3 of 4 Woman Semi-finalists at Porsche Open are of Polish ancestry

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Apr 23, 11, 04:36 #1

I think its interesting that 3 of the 4 semifinalists at the 2011 Porsche Open are of Polish ancestry.

-Caroline Wozniacki
-Agneszka Radwanska
-Samantha Stosur

If Sabine Lisicki won her quarterfinal match against Julia Goerges, all FOUR Semifinalists would have been of Polish ancestry.

As it stands now, there is a 3 out of 4 chance that the woman who wins the Porsche Open will be of Polish roots. I find that interesting.

Caroline Woziniacki takes on Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska in semifinals
http://www.10sballs.com/2011/04/22/wozniacki-looking-good-after-petkov ic-win/

Julia Goerges vs Samantha Stosur in semifinals
http://www.livetennisguide.com/2011/04/22/julia-goerges-samantha-stosu r-semi-final-clash-at-porsche-open-2011/

guesswhoThreads: 23 Posts: 3,326 Joined: Mar 17, 10 ♀	Apr 23, 11, 04:46 #2
MediaWatch: -Samantha Stosur http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Stosur how do you know she's Polish? Just a question, no bs intended.

MediaWatchThreads: 31 Posts: 1,306 Joined: Aug 30, 08 ♂	Edited by: MediaWatch Apr 23, 11, 05:02 #3
guesswho: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Stosur how do you know she's Polish? Just a question, no bs intended Look at your link. At the section Early life. This article also says it. http://www.zimbio.com/Samantha+Stosur In another article I read how Stosur talked about how "a bunch of us tennis players from Australia are of Polish background". Stosur is also a Polish name.

guesswhoThreads: 23 Posts: 3,326 Joined: Mar 17, 10 ♀	Apr 23, 11, 05:05 #4
MediaWatch: Look at your link. At the section Early life. This article also says it. http://www.zimbio.com/Samantha+Stosur In another article I read how Stosur talked about how a "bunch of us tennis players" from Australia are of Polish background. Stosur is also a Polish name. OK, thx As far as the name, you can never be really that sure unless it's Kowalski or so :-)

MediaWatchThreads: 31 Posts: 1,306 Joined: Aug 30, 08 ♂	Edited by: MediaWatch Apr 23, 11, 05:11 #5
guesswho: OK, thx As far as the name, you can never be really that sure unless it's Kowalski or so :-) You're welcome. Yeah you have a point. Many people think of Polish names as mainly ending in a vowel, or z.

HarryThreads: 62 Posts: 8,508 Joined: May 2, 07 ♂ [Suspended]	Apr 23, 11, 10:11 #6
MediaWatch: As it stands now, there is a 3 out of 4 chance that the woman who wins the Porsche Open will be of Polish roots. And there is 4 out of 4 chance that none of them have ever even visited Poland, just like you.

delphiandomineThreads: 42 Posts: 9,954 Joined: Nov 25, 08 ♂ [Suspended]	Apr 23, 11, 10:24 #7
MediaWatch: I think its interesting that 3 of the 4 semifinalists at the 2011 Porsche Open are of Polish ancestry. I find it even more interesting that two out of the three didn't grow up in Poland.

saschaThreads: 13 Posts: 3,862 Joined: Jun 10, 10 ♂	Apr 23, 11, 11:37 #8
3 of 4 Woman Semi-finalists at Porsche Open are of Polish ancestry I'd say, enjoy the moment. ;)

Monia	Apr 23, 11, 11:56 #9
Harry: And there is 4 out of 4 chance that none of them have ever even visited Poland, just like you. You poor thing , yeah you know better - in your own confused world of cyberspace , you have lost touch with reality , you know where other people travel , who they visit and what they have on breakfast . Harry - self- invented mentalist

PlasticPoleThreads: 10 Posts: 5,433 Joined: May 28, 09 ♀	Apr 23, 11, 11:59 #10
Harry: And there is 4 out of 4 chance that none of them have ever even visited Poland, just like you. What's important is the bloodline producing champions.

saschaThreads: 13 Posts: 3,862 Joined: Jun 10, 10 ♂	Apr 23, 11, 12:09 #11
PlasticPole: What's important is the bloodline producing champions. Agreed. Just for the 'champions' we'll have to see and wait a little. :)

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Apr 23, 11, 14:48 #12

Harry:

here is 4 out of 4 chance that none of them have ever even visited Poland, just like you.

You have a remarkable facility looking for the negative in anything Polish. It's automatic. Have you discussed this peculiar and
abnormal obsession with a therapist or with your God?

If a Polish person walked on water, you'd condemn him or her for polluting it instead of marveling at the feat (I wanted to spell it feet).

MediaWatch:

Stosur is also a Polish name.

I had a great, great uncle with the German sounding name of Stumber, yet he was 100% Polish. By the way, he walked on water.

delphiandomineThreads: 42 Posts: 9,954 Joined: Nov 25, 08 ♂ [Suspended]	Apr 23, 11, 15:38 #13
PlasticPole: What's important is the bloodline producing champions. The same bloodline that has been merged with German, Russian, Ruthenian, Lithuanian, Czech, Slovak et al blood throughout the years? What's important is the training that they recieive, plus a bit of luck and physical ability.

saschaThreads: 13 Posts: 3,862 Joined: Jun 10, 10 ♂	Apr 23, 11, 17:34 #14
delphiandomine: What's important is the training that they recieive, plus a bit of luck and physical ability. Like all the other players in the top 20, 30 in WTA...but I am glad for a change that lots of slavic girls are on the top. Makes watching their tennis much more fun than to see those Mc Donalds girlies. ;)

David_18Threads: 111 Posts: 1,212 Joined: Jan 4, 07 ♂	Apr 23, 11, 19:56 #15
Harry: And there is 4 out of 4 chance that none of them have ever even visited Poland, just like you. delphiandomine: I find it even more interesting that two out of the three didn't grow up in Poland. You two need to stop be so jealous ;)

strzygaThreads: 4 Posts: 988 Joined: Apr 30, 08 ♀	Apr 23, 11, 20:10 #16
Harry: MediaWatch: As it stands now, there is a 3 out of 4 chance that the woman who wins the Porsche Open will be of Polish roots.And there is 4 out of 4 chance that none of them have ever even visited Poland, just like you. Liar. You know very well that Agnieszka Radwańska lives in Poland. Caroline Woźniacki visited Poland too. Why are you lying, Harry?

delphiandomineThreads: 42 Posts: 9,954 Joined: Nov 25, 08 ♂ [Suspended]	Apr 23, 11, 21:07 #17
David_18: You two need to stop be so jealous ;) Of what, Poland's dire ability to produce top level sportsmen? (something I intend to do something about, though)

grubasThreads: 20 Posts: 1,452 Joined: Feb 1, 10 ♂	Apr 23, 11, 21:19 #18
delphiandomine: Of what, Poland's dire ability to produce top level sportsmen? Yeah, in that Poland is way better than the UK e.g Poland produced Malysz and the UK produced Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards.

delphiandomineThreads: 42 Posts: 9,954 Joined: Nov 25, 08 ♂ [Suspended]	Apr 23, 11, 21:35 #19
grubas: Yeah, in that Poland is way better than the UK e.g Poland produced Malysz and the UK produced Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards. Did Malysz succed because of being Polish, or in spite of it? The utter dire record of the other Polish ski jumpers until this season suggests the latter.

ZIMMYThreads: 10 Posts: 2,353 Joined: Feb 21, 09 ♂	Apr 24, 11, 18:32 #20
More Polish (from Poland) tennis pros making a name for themselves: * Agnieszka Radwańska • Urszula Radwańska • Magda Linette • Katarzyna Piter • Marta Domachowska * Justyna Jegiołka • Karolina Kosińska • . Anna Korzeniak • . Paula Kania • Barbara Sobaszkiewicz

saschaThreads: 13 Posts: 3,862 Joined: Jun 10, 10 ♂	Apr 25, 11, 20:07 #21
delphiandomine: What's important is the training that they recieive, plus a bit of luck and physical ability. For the final she didn't train enough. Lost though. ;) There will a next tournament... :)

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