Marta ... whatever will happen in this match vs. Venus...

I am impressed and so so so happy

she really is back :)

:bounce:

Those groundstrokes and serve. :hearts:

She's up by a break at the beginning of the first set. Might be a TAD too early for celebration. I'm just saying. Even Kudraytseva and Morigami were in better positions.

Definitely not playing like a qualifier... Curious how a player that owns such a serve struggled so much last year. What's the story of her troubles?

She's up by a break at the beginning of the first set. Might be a TAD too early for celebration. I'm just saying. Even Kudraytseva and Morigami were in better positions.

Can you read ? He said regardless of what happens here on.....

Marta looks fantastic. I expect great things from her in 2008 and can i say again that she looks GORGEOUS.

since when did Venus become a total defensive player? She's been slapped around the court more times at this AO than I've ever seen by lesser apponents

She's a hard nut for Venus to crack

Sometimes I wish I could bitch slap Venus and this is one such time. What the shit is she doing?

She's big bitch hitting and a bit of Titine's lucky shots.

Wow, she is playing very impressive so far.

shes def playin well.... tracking down a lot of balls...who was her coach she had the "troubles" with...

She moves very well also...I'm impressed by how she's been able to get to a lot of Venus' shots and do something with them.

Yes, extremely impressive stuff from Marta!
Really happy to see her playing well again! :D

She needs a bit more consistency though.

I had never seen her play before and I'm very impressed by her game.

Venus sure is doing a lot of running so far.

what an ugly match, venus can't even hold her own serve:o

And just like that...she loses the first set. She hit a few unnecessary errors at the end of it. Consistency is a problem as someone pointed out.

what an ugly match, venus can't even hold her own serve:o

You're such a dumbass!:rolleyes: This is the cleanest set Venus has had all Open!

The ground seems semi empty to me, seeing quite a few vacant seats. Are fans still upset that Vee did not move for their wonder boy?

definitely, hope she'll be consistent at that level of play.:D