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Post by Damita on Jan 19, 2005 5:18:14 GMT 3
Dinara lost. 2-6 6-1 6-0  Jiat made a report of the match, as she had tv coverage. But she's on her way to school now, so i post it for her: well, i watched the match live.
the scoreline really doens't reflect the amount of work the girls had to do because there were a lot of long games and long points.
never really watched dina play before, so i was impressed today. she hits really well and started really strong...great rallies, really great shotmaking too and she controlled the first set. and took a double break.
towards the end of the set... momo started waking up so it became tougher, but dina held on to take the set.
then 2nd set.... temperature started rising...and so did dina's UEs. but... she still played well, went for the shots but too many errors unfortunately. then she started to collapse.... and lost the set.
they were offered to option to take a 10 minute break after the 2nd set, but dina chose not to take it and took a toilet break instead. got bagelled int he third....was kinda out of sorts... skying lots of shots....UEs..... was pretty pissed with herself too. ranting in russian to herself... waving the racquet around. actng EXACTLY like marat...yep..they're DEFINITELY related.
to sum up the match..."it wasn't about amelie mauresmo, it was about dinara safina..." she controlled the match pretty much.....all the way until the mental collapse. i think it's got sth to do with her endurance level as well. skill wise, she's up there with the best...but she lacks match endurance.....
but...it was a great match to watch...... and i think the crowd loved it..... stadium was packed... and well..she did give momo a scare  |
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Post by annie on Jan 19, 2005 5:47:37 GMT 3
well, i hope it's not an omen for Marat's match...it'll be awfull if the two of them lose the same day...  |
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Post by alysha on Jan 19, 2005 5:55:45 GMT 3
aww she was close, tough match i was soo impressed with her play even though the score didnt reflect it too much...better luck next time
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Post by tall_one on Jan 19, 2005 7:45:07 GMT 3
This sound like the truth. Everyone seems to agree that it actually happened. The question is this: was it justifiable? Probably... to a certain extent. to a certain extent, yes it is justifiable. You don't have to sigh autographs for people who just got done booing you the whole match but you do not -- in any way, shape or form -- have right to say something derogatory towards them, especially when it has racist undertones. If she really, truely said that, then i am very disappointed in her, but i didn't see it, nor are there any reports from something more official then a couple of guys on wta world whom i don't know so i'm going to assume that it wasn't nearly as bad as those guy says it was |
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Post by Damita on Jan 19, 2005 10:37:30 GMT 3
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Post by sirius on Jan 19, 2005 12:08:50 GMT 3
Mauresmo Overcomes Safina
Wednesday, 19 January, 2005
French No.2 seed Amelie Mauresmo has recovered from a slow start against a fired-up Dinara Safina to advance to the third-round of Australian Open 2005 with a 2-6 6-1 6-0 victory.
Mauresmo, who beat in-form Australian Samantha Stosur on the opening night of the tournament, had some real problems with her serve in the first set as the 18-year-old sister of 2004 men's singles runner-up Marat Safin raced to a 4-0 lead.
However Mauresmo started to warm up from that stage of the match and, after losing the set, simply overpowered Safina in one hour and 50 minutes.
The next opponent for the 1999 women's singles runner-up will be either Ana Ivanovic or Maria Kirilenko.
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Post by SAFINNO1 on Jan 19, 2005 22:02:42 GMT 3
I knew she could give Amelie a fight for her spot.
Unlucky as i heard she was only stopped by fatigue anyway atleast you are still in the Doubles.
BTW u always have u bro to look after you.
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Post by SAFINNO1 on Jan 19, 2005 22:17:26 GMT 3
anyway she starts her doubles campaign tomorrow.
Go Dina Baby.
Court 21 Start Time 11.00 AM
Women's Doubles - 1st Rnd.
Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)/
Dinara Safina (RUS)
vs. Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP)/
Galina Voskoboeva (RUS)
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Post by Anik on Jan 19, 2005 23:52:46 GMT 3
Safin tells sister she missed the train
Dinara Safina felt all sorts of heat yesterday. First, there was the burden that builds when all 14 Russian women entered in this grand slam had won through to round two; an impressive statistic but one that meant someone, sometime, had to lose.
Then there was Amelie Mauresmo, the world No. 2, and the opponent trying to make her the first one to go.
Finally, there was her big brother, Marat Safin, who saw most of the match from his hotel and saw "another train" of opportunity pass Safina by and spent most of his post-match conference telling her just that.
The 2-6, 6-1, 6-0 score sheet suggested Mauresmo was unsettled by Safina on her way to the third round, but there were things it could not say.
A sluggish start became something more authoritative for the second seed by the end of a dropped first set, and she conceded just one game for the rest of the match.
"I put pressure," her opponent later lamented, "but not enough. Not every ball."
Still, Safina felt some satisfaction at how far she made Mauresmo stretch. It was the 18-year-old who got the game going yesterday, hunching her shoulders over baseline balls and smacking them ferociously at her French opponent, who looked troubled but was probably making wiser use of her energy.
Where Mauresmo steadied, Safina's exertion exhausted her. She had barely enough energy to clench her fist as she secured the first set 6-2. Her on-court personality is not as overt as her brother's, but it was only after she started to looked tired that her shots appeared a bit sleepy, too.
She is starting to learn, she said later, that what she holds back on, and hides from her opponents, might be as important as what she tries to show them. "I have to have a good serve, and a forehand, because I missed a lot of shots with my forehand," Safina said. " I was taking too much risk with the backhand, for sure. I have to learn to play baseline and to play baseline for three hours."
Easy wins for Serena Williams and Jarkko Nieminem on Vodafone Arena meant Safin did not have to wait long to get on the same court on which Safina was beaten, and he made such simple work of Bohdan Ulihrach that he could spend more post-match time assessing his sister's performance than his own.
Having reeled off his own (numerous) teenage achievements - "basically, I'm having a pretty decent career" - Safin said it was time Safina started thinking for herself, finding some character and learning to scratch and fight like the other Russian girls.
There will be no lessons taught in a mixed doubles team; the time for family charity, said Safin, was up. "She has to grow up, you know, be a little responsible for the things that she is doing and the decisions she is making," he said.
"For some reason she cannot make any decisions, she needs somebody to explain everything. She is a little bit young and I know everybody is saying to her, she has a big future in front of her.
"She's my sister. It's just a little bit sad to see, to sit back and watch this train pass. She has to run away when I told her already: 'Take this train, you know, like before it's gonna be too late.'
"But I'm sorry, if you don't really understand yourself what's going on, it's a little bit difficult for somebody to fix it and explain it. Nobody can tell her what to do, she has to decide for herself. It's my duty to help her, but if she doesn't want to listen . . ."
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Post by tall_one on Jan 20, 2005 0:54:17 GMT 3
There will be no lessons taught in a mixed doubles team; the time for family charity, said Safin, was up. "She has to grow up, you know, be a little responsible for the things that she is doing and the decisions she is making," he said. "For some reason she cannot make any decisions, she needs somebody to explain everything. She is a little bit young and I know everybody is saying to her, she has a big future in front of her. "She's my sister. It's just a little bit sad to see, to sit back and watch this train pass. She has to run away when I told her already: 'Take this train, you know, like before it's gonna be too late.' "But I'm sorry, if you don't really understand yourself what's going on, it's a little bit difficult for somebody to fix it and explain it. Nobody can tell her what to do, she has to decide for herself. It's my duty to help her, but if she doesn't want to listen . . ." geesh  is there a brother on this earth who isn't a jerk to his sister? Doing this kind of cr*p in front of your parents is one thing, doing it in a public interview is just... pfffff  |
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Post by alysha on Jan 20, 2005 6:36:45 GMT 3
brotherly lovee....weird thing
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Post by sirius on Jan 20, 2005 15:03:09 GMT 3
dina and anabel won their dubs match!!!!!
yaaayyy 6-3 6-4
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Post by SAFINNO1 on Jan 21, 2005 0:18:09 GMT 3
GO DINABEL You can do it.
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Post by alysha on Jan 21, 2005 4:58:21 GMT 3
haha i like that...dinabel.....and yeah they can do it!
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Post by Damita on Jan 22, 2005 12:18:14 GMT 3
Dinara and Anabel defeated Gisela Dulko and Maria Vento-Kabchi 6-1 6-7 (6) 6-4  next: Chia-Jung Chuang and Rika Fujiwara |
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is there a brother on this earth who isn't a jerk to his sister? Doing this kind of cr*p in front of your parents is one thing, doing it in a public interview is just... pfffff 
