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'Respect them all'

by Julio Ontong
2009-07-08 07:56

Dear Editor,

The following message is in respond to the article: A man's world? by Mr Simon Williamson.

It is unfortunate that sometimes, even in sport, the topic of being biased comes into play often. Surely the means to support your fellow opposite gender is more important than trying to be the better of the two.

Roger Federer along with all other legends such as Navratilova, Hingus, Graf, Sampras, Bjorg and all others should be respected for what they have achieved in tennis irrespective of their sex.

They all deserve the recognition of a life time. What people should understand is that not everyone will get the same attention as others and that has nothing to do with being a male or a female.

My heart goes out to people that still dwell around unnecessary situations caused by our own kind to break each other down. There are more important matters at hand in our current place on earth.

Julio Ontong

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Halfwise 7/8/2009 8:20:01 AM
2010 workers are putting down tools today, and you are busy telling us about tennis. Get a life. Stupid Doctors got what they want, 2010 workers must as well get what they want.

SA Male 7/8/2009 8:34:49 AM
Let's be honest... Navratilova was the best female player ever, but Federer is the best PLAYER ever.

IandI 7/8/2009 8:35:49 AM
Well said, Julio.It may be a man's world , but it would be nothing without a woman on it(thanks James Brown). Therefore Navratilova is the greatest tennis player ever.

Klebe 7/8/2009 8:52:10 AM
Agreed,respect is what we all have for female tennis players but what i disagree with is to equal them females to us in terms preformance quality and rewards.
Males perfom better and we play longer matches than ladies,why then must the ladies winner get the same financial reward at Wimbledon?
To even ask why legends are always male or male legends get more recognition,is an insult to us males.
Number 100th placed male player can wipe out all female players including number 1 female player and you compare them to us,NEVA!

colin 7/8/2009 9:00:17 AM
You forgot to mention the Williams sisters - living legends.

Alan 7/8/2009 9:03:23 AM
Isn't this article a bit trivial....after all anyone who knows anything about any sport and is a sports lover, respects any gender in any discipline where they have performed admirally.

Bongani 7/8/2009 9:04:14 AM
About Amanda Coetze?

American History X 7/8/2009 9:10:35 AM
If you ask the tennis world, male and female, whether they would like to see Federer play Nadal or Sampras or Agassi, or to watch Navratilova play Graf, Evert or the Williams sisters?
No choice really, its the men's tennis that enhanced the sport to what it is. No disrespect intended, but the two should be seen seperately, although Graf and Navratilova will be considered the best female players of all, but they simply cannot compare with the competitiveness in the men's game vis-a-vis the women's game. End of.

Mxolisi Selby Shabangu 7/8/2009 9:15:27 AM
The Construction Companies are greedy they've been overchanging Governement now they don't want to pay their workers who have sweated blood to get their Stadiums finished,they are like Eskom who got a 31% Increase but still don't want to raise salaries of their employees so that they can afford their exobrbitant Electricity charges, we as the workers must strike forever until our demands are met we are tired of fat cats who make profit on the toil and sweat of the working class, "phambili ngomzabalazo phambili down with fat cats down"

Sal 7/8/2009 9:16:51 AM
I wish all these chauvnistic men's mother's never gave birth to them. They only here thanks to their moms.

Pointless 7/8/2009 9:18:13 AM
There certainly are "more important matters at hand in our current place on earth" than this pointless letter.

pedido 7/8/2009 9:23:03 AM
Have you hear of Steffi Graf. Martina does not come close to her. She was the queen of Wimbledon yes, but she has not achieved what Steffi Graf has in tennis. Has Martina Navratilova ever won all the grand slam titles? Not sure about that, but i know Serena has.

Cynical 7/8/2009 9:33:03 AM
Great Letter, Cure For Insomnia

Thanks buddy, this super-interesting letter should have been ten times longer, then I could have printed it out for bedside reading as it would be a great cure for insomnia. Can't wait for your next contribution.


Tennis is as good as golf........ 7/8/2009 9:38:53 AM
Enough said, not worth even watching..........

Daantjie Badenhorst 7/8/2009 9:42:34 AM
I was totally disgusted when the one-Wimbledon-championship-wonder Michael Stich (who the heck is he?) said that some female tennis stars are only there for the sex appeal. I dismiss his sexist remarks with the contempt he deserves. I dislike the two Williams sisters with the same passion as I did Martina Navratilova or Amelie Mauresmo, but thankfully Maria Sharapova and Ana Ivanovic are both sexy and talented. In fact, I would like to see them contest many more Grand Slam finals, just like Navatilova and Chris Evert did. Forget about the pin-up called Anna Kournicova who could never win a Grand Slam title! There is no reason why female tennis stars cannot be beautiful; maybe Stich is just jealous!

SimonP 7/8/2009 9:47:15 AM
@Mxolisi S S, somewhat off topic wouldnt you say?

oistar@halfwise 7/8/2009 9:56:20 AM
2010 workers are putting down tools today, and you are busy telling us to "get a life". Stupid ANC supporters got what they want, 2010 workers must as well get what they want. And we must get what we want. We must get what we want. We must get what we want.

SA Male @Sal 7/8/2009 9:57:07 AM
I love my mom and respect her, but I'd whip her at tennis.

E.Nuff@Halfpint & Poxy Shabangu 7/8/2009 10:18:23 AM
If you want to comment on another topic, write your own article, otherwise keep your irrelevant ignorant comments to yourselves.

fedup 7/8/2009 10:19:57 AM
gosh!! enough already, like i said yesterday, theres a child who woke up hungry today and all you can tell us is this nonsense,come on man!!we've got more serious issues to worry about....pls spare us!!!

fedup 7/8/2009 10:24:36 AM
CYNICAL??.........hahahaha eeiishh you floored me man lol

Virgin Queen 7/8/2009 11:04:38 AM
Trust SA Male to miss the point. People are trying to balance humanity by giving respect and you are turning barbaric. I wonder what you will teach your son. We hear you Julio and it is true people have different qualities, and it realy depends on what the public prefers so all of them are good but they will never come out the same way, i mean Mandela and Obama are the greatest leaders by far and stil people have preference

ROKOVIVH 7/8/2009 11:17:26 AM
Fat Cats got paid and they are cruising with their german machines whuile the poor suffer, comrades lets strike, ABOUT TENNIS THE MOST ENTERTAINING PLAYER OF ALL TIME IS ANDRE AGGASI BUT THE BEST OF ALL TIME IS RAFAEL NADAL

Best Player Ever! 7/8/2009 11:29:39 AM
I was once beaten by a kid with a broken arm in a tennis tournament at school :( Now that guy is the best player for me!

SA Male @ Virgin Queen 7/8/2009 11:56:49 AM
I'll teach my son what I was taught: men and women are NOT equal physically, that's why we don't hit women. What's barbaric about being able to beat my mom in tennis?

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