5 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

Finally, women are being more open about this. As someone who used to suffer very painful cramps as a teenager, I can tell you that doing normal activities, let alone sports can be excruciating at times.

If I remember, I've heard Mary Jo Fernandez talk about it a lot.  Endometriosis pretty much ended her career.  I don't remember the details but I do remember her saying that for years she didn't even know what was wrong, or that they couldn't pinpoint it or something, and that's what it was.  

16 minutes ago, Fevuh said:

If I remember, I've heard Mary Jo Fernandez talk about it a lot.  Endometriosis pretty much ended her career.  I don't remember the details but I do remember her saying that for years she didn't even know what was wrong, or that they couldn't pinpoint it or something, and that's what it was.  

Danielle Collins had surgery to deal with hers. It can be a very serious condition.

People tend to treat menstruation as nbd but it can be very disruptive to one’s life and it’s not discussed. Years later, Steffi Graf once admitted that she had lost a very important match after she experienced really bad menstrual cramps. It can also cause headaches and nausea, even vomiting. From memory, Serena was really the first player that I remembered to have openly stated in an interview that she sometimes experienced period headaches.

 

11 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

Danielle Collins had surgery to deal with hers. It can be a very serious condition.

People tend to treat menstruation as nbd but it can be very disruptive to one’s life and it’s not discussed. Years later, Steffi Graf once admitted that she had lost a very important match after she experienced really bad menstrual cramps. It can also cause headaches and nausea, even vomiting. From memory, Serena was really the first player that I remembered to have openly stated in an interview that she sometimes experienced period headaches.

 

At 55, I still have periods but they seem to be winding down.  Hopefully, the big M is nearing the end.  In my younger days, once a quarter, I had the worst periods.  Nausea, headaches and no energy.  I didn't know which month but I knew 4 times a year, I would be down bad!  However, I just don't understand why there needs to be a conversation in tennis about this.  There's no solution.  Stop the tourney until all the women have had their monthly?  The players who are on don't play?  There's just no conversation here IMHO.  

A very composed match from Coco to reach her first SF in a major. This is why I have always said the pronouncements being made about her career were premature, to say the least.

1 hour ago, ChitHappens said:

At 55, I still have periods but they seem to be winding down.  Hopefully, the big M is nearing the end.  In my younger days, once a quarter, I had the worst periods.  Nausea, headaches and no energy.  I didn't know which month but I knew 4 times a year, I would be down bad!  However, I just don't understand why there needs to be a conversation in tennis about this.  There's no solution.  Stop the tourney until all the women have had their monthly?  The players who are on don't play?  There's just no conversation here IMHO.  

The conversation is to educate the public, rather than to constantly denigrate the women’s game as being some inferior entity because the results in tournaments may not be as staunchly consistent as those on the men’s tour.

The women in sports themselves have expressed gratitude that the “cat’s out of the bag”. If folks can discuss Rafa’s baldness, then they can discuss this. It’s a natural function of the body and nothing to be evasive or ashamed of.

Zverev is taking Carlitos to school. Sucks that NBC doesn’t have rights to the Djokovic/Nadal rematch, which is probably the most highly anticipated of the tournament by sheer name recognition.

LOL!

 

1 hour ago, Faulkner said:

Zverev is taking Carlitos to school. Sucks that NBC doesn’t have rights to the Djokovic/Nadal rematch, which is probably the most highly anticipated of the tournament by sheer name recognition.

Well the gf abuser has been ticked off that the attention has been all on Carlos. That's probably why he's up for the match. Both NBC and Tennis Channel mentioned he was pissed with the tennis media about it.

I've enjoyed the matches on NBC and Peacock better than on Tennis Channel. I just can't stand Jim Courier, Brett Haber and Co.

53 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

Well the gf abuser has been ticked off that the attention has been all on Carlos. That's probably why he's up for the match. Both NBC and Tennis Channel mentioned he was pissed with the tennis media about it.

I've enjoyed the matches on NBC and Peacock better than on Tennis Channel. I just can't stand Jim Courier, Brett Haber and Co.

I think I’ve mentioned- I’m DC and Brett was a local sports anchor. Pretty much everyone here was shocked that he moved on to anything other than local sports. He was terrible and not what you’d expect of a National or global commentator.  As for this match I think that sealed another French for either Rafa or Joker.  I think Carlos could have beaten them regardless of history. Zverev’s mental game will get him in the end.

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Can’t watch but hearing that Novak can’t buy a first serve.

39 minutes ago, Faulkner said:

Can’t watch but hearing that Novak can’t buy a first serve.

It's actually a boring match after all the hype. Rafa is dominating even though he just lost one of his two breaks in the second set. Rafa is playing vintage Rafa.  When you have Novak smiling and then complaining to the ball people to move it quicker you know Novak is being routed.😂

Novak getting into It with some fans.. What a surprise!😂 Telling them to shut the fuc k up you b!tch!😂

Edited May 31, 20223 yr by Soapsuds

I saw bits and pieces of the Alcaraz/Zverev match. It’s not a surprise that Alcaraz sort of wilted under the weight of expectations. I was on the watch to see when/if it would happen. The focus, attention and pressure of a major is on a different level than that of even a Masters series tournament.
 

Zverev beat Alcaraz with his worst shot, his second serve, which a more experienced player would have made mincemeat out of. Zverev’s atrocious second serve actually let Carlitos back into the match, but Alcaraz’s lack of experience in a major didn’t help him create a bigger opening that would have been necessary in order to wrest control of the match.

Djoker out!

The forever match part 59 was contested in under six hours, huh? I guess Felix can take heart in the fact that he managed to drag Rafa to a five set match.

Oof.

Tournament director Amelie Mauresmo has responded and also said she scheduled 9 men’s matches (out of a possible 10) at night as they “have more appeal.” She says she couldn’t find enough “stars or confrontations” to justify more women’s matches at night. https://t.co/Saz7zhy07y

— Russell Fuller (@russellcfuller) June 1, 2022

The resurgence of Marin Cilic.