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Post by christina on Oct 28, 2004 21:03:46 GMT 3
thanks vass. hahahahaha.....CHRIS and erm...steph i think!!! it IS THE SHORTS LINING!!! maybe, but mike and i have a different theory and its so much more amusing  ;D |
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Post by MariaV on Oct 28, 2004 21:18:05 GMT 3
Hi kiddies! Marat won 6-4, 6-2. Good!!! Sargis really couldn't hurt him. No BPs on Marat's serve. Marat took 1 S's serve in the 1st set and 2 in the 2nd. He needed 5 MPs in the last game to finish the match off. He was so much better that lost his concentration in his last service game, he fell at 30-15 and THAT was a scary moment but thank God everything went well. And at 1-1 in the 2nd set when he couldn't take S's serve Marat got a bit frustrated and broke the racket and got a warning. After that he could finally take S's serve. ;D And took S's next one too! ;D He let the steam out!! YAY!!!!!!! Well done Marat! More serious notice - he couldn't take S's serve twice at the beginning of the match bc of his poor FH, FHs long, netted. I was already like  . His FH wasn't working at all at the beginning, thanks Sargis it didn't matter much. Sargis made lots of UEs and DFs. Dunno what his 1st serve % was but serve also didn't work always. But good baseline rallies, he almost always won them, and his BH on the jump - just  , his BH is a beauty, almost no mistakes on BH I would say, maybe just some. Pascal Maria (sp?, the French guy) was umpiring. Going to look for the stats now. P.S. Marat will play earlier tomorrow - 15.30 local time so I probably won't be home to watch!  Cheer hard then vs Llodra! AND THANX LENA FOR PICS AND WELCOME TO THE MB!  |
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Post by christina on Oct 28, 2004 21:35:23 GMT 3
Hi kiddies! Marat won 6-4, 6-2. Good!!! Sargis really couldn't hurt him. No BPs on Marat's serve. Marat took 1 S's serve in the 1st set and 2 in the 2nd. He needed 5 MPs in the last game to finish the match off. He was so much better that lost his concentration in his last service game, he fell at 30-15 and THAT was a scary moment but thank God everything went well. And at 1-1 in the 2nd set when he couldn't take S's serve Marat got a bit frustrated and broke the racket and got a warning. After that he could finally take S's serve. ;D And took S's next one too! ;D He let the steam out!! YAY!!!!!!! Well done Marat! More serious notice - he couldn't take S's serve twice at the beginning of the match bc of his poor FH, FHs long, netted. I was already like . His FH wasn't working at all at the beginning, thanks Sargis it didn't matter much. Sargis made lots of UEs and DFs. Dunno what his 1st serve % was but serve also didn't work always. But good baseline rallies, he almost always won them, and his BH on the jump - just , his BH is a beauty, almost no mistakes on BH I would say, maybe just some. Pascal Maria (sp?, the French guy) was umpiring. Going to look for the stats now. P.S. Marat will play earlier tomorrow - 15.30 local time so I probably won't be home to watch! Cheer hard then vs Llodra! thanx maria (from one of the kiddies  ) im hoping he wins 2 so that wen i get off train i'll have a good result 2 see ;D no pics on gotennis as yet, if they dont hurry up i wont b able 2 post them before i fly  |
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Post by Teresa on Oct 28, 2004 21:40:25 GMT 3
Maria >>> as always thanks for great match report and always so quickly, sorry to hear you will not be at home tomorrow for his singles match, the site did say 1530 local time, then its Misha's singles match and then Marat plays his doubles match.
So glad to hear the BH is working well, I agree with you I LOVE the jump BH. The FH errors will have frustrated him, and wow, he has not broken a racquet in ages......hope he is not getting tired, he must stay focused, he has great opportunity to win this tournament. I hope he can get some practise on the FH's before tomorrow's match.
He may have to dump the doubles after tomorrow.
I also noticed from the site that Llodra played singles and double today. But he only has the singles match tomorrow.
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Post by christina on Oct 28, 2004 22:03:04 GMT 3
agreed, the jump BH DTL is just exquisite (sp?) ;D had sum lovely ones of them on saturday n sunday |
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Post by christina on Oct 28, 2004 22:10:28 GMT 3
sorry guys, gotennis havent got any pics up yet and iv gotta hit the road with the mafia....good luck marat 2moro! ;D ;D
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Post by Damita on Oct 28, 2004 22:53:07 GMT 3
poet me? oh hun ur sooo kind....but steph dude, u soooo know wat i meant by sky OMG! OMG! i didn't get it! ;D i swear i didn't get it, and wouldn't have if you hadn't say that! gosh i'm tired... but now all i want to say is >>ur hilarious! ;D Thank you Maria for the report. So he's playing Llodra. i think we should expect quite a long match. Llodra's a good server, it won't be easy to break. i don't know if he's in a good shape those days tho... well hopefully Marat will have an easy win. If he reaches the semifinals then he'll take Coria's 5th place in the Race (btw, european TGFR-ers, if you want to try to win a trip for the Masters Cup, there's a contest on the ATPsite -- easy questions). www.atptennis.com/en/newsandscores/news/2004/mb_eurosport_contest.asp |
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Post by sirius on Oct 29, 2004 3:19:14 GMT 3
maybe, but mike and i have a different theory and its so much more amusing ;D oooh....now i wanna know.... cmon chrissiej...tell!!!! ;D |
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Post by Teresa on Oct 29, 2004 4:08:05 GMT 3
... well hopefully Marat will have an easy win. If he reaches the semifinals then he'll take Coria's 5th place in the Race ] ;D ;D and if he wins the final he will over take Moya ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by Teresa on Oct 29, 2004 4:14:49 GMT 3
Henman survived a 7-6(2), 6-7(0), 6-4 scare against South African Wesley Moodie to reach the quarterfinals at the Davidoff Swiss Indoors and maintain his hold on seventh position. Eight-placed Agassi kept the pressure on Henman by defeating Jonas Bjorkman 6-3, 6-4 Frenchmen Michael Llodra and Fabrice Santoro are the fifth team to qualify for Tennis Masters Cup Doubles, organizers announced today OPPPPPS sorry just realised I posted in the wrong thread............sorry, not going to try and post over, last time I made a real mess |
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Post by Vassily on Oct 29, 2004 15:43:15 GMT 3
Marat is currently one set down, losing to Llodra. Perhaps he'll lose today. And if not, then tomorrow.
His returning is non-existent, and the serving isn't too good either.
He's argued twice with the umpire already (in two games, both of which he lost to love). So his behavior is back to 'normal'. One racket failed to break ones already.
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Post by Vassily on Oct 29, 2004 16:10:31 GMT 3
4-6 1-6 !
Won not more than 5 points in the whole of the second set. Llodra held to love all the time except for one game in the second set. His frustration over something in the second set was beyond all limits.
AOF didn't shake hands with the umpire, in the end. Way to go Marat! Blame the umpire!
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Post by Damita on Oct 29, 2004 16:24:13 GMT 3
aww, ok bad day
All i hope now is that he'll be ready for Bercy.
Anyway, there's a good article on eurosport.com, i dunno whose job i'm stealing now, soory for that, but it's been there for a few days and no one posted it here so... here it goes:
SAFIN FINDS HIS WAY
Russia's Marat Safin is learning more and more about himslef thanks to his new coach Peter Lundgren who coached Roger Federer last year. The recent Madrid Masters winner thinks he has become more mature and hopes to prove it in the weeks to come.
A great tennis player often needs a key moment to boost his career and Safin is one of them. We could have thought Safin's victory over Agassi at the Madrid Masters would be crucial but it wasn't meant to be despite he's straight sets win over the American.
Safin's win over Luis Horna in the quarterfinals was the one.
The Russian was leading the encounter 5-4 and was serving for the match when the empire called a foot fault on his second serve. A month ago Safin would have burst and smashed his racquet but on Friday he stayed focused despite saveral arguments with the empire. This mental improvement is due to the hard work he has done with his new coach Peter Lundgren.
The former Swedish player has had the luxury of helping players to claim the top spot: First it was Chile's Marcelo Rios, then Roger Federer became he's student and since April it's Marat Safin's turn to have a taste of Lundgren's training skills.
"Marat is more reactive than Roger," says Lundgren " When I ask Safin to work on a new shot, he will say yes or no at once. Roger listen, reflects on it then gives his answer. As all gifted players, Marat has a problem that Roger used to have: He has so many options that sometimes he misses his shot. But now I think he has learned more about himself."
After undergoing a strong physicall work last fall Safin thought he would beat everyone but he's temper was still up and down and that's why the 24-year old decided to hide Lundgren as coach.
"I needed 6, 7 tournaments to get to know him better. Now my work is based on the mental aspect . I have to be assured he is happy and focus on his game. I don't like when he's creticising himself too much, that's why he's going down ." Says Lundgren.
TOUGH TO FIND THE ZONE
Safin's inconsistency is due to his 2000 U.S Open triumph where he crushed Pete Sampras. That was a reference match in the Moscow native's career and today he can look back and explain what happened after his outsdanding win:
"It's true I played too well on this day. Then I couldn't put in mind the fact that I could win not playing as well. During the 2002 and 2004 Australian Opens finals I was too nervous, I put too much pressure on myself. You can't win if you fight against yoursef."
The Madrid Masters winner thought he had to fight his opponent across the net and, like 2001 Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic, his own mind:
"Goran and I are perfectionists. We don't know how to play when we are bad. You have to learn how to know yourself and your game better. It took Ivanisevic's whole career to understand that but I think I've learned this in time."
THE NEW SAFIN
Safins's new coach Peter Lundgren has two main goals: To make Safin understand that being mad is not a way of winning, and to reduce his schedule: " He's much more mature on a court, more focused. I also think he played too much. He needs regular breaks in order to be ready when he's entering a tournament."
After the U.S. Open Safin took two weeks off and cameback winning his first tournament in two years (Since 2002 Paris Masters) in Beijing.
With a better mind, a better service and a better forehand Safin is back to his best and will become one of the man to beat.
Eurosport - glanzenberg@eurosport.com 27/10/2004
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Post by Damita on Oct 29, 2004 16:29:18 GMT 3
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Post by Teresa on Oct 29, 2004 17:33:36 GMT 3
WTF....... I could scream I missed the whole thing, and its maybe just as well I would have had a heart attack. WTF went on today Marat can beat Llodra with his eyes closed. I guess its Bercy time, he prob wants a day off before he has to prepare for Bercy, but now the additional pressure, oh baby, oh baby. AND..... bloody Agassi and Nalbandian won their quarter final matches today, so they are in the semis of theirs. Dont know yet what blood Henman did Where does this leave Marat??? He is playing doubles now. but I guess he won't be in a winning mood. He must have been really upset not to shake the umpires hand, I dont think he was blaming the umpire I think he must be furious with himself. He should be, he really should, cause he should have sent Llodra packing. He let his anger towards the umpire and himself get the better of him, oh Marat. I hope he can calm down and prepare for Bercy he will need every ounce of calmness, and he will have to be really focused. |
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. His FH wasn't working at all at the beginning, thanks Sargis it didn't matter much. Sargis made lots of UEs and DFs. Dunno what his 1st serve % was but serve also didn't work always. But good baseline rallies, he almost always won them, and his BH on the jump - just 
) im hoping he wins 2 so that wen i get off train i'll have a good result 2 see ;D
