour and still do. I wonder why?

I will not trade insults with you annemcnaughtan, your­ puerile and bigoted views about andy murray are well­ known by those who follow the ATP debates. Your attempt­ at intellectual snobbery is as empty as it is­ delusional. There has never been any anecdotal evidence­ that you are even adequately educated, let alone the­ justification for the arrogance and false superiority­ you aim to project. Trust me if you had been fortunate­ enough to have graduated from higher education, you­ would be well capable of moving on from peddling­ bigotry and tittle tattle on the internet. It is bad­ enough that we have to strive to repel odious marauders­ from coming on here to shout obsceneties at some­ professional players, but it is just as repellent when­ home grown charlatans like yourself feels enobled by­ the similarities of the views you share with these­ people. Like I said to the other lady, get yourself a­ life and leave serena alone.

Annemcnaughtan

U are so pathetic and lame. U log and­ leave comments as Katherine and promote your comments­ as Annemcnaughtan.......what a loser!. You might as­ well send yourself flowers and claim your lover sent­ them to you.

Too many British sports fans are incredibly ignorant. ­ Maybe it they had better players the nations's­ fans would be a little less judgemental.

Frederick A. when I said I had read it backwards and­ forwards you obviously are unaware of IRONY!!!!

For nnemcnaughtan, you can understand that I did not­ ask any proof from you, because it is not something you­ can deduce with a myopic eye - you don't have the­ right method of analysis. Just reading it backwards and­ forwards has no bearing with the point I was making.­ All the same, I don't want to dwell on that point

I think so far comment 46, gives the most concise and­ accurate take on this whole Serena/Safina issue, and­ put everyone elses in the shade. To be fair Serena­ isn't playing and a few years ago, she would have­ had enough in her tank to do what it takes to muscle­ away the No. 1 ranking from Safina. Safina has played­ poorly since the US Open, so its now more a case of­ Serena not having enough in the tank to make the No. 1­ ranking her own. Serena's case is becoming­ increasing difficult to argue. I see-saw affair over­ the No. 1 ranking in the meantime. Serena will regain­ the No. 1 ranking after Doha, Safina re-emerges­ strongly after the winterbreak to regain the No. 1,­ possibly before the AO '10. But the turning point­ is when eventually Safina wins a slam. Serena's­ position will become even harder to defend if Safina­ regains the No. 1 in those circumstances. Most things­ have a beginning and end, and Serena is no different.

sanchez.santos I know I said I wouldn't write on­ this page again but who is Kathy W??????
Do you know­ about libel laws - I would be extremely careful what­ you accuse people of in future.

Sanchez Santos, I suggest you READ and UNDERSTAND what­ Katherine is trying to say, she is one of the few­ people on this blog to write about tennis in an­ unbiased way. Be aware of facts before you accuse­ people of holding views which are not their own.­ Nowhere in her post does she purport to hold the kinds­ of views you talk about, no doubt you lack the­ intellectual capacity to understand what you read. This­ post of yours only shows up yourself. Do not bother to­ reply, for I like her will no longer visit this­ website, I shall leave it to intellectual pygmies like­ yourself who are unable to distinguish between­ acceptable and unacceptable behaviour, between racism­ and objective commentary, if one were to pursue your­ line of reasoning your defence of Serena Williams­ attitudes and behaviour could carry the whiff of racism­ against those of other ethnic origins !

Katherine who do you think you are kidding? you are the­ same Kathy W who spent weeks on the message boards­ dancing to the tune of your fellow racist gang members­ and agreeing with everything they and the BNP activist­ Steve Arkwright wrote. Did you not also write that you­ were going to pass on a biased and heavily slanted post­ by Bobito (who writes sense most of the time except for­ when he writes about serena and drugs testing) to the­ USTA and the ITF so that they can understand how all­ 'true' tennis fans in europe want serena banned­ from the sport? It is against my upbringing to insult a­ 61 year old lady (as your profile indicates) but you­ really should give a rest on this serena issue. You­ should really get a life which allows you to move on­ without getting bogged down about serena williams. She­ is a preofessional tennis player, deal with that fact,­ its not the end of the world. You don't like it but­ who says everything in life should be to your taste. It­ seems the habitual serena stalker richmc23 hadn't­ heard of you before, so drag him to the message boards­ with you where yourself, chemical ali and bobito can­ party and serenade your common hatred of serena­ williams. most of the rest of us just want to enjoy the­ tennis and talk about matches without all the hatred­ stuff some of you are stuck on. Leave serena alone and­ go live your own life, simple. cheer dinara, lena,­ sveta, vika and everybody else you like and let the­ williams supporters cheer theirs. its no big deal.

I have only just started writing tennis comments but­ have decided that I won't do in future. Instead of­ some people commenting about the sport they are using­ it as a political forum. What happened to constructive­ criticism. If I denounced Dinara as an ill mannerd­ lout how many people would shout racist and bombard me­ with their small minded and infantile jottings, but as­ soon as I mention "saint" Serena in the­ negative I have suddenly become the world's public­ enemy no 1 and the biggest racist going. So sorry I­ have better things to do than comment on pages that­ clearly have nothing to do with tennis. To the people­ that use these pages for TENNIS comments I'm sorry­ I won't be joining you in discussing this brilliant­ sport but the pages have been taken over by bigotted­ and short sighted people who have no right to use these­ sports pages to accuse people of racism etc. Why­ don't they use the political pages instead. To­ all these small minded people have you ever heard of­ Arthur Ashe he won the US Open, the Australian Open­ and Wimbledon. He stood up for civil rights, went on­ marches and was even arrested at an anti-apartheid­ rally but he was a gentleman at all times. Serena­ could learn a thing or two from him and for those of­ you who have never heard of him (the majority of so­ called tennis fans on these comments I would think!) ­ Look up his biography and try and learn how to persaude­ people racism is wrong. Name calling isn't going­ to help your cause you people are far more racist than­ me. I have friends from all races and religions and­ love them all. Hate never helps any cause, please tone­ down your language and use these pages to talk about­ the wonderful sport of tennis.

Frederick A, I have read Katherine's comments­ backwards and forwards, I'm afraid I cannot see­ your point. There is no racism, hatred or jealousy in­ her posts, unlike most of the drivel from Zita etc.­ Your attempt to cloak her posts in the psuedo­ intelligence of discourse analysis and judgmental­ rather than constructive criticism is a false premis.­ She shows no bias in her posts, it is your own­ interpretation that finds it and unless you can show­ the reason for this conclusion in your analysis of her­ post I find your argument unproven.

tong you raciest @#$%

Katherine and Richmc23 How refreshing to hear from­ people who do not mention race or creed when talking­ tennis. I have generally given up writing on this forum­ as the amount of abuse and general ignorance displayed­ by some people is disheartening for true tennis fans. I­ agree with you both in your posts, let's applaud­ great tennis whoever plays it, and condemn­ unsportsmanlike behaviour whenever it appears.

As I've said in free-online verse, females should ­ play TABLE tennis, which puts far less stress on the ­ racket/bat arm.