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Post by Chachou on Sept 15, 2004 21:10:40 GMT 3
Marat'll play tomorrow his FIRST round
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Post by Damita on Sept 15, 2004 22:37:01 GMT 3
Marat'll play tomorrow his FIRST round Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  ;D Magda and Nélia>> thanks for the pic! (i love black & white pics!  ) |
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Post by Magda on Sept 15, 2004 23:06:24 GMT 3
Thursday
Center Court 11:00
Marat SAFIN (RUS) vs Alex BOGOMOLOV JR(USA)
Followed By
Kevin KIM (USA)vsJuan Carlos FERRERO (ESP)
Followed By
Nuam OKUN (ISR) VS Paradorn SRICHAPHAN (THA)
Followed By
Marat SAFIN (RUS) or Alex BOGOMOLOV JR(USA) VS Prakash AMRITRAJ (IND) or Hao LU (CHN)
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Post by Myke on Sept 15, 2004 23:30:43 GMT 3
Aha, waking up to results! This time for real, hopefully.
He should be able to pull those two matches off. *fingers crossed*
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Post by Magda on Sept 15, 2004 23:37:57 GMT 3
Aha, waking up to results! This time for real, hopefully. He should be able to pull those two matches off. *fingers crossed* yeah I hope so... though I'm sure that he's not very satisified that he has to play in the morning  |
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Post by sirius on Sept 16, 2004 9:02:24 GMT 3
MARAT BEATS ALEX!!!!!!! woohooo!!!
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Post by sirius on Sept 16, 2004 9:05:54 GMT 3
found an article sports.sina.com.cn/o/2004-09-16/10451150127.shtmlit's about the food that the players like to have at the hotel. i've translated the relevant section aka...the part on marat. (my comments in brackets as usual) Marat likes braised meatmost of the athletes are pretty "obedient" and follow the queue when getting their food (or sth like that). all except for russia's safin, who left a deep impression on the staff on his very first day here. while the other players sat patiently to await the arrival of their meal, safin, who was probably exhausted after his training (yeah...suuuuuurrrrreeeee.) just laid down on the sofa and refused to get up. (muhaahahahhaa..marat rejecting food...that's a first!) with the cold winters in russia, russian cuisine is similar to that of china's northeast. Safin enjoys braised meats, such as beef. Knowing Safin's preferences, Shangri-la's chegs specially prepared steak,and russian bbq-ed beef (i think), which safin happily gobbled up. Safin especailly likes healthy food and must have freshly squeezed juice at every breakfast. |
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Post by sirius on Sept 16, 2004 9:40:22 GMT 3
marat's match report's out.
according to the report, he requested that his match be postponed till today last night. gee. wonder why. concentration lapsed at times. but towards the end, alex was pretty pissed with himself. yeah. that's abt it.
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Post by sirius on Sept 16, 2004 10:09:16 GMT 3
moya got KO-ed last night.
juanqui just got KO-ed.
conspiracy theorists are excited.
paradorn playing marat's israeli friend okun. marat will be on again after them.
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Post by Nélia on Sept 16, 2004 10:09:25 GMT 3
 all pix on ds.com |
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Post by Damita on Sept 16, 2004 11:06:35 GMT 3
moya got KO-ed last night. juanqui just got KO-ed. conspiracy theorists are excited. indeed. Thanks for the article Jiat, very funny ;D thanks for the pic Nélia |
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Post by Damita on Sept 16, 2004 11:19:43 GMT 3
extract from an article on eurosport. com:
Russian Marat Safin reached the second round of the rain-hit tournament with a 6-4 7-5 victory over American Alex Bogomolov.
Third seed David Nalbandian finished his delayed match against Kristian Pless of Denmark, the Argentine winning 7-6 3-6 6-3.
Safin and Nalbandian are scheduled to play again later in the day as organisers tried to clear a backlog of matches caused by two days of bad weather.
Former world number one Safin, bidding to win his first title in two years, was never seriously tested by Bogomolov.
The Russian fifth seed wrapped up a comfortable victory with an exquisite drop shot after 71 minutes at Beijing Tennis Centre, venue for the 2008 Olympic tournament.
Safin faces Chinese wildcard Lu Hao in the second round. Lu beat Prakash Amritraj 4-6 6-4 6-2. Nalbandian faces Lu Yen-hsun of Taiwan later on Thursday.
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Post by Carolineonline on Sept 16, 2004 11:30:08 GMT 3
YaaaaaaaaaaaaaY! This is what i wanted to see when I woke up!!  The actually WON his match!! ;D jeeeeej! Now just hoping he will win his second today also! And about Moya's defeat... he didnt want to admitt that his opponent (in his first ATP) played well.. he said that when he plays this bad, everybody can win from him....  (sounds like someone is not happy with himself.. ) anywayz.. cmoooon maratik!! keep this winning mode going boy!!! |
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Post by Nélia on Sept 16, 2004 12:59:09 GMT 3
he won his 2nd match 6.2 6.2 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Myke on Sept 16, 2004 13:29:14 GMT 3
He won his second match too? Wow, I'm gonna sleep again during his next match, it brings good luck ;D Good news, good news  |
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*sigh* 
The actually WON his match!! ;D jeeeeej! Now just hoping he will win his second today also!