WIMBLEDON 2005

[Teresa]

andrada said:

annie said:

Ahhhh, it's so good to be back again! I had an exam yesterday...the whole day...soooooo glad it's over! SUMMER HOLIDAYS STARTING FROM TOMORROW!!! ;D YUPEEEEEE!!!!! Sorry, just wanted to share my happiness with U!

*YAY* good to have you back Andrada ;D
*YAY* to summer holidays *YAY* ;D ;D
Always happy to share your happiness ;D

[annie]

I just noticed....I am over a thousand posts....God am I addicted or what? And that since Feb 2005 ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!

[Teresa]

I just saw a quick interview with Roger BBC sports
and he says he does not consider Nadal a threat
that he saw him play at Halle and ........he does not think Nadal has the edge ......... he thinks that Henman has a better chance than Nadal of winning

When he mentioned tough players he said Roddick and Hewitt he did not mention Marat

I am glad, and I will be glad if the media does not concentrate to much on Marat either, this way some of the pressure will be off. I think Marat will play better if they dont consider him a threat.

[Teresa]

annie said:

I just noticed....I am over a thousand posts....God am I addicted or what? And that since Feb 2005 ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!

LOL Annie, congratulations ;D

[shacks]

I have to admit that at 1st sight marat's draw seems shitty:
paradorn/philipoussis/F.Lopez/Ancic/Hewitt/Federer/Roddick...
But hey, he just beat: Popp /?/Santoro /Rochus /Canas /and almost Federer .
They don't give you slams you have to win them, and other seeds might be upset, it happens to them too!
If anyone can do it, it's marat. ;D
And so far he hasn't done anything with easy draws, so this may be for the better.
GGOO MMAARRAATT!!

[Teresa]

Good article Annie, thanks for posting

Safin, who threatened after a first round dismissal last year that he would never return to the grass of Wimbledon, has thought better of that comment, which is good news for the spectators and very likely bad news for his first round opponent, the popular Thai Paradorn Srichaphan.

I disagree, if Marat plays anywhere the level he played at Halle Paradon is simply not an issue

If he comes through that test unscathed, Safin could next play an opponent with a giant reputation at The Championships, the Australian Mark Philippoussis, who is in the draw courtesy of a wild card. This was awarded in recognition of Philippoussis's appearance in the final two years ago, since when he has been plagued by injury and ill-fortune.

Short though he is of recent success, Philippoussis's power game could unsettle the Russian while the turf is still juicy in the early stages, and another grass specialist, Mario Ancic of Croatia, could be planning to derail Safin in the fourth round. Britain's Tim Henman can testify to the threat of the gangling Ancic, having been eliminated by him in the quarter-finals 12 months ago.

I think Marat has just as much of a power game to deal with Mark, in additon Marat is much fitter
much more focused and just had a really confidence boost at Halle. Johnny Mac can do all the coaching he wants.

Mario could be tricky in the fourth round for sure this is when I will start to get worried


Lets not forget people, at Halle we had
POPP
SANTORO
CANAS

You think this was better than Paradon/Mark

[Andrada]

teresa said:

*YAY* good to have you back Andrada ;D
*YAY* to summer holidays *YAY* ;D ;D
Always happy to share your happiness ;D

Thank U, Teresa!

[Andrada]

annie said:

I just noticed....I am over a thousand posts....God am I addicted or what? And that since Feb 2005 ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations,Annie!!!!! WOW! Great job!

[lau]

Here`s the full draw:

Federer, Roger (1) v Mathieu, Paul-Henri
Minar, Ivo v Tabara, Michal
Goodall, Joshua v Di Mauro, Alessio
Benneteau, Julien v Kiefer, Nicolas (25)

Ferrero, Juan Carlos (23) v qualifier
Enqvist, Thomas v Lee, Hyung-Taik
Mayer, Florian v Ventura, Santiago
Verdasco, Fernando v Robredo, Tommy (13)

Johansson, Joachim (11) v Montanes, Albert
Martin, Alberto v Rusedski, Greg
Acasuso, Jose v Zib, Tomas
Mackin, Alan v Gonzalez, Fernando (21)

Youzhny, Mikhail (31) v Baghdatis, Marcos
Hernandez, Oscar v Lisnard, Jean-Rene
Bjorkman, Jonas v qualifier
Draper, Scott v Davydenko, Nikolay (8)

Hewitt, Lleyton (3) v Rochus, Christophe
Hernych, Jan v Blake, James
qualifier v qualifier
Sargsian, Sargis v Massu, Nicolas (29)

Dent, Taylor (24) v qualifier
Kim, Kevin v Bogdanovic, Alex
qualifier v Berdych, Tomas
Burgsmuller, Lars v Puerta, Mariano (16)

Ancic, Mario (10) v qualifier
qualifier v Koubek, Stefan
Monfils, Gael v Rochus, Olivier
Saulnier, Cyril v Hrbaty, Dominik (22)

Lopez, Feliciano (26) v Phau, Bjorn
Sherwood, David v Mello, Ricardo
Beck, Karol v Philippoussis, Mark
Srichaphan, Paradorn v Safin, Marat (5)


Canas, Guillermo (7) v qualifier
Mirnyi, Max v Schuettler, Rainer
Wawrinka, Stanislas v Santoro, Fabrice
Wessels, Peter v Novak, Jiri (28)

Haas, Tommy (19) v Tipsarevic, Janko
qualifier v qualifier
Pavel, Andrei v qualifier
Ulihrach, Bohdan v Johansson, Thomas (12)

Stepanek, Radek (14) v Ginepri, Robby
Murray, Andrew v qualifier
Kucera, Karol v Horna, Luis
Sluiter, Raemon v Nalbandian, David (18)

Gasquet, Richard (27) v Kohlschreiber, Philipp
Schalken, Sjeng v Starace, Potito
Mantilla, Felix v Muller, Giles
Spadea, Vincent v Nadal, Rafael (4)

Henman, Tim (6) v Nieminen, Jarkko
Almagro, Nicolas v Tursunov, Dmitry
Popp, Alexander v Haehnel, Jerome
Arthurs, Wayne v Volandri, Filippo (32)

Ferrer, David (17) v Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo
Monaco, Juan v qualifier
Hanescu, Victor v Carlsen, Kenneth
Llodra, Michael v Grosjean, Sebastien (9)

Coria, Guillermo (15) v Behrend, Tomas
Marray, Jonathan v Malisse, Xavier
Calatrava, Alex v qualifier
Melzer, Jurgen v Ljubicic, Ivan (20)

Soderling, Robin (30) v Andreev, Igor
Sanguinetti, Davide v qualifier
qualifier v Karlovic, Ivo
Vanek, Jiri v Roddick, Andy (2)

[Cassie]

Okay, at first, I didn't think the draw was that bad until Ancic in 4th round, but now that I think about it, it's pretty scary. Paradorn upset Agassi in 2002 and Mark is a Wimbledon finalist.

[annie]

Yeah, that's exactly what I mean. I mean the draw is not GOOD but it's not THAT bad. It will keep him focused, that's for sure!!!!

Let's get ready and get out our Marat t-shirts, hats, whistles, horns and flags

[Jasmine]

Dear Marat,

Pleassss DO NOT stop in First round.
Yes I'm a patriot but tennis is not National Sport, so DO NOT hesitage to knock Srichaphan

Jasmine

OMG OMG OMG

You know my face turned when I first saw the draw. If Marat can't get through Srichaphan, I'll be so embarrassed and sad . Every newspapers in Thailand will put this on Headline, my friends will repeat to me again and again. I can't take it.

So for God sake! The victory must be yours, Marat.

;D Just kidding, I believe Marat will WON.

[Jasmine]

BTW, Congratulation Annie, you did it.

[Jasmine]

shacks said:

I have to admit that at 1st sight marat's draw seems shitty:
paradorn/philipoussis/F.Lopez/Ancic/Hewitt/Federer/Roddick...
But hey, he just beat: Popp /?/Santoro /Rochus /Canas /and almost Federer .
They don't give you slams you have to win them, and other seeds might be upset, it happens to them too!
If anyone can do it, it's marat. ;D
And so far he hasn't done anything with easy draws, so this may be for the better.
GGOO MMAARRAATT!!

shacks, I like the way you present your emotion via icon, sooo emotional.

[shacks]

jasmine said:

shacks said:

I have to admit that at 1st sight marat's draw seems shitty:
paradorn/philipoussis/F.Lopez/Ancic/Hewitt/Federer/Roddick...
But hey, he just beat: Popp /?/Santoro /Rochus /Canas /and almost Federer .
They don't give you slams you have to win them, and other seeds might be upset, it happens to them too!
If anyone can do it, it's marat. ;D
And so far he hasn't done anything with easy draws, so this may be for the better.
GGOO MMAARRAATT!!

shacks, I like the way you present your emotion via icon, sooo emotional.

Thank You!