Talk About Tennis 2.0

Associated Press


LONDON -- Top-30 tennis player Dayana Yastremska's latest appeal in her doping case was dismissed Wednesday by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, meaning she is still ineligible to return to competition.

Yastremska, 20, of Ukraine, traveled to Australia after being provisionally banned, hoping to be allowed to play in the Australian Open, which is scheduled to start Monday.

Yastremska originally was suspended in January for failing an out-of-competition drug test. She tested positive for mesterolone metabolite, a prohibited substance that can be used to boost testosterone.

She asked that her provisional penalty be set aside, which was denied. Then she appealed that ruling to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which rejected that request.

Yastremska, who has denied using performance enhancers or prohibited substances, now must await the final resolution of her case.

A three-time WTA singles champion, Yastremska reached a career-high ranking of No. 21 a year ago and is now No. 29. Her best showing at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the fourth round at Wimbledon in her main-draw debut in 2019.

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Is the case so clear that she can't even appeal? I am sort of lost here. Has she been suspended already, with no trial or revision of the case?

I think she wanted to play while being provisionally suspended. The "trial" is still to come. Whoever let her fly for free, courtesy of Tennis Australia, is also at fault here. She had no business on that plane.

We'll see if she makes it 'out there'

the Moz wrote: ↑Fri Feb 05, 2021 3:07 pm We'll see if she makes it 'out there'

She'll post.

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Fri Feb 05, 2021 5:04 pm

the Moz wrote: ↑Fri Feb 05, 2021 3:07 pm We'll see if she makes it 'out there'

She'll post.

Yes, she'll post - that's easy.

The question is 'will she PLAY'?

I would like to know who these people are and how old they are because...

ti-amie wrote: ↑Sat Feb 06, 2021 7:50 pm I would like to know who these people are and how old they are because...

The way I see it - and I was following tennis when Martina was at her peak -, while tennis may have been less physically demanding back then (and even that is debatable), the players back then were not spoiled and pampered nearly as much as today's players are. They didn't have travelling 'entourages' of 15 people; didn't have physiotherapists attached to them at the hip, analyzing every movement; weren't given absolutely everything they wanted by tournament organizers and sponsors; weren't chauffeured around in luxury vehicles...

Many top players (in the top 30, let's say) also played doubles regularly back then - and that was when doubles scoring was normal - 2 out of 3 full sets, and 3 out of 5 full sets in Majors - not this no-ad, no 3rd set garbage of today.

So... yeah - Martina more than deserves her place among the greats - as do the others of that time.

Both Martina, in the WTA, and Lendl, in the ATP, changed the game for what it is today. They elevated the training and nutrition of every athlete because if you did not train like them, you had no chance.
Evert got it. Martine made her get in the best shape of her life.
Story:
When Sampras was coming up, Gulliskon sent him one week to train with Lendl. Upon return, Sampras was destroyed. Gullikson called Lendl and asked him what he had done to Pete. "Nothing. I just showed him what he needs to do to be his best" (something like that). Lendl set the standard.
And if any person as much as complains about Martina: talk about one pioneering gay icon. The crap she had to put up with would not be believed today.

ti-amie wrote: ↑Sat Feb 06, 2021 10:54 pm

This is ridiculous. Wasn't Craig Tilley pretending he cared about doing the best for player's health and training? And he couldn't ensure that they got one of the later scheduled first round matches?

Some questions about the automatic line calling...

Can it call foot faults?
What about centre line foot faults (which are, unfortunately, rarely called even with linespeople)?

Are those little cameras on both sides of the court, or just on one side?

How can it call a sideline ball out if the camera is blocked by the player? Even if there is another camera on the other side of the net, it would have to look through the net, which is not good.

Not to mention that the blocking issue is even worse in doubles. (Have they been using it in doubles?)