emmsie69 wrote:

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I think Anna Smith has had another op

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 Yes, she posted this on instagram at the beginning of the week

"Hoping it's third time lucky"

https://www.instagram.com/p/B6tKX4lgfNH/?igshid=x4awn6z88qdj

Good luck to delpo,  he deserves a break 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/51256210

Strongbow wrote:

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paulisi wrote:

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New from Lisa Whybourn in that her second op sounds more successful as she has started serving now.

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 That's a name I haven't heard in a while. I thought she'd gone to TV or was that Jade ?

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 Lisa went down to Australia to be a tennis coach. Her twitter says she's at the Hume Academy in Melbourne.

I don't think Jade is in television - I always see her doing school visits, part of the 'athlete mentor' sort of thing, as a spokesperson for various foundations/organisations (Beyond the Baseline?), speaking to kids about healthy lifestyles, doing activity sessions, inspirational talks, all that sort of thing. 

christ wrote:

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JonH comes home wrote:

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Good luck to delpo,  he deserves a break 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/51256210

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 Punny, but cruel.

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 Ha, you do me the favour of suggesting I had some intended humour there but being frank, there was no intention at all!

Coup Droit wrote:

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Strongbow wrote:

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paulisi wrote:

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New from Lisa Whybourn in that her second op sounds more successful as she has started serving now.

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 That's a name I haven't heard in a while. I thought she'd gone to TV or was that Jade ?

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 Lisa went down to Australia to be a tennis coach. Her twitter says she's at the Hume Academy in Melbourne.

I don't think Jade is in television - I always see her doing school visits, part of the 'athlete mentor' sort of thing, as a spokesperson for various foundations/organisations (Beyond the Baseline?), speaking to kids about healthy lifestyles, doing activity sessions, inspirational talks, all that sort of thing. 

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 I remember (perhaps wrongly) that Lisa, Jade, Eleanor and Sam all went out injured at about the same time.

Ace Ventura wrote:

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She obviously divides opinion on here, but I'm a bit surprised there was no mention of Maria Sharapova's immediate retirement (unless I've missed it). It did seem a case of when, not if, but I wasn't expecting it so out of the blue, and thought she might have had a specific date or tournament in mind, and a bit of a shame she's ended on 4 straight defeats (although to be fair, that probably would have have extended if she did carry on).

 

She's obviously successful off the court, and could do pretty much whatever she wanted (within reason), and she can fully concentrate on that now, but tennis, not just the WTA, has lost one of it's biggest names now, at least officially anyway.

 

Best of luck Maria 

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 Mmm. But her legacy is tainted , ace, I'm sorry to say. Not just the ban for getting caught but the fact she took meldonium,  albeit before it was banned, in performance enhancing doses for much of her career. 

I suspect many wont miss her.