Asian tennis march

How can I not blog about this? What an Asian run!

Who would have thought it would come to the Williamses versus the Asians at these later stages of Wimbledon? Actually, I think it started with that Japanese boy who played well against Nadal at Queen's, but never mind about that now...

Well done, Tamarine and Zheng Jie!

So now, Tamarine is out, but not without an excellent fight... in all her matches...

And Zheng Jie has the unenviable task of playing Serene in the semi-final. That woman is so gutsy. She's a Nike person but she should be wearing 'No fear' instead, ha ha.

It was great to see the crowd cheering for the Asian girls and it was amusing that some of the commentators could not contain their amazement that these two girls could actually play good tennis. I lost count of the number of times they said 'she's thinking' in both Tamarine's and Zheng Jie's matches. Tsk, tsk, so patronising. Think Asians cannot play with their brains, ah?

Go, Zheng Jie! No fear, Impossible is nothing, Just do it!
(Ha, so corny!)

Comments

Lam Chun See said…

She reminds me of Michael Chang. Have to overcome disadvantage of size and power with sheer determination, concentration and endurance.

6:01 pm

Anonymous said…

Oh yes, I'd forgotten all about him. And he did win the French Open all those years ago, didn't he? What an achievement.

1:33 pm

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