ORDER OF PLAY
Thursday, November 8, 2007

From 18.00hrs CET

1. Kuznetsova vs. Sharapova
2. Henin vs. Bartoli* (NB 20.00hrs)
3. Jankovic vs. Chakvetadze

Lest hope that there is some interesting tennis tonight!

YEEEEYYYY Miss Whoop is playing Henin. CMON MARION B)

Masha and Kuzzy all square so far. Is anyone watching this live?

Why did you change your sig pics Liam?

Yeah, I'm watching it at the mo and it's a snoozefest! Bring on Queen Justine and let her eat Cake roflmao

Dont worry, give it 2 days and Nadal will be back on it :coat:

Well ive been looking at live scores and it doesnt look like the most inspiring match from the stats. Im off to work now, hope you enjoy the Justine match :hug:

Sharapova was serving at *5-6 and had 2 game points at 40-15 to take it into a tie break when Kuznetsova came back to take the set 7-5 on her first set point.

Good (and unexpected) performance from Kuzzy there.

Really even set - Kuzzy won 34 points - Maria 33.

Maria loses the first set :cry: !!!!!

and Sveta one set away from joing the 'I Beat The Cheat in 2007' Club... :yahoo:
roflmao

Shazza is 4-2 up in the second set!

Shazza takes the second set 6-2 :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

C'mon Sveta wake up... :pray:

Calm down Gav, calm down. You know what happens when you get all excited over The Che... Maria



Remember ......... your girlfriend may be reading this also :unsure:

:lmaao: :lmaao:

.... and Sharapova wins 5-7 6-2 6-2.... :yahoo: :yahoo:

But what happened to Kuzzy after the first set??

I don't know but someone needs to remind Sveta she is world number 2... :shrug:

You know Kutzy.....she is probably still smiling now..... You've got to love her though..she just moves right along...ever so friendly.....

but sharapova is the more rested of the two...she will fight a lot harder....

Justine has thrashed Marion 6-0 6-0... :yikes:
:bow: :yahoo:

WOW! WOW! WOW!

Message to the girls - don't f*ck with me and beat me because this is what will happen roflmao roflmao roflmao

THAT WAS AN AMAZING DISPLAY OF TENNIS!!!!!!! :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow:

And people say she's not dominating :lmaao:

roflmao

It's not as if Marion was playing crap, Justine was in another planet out there... :yikes:

Did you watch it Choka?

It was exhibition tennis wasn't it? Justine was out for revenge and this is what happens! I only hope she can play like this in her next two matches (fingers crossed there are two)! :unsure:

Can you imagine if Justine played Sourpuss like this? roflmao roflmao

Well anyone who tells you that needs to look at her record this year :crazy1: . She missed the Aussie Open yet still leads the rankings by a massive margin. I also believe she has a better win loss record this year than the "dominating" Roger Federer (although don't quote me on that unless someone can drag out the figures!)....

Justine has been the dominating player of 2007, of that there i no doubt.

It was a good fightback from maria today, but Svetlana like daniela on Tuesday put in such a lethargic performance. She looked so assured in the first set too, hitting her forehand with great control and purpose and showing her superlative skills that has made her the number 2 player in the world. The thing with Svetlana is, she goes into panic mode when opponents gain some momentum. When sharapova broke for 3-2 in the second, svetlana's confidence looked drained tbh. Forehand lost all the previous weight of shot and she resorted to pedalling the ball back from the baseline and feeding Maria loopy balls off the backhand side.

A good fightback from maria though. Cut down the errors( for a change roflmao ), and just picked up her game when it was required to do so. much more solid on serve as well than Kuznetsova, which is ironic considering the Maria service woes of '07. I still think the maria game is so rusty though, and someone with a bit more mental metal could exploit the defficiencies in her game eg, the woeful defense. I think we'll see a much more formidable task for maria in the shape of ivanovic :)

Justine- wow! :o Such a superlative performance in all departments tonight. Not that i expected Marion to trouble justine, but i didnt expect the total mauling we got. Ripping winners everywhere, and the serve is really starting to click now with a better 1st serve percentage. It's going to be a colossal task to beat this woman this week.

Wow. Double bagel. That's just cruel from Justine. :blink:

Do you think she was bothered by that Wimby loss then? :P

UPDATE :P



:wub: :wub: :wub: :wub:
:bow: :bow: :bow: :bow:

jelena lost the first set ... then bagelled anna and broke straight away in the third

... then got broken straight back :doh:

I hope she wins this one. :pray:

2007 win-loss record:

justine 58-4

fed 64 - 8

:bow: to both of them is due, I think ... but particularly to justine on this occasion! I strongly suspect that will be 60-4 before the year is over ...

Jelena 4-1 down. :o

Now 4-2 ... come on ... it is only one break ... :pray:

Now it's 5-2. I guess this is as good as over - and Jelena is out. :(

Well done Anna! :clap: Always liked her game.

Comiserations to Jelena, just not enough in the tank :(

Always liked her game.

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I don't know why dl, she is no more exciting to watch than Tati or Kim... :shrug: :yawn:

After being delighted that Ana won her first two games, I'd now be quite disappointed if she didn't beat Sharapova to win the group and then Chakvetadze in the SF. I think she's the only one left with any remote chance of troubling Henin too.

Now that Jankovic and Kuznetsova are out, Ana winning this tournament would see her becoming the season ending number 2. I'm not sure she deserves it, but then again I certainly don't think Kuznetsova does... the most likely result is a runners up place seeing her overtake Jankovic to gain third spot.

Looking forward to the Ana vs Maria match tomorrow though. B)2 If Ana plays well, I can't see Sharapova troubling her, but one thing's for sure, if she lets up like she did against Kuzzy and Hantuchova, Maria will punish her.

Well She got whooped and badly too...A double bagel :yikes: What the hell happened?

Well, no one has said it so I will. Credits to Sharapova. Since the loss in the US open, she hasn't played, but comes to YEC and beats the 2 form players. For the record: I am not her fan!! Hope that Ana will win the next match to have a chance to reach the finals.

Henin: it is a bit over the top, she could have given Bartoli atleast a breadstick. lol.

She beat Justine previously - that's what happens when you beat Justine :) She makes sure you don't do it twice in a row B) :bow: :bow:

What was funny was that in an interview prior to the match (I think it was for a Belgian paper) Justine said flippantly that I am going to double-bagel Marion as a revenge for Wimbledon and laughed! :yikes:

Obviously she said it as a joke as Marion is her friend OFF-COURT, obviously on-court no one is your friend.

I wish she did that with everyone she played roflmao

She has far better technique( no horrific forehands like Kim :rolleyes: )

Also, is just a lovely, stroppy player ;) roflmao

No one i know disputes Henins dominance. Unfortunatley for me, i cant stand it. Petes, and now Feds dominance of the ATP almost ruined it for (thank God for Agassi and Nadal). And i switched off F1 altogether during the Schuey years. Maybe im in the minority here but i love competition, and knowing who is going to win a contest before it even starts bores me silly

I agree with that 200%! It's got to the stage where the players i hate most are Henin and Federer! I know they're awesome, but there just a bit boring, and we know they will win! :(

At least with Fed, you can rely on Nadal to give him a game during the spring, and Nalbandian whips his butt when he is fit