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Post by felldownagain on Jan 26, 2007 23:49:29 GMT -5
Serena was chillingly impressive. Where exactly between Florida and Melbourne did Maria lose her serve ?
I'm not going near WTAWonderland for at least a month.
I'm normally not given to offensive profanity outside my circle of friends but in this case I'm inclined to make a (hood-free) exception.
What a mother fucking son of a bitch way to start the season.
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Post by lisab on Jan 26, 2007 23:55:48 GMT -5
It doesn't seem as if you can get on anywayz.lol.
Serena does that so well, blast the ball. She just knows how to tee off on somebody's serve for pure winners. So Gonzo..
I'm not sure if I should call that tennis, but it is allowed.lol. It's almost unfair. And it's a boring game. What about rallies, what about another shot?lol.
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Post by Grarliner on Jan 27, 2007 2:19:49 GMT -5
Well ... that was astonishing ...
With Serena, you really do have to get her early, it seems. The later in the tournament she hangs around, the more dangerous she gets.
I don't know, I can appreciate this. She survived, survived, survived, and then hammered Maria. That is pretty damn impressive.
For everybody who rags on the game because of this, you shouldn't. This is like Michael Jordan or Mario Lemieux.
I guess you just have to hand it to her.
Now ... wouldn't it be great if she stayed motivated? Maria won't take this lightly, no doubt. That was a stinging defeat. If Serena gives us a full season, things will get interesting. Justine will return, and we might finally get our long-awaited showdown between them. Maria will be out for revenge, Amelie will go into her next match with Serena with the confidence that she beat her last time out.
Serena had 28 winners to 11 unforced errors. She almost NEVER produces a ratio that's even. Maria's stats aren't even that bad ... 12/13.
So that's a thunderbolt to the entire tour. Serena is still relevant.
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Post by Traveling Man on Jan 27, 2007 7:38:27 GMT -5
One can't help but give credit where it's due. After that performance, Serena made a lot of people eat crow, including most of us. I'm disappointed she won, since it reflects poorly on the rest of the Tour, but I am happy for her. Her dedication of this championship to her sister was touching.
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Post by janie on Jan 27, 2007 7:52:02 GMT -5
For everybody who rags on the game because of this, you shouldn't. This is like Michael Jordan or Mario Lemieux. I guess you just have to hand it to her. Now ... wouldn't it be great if she stayed motivated? .... So that's a thunderbolt to the entire tour. Serena is still relevant. Yes! Yes, yes, Yes! Thunder!! and yes indeed. Now I wonder what happens to the WTA's plans to market exclusively Maria? Between this and her tepid year-end defeat to Justine, how do they make her seem like "THE ONE"?
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Post by janie on Jan 27, 2007 7:57:40 GMT -5
One can't help but give credit where it's due. After that performance, Serena made a lot of people eat crow, including most of us. I'm disappointed she won, since it reflects poorly on the rest of the Tour, but I am happy for her. Her dedication of this championship to her sister was touching. Well said. I was furious at Serena for showing up over there looking so out of shape. I should have known something more was up with her when she actually showed up and played in Hobart. I was rooting against her right up till her till I saw her play Vaidisova and realized how damn good she still is ..... And the weird thing is, by the time she played the final, she played like a person who's in great shape. How does she do it? Congrats to good old Oracene, too. She whipped that girl into shape!
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Post by Calico on Jan 27, 2007 10:17:15 GMT -5
Congrats to Serena Williams on winning her 8th grand slam singles title. And she did it in astonishing fashion by obiterating Maria Sharapova 6-1 6-2. Serena deserves all the credit for winning the 2007 Australian Open. This was an amazing comeback for her. As for Maria I guess she didn't have a plan B. And I'm tired of hearing about how mentally tough Maria is from Mary Jo Fernandez and others. I like Mary Jo but she needs to stop saying Maria is so tough when she isn't. If Maria was so tough she wouldn't have twice lost huge thrid set leads in grand slams in the last year to lesser players. I think Maria has mental toughness. But she's certainly not as tough as some people make her out to be. Janie, Maria did win the 2006 U.S. Open only 4 and a half months ago. So The WTA Tour will still be talking about that for a while. In my eyes Sharapova has a free year this year in the grand slams. And she did lose only 2 matches on tour after Wimbledon last year so Maria is here to stay. But I don't think her upside is as big as Serena's is. Serena at her best is the best female tennis player I've ever seen. Maria at her best is a very good tennis player. Therein lies the difference between Serena and Maria at their best. I just hope Maria can get getting whipped by Williams out of her system and not have it linger in her mind and game this year. But getting crushed by Williams in the 2007 Australian Open final has to hurt her deeply. I hope Masha knows how to deal with it. Because she doesn't know how to deal with being the favorite going into a huge grand slam match with a Williams sister. Venus thrashed Masha 7-6 6-1 in the 2005 Wimbledon semfinals in her great comeback win at Wimbledon 2005. And Serena completely crushed Sharapova 6-1 6-2 in the 2007 Australian Open final in her phenomenol comeback at the Australian Open. I hope Maria gets the coaching and counseling she needs to deal with everything in her tennis career and not just the losses. She needs to learn how to play well as the favorite in grand slams. In her 2 grand slam wins she was the underdog in the finals against Serena Williams and Justine Henin and she played freely and very well. But as the favorite she doesn't play nearly as well and I think she feels the pressure and doesn't know how to deal with it. This has to change for Maria if she's to become a truly great tennis player.
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Post by Wagasi on Jan 27, 2007 10:57:14 GMT -5
Wow cat I totally agree. I find it really hard to see Maria as a truly great player. Her nerves and/or her game have been too often exposed against really good players. She's not even proven to be a clutch performer. Her serve, which is built around consistency and placement, not power, fails her far too often at important times. There's no way she should be serving Justine like numbers, that shot's her bread and butter. This stuff about her learning from every point and taking every defeat personally is just PR nonsense. Even Vaidisova, who's supposed to be a clone, isn't like her. Vaid's either hot or cold, when she's connecting she's hitting Davenport like, when she's cold, errors pile up. Maria just plays consistently tepid most of a tournament and the opponents fall left and right because of their own streakiness and/or chokiness.
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Post by leelee on Jan 27, 2007 12:03:09 GMT -5
One can't help but give credit where it's due. After that performance, Serena made a lot of people eat crow, including most of us. I'm disappointed she won, since it reflects poorly on the rest of the Tour, but I am happy for her. Her dedication of this championship to her sister was touching. Which sister? The dead one that was killed that was a "perfect mother", blah blah etc...? I hope it was the obese one that sleeps during the matches. That's a ridiculous comparison. Lemieux got sick, and had legit back problems. Jordan at least stayed in fine physical condition in his baseball attempt. Those are different than quitting tennis to be a fat ho.
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Post by lisab on Jan 27, 2007 13:30:27 GMT -5
I don't think Serena was in that fab of a shape. When Maria got her on the run she was on the d. But she made sure she didn't do much work by hitting aces or unreturnables and blasting cold winners off the serve. We really didn't see much a tennis match at all. She was anticipating well though.
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Post by Calico on Jan 27, 2007 15:31:13 GMT -5
Charlie, that was an excellent post about Maria. Maria still has room to get better and she needs because she's vulnerable in big matches against big players. If Maria plays really well she can win. But if not she has very little chance to win. I hope that at Maria's height she can develop her serve into a true weapon. But she certainly neerds to reduce her amount of double faults in big matches because that hurts her confidence in her serve which in turn hurts her confidence in her game.
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Post by janie on Jan 27, 2007 15:39:34 GMT -5
One can't help but give credit where it's due. After that performance, Serena made a lot of people eat crow, including most of us. I'm disappointed she won, since it reflects poorly on the rest of the Tour, but I am happy for her. Her dedication of this championship to her sister was touching. Which sister? The dead one that was killed that was a "perfect mother", blah blah etc...? I hope it was the obese one that sleeps during the matches. She dedicated it to her sister who was killed. What an asshole you can be, Leena.
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Post by Grarliner on Jan 27, 2007 16:41:09 GMT -5
One can't help but give credit where it's due. After that performance, Serena made a lot of people eat crow, including most of us. I'm disappointed she won, since it reflects poorly on the rest of the Tour, but I am happy for her. Her dedication of this championship to her sister was touching. Which sister? The dead one that was killed that was a "perfect mother", blah blah etc...? I hope it was the obese one that sleeps during the matches. That's a ridiculous comparison. Lemieux got sick, and had legit back problems. Jordan at least stayed in fine physical condition in his baseball attempt. Those are different than quitting tennis to be a fat ho. Lemieux also retired and came back, no real reason. But why would it matter if injuries forced him away? Jordan quit for more than two years, practiced for a week, and got 50+ points in an All-Star Game. This is very similar. You're wrong.
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