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Post by shenaynay on Aug 18, 2006 7:57:01 GMT -5
Here is where we hate Lindsay Davenport.
Why I hate her now: I have a lower back sprain. And can only walk with my back hunched like a very old lady.
Lindsay is a lying bitch. She couldn't play like she did with an injury anything like this. May she rot for faking this.
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Post by :rolleyes: on Aug 18, 2006 11:35:02 GMT -5
gook?
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Post by janie on Aug 18, 2006 15:34:26 GMT -5
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Post by shenaynay on Aug 18, 2006 19:32:06 GMT -5
Thank you, Jane. I will do whatever possible so this does not happen again.
And we can correctly assume LINDSAY didn't do any of these exercises.
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Post by janie on Aug 19, 2006 6:40:53 GMT -5
Definitely get the book as quickly as possible, but in the meantime, find someone to work on your back. An osteopath, someone who does deep massage, even an acupuncturist.
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Post by shenaynay on Aug 19, 2006 10:58:35 GMT -5
I already went to a doctor. There's nothing I can really do except rest and wait it out for about a week. It's already much better today... I can stand up straight. Still locks up and the occasional scream when I move the wrong way, though. At least I'm hopeful that I can play tennis next weekend.
Oh, and Lindsay blows.
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Post by Pamela Shriver on Aug 19, 2006 20:49:43 GMT -5
Davenport Presses On
For The Moment Retirement Not An Option
August 19, 2006
By TOMMY HINE, Courant Staff Writer
NEW HAVEN -- As sore as she was, as successful as she has been and, quite frankly, as old as she is, the desire to play has never left.
From March until July, Lindsay Davenport, 30, didn't hit a tennis ball, and she looked forward to the day she could.
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She had 51 career victories, including three Grand Slams, she has won more than $21 million and has two bulging disks in her back. She was injured in the 2005 Wimbledon final. Yet, retirement wasn't an option. Not yet anyway.
"People always ask, `When are you going to quit?'" Davenport said. "You never know when that happens. You obviously only go through that once in your lifetime, hopefully. I'm sure if I was sitting there not wanting to go play tennis, I would definitely retire.
"There's nothing stopping me, nothing forcing me back out here, but I enjoyed the last six weeks of the challenge of trying to come back, the challenge of trying to get my game back. That tells me it's just not my time yet to say goodbye."
Davenport tried to come back once, two weeks ago in Los Angeles, and she was beaten by Samantha Stosur in her first match since March.
"I definitely played before I was ready," Davenport said. "I've made a lot of improvement in those two weeks. I feel like each week, there's been really big improvement, and this last week has been really great. I feel much better now."
While resting the inflamed disks in her back and then going through rehab, the hardest part was watching.
"I watched the French Open and Wimbledon and found myself only watching the men's matches," Davenport said. "I couldn't watch the women and didn't want to, probably because I knew I wasn't a part of it. It's not easy when you want to be somewhere and you're not able to be."
In late July, she started practicing again.
"It took a long time before everything felt really good," Davenport said. "To not hit a ball in almost four months was tough.
"It's been a long, interesting road, as any injury can be. Yes, it's a long road but one that athletes go down all the time. Things are going really well. I feel like I'm getting back to be able to play well, hopefully."
Davenport will find out soon enough. She will begin defense of her Pilot Pen title with a first-round match against Katarina Srebotnik, a Slovenian she has beaten twice. In fact, the women's field at the Connecticut Tennis Center will be so deep when the tournament starts Sunday, Davenport didn't get a first-round bye at Friday's draw, even though she's ranked No. 10.
"It's going to be really tough," she said. "I think I was barely seeded here. `Am I going to get a bye?' [They said] `No, I don't think so.'
"I look at this as a huge challenge, and I look at it as a lot of fun this time. My ranking is pretty low for me, and I feel like there isn't any pressure any more. Maybe a lot of it is self-inflicted, but this time around, it feels like it's more fun to see what I can do at this stage. If I didn't want to go back out and hit balls, I wouldn't have done it."
World No. 1 Amelie Mauresmo, No. 3 Justine Henin-Hardenne, No. 5 Elena Dementieva and No. 6 Nadia Petrova received the first-round byes in the women's draw. Top-seeded and fifth-ranked James Blake received one of 16 byes on the men's side.
"Justine and Amelie have taken a well-deserved break this summer," Davenport said. "They seem to have done really well and played really a lot of tennis and been the most successful on the tour. I would go into the [U.S.] Open a week from Monday thinking they will be ready."
Mauresmo has won four times this year, including Grand Slam victories at the Australian Open and Wimbledon. Henin-Hardenne, a five-time Grand Slam champion, has also won four tournaments this year, Petrova has won four, and Dementieva has won two, including the JP Morgan Open in Los Angeles last week.
"The big win in L.A. gives me some confidence before the Grand Slam [in New York]," Dementieva said. "I feel pretty solid at the moment.
"I like it here. We play the same courts [as the U.S. Open]. It's a great atmosphere. This kind of tournament helps you get ready for the big event."
Dementieva won last week in spite of a serve that has frequently failed her.
"Ohhh, don't tell me about my serve," Dementieva said with a laugh. "For sure, it's good to have something to improve. It's good to realize there is something in your game that you can do much better and that can bring you to the next level."
It's not that she hasn't tried to improve her serve.
"Lots of coaches," Dementieva said. "They tell me I've got the [correct] motion. All I need to know is to think more positive. It's more mental work that I need to do. It's getting a little better every time I play.
"Not only the serve can take you to the top of your game. It's a good combination of every shot. It's mental toughness that can bring you to a win. But a bigger serve can really help my game, for sure."
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Post by shenaynay on Aug 19, 2006 23:16:37 GMT -5
Translation: I was partying with hubby and my celebrity friends. I'm back cuz I got bored.
Discs don't become inflamed. The tissue and nerves around it can. Oh, that rehab of 4 months for a non-herniated disc is so necessary. What a warrior you are, Lindazy.
Nice lies, Lee.
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