The Big Apple is calling - US Open 2006

[bia2209]

OK...I need to get this off my chest so bear with me.

Yesterday was like the worse day ever tennis wise. Dina lost, Marat lost, Rafa lost. Francebeat Italy. The day just kept getting worse. I was so depressed I even had nightmares about it.

This morning I'm thinking...Murphy's law...everything than can go wrong is going wrong.

But then I realized that little things can make a difference. Whenever you're upset doing something for someone else, even if it's miniscule...giving lost tourists directions, playing hide and seek with a little girl in the street, helping new students settle in..it can help, not just them but you.

And then of course, the only antidote to Marat is Marat. Reading the interview was good. He still to be taking it in as logical a manner as posisble.

He knows that the tennis is there, his head is on straight and this was just a little bit of bad luck. In a lot of sports there is always talk of things balancing themselves out.

Possibly the little bit of luck that was missing yesterday will be what gives him the edge in Davis Cup to make magic happen. I hope that will be the case. And btw i loved how he talks about Dinara...Dinara give me advice? Never happen. hehe

And Rafa...now Mischa played brilliant tennis I admit that...but damn...couldn't he have done it to someone else? Mr Smurf for example??

I have to say though I wasn't overly surprised. When I started watching the match, Rafa was already a set down and I was in a very fatalistic mood.

A least Mischa will be walking on air during Davis Cup. The Americans are probably shaking in their shoes.

All I want is for Kolya to be Tommy...(Sorry Sabz, you will have to put up with my bloodthirsty barbs for a bit longer...but you know i love ya. ) after that I don't give a damn.

Bring on Davis Cup, bring on Madrid, and esp Paris. Marat loves Bercy and he wins it every two years. Last time was 2004. You do the math. ;D

[bia2209]

lena said:

yse said:

From Marat Safin. com ;D

Marat's News:

07.09.06 Marat News: Marat will fly to Moscow today. After all he hasn't been home since July and next is a very important event - Davis Cup Semis against the USA so this will be the focus. Working on his fitness and ability to last 5 setters on slow clay!
Marat has taken out protected ranking for the Madrid Masters to ensure he will be in the draw.

that would be nice prepare for Davis Cup and have a little rest, but at this small interview with russian radio station he tell, that he thought about to start in Beijing
www.radiomayak.ru/doc.html?id=2231&cid=

Umm...is this in audio link? if so, once the page opens exactly where do i click on it? I don't read Russian so..(although I can recognize Marat's name in Cyrillics (sp?)) which would lead to the quesiton...

if you dont read russian, you don't speak it either so why would you want to listen to it? what i can i say i love the man's voice. he could speak pig latin and i'm sure it would still sound sexy.

[Chachou]

When you open the link, you have the written interview and if you want to listen to Marat, you must click on the first link under the pic

[sabz]

woooooooooooooow
i agree bia, no matter what that guy says, he sounds HOT!!
*swoons* his voice is GORGEOUS!!! (i didnt know it was possible to drool over a voice )
THANK YOU CHACHOU

[cynful21]

*plays file* I have no idea what they're saying, but I'm loving every second of it. ^_^

Click to stream directly in your media player. audio.rfn.ru/mayak2/2860.asf

If my desktop were working I'd be able to rip the file but alas! *cries*

[marats]

Great pics ........... thanks all !

[davis]

I just surfed through the last 5 or 6 pages of this thread and I was amazed by the amount and the quality of the photos you guys posted:
SPASIBA!THANK YOU! DANKE! GRACIAS! MERCI!

I especially loooved the wallpaper-sized ones ;D. Yay, lots of Marat on my desktop now!

Our guy will have a well-deserved rest, then he'll beat the clay out of the Americans and then he will shine at the Kremlin Cup for me and Annie. What a great fall lays ahead!

P.S. Emma and Cyn, thanks for the video interviews.

[cynful21]

You're welcome davis. And yeah everyone's doing a fantastic job of finding really awesome pics.

BTW. I don't think i've ever seen the full pic of your avatar. Where's it from, and could you post it/pm it for me?

[Annie]

I can really see you all girls drooling at home speaking Russian ;D ;D ;D

Here is what he says

Q. Marat you showed a really good level of readiness for the USO and today against Haas you played very well. What do you think the problem was today that with a good game you still didn't manage to produce a desired result?

Well, it's many things at once. I did play well and I am not going to blame myself for losing to Haas. At some points he got more lucky, some shots I didn't play fast enough or wise enough, it's a bit of everything. I think I had a very good chance to win this match in 4 sets and I blew it. Then I had a chance ona tiebreak when I was up by two points and played two shots wide and then the whole situation changed.

Q. Well I actually thought that before the TB in the 5th set a couple of times you underestimated your opponent. At some points you felt you were better than him and that might have also been the reason for failure?

Well I think you are totally wrong with your observations. I never underestimate my opponents, especially not him. He is in top 20 at the moment, playing good tennis, he is strong and plays well, so not I knew who I was up against and did not have any illusions.

Q. So now the tournaments you will be most accounting for are your favourite Madrid and Paris?

Well there will be a few before. Right now I am trying to resolve the issue of playing Beijing, we are negotiating. Nadal and Nalbandian withdrew so the draw cleared up a little and there is only Kolya and Scrichapan now, so I might go and play there. Then there is Davis Cup, then Bangkok, Moscow and then Madrid and Bercy. Well if I play at the same level and gain some points, I think I will manage to get into top 50 by the end of the year and maybe even higher.

Q. So gaining points is the ultimate goal now?

Well gaining points is important. It is important for draws because right now with every draw I sit and think that I can get absolutely anyone in the first round.

[emma]

Here's a little video..... an interview where Marat is talking about his match vs Haas followed by the man eating his banana

On rapidshare :
rapidshare.de/files/32294673/intbanana.mpg.html

On megaupload :
www.megaupload.com/?d=8YDF8AE0

[cynful21]

BANANA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*runs around in circles*

*bumps into a wall*

*gest up and starts running again*

[LaFFy TaFFy]

OMG emma, that banana scene OMG
thank you emma

[tina]

omg omg omg omg
banana jjjjjjjjjjeeeeeeeeeeeee
THANK YOU

[SAFINNO1]

Thank you guys for everything - pics articles , info

I was ecstatic about his US Open performance - he really surprised the tennis world and showed he is back - really unfortunate he lost to tommy leading by 2 sets to 1 and 3-1 in TB. It was dissapointing for him to exit as he is playing so well but sure things seem to be back on track and that is all that matters

DAVAI MARAT for the great 10 days at Flushing Meadows and let the good times roll.
Why do i feel a tournament victory is just around the corner

[emma]

More pictures???
Here they come ;D