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Australian Open R1: Rogers def. [4] Halep 6-3 6-1

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Australian Open R1: Shelby Rogers def. Simona Halep 6-3 6-1

Simona's 5th R1 loss at AO in 8 attempts :spit:

Congratulations, Simona! You managed to have a less embarrassing opening round loss here than last year, because at least you didn't hand someone their first career Slam win :hearts:.

Stunning display from Shelby. She dictated the match throughout, dragged that sad girl side to side with brute force, with poor Simona once again proving to have zero answer against a more powerful opponent. She looked clueless, helpless, and sad. She looked like a girl who has never had success before, and will never have success again. I mean, this is her Australian summer after spending the Christmas holidays here with the Almighty Darren Cahill? The "SuperCoach" who Simona promised to keep on her team for the rest of her career?

For all Darren's attempts at instilling a "Refuse to Lose" mentality into Simona, it appears she only demonstrates that mental toughness against an opponent like Misaki Doi and Begu. :hug:.

So yet another sad loss for an extremely sad, little girl. There is just nothing there inside her heart. She is a sad, empty shell of a girl who once had potential, but let fear, doubt, and overwhelming mental weakness keep her from anything great. I don't know where this sad girl goes from here. Probably nowhere :shrug:

Congrats again to Shelby, the draw has opened up well for her :worship:.
 
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Shelby Rogers drags Simona Halep (#4) 6:3, 6:1

Brutal conditions out there in Melbourne Park. Help looked clueless and remained response-less to Shelby's weapons off both wings.

Great win for the American. She kept her cool demeanor throughout the match and completely dismantled Help's game.
 
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AO R1: Rogers def. [4] Halep 6-3 6-1

Strength of Shelby's shots caused a knee injury for Simona?
 
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Rogers was very good, especially painting the lines.

Another R1 Simona loss. :hug:
 
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Re: Australian Open R1: Shelby Rogers def. Simona Halep 6-3 6-1

And R1 was enough once again...
 
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Re: AO 2017 R1: Rogers def. [4] Halep 6-3 6-1

Kinda funny that it's a Sharapova fan kicking Halep when she's down. Sharapova took like 5 meldonium pills in the french open final vs Halep
didn't you know he (the OP) is living just for these moments?

otoh, Simona looks like she didn't prepare during the winter break in order to be fit in January; first services of 135-140 km/h are totally uncharacteristic for her while the second serve was even more horrible than usual.
Don't know why she was totally unfit (for the second year in the row but this time without any issues during the off season);
Either the break season preparation was too harsh or it was too light, the consequence is the same; she got cramps (or whatever muscle issues) which is not a sign of commitment from her and her team...
I'm afraid once she became a multimillionaire she doesn't care that much about tennis and starts to play more often like a #150 ranked player.
Her statements with "no/low expectations" might come to be in a different light now.

Hope somebody will shake her before will be too late.

Congrats to Rogers who wasn't playing way above her condition; she just kept her composure and that proved to be enough for this version of Simona.
 
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:help:

Si-NO-Na was absolutely blasted off the court by Shelby...

and won me some good coin.

:oh:
 
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R1 was enough again :spit:

without Cahill to call upon she's a lost little sheep :happy:
 
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