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[me]

Vassily said:

You mean SHOULD Have won? Being broken by a nobody is....

oh come on Vass, he won! be glad!
r u ever satisfied?

[Elisabeth]

Damita said:

oh...ok.

Myke and Elisabeth>>ROTRL, great timing guys! ;D

LOL!yes it's right!you can join the team Damita! ;D ;D

[Damita]

Elisabeth said:

LOL!yes it's right!you can join the team Damita! ;D ;D

that would mean he wins in 3 sets... no i really prefer he wins in 2 and each of you follow one ;D... anyway i was able to follow the entire match today.... tho not on tv

Vass>>i know what you mean, he wastes time on court by doing stupid mistakes and then the score isn't that good and sometimes he loses his mind then.... but Mieke is right, he won, that's what we have to remember

[Carolineonline]

Magda said:

10 August 9:12 pm
Safin Looking Good

nooooooooo shit! ;D
We already knew that!!!!!!!!! ;D
;)Caroline

[Damita]

Carolineonline said:

nooooooooo shit! ;D
We already knew that!!!!!!!!! ;D
;)Caroline

ROTRL

[tall_one]

there is a picture up of Marat on the Sopot website, but I can't post it right now stupid computer is acting up

[me]

Post match interview

Marat Safin
Tuesday, 10 August 2004
9:00 pm

This was not a difficult match. It is important to quickly take the initiative in matches like this, to feel confident and not let your opponent get into his rhythm. I took advantage of the important points in the first set. I broke his serve early and so he had a lot of time to catch up with me. Before the match I was a little worried about not playing too well. It is difficult to get used to clay courts after you have been playing on hard courts for a while as I have been, because the game on clay is much slower. After playing on hard courts I'm not really used to long rallies, so my mistakes were not caused by lack of patience on my part. That's just the way it is after you switch back to clay. Loosing three games at 5:2 is also understandable - Blanco started playing better tennis and it took me a while before I found a way to deal with him. It happens. So my coach doesn't have to work with me on my lack of patience. I am presently working with Roger Federer's former coach, so I believe he knows what he's doing.

I do not know Galo all that well socially, but we often play against each other at tournaments, so I am familiar with the way he hits. He has a typically Spanish game, with which I am also familiar, so you could say that I know how to play against Blanco. It is true that the final here at the Idea Prokom Open coincides with the start of the Olympic Games, but I do intend to go all the way. I'll just have to get on a plane right after the final. The final is still far away.

I got back into the game before my success at the Australian Open but then I just lost the winning formula. After an injury it is difficult to get back it to the rhythm. Every tennis player who was ever injured knows this. One big win is not enough, you need several. It is the consistency of wins that I am still lacking.

I often serve at speeds over 200km/h, but it's not the speed that's most important to me. It is the first serve percentage that I am interested in and I try to keep it high in every match.

[sirius]

me said:

I often serve at speeds over 200km/h, but it's not the speed that's most important to me. It is the first serve percentage that I am interested in and I try to keep it high in every match.

yeah sure...whatevefr u say marat...keep the first serve percentage high...SURREEEEEEEEE...u've got me convinced..... ;D

[sirius]

ORDER OF PLAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Central Court
Starting at 14:30 Nadal R. vs. Di Pasquale A.
Followed by Domachowska M. vs. Pistolesi A.
Followed by Safin M. vs. Lopez M.
Not before 19:00 Myskina A. vs. Ondraskova Z.
Followed by Squillari F. vs. Kubot

[Teresa]

YAAAY!! he's in the 2nd round!!!! Now I will see him!!!!

Madga so happy for you girl........and thanks as always for the pictures (lord I love the all black......yummy)
and for the interviews etc

Also Damita, ME and Nicki thanks for your pictures and updates too!! ;D

on Today at 2:39pm, Myke wrote:You followed both sets or only the second? In the last case, I watched only the first on scoreboard. Teamwork!

LOL!i just followed the second set!!!we are a great team!!!!! !good work!

LOL great team work Myke and Elisbeth

[Teresa]

oh come on Vass, he won! be glad!
r u ever satisfied?

LOL!!

Vass>>i know what you mean, he wastes time on court by doing stupid mistakes and then the score isn't that good and sometimes he loses his mind then.... but Mieke is right, he won, that's what we have to remember

That's right when Marat needs to he can do it and he did so today.

Posted by: Carolineonline Posted on: Today at 4:17pm
on Today at 2:59pm, Magda wrote:10 August 9:12 pm
Safin Looking Good


nooooooooo shit!
We already knew that!!!!!!!!!
Caroline

LOL You r sooooooooo right girl

[MariaV]

Magda said:

At this moment Safin stopped fooling around and really got to work.

ROTRL too!!!!! ;D

[Vassily]

me said:

oh come on Vass, he won! be glad!
r u ever satisfied?

I'll be satisfied when he plays well. Like 6-4 6-3 against Blanco, or better yet 6-2... 7-5 7-5 against top-20 players. 4-6 6-4 7-5 against top-10 players. and 7-6 4-6 7-5 against Federer.

[Myke]

Teresa said:

LOL great team work Myke and Elisbeth

Thanks
But Elisabeth, I'm afraid you'll have to do it on your own today, because I'll be at work! But I have faith in you I'll be with you through telepathics or whatever ;D

[Magda]

Togenta said:

ORDER OF PLAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Central Court
Starting at 14:30 Nadal R. vs. Di Pasquale A.
Followed by Domachowska M. vs. Pistolesi A.
Followed by Safin M. vs. Lopez M.
Not before 19:00 Myskina A. vs. Ondraskova Z.
Followed by Squillari F. vs. Kubot

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! WHY? WHY? WHY?? Why the f*** they scheduled his match on Wednesday? I knew it was to perfect to be true