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Post by christina on Oct 26, 2004 22:51:04 GMT 3
No Chris, my overexpensive NTV+ has the exclusive TV right for St. Pete. It's not free air at least not in Russia. ty, well i'll ask my stepmum if she has it, she has russian sat tv, the receivers in my room, and there are lotsa channels all spouting russianness at me  ;D   thanx anyway |
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Post by Vlad on Oct 27, 2004 1:47:15 GMT 3
I can't believe how cheap the organizers went in St. Petersburg... I mean no live video or even a scoreboard... that sucks.
I don't agree with some of you thinking that playing doubles is a mistake.. In this case he needs to get used to the surface, the balls and environment in general. No matter how much you practice (and Marat didn't have time to practice) it is very difficult to replicate actual match atmosphere...
Vass, you were saying that playing in St. Petersburg is a mistake but this is his only second chance to play in front of the home-crowd. Besides Moscow gets all the attention in tennis including davis cups, fed cups while St. Peter's fans only can get to see Marat once in a year... so I think it is a very good and respectful move from Marat.
Look at Federer who played in Gstaad (clay) right after he won Wimbledon twice in a row.. that is a hell of a commitment. Too bad Fed got injured playing in his home-town tourney in Basel today.... He even might not play Masters cup in Houston this year....
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Post by Jasmine on Oct 27, 2004 6:35:50 GMT 3
ALMOST HAD FORGOTTEN THE "BIGGEST" NEWS - MARAT HAD SHAVED!!!!! YESTERDAY OR THIS MORNING!  See? Marat shaved everytime he won the tournament. I wonder, how many tournaments he wants, for stay clean forever? |
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Post by annie on Oct 27, 2004 6:55:31 GMT 3
ALMOST HAD FORGOTTEN THE "BIGGEST" NEWS - MARAT HAD SHAVED!!!!! YESTERDAY OR THIS MORNING! WOW, that's great to hear...my mom would love that... anyway, i wonder if somebody could get pictures of clean shaven marat... |
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Post by MariaV on Oct 27, 2004 9:33:04 GMT 3
Thanks Vlad! Yes, Marat would never miss an ATP tourney in Russia, he is not that kind of a guy. Besides he seems to like St. Petersburg too although Moscow is No. 1 for him. And talking about pressure&Federer - you see even the best have such a huge pressure to win at home that Fedex tore his thigh muscle at the practice just before the tournament start. He wanted to win his home tourney a bit TOO much... It would be really sad if he'd have to miss Houston but there's still hope he can make it. |
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Post by lena on Oct 27, 2004 14:20:30 GMT 3
try this link for the scoreboard : www.spbopen.ru/eng/online.htmlto watch the matches online with windows media player try this link: mms://mms.metrocom.ru/spbopen good luck |
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Post by Damita on Oct 27, 2004 14:22:26 GMT 3
Vlad, the site has a scoreboard, and has a video too. But the links only appear when matches are on progress. So when there isn't any player on court you can't see any link on the homepage.
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Post by Perri on Oct 27, 2004 14:32:24 GMT 3
I've tried the links and the video link doesn't work. Does it work for anyone of you?  Really want to see shaven Marat  |
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Post by Teresa on Oct 27, 2004 15:10:48 GMT 3
Vlad, the site has a scoreboard, and has a video too. But the links only appear when matches are on progress. So when there isn't any player on court you can't see any link on the homepage. Yes it works Damita, the SB at least (I have not tried the video thingy but will later) Thank you very much for this info, much appreciated. |
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Post by Damita on Oct 27, 2004 15:37:29 GMT 3
the video worked for me yesterday (except that there was no sound). It doesn't today....  ... or maybe they don't show all matches... so maybe they'll show the night session? i hope so! |
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Post by Perri on Oct 27, 2004 16:18:40 GMT 3
I think the server is too busy but at least the scoreboard works ok. I think Marat will win easily but am a little worried about the fatique thing. Wish he best luck!
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Post by Teresa on Oct 27, 2004 19:30:48 GMT 3
Great habibi great ;D We had some tie break practise, yep good practise, and some good court practise, good serve practise, now, don't over do it, early to bed.......don't want to be a sleepy head tomorrow, next apponent might not be as easy as the one today |
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Post by Vassily on Oct 27, 2004 19:58:58 GMT 3
Marat nice second set! should have had the first one like it, but you did well in bringing your head back together.
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Post by Damita on Oct 27, 2004 20:10:37 GMT 3
ok Peya retired in the second set right? i've found 2 different scores on the i-net...whatever, good match ;D
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Post by christina on Oct 27, 2004 22:21:15 GMT 3
pics from gotennis.com....he's not clean shaven, just the beard is barely there now   |
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;D 
thanx anyway
Really want to see shaven Marat 
... or maybe they don't show all matches... so maybe they'll show the night session? i hope so!