Karen
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Post by Karen on May 24, 2005 18:25:51 GMT 3
tall_one I heard it was cancer also Myskina's mom has. Sad, sad, news.  |
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Post by Teresa on May 24, 2005 22:07:47 GMT 3
That's really sad sad news about Myskina's mummy.
Poor girl, its must be dreadful for her. No wonder she cannot concentrate. She sounded so low and depressed in her interview talking about her game and her confidence, really emotional. Not easy.
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Post by annie on May 25, 2005 9:43:44 GMT 3
Did anyone watch Sharapova-Linetskaya match??? wow!!!!!!!!!  Zhenya was soooooooo close, she almost had Sharapova out, I guess experience and a tough character played the upper hand. It was an excellent show though |
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Post by annie on May 25, 2005 12:37:48 GMT 3
Yep, i saw that match too...Linetskaya came very close...
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Post by Karen on May 25, 2005 20:24:11 GMT 3
Since the draw came out ESPN has been waiting for a Nadal vs Gasquet match and these two will play Friday. I had no idea Rafa has become so popular he needs 5-6 security ppl around him now. |
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Post by pau on May 25, 2005 22:09:23 GMT 3
Since the draw came out ESPN has been waiting for a Nadal vs Gasquet match and these two will play Friday. I had no idea Rafa has become so popular he needs 5-6 security ppl around him now. I'm expecting that match too!! ;D |
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Post by lau on May 26, 2005 3:38:17 GMT 3
Wednesday:  A. Medina Garrigues (ESP)[9]/
Dinara Safina (RUS)[9] d. Laura Granville (USA)/ Marissa Irvin (USA) 6-0 6-2I`m happy because I can still be cheering for Dinara (and Anabel, of course...)!! ;D ;D  |
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Post by Cassie on May 26, 2005 4:53:35 GMT 3
Did anyone watch Sharapova-Linetskaya match??? wow!!!!!!!!! Zhenya was soooooooo close, she almost had Sharapova out, I guess experience and a tough character played the upper hand. It was an excellent show though I'm quite happy Sharapova won. I want to see her ass get kicked by JHH. |
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Post by Jamie on May 26, 2005 7:09:06 GMT 3
hahahaha, cassie, i agree with you! and about the match between rafa and richard, it must be a great one, i bet! a 5-setter will be perfect! i love watching such exciting match, and what' more, you have nothing to worry about since you like both players but you are still able to keep calm. it's the greatest way to enjoy tennis (compared with watching someone's matches ) |
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Post by annie on May 26, 2005 8:55:06 GMT 3
hahahaha, cassie, i agree with you! and about the match between rafa and richard, it must be a great one, i bet! a 5-setter will be perfect! i love watching such exciting match, and what' more, you have nothing to worry about since you like both players but you are still able to keep calm. it's the greatest way to enjoy tennis (compared with watching someone's matches ) Oh Jamie that is soooooooooo true!!!!!!!!!! It should be an exciting one. Cassie LOL about your comment on Sharapova |
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Post by annie on May 26, 2005 11:27:18 GMT 3
Third round beckoning for fans’ favourites Thursday
By Christian Lacaze
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
The second round of the French Open concludes Thursday with Maria Sharapova and Justine Henin-Hardenne hoping to put in reassuring performances after hesitant first round displays. Andy Roddick can expect a gruelling challenge, while local boy Arnaud Clément should have less trouble booking his ticket to the third round. We preview four big matches from Thursday's exciting schedule.
Maria Sharapova (2) - Aravane Rezaï<br>Second seed Sharapova came very close to being bundled out by compatriot Evgenia Linetsakaya in the first round. Ranked 39 places below Sharapova, Linetsakaya showed no fear of her illustrious opponent, harrying her at every opportunity. The Wimbledon champion won only 38% of the points on her second serve, and notched up 11 double faults. But Sharapova is a born fighter, and she hung tough to edge home in the third (6-7, 6-2, 6-4). Aravane Rezaï is next up for the darling of the fans and media alike. The young French girl used her wild card to good effect in the first round, disposing of Camille Pin (2-6, 6-2, 6-2). Of Iranian descent, 18-year-old Aravane never knows she is beaten and shrugged off 64 unforced errors to turn things around against compatriot Pin. Such inaccuracy will cost her dearly against Sharpova though. Currently 244 in the world, Rezaï has won four ITF clay tournaments over the last eight months, but Sharapova is a massive step up for her, and on a show court to boot. So can Rezaï conquer her nerves and raise her game? The first few games should provide the answer.
Justine Henin-Hardenne (10) - Virginia Ruano-Pascual
Two days after a surprisingly difficult match with veteran Conchita Martinez (6-0, 4-6, 6-4), Justine Henin-Hardenne faces another Spaniard in the shape of Virginia Ruano-Pascual. The former champion confessed she felt nervous and out-of-sorts on Tuesday, no doubt due to the two-week break she took after winning in Charleston, Warsaw and Berlin. Henin-Hardenne will expect to get her game moving again against Ruano-Pascual, who should provide valiant, rather than dangerous opposition. The Spaniard did reach the quarter-finals here way back in 1995, but since then she has evolved into a doubles specialist, to the point where she is now world number one in the discipline. Unfortunately, her singles game has not progressed in the same way, and she has never gone beyond the third round since. In two previous matches against Justine, Ruano-Pascual has yet to win a set, so the omens do not look good.
Andy Roddick (2) - Jose Acasuso
Experience was the essential ingredient behind Andy Rodick's comfortable first round win over novice Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Argentinian dirt-baller Jose Acasuso will provide a much sterner test of the American's new-found belief on the red surface. Aged 22, standing six-foot three-inches tall and weighing 190 pounds, Acasuso is one of the few ambidextrous players on the circuit. Predominantly right-handed, the South American has a booming serve and a crunching forehand that have carried him to semi-finals on clay in Saint Pölten and Buenos-Aires this season. The 62-ranked player may never have reached the third round before, but Roddick hasn't either, apart from in 2001 in his first appearance in Paris. Since then, Roddick has won two matches in four years, so a win over Acasuso is hardly as clear-cut as the rankings would make out.
Arnaud Clément (WC) - Nicolas Kiefer
Four years ago, Arnaud Clément was a Top 10-ranked rising star. Now he languishes 105th in the world, grateful for the invitation that ensured his presence at this year's French Open. First-round eliminations in four of his last five Grand Slams have seen the 2001 Australian Open finalist disappear from the radar and out of most people's thoughts prior to this year's Roland Garros. A convincing win over Alexander Popp in the first round reminded everyone of Clement's potential though, and another unfancied German, Nicolas Kiefer, now stands in his way. A former world #4 and quarter-finalist in the other three Grand Slams, Kiefer has never felt at home on the Parisian clay. Clément has the home and surface advantage then, but will be wary of a player who has beaten him on three of the four occasions they have met.
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Post by annie on May 26, 2005 13:58:55 GMT 3
Oh noooooooooooo my boys are losing Youzhny already lost 2 sets and Davydenko lost the 1st set to Olly....COME ON KOLYA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Post by annie on May 26, 2005 13:59:29 GMT 3
oh he heard me!!!!!!!!! Kolya just won the second set ;D
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Post by jewell on May 26, 2005 14:25:51 GMT 3
yeah and he's break up now, but youzhny lost but i suppose that was to be expected.
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Post by annie on May 26, 2005 14:31:41 GMT 3
yeah and he's break up now, but youzhny lost but i suppose that was to be expected. 3 breaks up ;D |
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