Hugely strong and with the ability to play any shot in the book - and make up those that aren't - he can, if he wants, win on any surface. But, depending on his mood, he doesn't always want to.
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends." Martin Luther King Jr
I just wanna thanks my friend "Ae" For QF match, if you're online, you will see me or Jasmine04 kept sending score. That's not me. He's my friend "Ae" who got my sms, and he's so generous to help me pass the result to you. So Thanks "Ae" for his lovely job.
Oh, Jasime, i was under his help when QF match, both you and he did a really great job!!! BIG THANKS to you and him
Yesterday after the match, Marat take quite a long time to sign his autograph for the fan. I'm sure they've already falled in love with him by now. He's really a nice guy, unluckily I can't get through that past of the court, so hopeless to get close to him. But I'll never give up.
I knew that after the Tournament Marat will stay in Thailand for a while. Paradorn will take him and Andy travel around Thailand, I don't know where they go. But glad that he can see how beautiful Thailand is. Wish he'll win Thailand Open, then he'll fall in love with my country more and more and plan to come back again and again. And a little wish, that I may run out to meet him once. ;D
PS: If Marat is Hippo, What should Andy be? Elephant?
Hope he can get the champion and have a short rest in Thai he hasn't have a rest for a long time so it's highly time for him to take a break don't work sooooooooo hard ;D
Post by Carolineonline on Oct 2, 2004 11:50:44 GMT 3
Jasmine said:
PS: If Marat is Hippo, What should Andy be? Elephant?
Andy Rodduck.. the name speaks for itself... ;D
Anyways... the first semi between Fed and Srichaphan is on 75 15 now.... seems like fed has a liiiiiiittle problem in the second set.. That looks like its gonna be three sets,... and after that: Maratik!
Well, first of all, great to see Marat is semis, playing so well. I think Roddick match will not be easy, but Marat should believe in himself that he is a better player than Roddick and should be able to win this match. Why do you guys saying that Fed is robot-like? What is it that so robotic about him? The only person that matches that description is Roddick in my sense (game-wise), since all he does is serve and hit his forehand as hard as he can. Federer may not show emotions a lot but it doesn't mean he doesn't feel anything... He used to be just like Marat when he was young and it affected his game in a bad way. Now he found that balance of showing emotions sometimes and sometimes not.. game-wise, I think Marat and Fed and clearly two of the most talented palyers on the tour and both of them make tennis look like an easy game..
Hi Vlad, Vass and I were just kidding because of the easy score, Marat hasn't won so easily in over 2 years or smth. like that (And I was moaning about it just in summer after some of his bad losses). Marat seems to be super confident now and has a great run just like Fed. BTW, I ABSOLUTELY ADORE Fed's play!!! You're absolutely right that these 2 guys make tennis look so effortless and easy! And hopefully Lundgren helped Marat to find the balance between showing emotions and staying focused as he did with Fed. Just last night I read Fed's newsletter about it. You know, sometimes our jokes here are not understood by others right away but I would say we're a great and a warm bunch here and we DO understand tennis and appreciate other players. So you're welcome to drop by more often if you can!
SAFINO please keep us updated with the score, its not televised here in Melbourne on regular tv and its almost 10pm...thanks for the good work buddy ;D
