Is there a female equivalent to the phrase ‘men against boys’? That is the question which leaps to mind as I flicked the television channel in time to see opponents taking the court for the coin toss. On one side of the net Miss Razzano and Miss Rezai, on the other side the significant presence, in stature and reputation of the Williams’ sisters, looking in comparison to their opponents like characters from a Hot Shot Hamish comic strip.
Messrs Razzano and Rezai were not the only women up against it today either. Elena Baltacha had to face the brunt of media questions about the state of British tennis after she lost out in the second round to Kirsten Flipkens. This criticism of the current quality of British women’s tennis though is as inaccurate as it is unfair.
The current standard of women’s tennis in this country is higher than it has been for some time with Ann Keothavong breaking into the World’s top 50 this year and other players closing in on the top 100. In the words of Baltacha, “Everyone goes crazy about one week and expects someone to do fantastic, otherwise you’re a failure. That’s a shame.”
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