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Tennis: French Open (Roland Garros) (pg. 8)
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| Cro_Addict |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jem_hadar
And Maria Sharapova just got knocked out too! :eek: This is gonna make her win on Sunday even easier!!
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I don't agree with this. Sharapova got outplayed. She was making too many errors, and had ALOT of forced errors. Ivanovic kept hitting her baseline balls, and Sharapova was just having a hard time with them.
If Sharapova played against Henin how she played today, it would have been 6-0 6-0.
I like how Ivanovic is playing. Nice serve, and very smart play. I am looking forward to the final. It will be a good game, but I know that Henin will 3peat. Her backhand is just too damn crazy...Reminds me of Federer's backhand.
My 2 cents. |
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| TheVrk |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jem_hadar
I'm fully expecting to see Justine Henin taking this french open cup now 3 times in row :D
God i love henin. |
Henin's turned into prolly the best women's clay-courter ever (if she wins).
VERY impressive:eyes:
TODAY's agenda:
Roger at 1330 CET (730 ur time) vs Davidenko...will NOT be easy.
GREAT weekend of tennis coming up:) |
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| Jem_hadar |
| quote: | Originally posted by TheVrk
GREAT weekend of tennis coming up:) |
makes me NOT wanna go to toronto to party and see chris liebing.
wanna just stay home and not miss a second of tennis! :(
im def gonna hafta see about taping the women's final |
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| Jem_hadar |
| quote: | Originally posted by Cro_Addict
My 2 cents. |
I hear you 100% and agree based on the things you've said. you mistook how i meant my comment though...
just that w/ sharapova out, henin's chances look better anyways. henin just doesnt have as much to fear from jankovic *in general* ... and stats wise.
if sharapova was playing like she was but still somehow came thru, id still be more worried with henin facing her than jankovic *generally*
maria often can often pull through, or make it close when forced, and there have been many a matches with her vs. henin when ive been on teh edge of my seat. im just generally not as concerned that i feel jankovic is gonna out henin.
and as u said, maria was playing like , so really the win of jankovic's was maybe atleast as much sharapova's fault (for playing poorly) as it was jankovic's fault (for playing well).
now, i didnt watch the match (damn work!! :mad: ), so ya, its hard for me really to comment intelligently on henin's chances to win given i havent been able to catch ANY jankovics matches this fort night. and cant say for myself how i think jankovic's game is looking and how well she is playing from first hand exposure. |
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| mzurimtoto |
| looks like a roger and rafa final............ roger came through easier than i thought he would!!! should be a cracker of a final!! |
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| Jem_hadar |
| quote: | Originally posted by mzurimtoto
looks like a roger and rafa final............ roger came through easier than i thought he would!!! should be a cracker of a final!! |
ya when i turned on teh tv before going into teh shower he in the 2nd set, won the first 6-4 i think it said. and they were 1/2 way thru teh second...
and it was only aroudd 8:05 am, and if hte match started at 730 as vrk said, then fed was just flying through!
i didnt get a chance to watch any of it though, only see a couple games quickly before needing to leave :(
anyways, excited about fed rafa tomorrow!! :toothless |
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| Oreo_The_Cookie |
| Don't count Djoko out just yet ;) |
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| Cro_Addict |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jem_hadar
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You keep saying Jankovic, but it is Ivanovic that Henin will face in the final :D
I have watched most of the matches, and noone i mean NOONE comes even close to challenging Henin. She will win in straight sets I think, but will have a bit of a harder time, i dont think it will be another 6-2 6-2 victory.
As far as Federer goes...WOW he was not on his game AT ALL... Good game though.
If he plays like that against Nadal, he does not stand a chance. |
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| Jem_hadar |
| quote: | Originally posted by Cro_Addict
You keep saying Jankovic, but it is Ivanovic that Henin will face in the final :D |
Ops! :eek:
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I have watched most of the matches, |
Luckkkkkyyyyyyyyyyyyy!
i wish i could have. damn work. :clown: |
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| Jem_hadar |
So ing Rafa won! Jesus.
The universe was kind to me and allowed that I was able to watch the mens final even though I was in the city... i was kinda worried about this before leaving, till it hit me in the club, that footwork will totally close before 9am and therefore i can just wake up super early to watch the open at bakis :D
anyways, FAN-ing-TASTIC match. It was chalk full of insane plays, shots, maneuvers, etc.
Wow. What tennis.
I was highly disappointed to see Fed lose *again* though. I really wanted to see him finally pull through on this day and finally claim this title.
But Nadal was just too good. jesus.
What a match. |
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| Invasionmix |
| amazing match, Nadal just owns clay courts, no matter how good Federer is in every other aspect, clay and Nadal is his Kryptonite. Federer messed up quite a bit too, missing all those drop shots and some of his forehand shots. |
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| Jem_hadar |
| quote: | Originally posted by Invasionmix
missing all those drop shots and some of his forehand shots. |
He had 1 great drop shot from quite far back in the court, and I think he attempted 2 or 3 others, but netted them all.
and yeah, his forehand really let him down... really thats what helped seal the deal.
if his forehand had remained strong, and think he would have had a great chance at winning this year's french open... but with nadal, u cant afford to give him points, and thats all fed was doing w/ his forehand hitting the net so often.
his serve started out really weak too. ive rarely seen him mess up so many first serves. it improved in later sets, but never was really on par with how it normally is.
and nadal held his serve fantastically.
nadal was very very impressive in this final. |
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