Well not quite as epic as a Henin Venus Final would've been. Still, if Bartoli can play as well as she did during the 3rd set of Henin, it should be good :cheers:

i smell a double bagel for venus ;)

It all depends which Venus shows up today.
If it's Venus of the last few days, she will win.
If is Venus having a bad day, we will be seeing forehands sailing 6 feet beyond the baseline, backhands dumped into the net and collapses on second serves.
Its likely though it will be Venus at her best and I can't see Marion winning this one... :shrug:

well, the match goes on while i start work. so i'm off to watch it at work. cheers kids, enjoy the final :)

good tennis please, but c'mon venus :ok:

is it 1 fairytale too far for the feisty frenchwoman? probably, but really interesting.

i hate that "she has to get off to a good start cliche"

nonsense. she was down 1-6 and a break to justine. she was down a set to jankovic and krajicek. and she stormed back

marion will probably lose the first set 6-2. doesn't mean she'll lose this match. venus has wobbled in the 2nd set in this toury and got away with it and she can be gotten to.

yes it could be a massacre but not necessarily.

well of course i want Venus to win (seeing as Timmy never lived up to the pressure of being on my sig :(), but i really hope Bartoli plays like she did yesterday

Whoops and we have Venus back from the early part of the year now!
Game on! :D

You were saying... roflmao

The one that thrashed Peer you mean ;)

I agree Venus does need to start playing better though. I thought she would come out nervous and a bit tenative like she did in the 2005 Final actually. It's different for now than when she was regularly in Grand Slam Finals.

Hope she can edge out this first set!

No the one that lost to Jelena (twice) on clay, not a bad match but not convincing.
I still think Venus will win but its not been the demolition most were predicting! :ok:

Yes the Jelena one is a good comparison. I didn't think it would be a demolition personally as I knew Venus would be nervous. Still think it will be in straights though :)

It will be but Marion did well, Venus had a point for 4-0!

The quality has improved a lot in the second 2nd :ok:

Bartoli really is great, she hardly ever misses.

Nice to see so many former champions watching today, including Serena :bow:

I really hope if Venus wins she doesnt jump about like a goat on speed like she did the last time :rolleyes:

I wonder if Serena will look as pissed when Venus wins as Venus did when Serena won the US Open in 99... roflmao

why not? if i won wimbledon, i would be like a HERD of goats on speed :yahoo: :yahoo: its grea to see emotion out there

Serena will be pissed that Venus has twice as many Wimbledons as her no doubt but she was really happy when Venus won in 2000 and I remember her hugging and high fiving her as Venus ran up to the stands. It was so nice :D

Yes but you need to show a bit of respect for your opponent.
You don't see Fed leaping up and down like an eejit when he wins! :ok:
A classy winner! :D

Agreed but Venus had a face like thunder when Serena won in99, it was hilarious roflmao

Ok we'll put Venus in a straight jacket and tell her to supress her emotions if that suits the establishment :ok:

It was roflmao

It's not really anything to do with establishment, be happy but show respect! :ok:

You don't have to be subdued to show respect :ok:

Well I remember when The Cheat beat an injured Serena in the YEC 2004, her post match celebrations were completely OTT... :rolleyes:
Absolutely no need for it... :shrug:

Ok you've convinced me to agree with you roflmao roflmao