My Concession Speech

My fellow tennis fans, in the spirit of the election season, I am finally ready to admit that I have been defeated. It's been a long and well-fought battle in the blogging realm, but I have come to accept the evidence that has been recently proved time and time again across a variety of different locations: Dinara Safina is a legitimate tennis player and therefore should be endorsed by my blog, Tennis Talk, Anyone? as the favorite for the French Open title.

Over the course of the past few weeks of the clay-court season, she has proven herself on the court by defeating a number of top-ranked players, among them this blog's choice to win the French Open this year, Maria Sharapova. Off the court, she has constantly defied the criticism lobbed her way many a time by Tenni... and stands on the precipice of her greatest career achievement.

After thoroughly dismantling Svetlana Kuznetsova to set up a final with the new number-1 player on the WTA tour, Ana Ivanovic, this blog has decided to put its weight behind Dinara Safina going forward and encourages others to do the same. We must be unified in our support of this worthy champion who has consistently showed her mettle and determination over the course of the past two weeks.

Thank you.

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