I usually glaze over women's matches: maybe I'll be writing a bit in another room, and I turn the volume up, allowing me to listen to the commentary broadcasted; or I settle down with some podcasts, turn on the closed-captioning, work on the computer, and occasionally look up if there's a nice rally going.
But at this point, I am beyond glad right now that ESPN is re-broadcasting the semifinal match of S. Williams v. Dementieva. Not only are they top-5 players and at least display nice female forms/faces, but the match was great. As competitive as you'd want in men's match, but actually played by women. Wow. Just wow.
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