Quote Originally Posted by boingy View Post
I think you are underestimating the quality of womens tennis. Let me just illustrate. I was captain of a mens team some years ago and when we went to play the away team we saw Anne keothavong practising in a warm up on one of the courts. (Anne was often out first round at wimbledon).
We were completely gobsmacked at the pace and speed of the ball between these two female players. It was super fast. This was someone who you didn't get to see much because the competition is so high. These are top athletes. Honestly we will never forget what we saw and it puts completely in context the level of the quarter finalists, semi finalists and finalists. Tennis is a very tough sport. I had more injuries playing Tennis than I ever did playing football. I stopped playing when my cartilage turned inside out and I needed an op. Tore my calf muscles a lot and had a torn achilles which took months to get right. I also completely ripped out a finger nail serving. On tour they patch themselves up as much as they can but often they have to drop out with the wrong injury.
I’ve been at ground level at the Birmingham Classic and I agree with what you say, you can barely see the ball and most of us wouldn’t return one in a hundred serves from an average women tournament player.

The point is, if you put the woman up against a man in competition it’s not even close, you’d be looking at 6-0, 6-0, 6-0.

The quality isn’t even close.