There’s Not Much Love in Tennis

Lisa Dillman’s reporting about the French crowd’s booing of Mary Pierce implies that somehow the crowd turned on her for no reason. Instead, they were reacting to her petulant tanking. After blowing a 5-1 lead in the first set, she threw away the second set, 6-2, losing 15 of the last 16 points in her characteristic pique.

DAVID WILCZYNSKI, Redondo Beach

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Pete Sampras knows all about “French Toasts” [May 28]. He played crummy, got burned and wound up with egg on his face.

ROBERT H. WILLIAMS, Monterey Park