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Post by Giselle on Mar 12, 2007 5:32:06 GMT 3
It sucks that he lost...Its not good specially that dc is so close....I wish he gets his act together for Miami...I'm counting the days! Maybe this will help him to practise more and perform better in SOBE...who knows. Federer out, thats something else behind it, I cannot conceive it! anyways, destiny acts in misterious ways. One thing for sure, I'm going nuts when he gets here!
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Post by LaFFy TaFFy on Mar 12, 2007 6:53:51 GMT 3
OMFG, cant believe fed out, woohoo, now VAMOS my tight a%$ rafa
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Post by doopdeela on Mar 12, 2007 7:46:04 GMT 3
a little something from steve tignor's blog:
11:15: Hard to believe, but Marat Safin’s practice doesn’t draw a monster crowd. There are plenty of people—read: girls—and they are nothing if not enthusiastic. One stops behind me, takes a look at Safin hitting a ball, and says, “Oh.”
Safin may be the most impressive practice player in the world. That’s because it’s all about ball-striking. No pressure, no thought, no movement, no torture. I stand behind the court and watch him hit from about chest level. At contact, the ball sounds like it’s shot out of a cannon. He and Alexander Volkov work on his down-the-line backhand. The blatant winners he rifles remind of the first time I saw him play, in Paris in 1998. That backhand looked like it was going to be the shot that would change pro tennis. It didn’t, quite, but seeing him hit it today makes me realize it should have.
Still, leave it to Safin to practice with a lefty on a day when he’s playing a right-hander.
The problem for Safin is that when he gets to a match, he doesn’t do much more than he does in practice. He rallies and hits hard, but without any changes in angles, speeds, or spins. He pretty much relies on his serve to win points. When he came up as a teenager, his power from the ground was enough to overwhelm almost everyone—I was shocked when I saw it live. Now even a journeyman (a talented one, of course) like Nicolas Mahut handles it easily.
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Post by fabulousxp on Mar 12, 2007 8:19:06 GMT 3
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Post by justsafin on Mar 12, 2007 8:49:13 GMT 3
Marat mentioned before that he seldom performs well in March......I hope this tourny's fiasco is the END of Marat's bad luck. Pull yourself together and make the most out of your talent, Marat!!
Still keep my fingers crossed and wish you the best!!!
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Post by sonya on Mar 12, 2007 9:28:54 GMT 3
a little something from steve tignor's blog: 11:15: Hard to believe, but Marat Safin’s practice doesn’t draw a monster crowd. There are plenty of people—read: girls—and they are nothing if not enthusiastic. One stops behind me, takes a look at Safin hitting a ball, and says, “Oh.” Safin may be the most impressive practice player in the world. That’s because it’s all about ball-striking. No pressure, no thought, no movement, no torture. I stand behind the court and watch him hit from about chest level. At contact, the ball sounds like it’s shot out of a cannon. He and Alexander Volkov work on his down-the-line backhand. The blatant winners he rifles remind of the first time I saw him play, in Paris in 1998. That backhand looked like it was going to be the shot that would change pro tennis. It didn’t, quite, but seeing him hit it today makes me realize it should have. Still, leave it to Safin to practice with a lefty on a day when he’s playing a right-hander. The problem for Safin is that when he gets to a match, he doesn’t do much more than he does in practice. He rallies and hits hard, but without any changes in angles, speeds, or spins. He pretty much relies on his serve to win points. When he came up as a teenager, his power from the ground was enough to overwhelm almost everyone—I was shocked when I saw it live. Now even a journeyman (a talented one, of course) like Nicolas Mahut handles it easily. Sounds pretty true to me  . He gets bored too easily and all the stuff he should do much earlier,he tries to do too late,and sometimes it is really TOO late. Sometimes looks to me that he's more interested in what he'd possibly do with the ball than in playing tennis  . I think it was AO this year,I watched one match and at one point I started thinking WTF he was doing(actually I think that very often   ). Then I randomly read some post on MTF that was refering to that match:It's upsetting to watch Marat standing 2 meters behind the base line and slicing everything .That was one of these moments when he gets in some weird trip-If I lean my head to the right and slice this ball down the middle,straightly to my opponent's racquet-hmmm...I wonder, what's going to happen? |
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Post by inez on Mar 12, 2007 11:23:18 GMT 3
CRIKEY!!! not what we expected, but then, how often have we said that!!! it's probably a mercy that nobody saw it unless you were there.....although at least if you SEE it, you get some idea about what was going on - having said that - after winning the second set (then I left to go to the Moomba festival here in Melbourne) one would not have thought that he was going to go down 6-0...but that's MArat I guess - no matter how frustrated WE feel , only HE knows what happened in his own mind - although sometimes I wonder if he DOES - know, that is, WTF IS going on in his brain!!!!!! It would not be too bad if I thought he didn't care, but somehow I can't bring myself to believe that - which makes it worse....if you get my meaning!!!....anyhow, whateva - it's done, move on - strap yourselves in guys, looks like 2007 could take the rollercoaster to new heights of turbulence!!!!
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Post by reese on Mar 12, 2007 12:12:09 GMT 3
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Post by breakingthehabit on Mar 12, 2007 12:19:35 GMT 3
When i saw the scores and found out that 2 of my fave players, Safin and Fed were out, I was like "*gasp* WTF??!!. Hmmm, at least Safin lost in three sets. Fed's worse". But then, i read Safin's score again and saw no. 0 in the third..... I looked down and cried in silence |
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Post by Alya10 on Mar 12, 2007 12:32:16 GMT 3
Is there any charitable soul out there that has actually seen the match and is able to say what happened?!? please...  I read somewhere else that he was hitting balls all over the place but inside the court and Amit posted sometime ago in the OS that he doesn't like IW because the balls tend to fly too much (smth to do with the desert air...). Don't know if that's an explanation or just.... well... me grasping at straws thanks |
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Post by emma on Mar 12, 2007 13:22:36 GMT 3
No comment on the result.... didn't see the match.  |
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Post by marylin on Mar 12, 2007 13:38:45 GMT 3
I really wanna know what's going on with him.
I really am abit shocked, he wins the second set, and then...you know....
Hope he's not injured or something like that.
I still have a faith on him,if he wanna win,he can get it!!!!!
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Post by safinbgfan on Mar 12, 2007 15:10:13 GMT 3
I can`t believe  What`s going on,Marat??! I hope he is not injured...... |
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Post by lau on Mar 12, 2007 16:53:56 GMT 3
ahh its a day of upsets! first mitya losing and then marat, baghdatis, hewitt, berdych, and FEDERER! wowww I´m really happy for the last one  he got bagelled. good thing i didn't watch, it would have been hard  yeah, exactly my thoughts   I can`t believe What`s going on,Marat??! I hope he is not injured...... Honestly, there are more chances he played awfully and his rival took his chances than he getting injured... Maybe it´s brain damage  ;D ;D ;D Seriously.., I didn´t watch the match, so I don´t know, but I don´t think he´s injured. Isn´t somewhere a post match interview?? |
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Post by Mrs. Fabregas on Mar 12, 2007 18:47:55 GMT 3
Maybe it´s brain damage ;D ;D ;D  .... That's a good one, Lau! Maybe it was a contusio from all the time he must have smacked his own head  It still isn't on the IW website..... they're having a day delayed.... |
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. He gets bored too easily and all the stuff he should do much earlier,he tries to do too late,and sometimes it is really TOO late. Sometimes looks to me that he's more interested in what he'd possibly do with the ball than in playing tennis 
. I think it was AO this year,I watched one match and at one point I started thinking WTF he was doing(actually I think that very often
What`s going on,Marat??! 
;D ;D ;D
