grodscorp@grods.comChicks just want to have fun
 | Posted by Scott on Monday 21 January 2008, 9:22 am Categories: Media, Sport Tags: Tags: AustralianOpen, CaseyDellacqua, JelenaJankovic, tennis, ToddWoodbridge |
I’m not a huge fan of tennis although I tend to tune into a few matches during the Australian Open every year. I watched the last few sets of the Roger Federer vs. Janko Tipsarevic match on Saturday night and found the Channel 7 commentary one of the most heinous assaults on my ears that I’ve ever experienced. Put it this way: it was even worse than the Channel 9 cricket commentary. Big call. I know that the commentator monkeys have strict instructions from their network and producers to talk up drama, tension and excitement but this was ridiculous. I’ve never heard in my life more overblown auditory masturbation or metaphors that were as mixed and mangled.
But then I tuned into the Casey Dellacqua vs. Jelena Jankovic match last night to check out this Australian fairytale that commercial television and tabloid newspapers like the Hun and The Age were crapping on about. Before the match the autocue monkeys and commentators were gushing and dribbling about Our Casey and her fairytale run through the Open before throwing to ex-player Todd Woodbridge who met the players as they were walking onto the court. He asked them a few harmless questions each like “How was your preparation?” and “Do you feel ready?” But his final statement to Our Casey was along the lines of “Thanks, Casey. Go out there and have fun.” His salutation to Jankovic was something like “Good luck. Get out there and enjoy it.”
What a patronising little prick.
Tennis is one of the few sports that women manage to attract almost equal recognition and respect for their efforts that men enjoy, yet idiots like Todd Woodbridge continue to say things like that. Firstly, Dellacqua and Jankovic are not going out onto the court to have fun; they’re going out there to win. And even if they were going out there to have fun they don’t need Woodbridge’s bloody permission to do it. I bet Ant Rogenous’ bank account that Todd Woodbridge would never tell Roger Feder to “go out there and have fun.” Because, you see, the men are warriors and the chicks are hit-and-gigglers.
