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Post by emma on Jan 14, 2007 21:28:13 GMT 3
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Post by lau on Jan 14, 2007 21:53:13 GMT 3
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Post by nic on Jan 14, 2007 22:52:34 GMT 3
OMG!!! Simply adorable... Thankyou so much!  |
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Post by LaFFy TaFFy on Jan 14, 2007 23:08:59 GMT 3
omg, i think im gonna faint when i see him tonight, looking all hot like that
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Post by Annie on Jan 14, 2007 23:16:28 GMT 3
JESUS HOLY MARY JOSEPH AND ALL THE SAINTS IN THE UNIVERSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Somebody call 911!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Admin in danger!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Sammy on Jan 15, 2007 1:01:37 GMT 3
Don't bother trying to call Annie, they're busy trying to save me, my pc went on fire, so your diabetic coma will just have to wait...
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Post by maryb on Jan 15, 2007 1:54:11 GMT 3
911.  I'm afraid all our operators are busy. Please try again in a fortnight. Alternatively, press 1 for SKY, press 2 for pepperoni with mushroom, press 3 to stay on the line. If you'd like to repeat this message, hang up, uncork the wine, put on the comfy slippers, unpack the choccies and switch on the telly. Just over an hour to go until it kicks off girls. I've been told to get a grip 'It's a school night ...' School's out for January as far as I'm concerned. I'll stagger in. The meetings are on hold ... as is life. Get the oxygen out for Annie.  |
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Post by Marie on Jan 15, 2007 2:14:15 GMT 3
Safin keeping it low key by Luke Buttigieg Sunday, 14 January, 2007 Two years after dashing local hopes by beating Lleyton Hewitt in the final at Melbourne Park, dangerous Russian Marat Safin doesn't have high expectations heading into Australian Open 2007. Now a dual Grand Slam champion, having announced himself to the tennis world when he dismantled Pete Sampras in the 2000 US Open final, 26-year-old Safin has had an injury-interrupted run since his Norman Brookes Challenge Cup triumph in 2005. After recovering from a set down to end Hewitt's dream of adding his home major to his own US Open (2001) and Wimbledon (2002) crowns, Safin was beset by a loss of form and then serious knee problems that saw him drop out of the world's top 100. But, having engaged former Russian player Alexander Volkov as his part-time coach several months ago, Safin has climbed back to world No.26 and will continue his surge if he wins some matches in Melbourne, having not been able to defend his title in 2006. At the AAMI Classic at Kooyong Safin beat David Nalbandian and then lost to world No.1 Roger Federer and Andy Murray, with Federer later saying he believes Safin may be a better player now than he was in 2005, but the man himself is giving little away about what he expects at Melbourne Park. "Well, probably yes (I am playing better now)," Safin said on Sunday. "But unfortunately I had really difficult tennis career because I've been injured quite a lot and I couldn't play two straight years." "I was playing one year and then I was getting injured, then I was trying to come back. I played in 2005 here actually when I won it. I got injured at Indian Wells. I struggled until Wimbledon, and I got injured. I had to almost quit, make operation or to recover." "And then it took me almost a year to recover. So it's difficult for me to judge how I'm playing better or not. But definitely probably more solid because I have more experience." But, make no mistake, Safin is still aiming to take the trophy again as he hopes his body can stand up and eyes a return to the world's top 10 players. "Well, I expect the same thing as I expected for the last eight years being here: try to win it," Safin said. "Every year it's tougher and tougher because the level of tennis is growing and the guys outside of top 20 is basically the same level of guys inside top 20." "So every match is tough. But definitely why not try to win it? Otherwise to fly here for 24 hours, try to make one, two rounds doesn't make sense." "First of all, it's to stay healthy," he added of his 2007 goals. "Second of all, if I'm healthy, try to make this as close as I can to the top 10 or maybe even break into top 10. Why not? That's the only thing I really want to do this year." He may not be making any big predictions, but anyone who saw Safin's semifinal win over Federer at Australian Open 2005 can testify that when he is on he is clearly among the world's best players, and if he can reproduce that form it may be another exciting fortnight for him at Melbourne Park, which would include his 27th birthday if he survives that far. www.australianopen.com/en_AU/news/articles/2007-01-14/200701141168823990906.html |
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Post by Patxy on Jan 15, 2007 2:17:27 GMT 3
JESUS HOLY MARY JOSEPH AND ALL THE SAINTS IN THE UNIVERSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Somebody call 911!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Admin in danger!!!!!!!!!!! 911. I'm afraid all our operators are busy. Please try again in a fortnight. Alternatively, press 1 for SKY, press 2 for pepperoni with mushroom, press 3 to stay on the line. If you'd like to repeat this message, hang up, uncork the wine, put on the comfy slippers, unpack the choccies and switch on the telly. Just over an hour to go until it kicks off girls. I've been told to get a grip 'It's a school night ...' School's out for January as far as I'm concerned. I'll stagger in. The meetings are on hold ... as is life. Get the oxygen out for Annie. ROFLMAO!!!   ;D |
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Yesssss !! 2007 will be just as good.. Yipeeee
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Post by MaratRocks on Jan 15, 2007 4:41:59 GMT 3
JESUS HOLY MARY JOSEPH AND ALL THE SAINTS IN THE UNIVERSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Somebody call 911!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Admin in danger!!!!!!!!!!! Good luck Annie, lol ;D ;D I'm afraid it's too late for me.  The paramedics came, but I refused to receive 'mouth to mouth' from anyone other than Marat himself,  and obviously, he's not available. *on the way to the undertakers*  |
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Post by Patxy on Jan 15, 2007 8:41:09 GMT 3
Transcript of Marat's Press Conference on 14 January 2007 Marat Safin MELBOURNE, VICTORIA THE MODERATOR: Questions for Marat. Q. Australian Open is one of your favorite tournaments - usually. What do you expect this year physically, mentally?MARAT SAFIN: Well , I expect the same thing as I expected for the last eight years being here: try to win it. Every year it's tougher and tougher because the level of tennis is growing and the guys outside of top 20 is basically the same level of guys inside top 20. So every match is tough. But definitely why not try to win it? Otherwise to fly here for 24 hours, try to make one, two rounds doesn't make sense. Q. Some players are talking about the calendar, moving this tournament back. Is that really feasible? Do you think that would be good?MARAT SAFIN: Well , there's a lot of things that could be changed, a lot of speculations around. I don't know exactly what's going to happen. But definitely the way it's finishing, the way I finish the last year, which was the first week of December, start straight up on the 15th of January. It's a little bit short time for us to rest and get ready for the next season. So I guess we have to think about something. But I don't know if it's the right thing to change the Australian Open. Maybe move the Davis Cup a little bit the week earlier straight after the Masters in Shanghai. But definitely would be great for the players to have a little bit more time. As I said, if you don't change anything, I guess we have to deal with it. It would be ideal to have a little more time, but it's not up to me (smiling). Q. Last night Blake and Moya played the final and they play first round here. How do you psychologically prepare playing a guy back to back? How do you prepare for that type of situation?MARAT SAFIN: It's a tough one I guess because they know each other very well. It can be actually a very easy match or it can be a very difficult one. I don't know. I never been in this kind of situation, so I don't know what they have right now in their heads. Q. You've played the same guy two weeks in a row.MARAT SAFIN: No, I never had it, never in my life. Is it quite usual? Q. Well, it happens more than you think.MARAT SAFIN: No, I never. Not lying (smiling). Q. Do you have a goal for the season or just to stay healthy and whatever happens happens?MARAT SAFIN: First of all, it's to stay healthy. Second of all, if I'm healthy, try to make this as close as I can to the top 10 or maybe even break into top 10. Why not? That's the only thing I really want to do this year. Q. Roger said the other day he feels you're perhaps playing better than you were two years ago. How do you personally feel?MARAT SAFIN: Well , probably, yes. But unfortunately I had really difficult tennis career because I've been injured quite a lot and I couldn't play two straight years. I was playing one year and then I was getting injured, then I was trying to come back. I played in 2005 here actually when I won it. I got injured at Indian Wells. I struggled until Wimbledon, and I got injured. I had to almost quit, make operation or to recover. And then it took me almost a year to recover. So it's difficult for me to judge how I'm playing better or not. But definitely probably more solid because I have more experience. But at the same time it's a little difficult to play at the same level because I've been injured for a long time so I don't have really a lot of tennis. End of FastScripts www.asapsports.com/show_interview.php?id=40732 |
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Post by iman on Jan 15, 2007 12:00:30 GMT 3
Thanks for the article PAT
i am soooo excited!! :oonly a few hours to go!!!
i have a meeting all morning and am not sure how many toilets breaks i can take before i get labelled with a bladder problem!!!
Please can someone update the disscusiion board for me as the official scoreboard is a banned website!!!! cheers guys!!!
come on marat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by sabz on Jan 15, 2007 12:01:13 GMT 3
OMG EMMA, ARE YOUT TRYIN TO KILL US ALL?? those pics r LETHAL!!! not that i am complaining - HOT HOT HOT!! ;D Di n Nush u will be bearing witness to that! Lots n LOTS of pics hehe  As for Marat n the AO - BRING IT ON!!! UDACHI!!! |
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Post by Mrs. Fabregas on Jan 15, 2007 12:41:36 GMT 3
OHHHHHHH, i'm so exited!!!!!!!! It's starting almost..... Serena won the first an it's now 3-0 in the 2nd...... Marat's match after this Soooooooooooooooooooooo nervous! |
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Post by sonya on Jan 15, 2007 12:47:52 GMT 3
He's gonna come out in his grey-yellow outfit |
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