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Post by Annie on Aug 4, 2006 6:25:52 GMT 3
OMFG HE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I ALMOST HAD A FIT IN FRONT OF MY COMPUTER AT 7 AM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HE BEAT A TOP FIVE PLAYER AND WON THREE MATCHES IN A ROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WELCOME BACK BABAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Let this be the beginning if a new era  |
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Post by bia2209 on Aug 4, 2006 6:28:52 GMT 3
HE WON HE WON HE WON * dances around room like a crazy person* OMG i am sooooooo happy!! This is brilliant for him, beating a player ranked as good as blake...damn its been a long time coming but soo worth it. And hopefully this is just beginning of a new start....*keeps dancing round like a crazy person* hahahahaha
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Post by bia2209 on Aug 4, 2006 6:33:19 GMT 3
OMFG HE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I ALMOST HAD A FIT IN FRONT OF MY COMPUTER AT 7 AM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HE BEAT A TOP FIVE PLAYER AND WON THREE MATCHES IN A ROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WELCOME BACK BABAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Let this be the beginning if a new era ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Can I get an Amen to that!!!! |
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Post by davis on Aug 4, 2006 6:41:35 GMT 3
 Guess he didn't have too many reasons for this kind of reaction last night. BRAVO MARAT, you made my day yet again!  7:6 7:6 - What a thriller it must have been! Did anyone see more than the scoreboard? |
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Post by safinette on Aug 4, 2006 7:20:05 GMT 3
AWESOME!!!!!!!! WELL DONE MARAT!!!!!!
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Post by yse on Aug 4, 2006 8:12:57 GMT 3
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Post by yse on Aug 4, 2006 8:30:13 GMT 3
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Post by yse on Aug 4, 2006 8:32:37 GMT 3
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Post by Elisabeth on Aug 4, 2006 8:34:04 GMT 3
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Post by fabulousxp on Aug 4, 2006 8:51:54 GMT 3
i was totally jumping aorund and spazzing when i found out. And all i was looking at was the score! im so proud, im like a proud mama
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Post by emma on Aug 4, 2006 9:07:38 GMT 3
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Ok gonna look for pictures now  |
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Post by emma on Aug 4, 2006 9:12:58 GMT 3
From Eurosport.com ;D
Safin rediscovers form
Former world number one Marat Safin booked a spot in the quarter-finals of the Legg Mason Classic with a 7-6 7-6 victory over top seed James Blake on Thursday.
Blake, the 2002 champion, sprayed his shots all over the court and never found his rhythm against Safin, a two-time grand slam winner whose ranking has plummeted to 92 following a string of injuries.
"Sometimes I was tentative, sometimes I was going for a little too much," Blake told reporters.
"When I was too tentative, he was putting the pressure on me, when I was going for too much, I was missing a little bit.
"My game kind of comes and goes with my forehand. When my forehand's coming in, I'm pretty tough to beat. If it's not, then at times I'm pretty beatable."
Despite Blake's spotty play, he took the unseeded Safin into a first set tiebreaker but lost, 8-6 when he blasted a forehand wide.
Blake survived two match points before a Safin forehand nicked the tape and sailed over the American's head to win the second-set tiebreaker 7-5 and close out the match.
"It was bad luck on that last point but he put himself in that position," Blake said. "He played well."
FOURTH VICTORY
Safin, still on the comeback trail from a knee injury he picked up after he won the 2005 Australian Open, blasted 10 aces, but more importantly played the big points well in earning his fourth victory over a top 10 player this season.
"This is the kind of match I've been looking for the past four months and it finally came back to me," Safin said.
"I've been looking for this since the spring. I haven't won a couple of matches in any tournament since Valencia, which was in April. For me to win three matches, it's a big party."
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Post by emma on Aug 4, 2006 9:16:40 GMT 3
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Post by emma on Aug 4, 2006 9:23:45 GMT 3
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Post by emma on Aug 4, 2006 9:27:38 GMT 3
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