WTA News and Gossip 2015

[kskate2]

I think people are just shocked that someone of Serena's stature makes less in endorsements than Maria given the nature of their careers.

I just read in one of Serena's interview that she turns down a ton of endorsements because she can't do them all and she needs to concentrate on her tennis.

And that's why she's in the history books and others can only dream about it.

 

[Kirijax]

Holy Moley!

Eugenie Bouchard Has Hired Jimmy Connors As Her New Coach

 

[tented]

Holy Moley!

Eugenie Bouchard Has Hired Jimmy Connors As Her New Coach

This time, the goal is two matches. :snicker

 

[isabelle]

I can't imagine Jimbo as the new Bouchard's coachn really strange IMO

 

[Kirijax]

Serena playing....ping pong?

In heels?

With............Stan Wawrinka?

Serena Ping Pong

 

[isabelle]

Poor Stanimal...Serena in heels in front of him...what a disaster !!

 

[tossip]

Poor Stanimal...Serena in heels in front of him...what a disaster !!

why is it a disaster.... they are good friends.....have you ever been face to face with Serena
these are two slam champions just havig fun and they wear timepieces from the same company.

 

[tossip]

apparently Safarova is hanging out with Vika s ex Redfoo....these czechs on tour seems to swap lovers all the time with no sense of boundaries,

 

[colleen66]

Saw Bouchard on the practice courts today, she looks like a brisk gust of wind will knock her over. Jimmy Conners was not there (I did not see him).

 

[tossip]

Saw Bouchard on the practice courts today, she looks like a brisk gust of wind will knock her over. Jimmy Conners was not there (I did not see him).

no one feels sorry for her except her family...she has this entitled thing about her that makes her so unlikeable...her head looks very big now.
I hope Riske sends her packing....

 

[tossip]

oh man check out this video
http://www.tmz.com/2015/08/30/sasha-vujacic-im-over-maria-sharapova-forever-nba/?adid=sidebarwidget-tmzsports

 

[the AntiPusher]

Someone should use this as their Avitar

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/serena-williamss-moment-forever/?ex_cid=story-twitter

 

[jhar26]

Holy Moley!

Eugenie Bouchard Has Hired Jimmy Connors As Her New Coach

This time, the goal is two matches. :snicker

If it's two matches it will mean that Jimmy has done a good job because it will mean that Genie has won her first match at the USO, which the way she is going would be an achievement of epic proportions. Seriously though, bitching about Bouchard has become rather lame imo. You don't kick someone when the're down.

 

[jhar26]

And I don't know if there's any truth in this, but there's a rumor at another forum that Wozniacki is suffering from a condition called "jumpers knee." And indeed, she's been having problems with that knee for most of the season. When you have jumpers knee it's said to be very painfull and itdiminishes your mobility by about 10%, obviously not a good thing for a player who's game depends so much on movement. The only cure for it is surgery, and this would mean that she'd be out of the game for about a year. Again, it's only a rumor, but if it's true this may be a career ending injury. Woz is no Serena. I can't imagine her starting from zero and working her way back up again.

 

[Kirijax]

And I don't know if there's any truth in this, but there's a rumor at another forum that Wozniacki is suffering from a condition called "jumpers knee." And indeed, she's been having problems with that knee for most of the season. When you have jumpers knee it's said to be very painfull and itdiminishes your mobility by about 10%, obviously not a good thing for a player who's game depends so much on movement. The only cure for it is surgery, and this would mean that she'd be out of the game for about a year. Again, it's only a rumor, but if it's true this may be a career ending injury. Woz is no Serena. I can't imagine her starting from zero and working her way back up again.

That news sucks. I've always wanted Woz to win at least one Slam during her career since she has been so successful on the tour over the years. That window is closing but I was thinking she still would have a few chances but with this knee problem who knows. I've never even heard of "jumpers knee." Will have to google it.

 

[jhar26]

And I don't know if there's any truth in this, but there's a rumor at another forum that Wozniacki is suffering from a condition called "jumpers knee." And indeed, she's been having problems with that knee for most of the season. When you have jumpers knee it's said to be very painfull and itdiminishes your mobility by about 10%, obviously not a good thing for a player who's game depends so much on movement. The only cure for it is surgery, and this would mean that she'd be out of the game for about a year. Again, it's only a rumor, but if it's true this may be a career ending injury. Woz is no Serena. I can't imagine her starting from zero and working her way back up again.

That news sucks. I've always wanted Woz to win at least one Slam during her career since she has been so successful on the tour over the years. That window is closing but I was thinking she still would have a few chances but with this knee problem who knows. I've never even heard of "jumpers knee." Will have to google it.

Well, at this point it's not yet news. It's only a rumor. Let's hope for the best.

Jumper's knee (patellar tendinopathy, patellar tendinosis, patellar tendinitis) commonly occurs in athletes who are involved in jumping sports such as basketball and volleyball. Patients report anterior knee pain, often with an aching quality. The symptom onset is insidious. Rarely is a discrete injury described. Usually, involvement is infrapatellar at or near the infrapatellar pole, but it may also be suprapatellar.

Depending on the duration of symptoms, jumper's knee can be classified into 1 of 4 stages, as follows:

Stage 1 – Pain only after activity, without functional impairment

Stage 2 – Pain during and after activity, although the patient is still able to perform satisfactorily in his or her sport

Stage 3 – Prolonged pain during and after activity, with increasing difficulty in performing at a satisfactory level

Stage 4 – Complete tendon tear requiring surgical repair

It begins as inflammation in the patellar tendon where it attaches to the patella and may progress by tearing or degenerating the tendon. Patients present with an ache over the patella tendon. Most patients are between 10 and 16 years old. Magnetic resonance imaging can reveal edema (increased T2 signal intensity) in the proximal aspect of the patellar tendon.

 

[Kirijax]

And I don't know if there's any truth in this, but there's a rumor at another forum that Wozniacki is suffering from a condition called "jumpers knee." And indeed, she's been having problems with that knee for most of the season. When you have jumpers knee it's said to be very painfull and itdiminishes your mobility by about 10%, obviously not a good thing for a player who's game depends so much on movement. The only cure for it is surgery, and this would mean that she'd be out of the game for about a year. Again, it's only a rumor, but if it's true this may be a career ending injury. Woz is no Serena. I can't imagine her starting from zero and working her way back up again.

That news sucks. I've always wanted Woz to win at least one Slam during her career since she has been so successful on the tour over the years. That window is closing but I was thinking she still would have a few chances but with this knee problem who knows. I've never even heard of "jumpers knee." Will have to google it.

Well, at this point it's not yet news. It's only a rumor. Let's hope for the best.

Jumper's knee (patellar tendinopathy, patellar tendinosis, patellar tendinitis) commonly occurs in athletes who are involved in jumping sports such as basketball and volleyball. Patients report anterior knee pain, often with an aching quality. The symptom onset is insidious. Rarely is a discrete injury described. Usually, involvement is infrapatellar at or near the infrapatellar pole, but it may also be suprapatellar.

Depending on the duration of symptoms, jumper's knee can be classified into 1 of 4 stages, as follows:

Stage 1 – Pain only after activity, without functional impairment

Stage 2 – Pain during and after activity, although the patient is still able to perform satisfactorily in his or her sport

Stage 3 – Prolonged pain during and after activity, with increasing difficulty in performing at a satisfactory level

Stage 4 – Complete tendon tear requiring surgical repair

It begins as inflammation in the patellar tendon where it attaches to the patella and may progress by tearing or degenerating the tendon. Patients present with an ache over the patella tendon. Most patients are between 10 and 16 years old. Magnetic resonance imaging can reveal edema (increased T2 signal intensity) in the proximal aspect of the patellar tendon.

Thanks jhar. Let's keep our fingers crossed!

 

[jhar26]

No longer just a rumor. She has confirmed it - she has jumpers knee.

"Shortly before the US Open, Caroline Wozniacki cuts short her practice session" by @johasger http://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/anden_s...aening/5707154

NEW YORK - Caroline Wozniacki practised early in the afternoon for 45 minutes with her Polish friend Agnieszka Radwanska in New York before she quickly went inside to get help for her injured knee from the physiotherapist.

Several times during practice, and especially during serving practice where she pushes off with her left leg, she grabbed her knee, which has been giving her problems for several years in a small area around the meniscus.

It's an injury that comes and goes with various degrees of seriousness. and became worse during Friday's semi-final in New Haven against Petra Kvitova.

"It's difficult to treat because Caroline doesn't really have enough fluid in that area of the knee, and it bothered her today. Now she's getting treatment, and that will hopefully help," explained Piotr Wozniacki.

Caroline Wozniacki will luckily not play before Tuesday at the earliest, when she meets the American wild card Jamie Loeb.

Caroline Wozniacki reveals she has "jumper's knee" (patellar tendonitis) by @johasger http://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/anden_s...erknae/5707267

NEW York: Caroline Wozniacki has from time to time lived with a stabbing pain in the outer part of her knee for a couple of years now, and she's had a small piece of tape over her kneecap which she's up to now described as a preventive measure.

Now she reveals the diagnosis, and it's no joking matter.

"I have jumper's knee. There are two bones which rub up against each other," she said after her first practice round at the US Open, where she clutched her knee several times, and went for treatment by the physiotherapist afterwards.

"But it feels fine when I tape it up," she added, and explained that the tape pulls the injured area across the kneecap so the bones don't rub against each other.

During the international press conference on Saturday, she was asked several times about the knee which gave her problems during Friday's semi-final in New Haven, but each time the answer was the same: "The knee's fine."

She repeated this to Ekstra Bladet.

"Against a player like Petra Kvitova, the ball comes at you so hard and flat and deep and with so much pace, and you can really feel it. But I still have a few days to train a bit and get ready. It won't hinder me in any way.

"It's not an injury that hinders my training and playing matches, and I don't see it as anything serious at all."

Several solutions have been tried, such as injections, but to no avail. But to the question of whether more radical solutions will be required soon, she answered:

"Not in the near future in any case. Then we'll have to see," hinting that she's willing to live with the jumper's knee for the rest of her active career.
http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1snbq33

No more marathons in the forseeable future, I hope.

 

[kskate2]

This is awful news Jhar. I hope the pain is manageable, but she probably should just have the surgery so she can feel better.

 

[jhar26]

This is awful news Jhar. I hope the pain is manageable, but she probably should just have the surgery so she can feel better.

If she was working in an office she probably would. As it is I think she fears the consequences for her career. She's between a rock and a hard place. If she doesn't do the surgery it will only get worse, and if she does she'll probably be out for about a year. She's had problems with that knee for years, but it was never as bad as this year. I can't help thinking that that marathon has something to do with it. Running for three and a half hours on pavement with an injury prone knee can't be the brightest idea she's ever had.