Posted by JC in tennis....

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/magazine...amp;oref=slogin

Lots to chew on in there. The thing I found most interesting was the observation that trainer's find they have a harder time getting the girls to stay off the field when injured than the boys. Maybe the reason it seemes as though there are more injury timeouts and retirements in the WTA than the ATP is that the women are more likely to be playing when they should be resting? Tennis doesn't seem to have as many ACL tears as some of the other sports (though Mary Pierce tore hers), perhaps because there's no contact and less jumping, but I think a lot of it is still relevant.