04/25/24
January 25, 2007
Tennis hooligans: : Serbian and Croatian fans mix it up and promise more at the Australian Open.
posted by lil_brown_bat to tennis at 08:56 AM - 20 comments
The announcers were talking about this during the Ancic-Roddick match. They were saying that there weren't very many Ancic fans because of the trouble. Yeah, I love fat Serena. I especially love the announcers constantly saying that her conditioning (or lack thereof) is really going to hurt her against each and every opponent. They didn't give her much of a chance against Petrova. What's the point of being buff Serena if fat Serena gets to the finals?
posted by bperk at 09:33 AM on January 25, 2007
I thought it was funny when I read the headline. After reading the story, I find it incredibly sad.
posted by SummersEve at 09:39 AM on January 25, 2007
You just gotta love the finger-pointing.
posted by Fence at 10:00 AM on January 25, 2007
Reminds me of this scary-ass video from a Serbian basketball game.
posted by Ufez Jones at 10:07 AM on January 25, 2007
From the story: "A Croatian witness, too afraid to give his name, said he watched as two Croat fans surged towards Serb supporters." Can two people really surge? Is there a minimun for a surge? Who the hell's in charge here, anyway?! "Fat Serena" rules!
posted by The_Black_Hand at 10:57 AM on January 25, 2007
I'm surging as we speak.
posted by SummersEve at 11:19 AM on January 25, 2007
I love fat Serena I thought that Serena and Venus had simply merged (like a two-piece Voltron) into one tennis-court-crushing being. I'm surging as we speak. My doctor recommended that I don't surge more than twice a week. It's bad for my back.
posted by grum@work at 12:12 PM on January 25, 2007
wow!! hope the pistons don't get hold of that tape!!
posted by bavarianmotorworker at 01:24 PM on January 25, 2007
"Fat Serena", ha. Put her alongside any of you and you'd look like the Sta-Puf Marshmallow Man in comparison.
posted by lil_brown_bat at 05:22 PM on January 25, 2007
Yeah, but you'd soon be gobbled up.
posted by carolinared at 06:55 PM on January 25, 2007
I have to agree LBB. I think a few of us have forgotten what's underneath that 2 year layer of no tennis she's put on.
posted by Bishop at 09:21 PM on January 25, 2007
Not exactly on the cutting edge of tennis news here, are we? I expected a thread about "Fat Serena" making the final today instead of this.
posted by somethingotherthan at 01:15 AM on January 26, 2007
I hope Serena opens up an extra-fat can o' whoopass on Sharapova. And then, I hope I never have to see that stupid Sharapova camera commercial again.
posted by The_Black_Hand at 05:06 AM on January 26, 2007
Look - she's not REALLY fat. She's just a big girl for a tennis player. I mean - look at those legs and the junk in that trunk. She'd crush me. Then lift me over her head and chuck me down a hallway. And how the hell can you play tennis with boobs like that? Hell - how do you even run? She's just not the typical athlete body type in that sport. I'm all for it - but it's funny that she can basically ignore tennis, training and all that and still just whoop ass all over the Munlungagoolachuck.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 08:27 AM on January 26, 2007
Not exactly on the cutting edge of tennis news here, are we? Actually, she made the final two days ago, Mr. Cutting-Edge. Heh. A Grand Slam tennis tournament isn't quite like other championships, because you've got a lot of rounds to go through...so, while I'm an avid fan and have been following each round, I've hesitated to FPP, even for a semifinal match. Is it a big deal that Serena beat Vaidisova in the semis? If you don't know tennis and you don't know the players and you just look at the numbers, yeah, it's a great big whoopdedoo: unseeded player, ranked 95th IIRC at the start of the tournament, beats the tenth seed, sounds like an amazing story. But I don't think the outcome was ever in doubt, really...so as much as I enjoyed the match, I just don't think of it as a big story that I would FPP about. Maybe if we had more tennis enthusiasts here, but I guess I'm a little reluctant to clutter up the front page with stuff that's probably not of general interest. (on preview: sorry, guys, I don't call this fat. Humpty-Dumpty if you want, but if that's "fat", then "fat" is exactly what Vaidisova and the rest of the tall-skinny-gurl clones need)
posted by lil_brown_bat at 08:36 AM on January 26, 2007
Wow, look at those guns. She's the Mike Ricci of Tennis.
posted by MrFrisby at 08:56 AM on January 26, 2007
Holy shit. The broadcast camera isn't doing her justice. I take it back. That lady is in damn fine shape.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 09:00 AM on January 26, 2007
Actually, she made the final two days ago, Mr. Cutting-Edge. Heh. That'd be "Ms" to you, thank you :) And the Serb-Croat violence happened during the first part of the first week of this event. That's why I was surprised that this issue was discussed instead of Serena defying everyone (including tennis enthusiasts) and making the final.
posted by somethingotherthan at 11:45 AM on January 26, 2007
That'd be "Ms" to you, thank you :) As someone who's been on the receiving end of the same assumption, my apologies :-) And the Serb-Croat violence happened during the first part of the first week of this event. Hey, I was in transit. That's why I was surprised that this issue was discussed instead of Serena defying everyone (including tennis enthusiasts) and making the final. Again to my point: even allowing for a figurative definition of "everyone", was this really true? Who really thought that Vaidisova was going to crush her?
posted by lil_brown_bat at 11:52 AM on January 26, 2007
I don't know whether to laugh or sigh. A tennis match riot at the Australian Open between Serbs and Croats? Methinks these two groups could find a way to riot over a coin flip. I'm friends with a Serbian guy and he came over here to get away from all that. Great guy. Hates Croats - no getting around it. Not up for discussion. That was one brutal conflict. I prefer my tennis violence to end at watching this new fat Serena stomp all over the court (and still kicking ass, mind you). She's in danger of leaving potholes. Make sure the grandstand is double-bolted. Ha!... Fat Serena... go get 'em - chomp, chomp.