It's funny how Gabrine Muguruza said that majority of people who watch wta do so to watch their legs and not their tennis. When I watched her in the stadium I did exactly that, I looked at her body more than her tennis. I would never think I'd do anything like that, but I couldn't help, it's so impressive. Perhaps I have extremely strong affinity for Venezuelan women.
I don't watch wta often, but I did watch much more in past when Serbian girls had more success, first Monika Seles and later JJ and Ana. Back then I watched their and their opponents tennis, not their bodies.
Good on ya, Mastoor. I think it's fine to admit if sometimes it's about the legs, if it's not always about that. Same as we women fans admit that sometimes it's because some of the men are a bit hunky. If we come for the tennis, and appreciate the players for it, I don't think it's a problem if we sometimes stay for the loveliness. It's a shame if Muguruza still feels like that's all it's about. (And I like her game, btw.)
I was first taken by Evert v. Navratilova, in the WTA, though I do remember the Battle of the Sexes between BJ King and Bobby Riggs. As I'm disinclined to those who win everything, I wasn't initially taken with Graf. But after the Seles attack, and the subsequent revelations about how controlling Graf's father was, I was much more generous towards Steffi, and impressed by her accomplishments. (And of course, empathetic towards what Seles suffered.)
When the Williams sisters started to come up I found them compelling, and I continue to. That's my WTA trajectory.
