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Post by DBBN on May 28, 2009 13:18:56 GMT -5
11 AM start. Chatrier 1. Rezai vs. Larcher de Brito (WS)  2. Gonzalez vs. Ouanna (MS) 3. Nadal vs. Hewitt (MS) 4. Sharapova vs. Shvedova (WS) Lenglen 1. Benesova vs. Ivanovic (WS) 2. V. Williams vs. Szavay (WS) 3. Hanescu vs. Simon (MS) 4. Murray vs. Tipsarevic (MS) Court 1 1. Almagro vs. Verdasco (MS) 2. Safina vs. Pavlyuchenkova (WS) 3. Soderling vs. Ferrer (MS) 4. Azarenka vs. Suarez Navarro (WS) Court 2 1. DNOC. 2. Cibulkova vs. Dulko (WS) 3. Stepanek vs. Cilic (MS) 4. DNOC. Court 7 1. DNOC. 2. Davydenko vs. Wawrinka (MS) 3. Li vs. Govortsova (WS) 4. DNOC. Everywhere else: DNOC. |
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Post by DBBN on May 28, 2009 13:20:33 GMT -5
Allez.
Caravane.
Nad.
Yvetta.
Aggie.
Snots.
Nando.
Fit D.
Comcast Sports Network.
Stan.
Lee Na.
Allez.
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Post by leelee on May 28, 2009 14:30:21 GMT -5
I wish the USO would dump crappy matches on their main court too.
*whistles*
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Post by lexpretend on May 28, 2009 15:19:17 GMT -5
ALLEZ CARAVANE.
Ouanna, Szavay, Sexy Domi, Seemo, Lee Na, CSN, Anime Eyes and the Shved too.
And Rafa for the triple bagel.
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Post by janie on May 28, 2009 15:50:11 GMT -5
What's DNOC?
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Post by R. Black on May 28, 2009 16:08:50 GMT -5
Doubles no one cares.
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Post by DBBN on May 28, 2009 16:34:15 GMT -5
[exalt]  |
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Post by janie on May 28, 2009 16:47:37 GMT -5
I care! (a little)
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Post by DBBN on May 29, 2009 4:52:08 GMT -5
I woke up to the sound of an alarm clock that I don't own. Turns out it was the metronomic yelling of a Rezai/de Screamo rally! This I have to watch, at least for a while.
Rezai complained to the tournament referee about the screaming.
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Post by GoDom on May 29, 2009 5:08:49 GMT -5
what a match haha
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Post by GoDom on May 29, 2009 5:37:52 GMT -5
lolololol this could get EPIC
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Post by janie on May 29, 2009 5:51:18 GMT -5
MLDB wastes so much energy with her temper fits and her ridiculous full-body COME ON!! screams. She takes every single mannerism I hate in tennis players -- constant fist pumps, prolonged screams, self-dramatics --and takes it to new heights. So I can't stand her, but I'm afraid Leena is right and we're going to be seeing and hearing her a lot more from now on. Then young junior girls will start idolizing and imitating HER and taking these odious things to yet higher heights, and pretty soon there won't be room to play a point between all the other goings-on out there.
The match was entertaining for the open hate between the players w/ in-your-face stares and MLDB screaming her Come Ons at Rezai's mishits and UEs; you don't get that too often in women's matches.
Close her out, Aravane.
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Post by DBBN on May 29, 2009 5:59:39 GMT -5
I mean, no one needs to imitate her -- she is the carbon copy, as everything she does is directly inspired by Sharapova. But the hype appears warranted -- those groundies are damned impressive. She may not ever serve like Maria, though.
That first set was something to see, I will admit. As strict ball-bashing goes, they were playing at a pretty high level, so that was cool. Then napped again and now don't know where they stand.
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Post by janie on May 29, 2009 6:02:19 GMT -5
Terrible showing from Benesova, a "seed" here. Just couldn't keep the balls in the court. Nice to see Ana waking up, though, and she seemed to enjoy approaching the net, something I didn't see once in Rezai vs Scream Barbie.
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Post by janie on May 29, 2009 6:04:28 GMT -5
I mean, no one needs to imitate her -- she is the carbon copy, as everything she does is directly inspired by Sharapova. But the hype appears warranted -- those groundies are damned impressive. She may not ever serve like Maria, though. That first set was something to see, I will admit. As strict ball-bashing goes, they were playing at a pretty high level, so that was cool. Then napped again and now don't know where they stand. I enjoyed watching it, too, though I wouldn't have expected to. Rezai had no trouble in set 2, apparently, though she failed to serve it out at 5-1. I expected better from MLDB, who seems to love 3-setters, but was glad she let me down. |
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Post by janie on May 29, 2009 6:06:06 GMT -5
Okay, so Djokovic is through easily. Now what will TC show?
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Post by DBBN on May 29, 2009 6:09:52 GMT -5
Okay, so Djokovic is through easily. Now what will TC show? Nando? They've also been discussing Ferrero so maybe we'll get that last set, if there is a camera on Court 17. Yeah, Benesova, I mean, I love her, but she is the teeniest mental midget in big matches. It's actually a miracle she held her seed after the Fed Cup debacle threw off her whole (kind of good) year. Great job by Caravane to ignore the stress and pressure and come through. Certainly another Chatrier match awaits her in two days -- against the World #1! |
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Post by DBBN on May 29, 2009 6:11:29 GMT -5
Oh, never mind, Venus should be firing up her match in minutes. So we'll get that. Which means SZAVAY will be on TV! First time I'll have seen her in at least a year.  |
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Post by GoDom on May 29, 2009 6:14:19 GMT -5
Not sure what Szavay will have to offer. She has the right game to trouble Vee but after this long period of sucking she might not be ready for the upset.
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Post by janie on May 29, 2009 6:14:55 GMT -5
Saw something unusual this morning, a quote from a top player saying she didn't deserve her win. Of course it was ED, who was only speaking the truth. She's so lovable! If only she could break through and win one of these, for me that would help to offset the proliferation of mindless ballbashing. |
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Post by janie on May 29, 2009 6:15:47 GMT -5
Oh, we're getting some Verdasco! That's a nice surprise. Good old TC.
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Post by janie on May 29, 2009 6:18:02 GMT -5
Not sure what Szavay will have to offer. She has the right game to trouble Vee but after this long period of sucking she might not be ready for the upset. I don't expect her to do much better than Benesova did this morning, at least not if Venus is playing the way she has been. But it'll be fun to see if I'm wrong. |
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Post by DBBN on May 29, 2009 6:26:29 GMT -5
I guessed Nando first! And there is no camera on Court 17, so we'll not see any of KFC-Chat.
I said Szavay has a 0% chance in the Main Draw thread. I'll amend it to 1%.
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Post by janie on May 29, 2009 6:31:00 GMT -5
Szavay is off to a lot better start than silly Iveta.
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Post by janie on May 29, 2009 6:32:24 GMT -5
Okay, TC, enough of this, now let's see Szavay beating Vee! |
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Post by GoDom on May 29, 2009 6:36:14 GMT -5
Not sure what Szavay will have to offer. She has the right game to trouble Vee but after this long period of sucking she might not be ready for the upset. I don't expect her to do much better than Benesova did this morning, at least not if Venus is playing the way she has been. But it'll be fun to see if I'm wrong.  Venus hasn't exactly been stellar so far. Szavay likes hard-hitting opponents and has nice flat strokes. You don't need much more to trouble an off clay-Vee. |
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Post by R. Black on May 29, 2009 6:36:21 GMT -5
Venus is still sleeping.
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Post by janie on May 29, 2009 6:49:32 GMT -5
Mysterious! Off-day for sure. But doubtless will recover in set 2. Hope Szavay can stay the course.
I thought Venus looked really good for the end of her previous match. But maybe that was just because I think she can't play on clay, and she can, a lot better than a lot of US players.
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Post by janie on May 29, 2009 6:50:12 GMT -5
5-0 |
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Post by R. Black on May 29, 2009 6:53:39 GMT -5
I'm not sure it's a good thing to win a set so easily. Szavay will need to be careful and stay focused.
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Venus hasn't exactly been stellar so far.