Corrupt Media and USTA in Tennis Coverage

Kenin has not done anything major since 2020. The closest she came was a 3rd round appearance at Wimbledon last year. Gauff made the French open finals in '22 and won the US Open last year. Recency bias is a real thing.

Is it unfortunate that Kenin had her best year in '20 when a lot of people were not paying attention to sports and so she did not get the publicly she normally would have gotten? I think that is a fair argument. However, if she has a good year this year, I think the level of publicly will take care of itself.

 

Yes, I promise you that if an American, any American starts winning tournaments consistently they will be a bigger deal than anyone who wins one and fades away. That's how sports work. In the mens game American TV talks way more about the top international players than any American, because we haven't had a new Pete Sampras. But if one came along, it would be media feast.

 

Coco qualified for Wimbledon at 15 and made it to the 4th round. She won a WTA title that same year against grown-ass adults. She's won 7 times on tour, including the US friggin Open. All before turning 20.

If you don't understand why she's hyped, you never will.

 

So good to see that the events of 2020 did not nothing to dampen the spirits of racists in our country.

 

Deplorable behavior as expected

 

Yep. Youngest player ever to make the main draw there. Started off by beating Venus Williams.
Hard to imagine that create much news coverage, right?

 

MLK Day always always triggers something in our Fuzzy Zoellers

 

I think if you have an American female win the Aussie Open and then make the semi’s or finals in another major, she is going to get a lot of publicity.

The point I think you are trying to make is that there appears to be an effort to keep the Williams Sister Affect going in tennis, similar to what the PGA is trying to do with the Tiger Effect in golf. Both sports were long considered niche sports that were mainly played by the wealthy and did not have a large following when compared to football, baseball, etc. The Williams sisters, along with some other greats on the men’s side, really brought a lot more attention to the sport, which meant more sponsors, bigger purses, and more more money for everyone involved. Now that the Williams are retired the WTA is facing the same worry the PGA is facing, a big decrease in wide public interest. Both sports are looking for a new the face of the sport and are having a hard time finding one. I think this is more trying hype the most recent successful young talent to keep the public interested.

 

Happy 2024 OP! Here’s to another year of you not getting laid.

cheers!

 

If this is happening it’s because of MONEY. They want a wider audience which means more dollars. Move to China if you don’t like capitalism.

 

I think that if a US women came out and won two out of the four majors this year, the USTA would make her the face of women’s tennis regardless of what color she is. They need to have someone to market to the casual fans of the sport and a one time major winner isn’t it, when you have champions with 10+ major wins and that is what the public now expects.

 

And you are clearly getting in the spirit by posting some kind of weird racial grievance with tennis

 

I can think of a million things I'd rather do on a day off, seems like you care a little