Marie
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Post by Marie on May 27, 2007 13:59:23 GMT 3
Geez...congratulations to Marat winning and everything, but couldn't he have won just a tad slower for my sake? Last night was my dad's birthday and we had a huge party and the earliest I could go to bed was at 2 in the morning and people were still here. I woke up at 6:30 instead of 5:30 and the match was already over.
But of course, the most important thing is that he did win and in a wonderful, dominant fashion, no less. Congratulations to him and I hope he continues to do well in the later rounds!
For those who are wondering about online coverage, here in the US The Tennis Channel is covering Roland Garros (for the first time) with ESPN doing a little help. At any rate, TTC is going all out with their coverage and is offering, for free, live streams of their matches on their website and they are covering up to four courts online.
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Post by iman on May 27, 2007 14:03:14 GMT 3
congratualtions marat
the first man through to the second round.......he played well made this match look easy....well done!!!! enjoy the rain now!!!!!
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Post by Happiness on May 27, 2007 14:03:27 GMT 3
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Post by arwen21 on May 27, 2007 14:07:52 GMT 3
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Post by arwen21 on May 27, 2007 14:08:41 GMT 3
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Post by arwen21 on May 27, 2007 14:10:28 GMT 3
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Post by Happiness on May 27, 2007 14:11:02 GMT 3
Thanks Arwen for the photos! ;D  |
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Post by SAFINNO1 on May 27, 2007 14:16:28 GMT 3
What a brilliant start to RG 2007 for Marat Safin and his fans - i must say the most imporatant thing of course was a good victory but his ball striking was really impressive, he was never pushed but it's evident that if he is to progress he needs to get a higher percentage of 1st serves ashe won most of his first serves and a healthy amount of aces. But i dont want to get too ahead of ourselves but Vicente was pathetic - whether Marat made him look bad - possibly but he never seemed interested. Marat should next play on Wednesday against either Serb Janko Tipsarevic or Dusan Vemic. Not good weather condition predicted so who knows but he's the only person for sure in Round 2 - YAY DAVAI MARAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!    ;D  ;D Thanks for the pics people! |
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Post by Sammy on May 27, 2007 15:19:15 GMT 3
Well done Marat ! Congrats ! He had some amazing shots.. And he looked like he wanted to win for once   Keep it up !! Thanks guys for the screenshots and the pics !!! |
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srbafin
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Samo napred Srbice!!
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Post by srbafin on May 27, 2007 15:52:36 GMT 3
yeah! way to go marat! luckily french tv showed the whole match unlike eurosport! glad to c him finally winning a match in a way he is capable of! there will be a serbian opponent in R2 and although i know both janko and dule as they train sometimes in my club in belgrade i really don t see how they could give serious trouble to marat! and of course i am going to cheer for him because he is my favoirite player even though he is not serbian ! lets hope the rain stops soon and we can watch some tennis! it s like last year: bad weather, no tennis but plenty of studying for the exams! and of course thx for the pics really quick work! |
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Post by safinbgfan on May 27, 2007 16:04:47 GMT 3
Great job,Marat!!! ;D Keep going on Roland Garros!!!! ;D
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Post by love15 on May 27, 2007 16:17:07 GMT 3
Ahh RG time! What a great start Marat! Encore in round two, ok |
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Post by SAFINNO1 on May 27, 2007 16:26:52 GMT 3
Safin signals threat to favorites in Paris Sun May 27, 2007 8:55 AM EDT PARIS (Reuters) - Former world number one Marat Safin signaled that he could threaten the favorites for the French Open title after brushing aside Spain's Fernando Vicente 6-1 6-3 6-1 on Sunday to reach the second round. The Russian, a semi-finalist in 2002 but beaten in the first round last year, needed just one hour, 24 minutes to advance. "I need to get the rhythm and the timing in order to play good tennis," he said. (But) I think I can manage to pass two rounds and, if I do, then I'm going to be dangerous." Vicente, in the draw as a lucky loser, has not won a match at Tour level since June 2006 -- a run of 11 straight defeats -- and once Safin won the first set the result was rarely in doubt. Safin won just three matches on clay in the build-up to Roland Garros and his expectations were low coming into the second grand slam event of the year. "(My form) wasn't even ups and downs, it was just downhill," he said. "I didn't do anything special on the clay courts. I lost difficult matches in Monte Carlo, Rome and Hamburg. But here is a little bit of a different story because it's five sets and a big tournament. "Even though you might feel you're not playing well, you have enough time to catch up and start to play better and better. You have always a chance." Safin, the number 22 seed, maintained his concentration in light rain in the third set to set up a match with the winner of the all-Serbian clash between Janko Tipsarevic and qualifier Dusan Vemic. Safin said that as his confidence grows he could be a threat to the favorites. "I need to stick around and get through a couple of rounds to get the groove," he said He added that champion Rafael Nadal or world number one Roger Federer would win the tournament. "Nobody even can come close to beating them on clay, especially here," Safin said. "Roger beat him 6-0 in the third set in Hamburg and it looks like he has finally found how to play against Rafa. "But I'm pretty sure that Rafa had been playing many tournaments already and was tired. The final in Hamburg, I don't think it makes a difference. It is 50-50 (here)."       |
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Post by justsafin on May 27, 2007 16:55:30 GMT 3
wow wow wow
I am so so thrilled and excited about Marat's big win!!
Wasn't able to watch the match, but from the scores, I can tell he was totally on fire and in form!!!!!!!!
DAVAI MARAT!!!!!!!!
LOVE AND SUPPORT U, ALWAYS!
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Post by reese on May 27, 2007 17:34:03 GMT 3
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;D 
