2010 French Open: The Best Is Yet to Come…

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Published: May 30, 2010

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In case you have not been paying close attention, the French Open is under way at Stade Roland Garros in Paris. This event, like most tennis majors, is best seen live—which only goes to prove that you must have money to follow tennis as a dedicated and deserving fan.

The predictable patter emanating from broadcast booths follows a familiar pattern, filling the airwaves with online personalities making their typical forecasts and touting the usual analysis replete with the most probable winners. We watch on our tiny screens as the same top-seeded players go through their paces, generally walloping their lower-seeded opponents in the early rounds.

If you followed the early action on television, then you were privileged to see what the advertisers/promoters thought would please the majority—not necessarily the most compelling matches.

There was unrequited interest in Venus Williams’ attire—her somewhat brazen attempt at “risque,” teasing the viewing audience into waiting breathlessly for a Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction.

Pardonnez-moi! It is hard to say whether her misguided attempt was good because people tuned in to the French Open to get a peek, literally, or bad because once again it negated the great athleticism of the women in the sport and promoted the unending titillation factor.

The commentary, for the most part, continues as an unending parade of platitudes and recycled cliches concerning what will happen and who will win. After listening to the so-called experts, you wonder why we bother to play the games—why not head right to the championship ceremony and give Roger Federer the runner-up plate and Rafael Nadal the winner’s trophy?

Because, according to the pundits, no one can defeat Nadal on the red dirt. He is the greatest ever to play on clay and he will take this trophy again, et cetera.

If Nadal loses a la Robin Soderling (heaven fo...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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