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Post by Elisabeth on Aug 6, 2004 11:44:51 GMT 3
Hahaha, I bet!  ;D ;D ;D!so today ,we are sure that marat will won? Of course because nobody will follow the match!lol |
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Post by Myke on Aug 6, 2004 11:53:03 GMT 3
;D ;D!so today ,we are sure that marat will won? Of course because nobody will follow the match!lol Uhm...haha, I wish we were sure! But at least we're trying to do everything we can |
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Post by Elisabeth on Aug 6, 2004 11:59:24 GMT 3
Uhm...haha, I wish we were sure! But at least we're trying to do everything we can Of course!it's will be a difficult match for marat but i will pray!lol!I know that he can beat easly hewitt (master paris bercy 2002!)! |
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Post by Myke on Aug 6, 2004 12:01:34 GMT 3
Of course!it's will be a difficult match for marat but i will pray!lol!I know that he can beat easly hewitt (master paris bercy 2002!)! So he beat him before?! I didn't know  Just hope Hewitt isn;t topfit or whatever... what is his ranking anyway? |
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Post by Elisabeth on Aug 6, 2004 12:06:54 GMT 3
So he beat him before?! I didn't know Just hope Hewitt isn;t topfit or whatever... what is his ranking anyway? yeah marat beat hewitt at the master paris bercy 2 years ago : 76/.6/0.6/4!!!great match! hewitt 's ranking is 6th at the atp race..... |
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Post by Myke on Aug 6, 2004 12:18:52 GMT 3
yeah marat beat hewitt at the master paris bercy 2 years ago : 76/.6/0.6/4!!!great match! hewitt 's ranking is 6th at the atp race..... Hmm...so the chances are 50-50, 8 matches played and they both won 4. Just checked it out |
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Post by Elisabeth on Aug 6, 2004 12:23:16 GMT 3
Hmm...so the chances are 50-50, 8 matches played and they both won 4. Just checked it out yes just pray and pray!lol! no really good luck marat and try to do your best! |
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Post by Myke on Aug 6, 2004 12:42:46 GMT 3
yes just pray and pray!lol! I will, believe me!! ;D |
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Post by Magda on Aug 6, 2004 14:10:25 GMT 3
article posted by Nelia on dinarasafina.com
Hewitt, Safin renew focus
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Former No.1s show old form
MASON - Tennis is as much about motivation as muscle. Lleyton Hewitt and Marat Safin both have plenty of punch, but their hearts haven't always played along.
Hewitt had off-court matters both good (romance with Kim Clijsters) and bad (suing the ATP Tour), and from No. 1 he fell out of the top 10. Safin admits a couple years as a playboy distracted him, and injury followed to knock him from No. 1 to 77.
Both are back. Their meeting today in the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters promises to be the hardest-hitting quarterfinal.
"I feel like I've got better and better with every match," Hewitt said.
Hewitt cautioned that he's not predicting a surge to the summit. "I'm just trying to win matches at the moment," he said.
Safin cued a similar soundtrack.
"It's not so easy to come back ... and all of a sudden become No. 1 in the world.
"If you don't play for (most of) a year, you're losing that touch, you're losing that feeling. ... And you need to bring it back."
Hewitt is perhaps a bit closer to top form. He has reached the quarterfinals in six of his last seven tournaments. The exception was a round-of-16 loss last week in Tennis Masters Canada. He is ranked 10th in the world.
He hasn't lost a set this week, and he blasted No. 5 seed Tim Henman 6-1, 6-4 Thursday.
"I think after his two good years where he was No. 1 and then, by his standard, his game sort of dropped off a little bit, there's been sort of a focus on some others," Henman said. "And I wouldn't be surprised now if he really starts making a big surge toward the top again."
Hewitt and Safin have split their eight career meetings, though they haven't played since 2002.
Safin, who's ranked 14th, has not lost any service games this week, joining Andy Roddick as the only players in the field who can claim that.
"He's got a great game," Hewitt said of Safin. "He's obviously got a lot of power. He can hit winners from everywhere.
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Post by sirius on Aug 6, 2004 14:43:30 GMT 3
Agassi, Roddick, Moya, Haas Through the Quarterfinals
Former No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt took only 63 minutes to defeat Tim Henman 6-1, 6-4. Hewitt converted the two break points he had in the first set and never faced a break point in the match to remain with a perfect 8-0 record against the Briton.
2000 US Open champion and former World No. 1 Marat Safin, who entered the tournament seeded No. 14, moved into the quarterfinals after a grueling 7-6(4) 6-7(3), 6-4 victory over hard-serving Ivo Karlovic. The Russian withstood 27 aces hit by the Croat and was able to break serve in the first game of the third set, which was enough to claim the victory after two hours and 26 minutes of play.
Defending champion and No. 2 seed Andy Roddick spent only 53 minutes in his third round victory over Paradorn Srichaphan. Roddick fired 11 aces and never faced a break point to claim a 6-3, 6-2 win over the Thai sensation. With the win Roddick improves to 12-3 in the tournament. He will face Tommy Haas for a spot in the semifinals after the in-form German overcame rising Swede Robin Soderling 6-3, 5-7, 7-4.
Fabrice Santoro moved into the quarterfinals for the second consecutive week in a Masters Series event by defeating Jonas Bjorkman 6-3, 6-0. The 31-year-old Frenchman never faced a break point on his serve and converted five of 10 break points in a display of nearly perfect tennis.
With the win, Santoro improves to 15-12 in 2004 and reaches the quarterfinals for the second time in the tournament (l. to Henman in 2001). He will play Tommy Robredo next, who defeated Greg Rusedski 7-6(4), 7-6(2). Rusedski broke back to stay in the match at 4-4 in the second set, but it was not enough to overcome the 22-year-old Spaniard.
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Post by sirius on Aug 6, 2004 14:45:32 GMT 3
Superstars in Quarterfinal Action
The quarterfinals of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters get underway in Cincinnati on Friday, with five former No. 1s and one former No. 2 in action. Two matches feature a pair of former No. 1s facing off: Marat Safin vs. Lleyton Hewitt and Carlos Moya and Andre Agassi. In another quarter, Andy Roddick, the year-end No. 1 in 2003, will play Tommy Haas, a former No. 2 player in the world. The other quarterfinal will feature Frenchman Fabrice Santoro against Spaniard Tommy Robredo.
Hewitt will be attempting to reach the semifinals in Cincinnati for the third time in four years when he battles Safin, whose best Cincinnati performance came in 2000 when he reached the third round. That was the same year Safin won Tennis Masters Canada and the US Open while climbing to No. 1 for the first time. Hewitt, the No. 10 seed, and Safin, the No. 14 seed, have played eight times with four wins each – they have even split their four meetings on hard courts.
Robredo and Santoro are both unseeded in this year's tournament. Santoro, who is in the quarterfinals in Cincinnati for the second time in his career (2000), is looking to advance to the semifinals of an ATP Masters Series event for the fourth time. Robredo is looking to get to an ATP Masters Series semifinal for the second time in his career (Hamburg, 2002). Robredo has been victorious in the three previous meetings between the two.
In a battle of two former Cincinnati champions, Agassi, the 1995 and 1996 winner, will play Moya, the 2002 titlist. Agassi has won two of their three previous meetings, all of which have come in either a Grand Slam or ATP Masters Series event. Moya, the No. 4 seed, is looking to advance to his eighth semifinal of the year in his 18 th tournament, while Agassi, the No. 11 seed, is looking to reach the semis for the fourth time this year and first since Indian Wells in March.
In the last quarterfinal of the day, the defending champion Roddick will battle Haas. Roddick, the No. 2 seed, has won 24 of his last 26 matches, while Haas has won eight of his nine matches during this summer hard court season, with his only loss coming at the hands of Andre Agassi at Tennis Masters Canada. Roddick has won four titles this year, and his only losses since June 1 have come at the hands of INDESIT ATP 2004 Race leader Roger Federer in the finals at Wimbledon and Tennis Masters Canada. Haas, who captured his second title of the season at Los Angeles three weeks ago, defeated Roddick in Houston in the final of the US Men's Clay Court Championships. Haas has won all four of their previous meetings.
Four of the Top 10 players in the INDESIT ATP 2004 Race are still alive in the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters. Here's the Top 10, through the quarterfinals.
Race as of Cincinnati QF (New total with win)
1. Roger Federer * 882
2. Andy Roddick 577 (597)
3. Guillermo Coria 480
4. Carlos Moya 464 (484)
5. Guillermo Gaudio 376
6. Lleyton Hewitt 356 (376)
7. Tim Henman 341
8. Marat Safin 309 (329)
9. David Nalbandian 253
10. Sebastien Grosjean 247
* Has clinched spot in 2004 Tennis Masters Cup in Houston
• Five of the quarterfinalists have spent a combined 204 weeks ranked No. 1 in the world, and another has been as high as No. 2. Here's a look at the career high rankings for the eight quarterfinalists:
Player Career High (Weeks at No.1 if applicable)
Marat Safin 1 (9)
Lleyton Hewitt 1 (80)
Fabrice Santoro 17
Tommy Robredo 15
Carlos Moya 1 (2)
Andre Agassi 1 (101)
Tommy Haas 2
Andy Roddick 1 (12)
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Post by Damita on Aug 6, 2004 21:54:01 GMT 3
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Post by christina on Aug 6, 2004 21:58:26 GMT 3
ok so we all know he lost...i was "lucky" enough 2 see the match on espn...so, here goes, wat went down... ...started ok, then hewitt broke n marat called trainer 2 restrap his left wrist...not 2 sure wat that was about cos espn stuck a break in once they decided it was an injury timeout...not sure wat order the rest happened in so bear with me ppl....at sum point in first set he was strugglin with his 1st serve n shouted bout the wind (sumat like please stop bein windy ) n waved his finger in the air making circles (like in the hand jive)...sum1 shouted out "hewitt forever, safin never", he slammed a racket, didnt look 2 broke but he went 2 change it n as he walked past the umpire cracked it over his knee, also complained about a call, & rightly so it was out, went and had a word with the umpire, told him 2 watch it on tv etc...screamed quite a bit, etc etc...thru 2nd set looked really dejected n the commentator (john barret) was like he's got 2 cum 2 terms with himself, the wind n then hewitt n i dont think he's got time to do all that...& so he continued, held his last service 2 love impressively then couldnt break hewitt. It wasnt all that bad a loss but marat got frustrated with himself n let the wind get 2 him n so hewitt had the mental edge. one thing i liked tho....the commentators were sayin bout the fedex/roddick thing n sed o that isnt really a rivalry cos fed always wins....n then sed but this (meanin hewitt/safin) this is a proper rivalry, this is the real thing, 4-4 (well not anymore but still rivalry) so anywho my head now hurts cos i banged it on the sofa wen marat was 1st broken n it was kinda painful (rnt sofas meant 2 b soft rite?) n i hav 2 pack cos im leavin in 1hr ;D oh one last thing, im gonna support peter l now cos he looks so cool n he always looks happy (didnt look that happy 2day but he always looks vaguely happy) & i think he needs the support cos he has 2 coach marat  ;D ;D |
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Post by Elisabeth on Aug 6, 2004 21:59:28 GMT 3
OH marat...........pfffff..........  it's to sad!why you lost?!you are better than hewitt!  I don't understand......i hope that marat will be great at US Open ! Somebody saw the match?it was a good match or not....?marat played well? to sad..........  |
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Post by Damita on Aug 6, 2004 22:02:48 GMT 3
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;D
Just hope Hewitt isn;t topfit or whatever... what is his ranking anyway?
*sigh* 
;D ;D
