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| "Fist pumping? It's a Czech thang!" (No. It's not.) |
Soggy and wet - my least favorite kind of day, especially at Wimbledon. But what
was exciting to see were the lady ballers of the Czech Republic taking a stand in their fourth round matches.
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Petra Kvitova, and
Lucie Safarova all reached the quarterfinals - an historic feat for their country. Now if only the three of them could do something else exactly the same - what could it be...
Does tennis need a shot clock? If we’re being completely honest, then, HELL YES, tennis needs one. There are some high-profile offenders (yeah, I’m looking at you,
Rafa and
Maria) who push the limits with all of their tics and uber-deliberate prep, and often don’t get called for going over the amount of time allotted between points (20 seconds at the majors and 25 at other tourneys).
Roger Federer and
Caroline Wozniacki were both asked about it in their post-match pressers and they’re into the idea. Certainly, it would make it absolutely clear to the ballers how much time they had to serve and it would speed up play for us, the viewing public. Win-win. Now, if we could only do something about the amount of service tosses ballers are allowed to catch in a match. GAWD, that’s annoying (my eye is still on you,
Shrieka). Oh yeah, and on-court coaching. What else?
Yeah
Stan. We know...we know. You went for the monochromatic look. Got it.
Other notables: There are still a bunch of Round of 16 matches to be completed, and that means some ballers will need to play 3 consecutive days. Not the best scenario, but it is what it is. Stupid rain.
[Photo(s) credit: Getty Images, AFP]
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