Where are all the American women in tennis?! (sans Williams squared, of course).
What, you say? Could Amy actually be writing about tennis? From the basement, no less?
Listen folks, I may not play tennis but I am surely surrounded by it. My husband and dearest friends play. A good chunk of my disposable income goes to all things tennis-related in order to keep Gary from jumping off the 59th Street Bridge, and it’s the first week in September in NY, so not paying attention to the US Open is like living under a rock.
We were discussing the women of the Open over dessert tonight (ok, so it was not just Gary and I, my in-laws and a neighbor were here) and it came to my attention that American women do not play tennis.
What?!! In my zip code I am looked at like I have 3 heads because I don’t swing a racquet. I guess they meant professionally.
I took a little spin over to the US Open official website and what I found was, nestled around the Williams sisters in the top 5 seeded positions were: Safina, Barrois, Czink, Rybarikova, Dementieva, Oudin, Jankovic and Shvedova.
That is way too many consonants for this Jew to pronounce. And the rest of the list was equally non-American.
So tell me, tennis women of America (or at least Jo), if there are so many women playing recreational tennis here, why do we not have women playing professionally.
Just asking.
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i could cry but i don't have time 
Because unfortunately, we all suck!
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