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Post by jenhatter06 on Aug 26, 2008 18:32:31 GMT 3
Mikhail Youzhny has withdrawan from the tournament as he has been suffering from a fever the last couple of days and will be replaced by Cipolla. Bad luck Teddy aw, Misha - get well soon!   Marat so wanted to stand next to Fed and ARod LMAO ;D Thanks for all the pics everyone! James & Donald last night -- wowza! Way to kick it off with a late night right off the bat! Woots for Del Potro, Monfils, Nishikori (wow), Odesnik (another GS 5-setter) and US Qualifier De Heart - 5-set triumph over Ollie - to play Rafa. Ah, the luck.  Jelena looked lovely in yellow last night ... and Dinara is pretty in pink this morning - yay for color!  ;D Some decent stuff on tap today - c'mon Marat!  |
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Post by justsafin on Aug 26, 2008 19:34:21 GMT 3
BBC Sport | Tennis | UK Edition
US Open quotes of the day
Venus Williams
Venus arrives fresh from doubles victory with sister Serena in Beijing
"When I went to Beijing I left him for two weeks and it was heartbreaking - not so much my husband, but my son."
Lindsay Davenport lets her husband know the score after leaving him and son Jagger behind to play in Beijing.
"People just come to me and say, 'Oh, I'm happy for you', you're always losing in the final. It's so great that you finally win something big."
Elena Dementieva enjoys finally entering the winner's circle at the Olympic Games.
"We got here Thursday. I really don't know what day it is any more. I thought today was Friday."
Venus Williams struggles with the time difference after flying in from China.
"In the first set I felt like I was playing against a wall."
Li Na on her remarkable turnaround in beating Shahar Peer 2-6 6-0 6-1.
"I still think Federer is playing great tennis, but the mindset of the other players has changed because he's lost more this year than he has in the past."
Andy Murray on the struggling defending champion.
"It was the joy of it. I didn't have the pressure of playing at Wimbledon as an English player. I could come here and get on with it."
Virginia Wade, the 1968 champion, on why she loved playing at the US Open.
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Post by justsafin on Aug 26, 2008 20:23:07 GMT 3
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Post by yarina on Aug 26, 2008 20:42:20 GMT 3
Thanks for these. Are you able to watch marat's match anywhere? Eurosport is showing Haas- Gasquet, so is espn...Anyone knows if sky is broadcasting Marat? Thanks. |
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Post by justsafin on Aug 26, 2008 21:00:26 GMT 3
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Post by invincible1 on Aug 26, 2008 21:24:23 GMT 3
damn,none of the livestreams is working
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Post by yarina on Aug 26, 2008 21:42:52 GMT 3
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Post by lena on Aug 26, 2008 21:44:49 GMT 3
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Post by edible on Aug 26, 2008 23:26:26 GMT 3
Marat won his first round match against Spadea: 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4!
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Post by justsafin on Aug 26, 2008 23:32:35 GMT 3
YES, FINALLY, LIKE FOREVER.........
THANK YOU, MARAT!! JUST ABOUT THE TIME I was calling 911!!
and ladies, your company !! that's a strangely lousy and slow match. I wonder why Marat even lost to Vince in their first encounter?
Anyway, a win is a win and I hope Marat will be forgiven by the time 2nd round starts !!! Tommy, talk to Marat, would you?
I am going to bed and get up early for my presentation.
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Post by maryb on Aug 26, 2008 23:48:05 GMT 3
Phew, that was not pretty - but to quote the old saying again, a win's a win. Glad to see that although you ignored my finer coaching points as usual re blowing a gasket, I was with you on the foot fault call this time Big Yin. You didn't cross the centre line. But, completely out of character, you channelled that anger properly in the opener of the fifth set. Well done, Big Yin. That's what you do with it - don't self-destruct. Get mad, get even. Now let's try to get that first serve back on track - and yes, get in to the bloody net, or just loom over it to spook your opponent into rushing their shot. It was a repeat of Wimbles as well for me ... I had to sit through Ana's mindnumbing match ... maybe an omen. Get some rest and keep that focus for round 2. Maybe we should get Earth, Wind and Fire to serenade you to sleep tonight. LMAO. Let's see those teeth again Big Yin, you look too grumpy again for my liking. Didn't you catch any fish? Signed Happy Fairy Godmother PS Jings, Lendl has changed!  Another PS Pity that Tommy and Ricky were drawn in the first round.  |
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Post by Dina on Aug 26, 2008 23:55:23 GMT 3
a five setter win in Flushy is always a good stuff and sometimes turns to be an edge!
Haven't seen the match; I'm just having a break I'm on call so I can't comment on the match as a match! but for the record it's not at 28 that the man's gonna change his attitude towards authority!
BUT A WIN IS A WIN and we're oh so happy!
Davai hbbibi; it's time to get the change for all those matches against Tommy!
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Post by yarina on Aug 27, 2008 0:01:27 GMT 3
I had a very entertaining evening, watching 2 matches simultaneously: Haas-Gasquet on TV and Marat-Spadea on Live Stream, with my sofa in the middle of the two. Funny enough, both lasted 5 sets, and they even ended at around the same time... Haas - Gasquet made my tennis-heart beat a bit louder. ;D What a match. It was incredibly close, with both guys playing on the highest level, all the way to set 5. Those one-handed backhands nearly made me faint, LOL! Sadly for me, Richie lost, but I have to admit that Tommy deserved the victory. Safin - Spadea on the other hand made my tennis-heart cry.  Whenever I think I've seen his worst match, Marat "surprises" me. He SUCKED today.  Yes, a win is a win, I know, but I just hate his unprofessional attitude. Whether calls are right or wrong, he has to live with them, like everybody else. Instead he's a big cry-baby, insulting the people around him, pretending the whole world is treating him unfairly. Man, grow up!!! Bad sportsmanship! Is he actually getting worse with age? If Marat needs 5 sets against a mediocre player like Spadea, what's gonna happen against Tommy (who beat Zverev convincingly in 3 sets today)? Let's hope Marat finds his "Mojo" and some positive thinking by Thursday... I agree that Haas - Gasquet was a good match - Haas was unlucky in a few important points, but inspite that he managed to prevail after all. Regarding Marat's match, I haven't seen much - but I noticed his second serve was very slow and heard about the whole foot -fault drama. I think that we have witnessed Marat gradually loosing it in the past three years....but sometimes we find it hard to admit it. We were always waiting for a miraculous comeback - and after a long and agonizing wait, it seemed that he will come back after Wimbly - where he did not excel,btw, but he did not suck at least and kept it together. I bet he is waiting as well for that magnificent come back. However, as years pass, he seems to be making more and more unsuccessful efforts: everybody says he is training hard, most probably harder than he used to do, but things are going nowhere - so he gets frustrated. Plus, he's already been in tennis for long, so it gets less and less exciting for him, and he seems to be alone - this gets to you if you have a bit of brain and can think about it. Yes, I know there might be other people in his position, but we are all unique and we all can take more or less loneliness, and repeated failed attempts. I do not know him, but I chose to believe that he is not a plain stupid guy and I also like to believe he is an emotional guy: so yes, I understand him, I guess and I want to excuse him. He's never had a model conduct, but being polite is not the only virtue a person can have - and with emotional persons you can expect such outbursts - but I still think there are other good things in him for which I support him and wish him the best. |
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Post by oliviasmith on Aug 27, 2008 0:02:34 GMT 3
did anyone catch the on- court interview?
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Post by Dina on Aug 27, 2008 0:08:49 GMT 3
Dina's interview:
Q. Marat, having won here before, how special would it be for you to equal his accomplishment in the same venue?
DINARA SAFINA: I don't know. I think this would be my dream come true. I don't know. This would be the most amazing thing that can happen.
Q. What did you and Marat fight about when you were little kids?
DINARA SAFINA: I would say he would, on the court, that I would behave like a baby and the crying and all this. He hated it. He was always like, Come on. You have to grow up in your mind. You cannot behave like this.
Mostly that he would give me advice like that. I just have to grow up in my mind. But it needed time, so...
Q. I actually meant at home. I didn't mean on the tennis court.
DINARA SAFINA: Ah, at home?
Q. Yeah.
DINARA SAFINA: Only thing that I was doing every time, messing the room and he had to clean everything. But that's okay.
Q. Would you ever tell him that he isn't the most adult person always on the court, either?
DINARA SAFINA: That's why he's telling like from my experience. I tell you, don't do this.
Q. Which sort of relationship do you have with your brother? Now you are one of the first players in the world. You are playing so well. You are champion. You, too. Which has changed between you?
DINARA SAFINA: Nothing changed. It doesn't need the results. It's family. Doesn't matter. That's why, you know, you have your family always next to you whenever you're up or down. They are the same. Nothing can change.
Q. What would you like to have about Marat, like tennis player or like human being?
DINARA SAFINA: When he plays his best, I would take everything what he has: his power, fighting spirit. I mean he reads the game very good, and when he plays he's the best everything. When he plays his worst game, then I don't need anything. (laughter.)
Q. Like human being, what do you think is his best quality?
DINARA SAFINA: Like what?
Q. Human being.
DINARA SAFINA: His best quality?
I think he's the person like he would be always next to you. Like whenever you need help he would be there. I can say like with us, family. You know, like whenever I was down or whatever, he ‑‑ I think he would prefer like to see me smiling.
I would say sometimes, I cannot feel anything on the court. He would say, If you would just stop it, just enjoy the life. For him, most important he sees me happy. So he will help with whatever he can.
Q. Where were you when he won here?
DINARA SAFINA: In Valencia.
Q. And were you at home or...
DINARA SAFINA: Well, Valencia. I was spending some time there. Actually I was not even watching, because we had not cable TV to watch that final. But we had some friends who were calling us and telling us the score.
Q. And how long was it before you were able to reach Marat after he won?
DINARA SAFINA: Maybe next day I spoke with him. I don't remember. It was so long time ago.
Q. Now that you have more success than him, is there advice you can give to him? And would he listen to your advice?
DINARA SAFINA: No, I better listen to his advice. I cannot ‑‑ yes, I have now success, but he was No. 1 in the world, so I still have to catch him up. He still can teach me many things in life.
Q. I was at a press conference of his last week in Los Angeles, and he said it used to be that I was her big brother. Now it's the opposite. Now it changed. Do you see it that way?
DINARA SAFINA: No.
Q. Now you're the one that's known more?
DINARA SAFINA: Well, but I'm still his younger sister. Doesn't matter. Because still I would walk and I would hear the crowds, saying, Oh, this is the sister of Marat. I think forever I'm going to be his little sister.
Q. Are you going to watch his match? He's about to play.
DINARA SAFINA: No, actually I'm not watching him unless I'm out of the tournament, because I get very tight watching him, and I still have practice, so...
Q. We know something about the Marat girlfriends. We don't know anything about the Safina boyfriend. What you can say about that?
DINARA SAFINA: I don't speak about my private life.
Q. Have you guys ever had a sibling rivalry, or is it even more noticeable now that maybe you're having more success than he is? Has there ever been envy or jealousy between you?
DINARA SAFINA: Never, never. In our family this doesn't exist. We don't have this.
Q. What do your parents say to you about that? In order to not have that sibling rivalry, what have they said to you?
DINARA SAFINA: Whew, it's just the way we are. Like maybe ‑‑ the way they educated us, that ‑‑ I mean, I cannot even imagine be jealous of my brother. I would ‑‑ it's impossible.
It's because it's our family, and whatever. Success, it's the family success. I can't not even imagine it.
Q. Are you glad he's a brother and not a sister so you don't have to play him?
DINARA SAFINA: Well, I guess, but let's see, next year Hopman Cup how we're going to play mixed.
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;D
But thanks anyway 
Whenever I think I've seen his worst match, Marat "surprises" me. He SUCKED today. 
Yes, a win is a win, I know, but I just hate his unprofessional attitude. Whether calls are right or wrong, he has to live with them, like everybody else. Instead he's a big cry-baby, insulting the people around him, pretending the whole world is treating him unfairly. Man, grow up!!! Bad sportsmanship! Is he actually getting worse with age?