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Post by Lady on Jun 30, 2013 10:09:11 GMT -5
Everyone was announced in the order they became Nr 1s, except for Sharapova and Serena. I can understand it with Serena since she's the current Nr. 1, but Sharapova?
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Post by R. Black on Jun 30, 2013 10:23:23 GMT -5
They mentioned Clijsters but no mention of Venus, Vika or Steffi. I guess Kim is the only one with a legitimate excuse.
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Post by R. Black on Jun 30, 2013 10:24:36 GMT -5
I know Graf never gave a fuck about anything but once in her life she should have made the effort to be there, out of respect for BJK.
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Post by Lady on Jun 30, 2013 10:35:46 GMT -5
They mentioned Clijsters but no mention of Venus, Vika or Steffi. I guess Kim is the only one with a legitimate excuse. Kim is the only nice one!! There's so many hilariously embarrassing moments.
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Post by Lady on Jun 30, 2013 10:37:36 GMT -5
NOW they remember Venus, still no word on Steffi or Vika.
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Post by R. Black on Jun 30, 2013 10:39:29 GMT -5
Mess. But it's really funny!
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Post by Lady on Jun 30, 2013 10:46:18 GMT -5
Dinara was so over this event before it even started lol
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Post by R. Black on Jun 30, 2013 10:58:57 GMT -5
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Post by janie on Jun 30, 2013 11:44:12 GMT -5
Thanks, Lady. Tell more! I want to hear about JH. And about who dissed whom.
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Post by janie on Jun 30, 2013 11:54:28 GMT -5
Watching that 40-Love event with all #1s and it has so much potential awkward moments. I hope Justine and Lindsay talk LOL and the listed reasons for who couldn't be here: Vika - twisted her ankle, Kim - pregnant, Venus - injured and Steffi - declined. LMAO!! Foe some reason Bouchard and Keys are also here Apparently they were there to pose as "future number ones". Which may be the case for Keys, but Genie? They probably wanted to show the world their future Barbies:
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Post by Traveling Man on Jun 30, 2013 11:58:54 GMT -5
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Post by R. Black on Jun 30, 2013 11:59:29 GMT -5
And Stacy mentioned Singapore, of course.
Oh, and Serena pretty much admitted that her grunts are fake (ie, her comment about starting to grunt to do like Seles).
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Post by R. Black on Jun 30, 2013 12:03:28 GMT -5
What made it really fun is that it wasn't very well organised, so there were a lot of candid moments. It's really worth watching it. The part about Carillo announcing Maria had to leave, when she actually didn't have to, alone is worth watching it.
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Post by Traveling Man on Jun 30, 2013 12:06:48 GMT -5
Where could I watch a replay?
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Post by The Chloe on Jun 30, 2013 13:21:21 GMT -5
Thats actually kind of insulting.
I meant to quote the post about them mentioning Sharapova's facebook fans as an achievement. Can't imagine them following up an intro about one of the top guys with "also, he's popular on the Internet", but perhaps I'm underrating their stupidity by assuming it's something else.
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Post by Old Hag on Jun 30, 2013 13:55:10 GMT -5
Social media importance has spread, like real media outlets think trending on Twitter means something.
It's weird with Ma$ha, because she doesn't do anything online like Petkovic, Sloane, etc... besides the occasional dopey picture and hocking her crap.
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Post by R. Black on Jun 30, 2013 13:56:19 GMT -5
Yes, it was insulting. "She has tons of Facebook fans and she sells sugarcrap. Maria Sharapova".
The whole thing was full of awkward moments.
I can't believe Serena would bring up Monica grunting, in WIMBLEDON of all places.
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Post by Traveling Man on Jun 30, 2013 14:03:54 GMT -5
Also apparently, Tina said she idolised Monica and how her mother said to play like Monica so Mary Carillo asked her "Is that why she named you Martina?" Haha.
Apparently, BJK also said something to Maria along lines of "She has to go for her match" or something?
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Post by Traveling Man on Jun 30, 2013 14:07:43 GMT -5
Monica laughing and Serena stone-faced.
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Post by Traveling Man on Jun 30, 2013 14:11:11 GMT -5
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Post by R. Black on Jun 30, 2013 14:15:18 GMT -5
They made sure to put all the lesbians as far as possible from Court.
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Post by lexpretend on Jun 30, 2013 14:18:44 GMT -5
This Bouchard is sure turning up in a lot of places. "Future No. 1" in Stacy Allaster's dreams and ONLY there.
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Post by R. Black on Jun 30, 2013 14:23:05 GMT -5
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Post by Lady on Jun 30, 2013 15:35:57 GMT -5
You can watch the whole thing here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT_OVo2FC0cAnd you can FF though all the boring parts. Janie, Justine was her usual quiet self, although they did interview her before the event and she talked about idolizing Steffi obviously. She chatted quietly with Marina N when she was not listening. Serena totally hates Maria- there was a moment during that whole "Maria has to leave" when everyone was laughing or at least pretended to, and Serena was sitting there stone-faced. That was awesome (I think that moment is around 1:50:00 in the video). There was also a priceless line from Pam(?) to Maria : "And you survived Wednesday! I mean you didn't survive on the court..."
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Post by R. Black on Jun 30, 2013 15:45:56 GMT -5
It can clearly be seen in the gif posted by Traveling Man above. One of the best WTA gif ever for sure.
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Post by Grarliner on Jun 30, 2013 15:47:37 GMT -5
Shame they couldn't get all of them in one place.
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Post by Old Hag on Jun 30, 2013 15:52:25 GMT -5
I can't blame Stefanie for skipping things like this.
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Post by R. Black on Jun 30, 2013 16:01:37 GMT -5
True, but she skipped it because she's an antisocial freak, not because it was likely to be a mess.
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Post by Grarliner on Jun 30, 2013 16:51:49 GMT -5
She is, actually. There is being shy and then there's what Steffi does. Remember the story about Lindsay getting to #1 and not receiving a phone call from Steffi? Every other former #1 called. And Steffi was still on Tour at the time!
Plus, Steffi will still do some media. She sat down with the Guardian for a fluff interview not long ago.
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Post by DBBN on Jun 30, 2013 16:52:45 GMT -5
Steffi* is super nice on Facebook!
*('s publicist)
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