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COLUMN: Amateurism is over. So why is College Tennis still punishing success?
20 January 2026
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crissy
Hopefully, she is forced into retirement. Legends retire at the top of their games. They do not require wildcards. She looks like someone who has gone broke and is looking for her next gig to get a paycheck. Like Mike Tyson in his last fight. It is disheartening. If she wants to play tennis, join the Senior citizen tour. Or start making her qualify like everyone else. No one wants to see a slow moving video or kids beating up on a senior citizen.,
crissy
Just the normal loss. Another wasted wildcard. I wonder how longer it is going to take the tennis world to see that Venus is suffering from addiction to attention disorder. She cannot break away from the limelight.
mandoist
Sports organizations are trying hard to ignore the growing heat/humidity issues for athletes. WTA especially is avoiding near future extreme heat issues. Scheduled timeouts is a band-aid on what will be an unhealthy result... possibly this is the year damage will occur?
crissy
Changing citizenship is not going to make you a better player. I guess Australia is like America, where you can be delusional and be what anything you want to be. No matter how immoral it is.
mandoist
Raducan'tdo still has time to withdraw due to hurt feelings about her time slot. Surely WTA knows she doesn't do well playing past her bedtime. : ~ )
mandoist
"Wild Card" should be re-named 'Elitist Card'. Ridiculous waste of our time -- but more importantly -- wasting some promising young player's shot at competing.
mandoist
Mirra has a great sense of humor. It's refreshng to watch her mature mentally, but hope she never loses her wit.
MrAndreeva
Random AO26 R1 pick: Lys vs. Cirstea. Absolute fire straight away. Meanwhile, people think fans love Alcaraz hitting with Walton. Nah. It’s just kids chanting “Let’s go, Car-los! Let’s go!” on loop. Same vibe. Same boring. Better do what they’re yelling and go watch a real match on Court 62.
MrAndreeva
This should be a cracker! Buzzing already. 🥳🥳
mandoist
You drinking heavy?
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