World Group SF: USA vs Russia

USA 0 0 Russia
R1 - V.KING (USA) v A.CHAKVETADZE (RUS)
R2 - V.WILLIAMS (USA) v N.PETROVA (RUS)
R3 - V.WILLIAMS (USA) v A.CHAKVETADZE (RUS)
R4 - V.KING (USA) v N.PETROVA (RUS)
R5 - V.KING / L.RAYMOND (USA) v N.PETROVA / E.VESNINA (RUS)

c'mon Russia !!!!!!!

its a good thing Anna starts 1st up i think.

i think this will go down to the doubles !

i think this will go down to the doubles !

I agree. Good luck to everyone involved. ;)

What time does it start?

What time does it start?

It supposed to start now.

Come on Anna! Davai Davai Davai!!!!!

Ugh. I don't like this matchup. I love both Vania and Anna.
But, being an American, GOOOO VANIA!!!!!

Is there any stream?

Anna - Vania 2-0*

Anna - Vania *3-0

Anna - Vania 4-0*

Anna has not dropped a point on serve yet.

Anna leads 4-1

Davai Anna!

awww Anna dropped her first point on serve but also hit an ace for good measure :D

keep going Anna ;) :D

Vania won her first point on Anna's serve :bounce: Can Vania make the scoreline respectable?

5-1* :d

Can Vania make the scoreline respectable?

So far, No. I smell a substitution tomorrow. Petrova spanked Vania at Wimbledon. Perhaps, Meilen will fare better

6-1 Chaky :yeah: :D

Damn, 6-1 Anna

I was hoping for a more competitive match!

If the second set goes the same way then Meilen will definitely play tomorrow if the tie is still live.

Yay 6-1 :D

Venus has her work cut for her to level this tie at 1-all

This match will likely be over in less than 1 hour - damn

0-30 what the hell Anna!

break her now Anna ;)

come on chakve !!! well done on the first set.

anyone has got streamz ?

hmmm Davai Anna! 2-2 now

break her again Anna and win ;)

6-1 5-2*

anna won 6-1, 6-3

next - Venus v. Petrova
make it competitive, please

It is never a good sign when Venus starts a match serving second

1-love Nadia

Venus has started the match with her serving woes down love 40

petrova win it please! uhm, so still no stream =?

2-love Nadia

looks like Venus picked up where Vania left off. Not a good start so far

3-love - Nadia

3-0* Petrova :D

venus held - 1-3

come on nadia ! ! !

hold !!!

Venus breaks back - 2-3.

now hold serve Venus

Venus breaks back, and its on serve again at 2-3. :)

noooooo...! come on nadia break again !è ! !! ! !

Venus cannot find her first serve but is fighting to hold on -

YES ! ! ! now hold petrova :D

grr Nadia breaks for 4-2. break back again! :)

Nadia break again - 4-2

Lets go Venus, Let's go
Break Nadia

come on nadia... where are your aces !!!???

peeeeeetrovaa! peeeeeeeeeeetrovaaaaaaaaaaa ! ! ! davai davai davai ! ! !

come on two points ! ! !

yes now come on GP take it ! ! ! !

Nadia holds for 5-2

well done petrova :hug:

Venus - hold your damn serve
another break would be demoralizing

petrova break her again :D

Venus is serving at 40% first serves and has double faulted 4 times - a pity

Is this first round Wimbledon all over again? Will Venus pull out the vidtory in the end or will Nadia tighten the reigns?

damn - 5 Dfs for Venus

Venus is back to her old ways now that she is off the grass IMO.

5-3 Nadia

nadia, nadia, nadia ! ! ! DAVAI ! ! ! ! Hold your serve and take the first set :D
:wohoo:

Venus - break Nadia here

darn it. come on nadia ! ! ! !

put the pressure on Nadia to serve it out venus!
Step in on that serve and out it away :bounce:

save the bp. come on ! ! !

Venus breaks back - again for 4-5
Can venus hold her serve to draw even at 5-all

ok break her again nadia :D you can do it ! ! ! :hug:

Hold and make it 5 all Venus!

hold now Venus, please hold :bounce:

no DFs please, try for aces, aces or spin it in - just find the service box

Venus holds for 5-all - Now this is a competitive match!!
Good fight from both players :bounce:

5 all! Good break at love, and then hold at love! Now break her again!

Nadia hold now :cuckoo:

nadia come on ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! :hug:

:lol: Vee. No surprise that she is gonna have a bit of a let down after Wimbly. Just as long as she rebounds strongly again for San Diego :bounce:

break her Venus, break her!!

come on nadia do it :D :D :D spank that ball !!!

come on venus

deuce

Hold Venus, and force a tiebreak.

Nadia held for 6-5. Hold serve and force the tiebreak Venus

phew :cuckoo: held on 6-5

now break her

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6-all - TIEBREAK

:/ come on nadia ! ! ! ! !!

TB time :scared:

Ace on 1st and last points to force the TB.

Come on Venus, win it! :banana:

mini break to Venus! :D 1-0.

mini break back to Nadia. 1-1.

Nadia now up a mini break, 2-1.

come on venus

Nadia went up 3-1, but TB back on serve at 3-2.

2-3 venus

3-3.

come on nadia... beat her ! ! ! !

3-all

4-3 nadia

Nadia gets the mini break again for 4-3.

Nadia gets the mini break again for 4-3.

make it 5-3.

too many DFs from Venus #6

come on Vee

6-3 nadia

6-3, 3 SPs for Nadia Petrova.

Save em Venus!

6-4 - nadia

come on nadia ! ! !

i really don't think Zina is a good coach as whenever Venus plays her game goes down several notches

its no wonder players want to keep their own coaches around

6-5 - nadia

serv it out now come on ! ! ! !

6-5. 3rd SP for Nadia.

6-all

Triple set point saved, its now 6 all!!

noooooooooooo come on hold that serve! !!

come on venus

Nadia :smash: :banghead:

7-6, SP Venus!

7-6 - venus

fuck noooooooooooooooo

set point - come one venus

:lol: Nadia is so mentally weak! :weirdo:

venus takes the first set - 7-6(6)

Venus takes TB 8-6, and first set 7-6! :banana:

Saved 3 sps !

ARGH WHY PETROVA :/ :hug:

darn it it was yours for the taking not hers argh

Nail on the coffin for Petrova...

mental midget strikes again :fiery:

so many times :help:

Venus wint the first set 7-6(8-6) after saving three set points!

Love the fight Venus from 0-3 down, 3- 5 down and 3-6 down in the tiebreak :worship: I love it, I love it

great fighting spirit from Vee in that opening set to save those 3 sps :worship:

ok 1 down, 1 to go
Hold your serve Venus

pfffff

Venus, you are the truth!

Venus missed all 4 of her first serves to start the second set- here we go again

Nadia breaks 1-0

lets go venus.

break back Venus, break back

Venus missed all 4 of her first serves to start the second set- here we go again

nothing is lost. rebreak please.

Why must Venus make things difficult. Now down 0-2 again!:o

now i know why people say the truth hurts.

*3-0 Nadia in 2nd :)
dont mess this up too :o

what the hell happened in the few minutes I was gone - Venus is at it again down 0-3

bagel her Nadia!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, apparently, I need to reach Stowe and slap Venus silly. damn girl - get it together

break back venus, break back

bagel her Nadia!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YES ! ! ! ! do that nadia

:shrug: Why must she make it so hard for herself? :o :tape:

i can't belive venus missed those 2 opportunities to break

c'mon Nadia!!!

show who is the real star!!!

Nadia is playing well. The only thing she did wrong is not serve well at the end of the tb. Otherwise, she's playing very well.

make that 3 opportunities missed

shit - Nadia held for 4-love

interesting turn of events

Win in 3 Venus!

what is the likelihood that Venus will win this set from love 4 down.
All she has to do is hold and break and hold and break and she'll be even :-)

wow - what the hell happened to the momentum from the first set Venus

Venus :( come on!

Nadia about to break again for a 5-love lead

serve it out Nadia ;) :)

whay the hell is Venus only winning 33% of her first serves in this set?

Venus :tape:

yaaaaay come on nadia

Venus, I hope you are not still injured!

Hmmm, those 3 missed sps in the first could be costly in the end for Nadia...

:lol:

The flip side is the third set can't get any worse. :shrug:

Bagel :eek:

6-0 set ;) :)

now work starts again
c'mon Nadia ;)

:haha: get it together Venus

where did Venus go in set #2? Somebody please tell me

:haha:

I have no idea why she plays fed cup after Wimbledon. its so stupid

I see Venus serving woes continue in the 3rd set

venus needs rest

about to be broken to start the third set

:D now bagel her petrovA :D beat her ! ! ! !:D well done petrova :hug:

fight venus, fight

3 breaks points saved - deuce
HOLD VENUS, HOLD

0-40 to deuce :mad:

lol bagel?

Hold here please!

i can't even watch the score board

Hold Vee
Hold
Please

break her Venus :o

Venus hold to open the 3rd set - 1-0 venus

Venus holds and its 1-0! First game since the first set.

Now, get a bagel of your own, Venus. :D:angel:

zina garrison wont mind giving her one for breakfast tomorrow.

come on nadia winn the next 6 games

easy service game for nadia, so far

come on venus
muster that inner strength - put pressure on Nadia

nadia holds - 1-all

Lets Go Venus, Lets Go

Why didn't they choose grass courts? Duh? :cuckoo:

score stuck ??

oh lawd - love 30 - here we go again

Venus missing all her 1st serves. 15-30.

come on nadia break her ! ! !

but 15-40 and two BPs now.

venus is about to be broken again - 15-40

c'mon Nadia 2 more bps

this match is :cuckoo: :scared:
Come on Venus, this is starting to feel like 2005 again :tape:

come on venus

Nadia breaks :D

Hopefully we have a competitive 3rd set. Break her back Venus.

Hold Nadia!

Venus looks slow. USA is fucked.

Nadia 0-15

Nadia 0-30 :o

come on petrova BEAT HER

3 BPs Vee

Nadia pffffffffff 0-30 :o
0-40 :cuckoo:

Venus looks slow. USA is fucked.

You must remember that Venus had that strained abductor; maybe it is hurting again.

But she has3 BP on Nadia's servve.

come on venus. please win this match.

Nadia broken at love :o

Venus breaks back for 2-2. Hold now.

2-2 Final set

convert one of those BPs now and then hold your serve please.

come on do it ! russia shall win ! ! ! ! !

Venus 30-0

2 straight aces for 30-0.

Venus 30-15

Venus 30-15

come on venus - hold your serve. I step away for a few seconds and you get broken. Can a fan go to the bathroom, damn

hold venus, hold
come on
crank up that serve

Venus holds, 3-2!

Break her!!

Venus holds 3-2* break her again :)

thanks,
Venus holds for 3-2

davai nadia :hug: you can do it. sweep her off the court !

Nadia, got to hold now :o

Break her venus, break her

Um lol. A little mix of solid tennis from Vee and Choketrova = 3-2 Vee. Win it!

BREAK HER VENUS
you know that Nadia will be feeling the pressure because she is ranked higher than you and has never beaten you
BREAK HER

let's go venus, let's go

break her venus now and then win the match asap.

wow - nadia is cruising through her service games

3-3 :)

c'mon Nadia...... now break her

3-3

3-all.

Hold, Venus.

3-all

come on nadia break her ! !! ! ! ! !

Break now Nadia!

15-0

15-15

30-15

30-30

BP Petrova

come on venus, hold

bp Nadia. Save it, Venus.

shit, i smell a DF coming

bp saved :(

deuce