Wimbledon 2006

[bia2209]

I'm still sort of reeling in shame over his behavior at Halle.

*raises a curious eyebrow* I've been out of the tennis *cough* Marat loop for a bit (world Cup obliges) so what exactly happened in Halle or am I better off not knowing?

In any case, Marat needs to loosen up and trust his instincts and by that I mean just go onto the court and play the way he knows without calculating. i mean no one needs to teach him how to play tennis. He has the shots and he knows how to use them so the only thing he needs is to liberate his mind from the fear of failure.

I believe he can do it, but it's not about what I or any of his other fans believe. It's about what he believes.

Good luck for Wimbledon ;D ;D

Oh and by the way a word on Roger...like someone recently said about Nadal, he won't win on grass (in Nadal's case it was clay obviously) forever. And maybe this is just me, but Roger is looking a bit jaded these days. We'll see what happens....

[carole]

bia2209 said:

I'm still sort of reeling in shame over his behavior at Halle.

*raises a curious eyebrow* I've been out of the tennis *cough* Marat loop for a bit (world Cup obliges) so what exactly happened in Halle or am I better off not knowing?

In any case, Marat needs to loosen up and trust his instincts and by that I mean just go onto the court and play the way he knows without calculating. i mean no one needs to teach him how to play tennis. He has the shots and he knows how to use them so the only thing he needs is to liberate his mind from the fear of failure.

I believe he can do it, but it's not about what I or any of his other fans believe. It's about what he believes.

Good luck for Wimbledon ;D ;D

Oh and by the way a word on Roger...like someone recently said about Nadal, he won't win on grass (in Nadal's case it was clay obviously) forever. And maybe this is just me, but Roger is looking a bit jaded these days. We'll see what happens....

I'm not sure but the "behaviour" thing was maybe about the fact that Marat wasted so many break points in the second set against rochus and then completely gave up in the third, losing it 6-1 by making unforced errors and complaining on himself because he was playing awful... Well, in my opinion, it's unfortunately nothing new...

[legato]

In a match Marat can put enormous pressure on an oppenent, but when he fails to capitalise on it he seems to self destruct himeself
i.e Marat against Roger last year in Halle, in the third set Marat had three consecutive love service games on his serve and would have nearly snatched a break only for roger to manage to maintain his own serve after that it was history Marat's serve was non existant and he seemed to let Roger win this game and the set, the same happened to him ar RG this year in the third set against gonzo when he failed to break him at the begining of the third set, well what followed was history >:(And I think that what he needs is to never give up, last year at wimbly I saw this kind of attitude he seemed to be chasing every ball and sometimes it seemed to pay off and sometimes it seemed to even produce great winners that would have made Rafa or Hewit proud, so let's hope for him that we see our terminator back

[jewell]

admin said:

SEEDINGS

The seedings for the 2006 Championships are scheduled to be announced in the afternoon of Wednesday 21 June.

THE DRAW

The draw for the 2006 Championships will be held at the All England Club at 10.30am on Friday 23 June in the main press interview room, located in the Millennium Building.

Can't wait for Wimbledon. Hopefully Tim will get seeded... but unlikely eventhough he deserves it. Especially when you consider that people like Gaudio and Davydenko will get seeded.

[Annie]

LMAO jewell ;D ;D ;D ;D Hell I missed you boy!!!!!!!!!!! Good to see ya

I am hoping Tim does well... he really deserves it ;D ;D ;D I am also praying for Tursunov and Marat of course ;D

[jewell]

It's nice to see you too, Annie. It's been a while but I never forgot about this place.

[marats]

I'm concentrate me only on Marat !
I hope he can win a few matches next week !
He deserves it !!
Always support you Marat !

[Annie]

LONDON, June 21, 2006 (AFP) - Seeds for the men's singles at the
2006 Wimbledon championships here from June 26-July 9:

1. Roger Federer (SUI)
2. Rafael Nadal (ESP)
3. Andy Roddick (USA)
4. David Nalbandian (ARG)
5. Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)
6. Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)
7. Mario Ancic (CRO)
8. James Blake (USA)
9. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) ;D
10. Fernando Gonzalez (CHI)
11. Tommy Robredo (ESP)
12. Thomas Johansson (SWE)
13. Tomas Berdych (CZE)
14. Radek Stepanek (CZE)
15. Sebastien Grosjean (FRA)
16. Gaston Gaudio (ARG)
17. Robby Ginepri (USA)
18. Nicolas Kiefer (GER)
19. Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)
20. Tommy Haas (GER)
21. Dominik Hrbaty (SVK)
22. Gael Monfils (FRA)
23. Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)
24. David Ferrer (ESP)
25. Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)
26. Andre Agassi (USA)
27. Olivier Rochus (BEL)
28. Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) ;D
29. Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
30. Kristof Vliegen (BEL)
31. Nicolas Massu (CHI)
32. Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)
__________________

[yse]

Thansks Annie ;D

[reese]

Kiefer is injured. He doesn´t play wimbledon so we can write him off the entry list.

[legato]

Well Marat is not 8-)And he shall play 8-)And kick Federer's ass all the way to the title

[SAFINNO1]

MARAT SAFIN
Odds: 33/1




Full name - Marat Mikhailovich Safin.

Also known as - His fans refer to him as the Safinator.

Wimbledon high - Found his feet on grass last year as he powered into the third round, looking every inch a title contender.

Wimbledon low - In typical Safin-style, he dramatically lost his way and slumped to a straight-sets defeat against Feliciano Lopez. Later in the year, he gave an interview in which he launched a scathing attack on Wimbledon and its "horrible food".

Celebrity status - Safin says he "cannot stand" the word celebrity. That didn't stop him showing up to Boris Yeltsin's birthday party earlier this year though.

In his own words - "If I don't want to play, I don't want to play. There is no really good reason."

Need to know - Safin is no longer on speaking terms with Andy Roddick after the pair fell out during the 2004 Olympics. Safin refused to reveal what the disagreement was about, but added: "The man has changed and not for the best".

Grass rating - 5/10

[Annie]

Great stuff Ily ;D ;D ;D Thanks

[sabz]

Thanks! it was a good read
here is the link for the men to watch in wimby: news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/4997590.stm
which is federer, nadal, ljubicic, hewitt, roddick, SAFIN ;D , agassi, henman ;D , murray n rusedski

and for the women : news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/5086960.stm
which is mauresmo, clijsters, vaidisova, henin-hardenne, venus, petrova, sharapova, dementieva hingis n kutzy (for the women there is a gruntometer - n guess who topped it )

anyway thought some of u mite wanna read the whole thing ;D

[marats]

Can't wait to see Marat's draw !!