Well who knows what "highly achieved" means...

The point of my thread title and opening post was to praise the amazing performance of the lovely Simona Halep in the women's singles final, the fantastic sporting way in which the match was played and the gracious way in which Serena accepted defeat. It was top-level sport played exactly as it should be played. I'm quite democratic about any thread I start and, if you wish to expand it into a whinge about big money in sport, or to patronise superb sportswomen by suggesting that they should stick to ping-pong, or by making disparaging references to "ladyboys", a word I've determinedly excluded from my lexicon, then all power to your elbow. All I can say is that your extensive world travels, etc, appear to have been made with your eyes tight shut.