Fans cluster to watch champ practice
The Journal, after running Réjean Tremblay’s snark at Bianca Andreescu on the weekend, has a fairly mild item about fans watching the tennis champ practising at Jarry Park. However, the Gazette’s Pat Hickey, in more muted tones than Tremblay, but taking up the same theme, criticizes her bitterly for not talking to the Montreal media. The headline alleging she “misses shot at connecting with Montreal fans” is clearly untrue, as people were able to go watch her, and that’s what they wanted – not soundbites filtered and shaped by the media.
The question would be: what’s in it for her to waste her time trying to charm these grouchy old white males? She has to focus on her game, and she must know that those old sports writers are as fickle as divas, capable of twisting her words if it suits their purpose. She’s wise to keep her distance. She owes them nothing.
mare 09:00 on 2019-09-17 Permalink
I’m pretty sure Andreescu has PR advisers that decide which interview request to grant and which to deny. I bet she gets quite a few of them, and she also has to practice, travel and rest. There’s a million tennis matches out there, and they all are fighting to have her attend. Tiring business, and meeting the Montreal press is probably not high on the list, apart from a post-win press conference with *all* the national and international press.
Uatu 10:43 on 2019-09-17 Permalink
Heh. I think these two print media sports journalists are angrier at the idea that they’re on the cusp of obsolescence and their opinions are irrelevant…
Jack 11:12 on 2019-09-17 Permalink
We connected with her, you didn’t….get a grip.
Abraham Simpson is the only one who reads them.