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Post by pau on Mar 6, 2005 20:18:14 GMT 3
It's soo good marat won!! amd yes Teresa GO CROATIA GO !!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by christina on Mar 6, 2005 20:39:22 GMT 3
hellow strangers.....god ages since i've been here  anyway, pics from gotennis.com ;D  a prime candidate for true love knows no gender if there ever was one not sure how many of you will get this but.... ;D    calafornia here we come ;D |
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Post by Annie on Mar 6, 2005 20:56:10 GMT 3
Ah, I see Marat's taken the long way around again .....yeah, that takes me back *rotfl* ;D ;D At least he won...lets hope the Russian media finally gives him some decent credit!! But I agree with whoever said he should have won in 3........ *heheheheheh* Christina, you make me laugh ;D Yeah I getcha..... and he wonders why the gay rumours keep cropping up |
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Post by christina on Mar 6, 2005 21:01:40 GMT 3
*heheheheheh* Christina, you make me laugh ;D Yeah I getcha..... and he wonders why the gay rumours keep cropping up exactly, and that one of him and shamil from the other day....  obviously likes his older men oops...am i fuelling the rumours? ;D |
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Post by pau on Mar 6, 2005 21:35:27 GMT 3
exactly, and that one of him and shamil from the other day.... obviously likes his older men oops...am i fuelling the rumours? ;D lol ! ;D |
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Post by Teresa on Mar 6, 2005 22:10:26 GMT 3
hellow strangers.....god ages since i've been here hello stranger! its has been ages, but good see you around and thank you for the great pics LOL Christina, hahaha Lord, please stop.....stop....we dont need these *rumours* There's a pic of Ivan hugging one of the Bryan bros after their doubles win, on the DC site........now that is another prime canidate for true love knows no gender, the Bryan bro looks so taken back by the enormous hug! |
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Post by Teresa on Mar 6, 2005 22:11:15 GMT 3
PAU>>>
Congrats, Argentina won all 5 of their rubbers ;D
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Post by SAFINNO1 on Mar 6, 2005 23:33:00 GMT 3
Safin Takes Russia Through It’s never a matter of simplicity with Russia’s Marat Safin. The Russian star, fresh from adding a second Grand Slam title at the 2005 Australian Open, made things interesting against Chile’s Fernando Gonzalez on Sunday before he single-handedly earned Russia a spot in the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas quarterfinals with a hard-fought 76(4) 76(5)16 67(3)64 win over a battling Gonzalez in three hours, 36 minutes at Moscow's Olympic Stadium. Safin’s stirring win gave the hosts an unassailable 3-1 lead and Nikolay Davydenko then rounded out the victory with a quick 62 61 dispatching of Chile’s Paul Capdeville in the ensuing dead singles rubber to give Russia a 4-1 victory. The Russians advance to play France or Sweden in the quarterfinal round in July. Safin banged out 20 aces and won two of the three tiebreakers the pair played, and that was the key to the match. Gonzalez competed gamely, serving 18 aces of his own and made a spirited comeback from two sets down to force a decisive fifth set. The capacity Russian crowd cheered Safin on and also threw a few tips his way. “Oh, yes, they were giving me a lot of advice today,” Safin said. “Stay focused!”, “Relax !” and “Flex your knees!” were just a few of the pointers nervous onlookers threw Safin’s way, according to his post-match translation. Safin is a phenomenally talented player who dazzles off-court as well with his command of Russian, Spanish and English. But he looked particularly drained after carrying Russia’s hopes on his back this weekend, helping to earn all three points the Russians needed to win, winning both his singles matches and partnering Mikhail Youzhny to a win in Saturday’s doubles. “I felt a really big relief after because everyone’s happy,” said a weary Safin. “I was not having a great time on the court today. It’s of course easier playing for yourself than playing for your country because I can play much better tennis than this weekend.”<br>
Gonzalez carried an equally large burden with an injured Nicolas Massu held out of the competition.
“Coming back from 0-2 down against Marat is too much. He gave me a chance in the third set and I took it but in the fifth I gave him the chance.”<br>
“But I think this will help us in the future—especially me,” Gonzalez added. “And I played good tennis here—when I play for Chile I play much better.”<br>
But it’s Russia that moves on after an eventful weekend in Moscow and Safin, for one, has a clear preference as to a quarterfinal opponent.
“We would prefer to play France because we will be at home,” said the man with a very deserved last word.
For some more pics.
www.daviscup.com/gallery/popup.asp?id=13206¤t=4023
This in detail match report with match facts it is really good.
www.daviscup.com/shared/medialibrary/pdf/original/DC_4026_original.PDF
So France in July in Moscow presumably , i would fancy our chances on the hardcourt and clay dependent on who chooses.
AS you say teresa go croatia we are all rooting for you i wish i could see Ljubicic vs roddick that will be so massive.
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Post by ARMgirl55 on Mar 6, 2005 23:34:49 GMT 3
Here is the interview of Marat after the match.
Marat Safin: This match has not gone right to me
Despite of a victory above Chiles Fernando Gonsalesom and of Russians going in 1/4 cup-finals Davis Cup’s , Marat Safin has remained is dissatisfied with his game. He has declared it on the conferences after the match.
As correspondent RTR-sport from a sport center "Olympic" informs, Marat Safin has told, that he counts a match with Gonsales as one of the worse in his biography. " I could name this match is the worse one played by me. I was helped with submission. The covering appeared very heavy for me, and I needed to expect for the submission only. The match Russia - Chile was very hard, therefore it was necessary to play doubles with Misha . It is not known, how everything would end up if the leader of Chile’s team Nicolas Macu would have come to Moscow. Game with Gonsales was especially complex. There was a huge responsibility on me, because of the team. By the way Goonsales really surprised me. He got used to the covering of the court really fast. I think,next time organizers will choose other covering. It would be nice to play 1/4 endings with the Frenchmen. Russia in this case can choose the covering necessary to us.
Support of fans today was great, and has helped me to win. But there was also one moment . Some yelling from a tribune irritate. For example, different advices such as to concentrate more on a game or relax. I know, what to do and I don’t like when people does that.
The first who has congratulated Ìàrat Safin on a victory, was the former president of Russia Boris Yeltsin . Journalists have asked Safin: “What the first Russian president has told him”. " Boris Nikolaevich has asked me why the meeting proceeded so long ", - Marat has answered.
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Post by SAFINNO1 on Mar 6, 2005 23:36:01 GMT 3
BTW i think Boris is gay more than marat, just a bit ;)everytime they meet it is really close, but i am sure Dasha disagrees
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Post by ARMgirl55 on Mar 6, 2005 23:36:31 GMT 3
SAFINNO 1 , funny thing
during the time I was typing, you posted almost the same article like me. lol.
by the way really nice pictures.
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Post by Jagoda on Mar 6, 2005 23:40:21 GMT 3
thank you, and believe in croatia  because we need it... i hate time zones, i cant watch most games because they last until 3 or 4 am here  |
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Post by ARMgirl55 on Mar 6, 2005 23:48:28 GMT 3
I think that when they (Borya and Marat) meet each other they hug, and this pictures just a slow motion. You know what I mean.
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Post by Damita on Mar 6, 2005 23:48:34 GMT 3
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Post by ARMgirl55 on Mar 7, 2005 0:00:58 GMT 3
You lucky , in NY they only show matches that USA plays.
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