Saturday, January 28, 2006
"I was ready to die on the court today"
I love Henin's game and in particular her backhand and quickness, but this Australian Open final was pitiful. I lost a lot of respect for her yesterday.
But this is why I have a TON of respect for Amelie Mauresmo, in particular how she took the high road during the press conference afterward, how she checked on Henin to see how she was doing, and most notably how she demonstrated completely non-Venus Williams-type behavior after winning the biggest match of her life.
This is the quote that underlines to me the difference between a true competitor and a not-so-true competitor in my opinion:
Q. It's hard to ask you to comment on this in a way, but I think we probably must. A lot of people are going to say, "She should have found a way to finish that match, no matter what happened." Any comment about that?
AMÉLIE MAURESMO: Well, I don't want to really comment on that. I was ready to die on the court today. That's just the way I was coming out on the court this afternoon. So that's it.
Great work Amelie!!!
--Mopey
But this is why I have a TON of respect for Amelie Mauresmo, in particular how she took the high road during the press conference afterward, how she checked on Henin to see how she was doing, and most notably how she demonstrated completely non-Venus Williams-type behavior after winning the biggest match of her life.
This is the quote that underlines to me the difference between a true competitor and a not-so-true competitor in my opinion:
Q. It's hard to ask you to comment on this in a way, but I think we probably must. A lot of people are going to say, "She should have found a way to finish that match, no matter what happened." Any comment about that?
AMÉLIE MAURESMO: Well, I don't want to really comment on that. I was ready to die on the court today. That's just the way I was coming out on the court this afternoon. So that's it.
Great work Amelie!!!
--Mopey
# posted by Moopy and Mopey @ 1:27 PM 
