Great Tennis requires sacrifices

[oggbashan]

Simona Halep needed surgery to help her achieve at tennis.

Some of her fans were deflated. But were they really TENNIS fans?

 

[mynameisben]

Simona Halep needed surgery to help her achieve at tennis.

Some of her fans were deflated. But were they really TENNIS fans?

Love means nothing in tennis. And now boobs, too.

Is there anything left?

 

[soflabbwlvr]

First golf, now tennis. What's next, no boobs in trampoline?

 

[R. Richard]

Yet another entry in the, 'Making Molehills Out of Mountains' story.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Must tennis be so "great" that it takes over one's body?

 

[trysail]

Must tennis be so "great" that it takes over one's body?

The world's unfortunate obsession with sport and the patently absurd emolument for its professionals has gotten so out of hand that desperate people will try anything— up to and including all forms of cheating ( e.g., anabolic steroids ), the abandonment of childhood, and otherwise unnecessary surgery.


The spectacle of parents imposing their need for a vicarious life on children is sickening.


It makes me pine for the days of amateurs.

 

[sr71plt]

She was on the court today. And, I think, looked a lot better now than she has before (certainly better than the rack Selena was trucking around). She says she's more comfortable now and she moved up 450 places in the tennis rankings. It's not that much different from the players who have lost weight to compete better (like Fish and Baghdatis) or bulked up (especially the women players looking like bodybuilders).

Perhaps it a surprise to some that she doesn't live for men to bug their eyes out and loll their tongues when she's around(?)

 

[stephen55]

The world's unfortunate obsession with sport and the patently absurd emolument for its professionals has gotten so out of hand that desperate people will try anything— up to and including all forms of cheating ( e.g., anabolic steroids ), the abandonment of childhood, and otherwise unnecessary surgery.

Hardly...

http://a323.yahoofs.com/ymg/world_of_sport__9/world_of_sport-499639505-1308743854.jpg?ymuy2NFDKjz84gVp

Guys might like the sight of a female athlete's 32DD's swinging around and bouncing up and down, but the woman feels very differently on her side.

Permanently grooved shoulders from bra straps, back pain and persistent unwanted stares from brain dead XY humanoids who chant, "No means yes...yes means anal!" leave most women with overly large breasts very unhappy. (Yes, "overly large breasts" is not an oxymoron.)

Simona Halep is 19 now so she had her reduction mammoplasty when she was 17. Imagine that; a 17 year old girl wanted to feel better physically, feel better about herself emotionally and wanted to be a professional athlete and not the 'Biggest Boob" on the tour.

The fact that her game has improved tremendously may or may not be due to her decision. Perhaps she's just two years better trained. My guess is that the reduction has had a marginal, if any effect on her physical performance and a major effect on her emotional well being. At the elite level in all sports, psychology often trumps raw ability.

As a long time family doc I can count on one finger the number of women who were still happy about breast augmentation surgery after a decade or two. I can also count with one finger the number of women who were unhappy after reduction mammoplasty. (Edited; During med school, I recall a very unhappy young lady who developed awful incision infections after a reduction. It took a very skilled second plastic surgeon two years to get her back to what she should have looked like after the initial procedure.)

The vast majority of women who have had a reduction, had it in their teens. In Canada, a reduction is not considered cosmetic surgery and is fully funded under government health insurance. (All cosmetic surgery is not funded at all.)

For what it's worth (did I say that?) a reduction mammoplasty in a medically third world country like the US goes for about $7,500.

Maria Sharapova has earned about 15 million in career prize money and has a net worth of about 90 million. Venus Williams is worth about 60 million and her sister Serena has earned over 32 million and I don't have a clue as to her net worth.

I don't know where Halep had her surgery but if she paid for it, it's likely the best investment she'll ever make. If it helps her to becoming a winning tennis player...that's simply a financial bonus.

http://a323.yahoofs.com/ymg/world_of_sport__9/world_of_sport-805714154-1308744032.jpg?ymg12NFDKsvkA9f_

I say she made the right decision. Her reasons are her own.

 

[ishtat]

Og, Do you remember Ann (Haydon) Jones? 1969 Ladies Champion at Wimbledon.

 

[oggbashan]

Og, Do you remember Ann (Haydon) Jones? 1969 Ladies Champion at Wimbledon.

Yes, although my interest at the time was elsewhere.

The Beatles paused a recording session to listen to her match on radio.