{"id":12263,"date":"2009-09-06T15:03:40","date_gmt":"2009-09-06T19:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.IreneEng.com\/?p=12263"},"modified":"2009-09-06T15:03:40","modified_gmt":"2009-09-06T19:03:40","slug":"a-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=12263","title":{"rendered":"A star?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Where?<\/p>\n<p>Oh .. over the rainbow .. fading out of US Open.<\/p>\n<p>Due to delay of day time matches, USTA decided to move Dinara Safina \/ Petra Kvitova match from the center court to Armstrong.  The match begin 10:15 p.m.  That&#8217;s really late.  Night session tickets, although starting times are never guaranteed, but it usually aims at 7pm.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;From my side, I can say, I\u2019m No. 1 player in the world, why did they move me?\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/ten\/news?slug=ap-usopen-safina&amp;prov=ap&amp;type=lgns\">Safina<\/a> said.<br \/>\n..<br \/>\n\u201cThey just told us, \u2018We\u2019re switching you to Armstrong.\u2019 And basically that\u2019s it,\u201d Safina said. \u201cAnd I think it\u2019s very unfair.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Weeeell, sweetie, you have to understand we don&#8217;t care about you and your number one ranking.  You&#8217;re basically nothing.  You have to pay me to come to watch you.  I can\u2019t believe she dared to flaunt her #1 ranking.<br \/>\nSerena has every right to mock her lack of slam title by saying<br \/>\n\u201cOh, she won in Rome.\u201d<br \/>\nYou know <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=8953\">Belly Dancer<\/a>, you really have to earn the respect from us.  OR, you can be as cute as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=11496\">Anna Kournikova<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Big chuck of tuna without a slam title .. you think we&#8217;re idiot or what?  We don&#8217;t want to watch you.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Kvitova didn\u2019t seem to mind. Asked after her victory about the court change, she said: \u201cYeah, doesn\u2019t matter for me. I\u2019m not (a) star, so \u2026\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The USTA made a right move by moving her.  After all, James Blake has more drawing power.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s silly is her brother <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/sport\/2009\/sep\/03\/marat-safin-defends-dinara-safina-us-open\">Marat Safin defends his kid sis over her world No1 ranking<\/a>.  Hmmmm &#8230; true that she didn&#8217;t design the ranking system that reward the quantity over quality, but let some one else points that out .. may looks much better than the bro goes to bat.  .. Oh, no one has pointed that out yet?<\/p>\n<p>Maybe it&#8217;s time to soup up the ranking system.<\/p>\n<p>Marat&#8217;s comment only stirred up more attention to his less deserving sister.  Watching her play is a real pain in the back, never racking .. unpleasant, not entertaining, unless you enjoy taking pleasure upon others&#8217; misery.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been playing well for the past two days, won 4 sets yesterday and 3 sets today.  Our 3rd set yesterday, we were trailing 5:1 .. but we hung tough and pulled it off at 7:5.  Despite my tender right ankle and shaky back &#8211; my back went last Friday .. I&#8217;m happy with my tennis.  .. Weather have been nice, I can sense the autumn and smell the foliage \ud83d\ude42 .. ..<br \/>\nHappy long weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where? Oh .. over the rainbow .. fading out of US Open. Due to delay of day time matches, USTA decided to move Dinara Safina \/ Petra Kvitova match from the center court to Armstrong. The match begin 10:15 p.m. That&#8217;s really late. 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