Marie
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Post by Marie on Oct 13, 2006 21:38:09 GMT 3
Yay, Marat! I got home just in time to see him break and serve for the match. Can anyone give me a quick summary on what happened, especially the second set?
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srbafin
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Samo napred Srbice!!
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Post by srbafin on Oct 13, 2006 21:38:25 GMT 3
yeaah!! even though i am from serbia i was so cheering for marat! it s an individual sport after all and safin is my number 1! i am happy that janko has been playing well lately!! come on marat and reach your first final of the season tomorrow!! i am so happy!!
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Post by yse on Oct 13, 2006 21:38:52 GMT 3
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Post by yse on Oct 13, 2006 21:40:15 GMT 3
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Post by reese on Oct 13, 2006 21:41:04 GMT 3
Wohooo  Congrats Marat ;D For a time in the 3rd I thought he was losing it but he fought back and won.  Well done! |
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Post by Chachou on Oct 13, 2006 21:45:28 GMT 3
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Post by Elisabeth on Oct 13, 2006 22:01:20 GMT 3
Great victory Marat!!! ;D  |
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Post by bia2209 on Oct 13, 2006 22:02:18 GMT 3
From a purely tennis point of view it was not his best match but MENTALLY he was on top form. There were a million times he could have given up, especially in the second and third sets but he didn't. He stuck with it. He lost the second set 6/3 after winning the first in a tie break. In the second set he was broke at 1-1 to Tarpisaravic was 3-1 up fairly quickly. Marat came back and broke. Got himself back to 3-3 and then lost it. He had a really bad service game. Got broke again. Tarsarovic went up 5-3 and by that time Marat looked like he had no clue what he was doing anymore. Credit to the other guy, he played some amazing points, but Marat was a bit dazed, to borrow an expression cyn used. The beginning of the third he was still a bit hungover. He lost serve, was down 2-0 but broke back. Then there was this long long game at 3-3 with Tipsarovic serving, which Marat lost, despite having a million break points. He held serve and then broke. Then he closed it out like a champ. I am VERY proud of him tonight. ;D ;D Well done Maratik  btw..if i have screwed up any details of how the match went. It's becasue my brain is now so fried that i don't remember much of anything   |
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Post by luxsword on Oct 13, 2006 22:06:45 GMT 3
Saturday, October 14, 2006 Central court Start Time 13:00 Women, Singles, Semifinal 8 Vaidisova Nicole (CZE) 5 Petrova Nadia (RUS) followed by Women, Singles, Semifinal 4 Dementieva Elena (RUS) Chakvetadze Anna (RUS) Not before 16:00 Men, Singles, Semifinal 1 Davydenko Nikolay (RUS) 7 Santoro Fabrice (FRA) followed by Men, Singles, Semifinal Safin Marat (RUS)
Kunitsyn Igor (RUS) Court 1 Start Time 13:00 Women, Doubles, Semifinal Douchevina Vera Kirilenko Maria (RUS) (RUS) 3 Peschke Kveta Schiavone Francesca (CZE) (ITA) Time TBA Men, Doubles, Semifinal Kunitsyn Igor
Tursunov Dmitry (RUS)
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2 Cermak Frantisek
Levinsky Jaroslav (CZE)
(CZE) www.kremlincup.ru/on-court/schedule/scheduletodaylat.shtml |
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varia
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Post by varia on Oct 13, 2006 22:11:14 GMT 3
I am VERY proud of him tonight. ;D ;D I'm with you on this, bia... I'm proud of him too... He was great... Congrats Marat!!! Who's next?! |
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Marie
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Post by Marie on Oct 13, 2006 22:11:12 GMT 3
Looking at the OOP, there are six Russian men and women playing their respective semifinals in the singles, and one Russian doubles team in both the men's and ladies' fields. What a way to represent the home tournament...I'm sure the crowd is thrilled.
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Post by emma on Oct 13, 2006 22:19:13 GMT 3
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Post by yse on Oct 13, 2006 22:23:21 GMT 3
Thanks Emma ;D  |
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Post by carole on Oct 13, 2006 22:23:40 GMT 3
Thanks Emma for your efforts !
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Post by davis on Oct 13, 2006 22:26:39 GMT 3
Cool to see that Getty finally made it to Moscow ;D Believe me guys (and girls), the only reason Marat won is because Lena coached him during the match! We watched together and while I wasn't able to stand the tension and had to drink lots of wine to keep at least relatively calm, her optimism never waned. Lena, you're a true believer! Igor Kunitsyn is beatable! Come on Marat, you can make it to the finals!!!!! |
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