Martina Navratilova played 2 WTT Singles matches!CoryAnnAvants#1 Jul 28th, 2003, 05:22 AM She beat Brie Rippner 5-1 :eek: but lost to Maria Sharapova. Apparently the match against Sharapova was close, with almost all the games going to deuce and Maria just squeaking through in these no-ad games. Even though Brie is retired or semi-retired or something like that, it's very impressive that Martina can dominate a player of Rippner's calibre so thoroughly at her age! CoryAnnAvants#1 Jul 28th, 2003, 05:23 AM She beat Brie Rippner 5-1 :eek: but lost to Maria Sharapova. Apparently the match against Sharapova was close, with almost all the games going to deuce and Maria just squeaking through in these no-ad games. Even though Brie is retired or semi-retired or something like that, it's very impressive that Martina can dominate a player of Rippner's calibre so thoroughly at her age! BTW, Maria won her match against Martina 5-2 F-R-E-A-K Jul 28th, 2003, 05:28 AM lol hahaha GO MARIA! SM Jul 28th, 2003, 07:56 AM wow :o...martina was close to beating both players! VSFan1 aka Joshua L. Jul 28th, 2003, 12:51 PM You give Brie too much credit. SM Jul 28th, 2003, 12:56 PM i have seen Brie play Serena at the adidas last year i think and she certainly plays a solid game with top 100 ability IMO. Can you think of many other players of Martina;s age who could beat Brie so comprehensively? :retard: Darran Jul 28th, 2003, 01:41 PM Virginia Wade maybe? SM Jul 28th, 2003, 02:10 PM yeah ginnie would thrash both brie and maria! CoryAnnAvants#1 Jul 28th, 2003, 02:14 PM VSFan, Rippner did qualify for the US Open last year as well take a set of Henin at Wimbledon that year, so she certainly isn't a slouch. I think the only reason she hasn't been playing is because she is so damn injury prone. It's certainly a good effort by Martina to pull that off. I think if she came back to the tour in singles, she might even pull off a ranking close to 50 VSFan1 aka Joshua L. Jul 28th, 2003, 05:13 PM I know how good Brie is ;) I'm saying, although she is an adequate player, her attitude makes her deserve no recognition for whatever achievements she gets. | |