OK, Maria's 2012 in pictures for me... –
part 1
AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2012
1st we had to curl up our nerves for the thriller of the Lisicki match in AO... Maria managed to beat her in 3 sets and ended celebrating like this:
Then our hearts were beating fast for the SF clash... Maria vs. Kvitova... Kvitova went into the match as the favourite on paper after eating Maria alive in Wimbledon and playing her tough all 2011 and ending the year with stron performances in YEC... But Maria stayed tough, hung in there (as she likes to say) and won in 3!!! We couldn't be happier...
On to the F... We had great expectations... Ended up a bit bitter... We saw even some tears from her... But... Nerves of being in another Slam final got to her... She wiped tears, we cried... But she gave yet again one of her amazing trophy speeches!
We move on..
FED CUP 2012 comes... And we get to see a lot of AMAZE... The most epic team pics EVER are produced on the snow on Red Square in Moscow...
We get CutePova chatting with team-mates and BFFing with Sveta..
and we get one of best ever pics of Masha:
and one of best ever Masha Marat greeting... At least on pictures:
and ofc tired, shocked by the climate change and slightly ill Masha winning one FC match in Moscow...
Then PARIS 2012... IndoorPova, HairribbonPova, and IllPova loses to an inspired Kerber, who later ended up developing into an amazing top 10 player with great season!
European Season said bye for some time... Maria went home to USA... We hoped for new goods... Stay tuned for part 2...