It's tennis time again......yup, the French Open starts this Sunday at 4:00am CST.
and it's looking like Serena is ready to roll. 
Serena gets down to work
World No.1 Serena Williams finally made her first appearance of the year on Philippe Chatrier Court early on Friday morning before appearing at the media day in the afternoon. The reigning Wimbledon and US Open champion cut a relaxed figure and seems confident of adding a second French Open title to her trophy cabinet, 11 years after the first.
http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/news/articles/2013-05-24/201305241369417479089.html?promo=menu_news
= new reply since forum marked as read
and hoping for another FO win for him. Also happy to watch David Ferrer. I enjoy watching him. Saw that one of my other favorites who recently retired is working there, Fabrice Santoro 
He interviewed Serena.
I have not figured out a favorite woman player or even several yet. There are a few I am watching and hoping to see them come through. Serena is always fine with me although I always had a preference for Venus. Never sad when they win but would sure like to see some other women begin to really challenge Serena.
So happy when the slams are on. I pretty much make myself stick with watching them because otherwise I would never get anything done.
Not that there has been a lot of challenge but you know how he gets sometimes and even in the earlier matches he starts to suck before he pulls it out? So far he just looks happy and comfortable and very easy about it all.
Nadal and Djoker are going to have to duke out the other half.
There are some pretty good future men playing I think. Lots of women although I have not watched them enough yet to pick them out as watchers. 
As long as they don't shriek, lol. They can grunt and groan and make lots of noise but please stop the little girl shrieking.
I watched the Bartoli match yesterday. I used to really dislike watching her but I enjoyed it. She is a nut, really interesting nut to watch. I don't mean that in a bad way just that she is really odd compared to all the others, her mannerisms and coping skills are very interesting. She is a scrapper, I will give her big props for being a real scrapper.
U.RADWANSKA
defeated 7/6 6/7 6/4
V.WILLIAMS [30]
Outstanding effort. I was very pleased to see this. I like Isner OK but Haas has worked so hard to make a comeback after all those years out. Hope he can go a little longer.
Looked iffy for a while so I did dishes and only peeked in. LOL
What is it with the attitude of some of these guys? Simon talking about how women shouldn't earn as much, their games are not as attractive etc. and Tsongas and his comments after the Azarenka mess when she was playing Sloane Stephens in Australia. He commented that they had hormones and stuff that make women too unstable to have dominant women in sports. Has he met Serena? Just to name one.
I only bring this up because I just heard about what Simon had said today during the match. Harumph and grrrrrrrr.
Anyway, YAY Federer
Also great for Serena, Kuznetsova and Hooray for Ferrer as well, looked bad for a while but he is a scraper. Wish they would play the Radwanska match on NBC.
thought it was funny how the French fans aren't crazy about Simon even being a native son....ha ha, shows what a putz he is. Glad he's gone. 
a w e s o m e, and now she's happily married to Andre.
After some health scares, Serena shows she's in good shape now.
Serena Williams has definitely come back after health problems that included stepping on glass in 2010 and a pulmonary embolism in 2011.
The tennis star graces the cover of Essence mag's July cover, wearing an ombre Carmen Marc Valvo swimsuit and Ben-Amun hoop earrings.
"I feel lighter, I feel healthier, and even though I'm 31 — which really isn't old, but for an athlete, particularly a tennis player, it's old — I promise you, my body has never felt better," she says in the magazine. "Considering how much I've played and how much I've done, I feel fine. I'm strong ..."
Her 5-foot-9, 155-pound body gets a lot of attention, including her backside, she says. So she's happy that curves are cool.
"It can be a bit weird," she admits. "Before it was, 'Serena has a big butt,' and that was all. Now there are way more people who feel comfortable with themselves and they're saying, 'I'm a woman, and this is what I look like.' I always say, 'We're popular now! We're finally in style!' "
Meanwhile, she has been rolling through the French Open in Paris. She faces 2009 champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarterfinals on Tuesday.
?ce8801b31498d8a76973562e156bf57fd6c91c44
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2013/06/03/serena-williams-my-body-has-never-felt-better/2385115/
I'd say.....she looks amazing.
edit to add info.
I have to admit I was rooting for Kuznetsova. No problem with Serena except her outburst at the US Open. That has remained a bad taste for me. As an athlete she is top notch, her game is wonderful and her strength is great to watch. Her big butt? People really comment about that or care? Good grief. Oh well, as far as the rest of the women left I will certainly be pulling for Serena.
What in the world was with Federer today? 2 sets with 27 unforced errors? <--something like that. Wow. Tsonga looked good and looked ready. Fed did not even have a sad smile, he was smiling after his loss. I think he really meant it when he said he was not ready to retire but wanted to continue to play as long as it was fun. I hope that is so for him
YAY Ferrer! Not that I am usually pulling for underdogs but he and Haas are really fun to watch and I would love to see one of them win in the semis. Wawrinka would be good to see as well. More days of good tennis to come
ESPN is running the match scores along the bottom of the screen just when their coverage is just beginning. D*mn. I'll watch, but shoot, didn't want to know the outcome first. 
but it was strange that ESPN2 taped Serena's and Roger's match yesterday, but went live with Sharapova and Djokovic's matches today. 
Was rooting for Jankovic today....but, Sharapova came through and will be a good semi. Looking forward to them all. 
Now bring on the screamer. 
edit to add more stuff. I'll be watching. and yup, love to Serena winning. 16 major titles..... wow. The best.
Steffi still holds 22 grand slam titles and a golden slam in one year but Serena is doing ok too
Or so it seems.
