Auckland: QF Aravane Rezaï def. (3) Katarina Srebotnik 6:1, 6:3

Aravane :worship::yeah::woohoo:

Great Win and how clear the score looks like!!!! :bounce:

I'm sooo happy right now :bigclap:

I'm sooo happy right now :bigclap:

Rezai and Li win on the same day...that like never happens. :bounce::lol:

Kata? :smash: Played so well all week, and now where was that play?

Caravane. :hearts:

a total exodus in auckland st

i can't believe that rezai can be that strong

Wow, Aravane is FLYING to start the year. :bounce: The SF is gonna extremely winnable as well.

ALLEZ!!!!

WHAT!...3 matches in a row:) IM VERY HAPPY FOR HER, hopefully she can stay this consistent throughout the WHOLE YEAR!

So the only seeded player left in the draw is...Paszek

wtf was that srebotnik.
you loser.
i'm so sick of rezai.

Kata :hug:

yeah great another win aravane:bigclap:

her winover danilidou must have given her confidence and now even more for the semi final:D

Brava Aravane :worship:

Well done Aravane! Great start of the year!

great win-great score :worship:

it looked like Kata was in good form

having said that I wouldnt be surprised it Rezai lost easily in the next round :rolleyes:

she is great to watch though-I saw her lose to Fedak in Sydney qualies last year, she was in total control yet she lost-she went for her shots and its good to watch

when shes on :worship:

i hope she can reign it in even more this year then :eek: she really will be a force to be reckoned with

Yay Aravane! Keep it up!

Good form Aravane!!!
Keep going

Harsh reality - Rezai probably overpowered Katarina (and judging from the result she was successful in it)

ALLEZ! Great win :woohoo: Semi-Final is really good yet :D

But to forecast I have to wait :p - cos it's Rezai and there u never know. In 2007 from wins over Sharapova/Venus Williams to losses to players like Rodina - all was in :p

Kata :sad:

Kata. Horrible loss :o

Well done Aravane :yeah: Hope this gives her confidence for 2008!

Kata :sad: :sad:

well done

Aravane. :) :yeah:

An in-form Aravane versus Lindsay in the final, that would be great!!

Aravane!!:eek: :woohoo:

Fantastic tourney so far!!


Kata, probably a bad day to her....

:sobbing:

great win and score
now get into that final

The scoreline suggests it was one of Aravane's days and she was hitting winners all over the court. Well done! :D

Aravane :woohoo: :D :)
looks like all her fireworks are working great :aparty:
hope she has got some left for tonight ;)

i'm impressed by rezai this week. i hope she can maintain this kind of result

I watched this match and I was so impressed by Aravane. Not only her backhand, but she was getting winners from her forehand and even her serve! She was just incredibly impressive, pounding winners everywhere even when on the run or stretched out. If she can play like that consistently, she will be a force to be reckoned with in 2008. With just some minor improvements in her fitness, she would be very dangerous even for the top players. She not only hits with power, but seems to have great hands as well to keep the ball in play even when she is hitting it that hard.

AHH Aravane! :woohoo: What a great win! :D

Now beat Erakovic, and then Lindsay in the final. :devil:

I watched this match and I was so impressed by Aravane. Not only her backhand, but she was getting winners from her forehand and even her serve! She was just incredibly impressive, pounding winners everywhere even when on the run or stretched out. If she can play like that consistently, she will be a force to be reckoned with in 2008. With just some minor improvements in her fitness, she would be very dangerous even for the top players. She not only hits with power, but seems to have great hands as well to keep the ball in play even when she is hitting it that hard.
Nice, thanks for the report. :hearts:

How is she looking physically in comparison to last year? Any trimmer?

i wonder if this is just one of aravane's tournaments or if she's really improved.

WOoooww Well done Aravane !! Great result !! Bravo !!

Wow, it's a great results for Aravene! :eek: :yeah:
Now beat Marina! :rocker2:

Kata :hug:

Harsh reality - Rezai probably overpowered Katarina (and judging from the result she was successful in it)

yep i saw most of it and she did! kata just stood there and let winner after winner fly by. she didn't try to change things up she just hoped rezai would miss, then when rezai didn't she was looking round like what do i do when she hadn't tried to do anything different.

anyway rezai hit lots of winners and went for it so well done to her, kata stood the like a lemon!

The good thing is that her van trip was smooth! One of the funniest threads ever!

Aravane. :yeah:

OMG Aravane! I'm so excited for her now...I would love to see her take this title and do well in melbourne..so I can watch her win for once :p

if she keeps playing this well, maybe she'll be top 40 again?!

Aravane :worship: