Re: Tokyo 2012: Maria gets Fast and Furious in Tokyo
I honestly don't know how much it effects the schedule either, I think I asked here if anyone knew how it affected practice. For instance does she have to go a little easier in training for a couple of weeks after. I've never heard word of her spending more than two weeks rehab in Phoenix though.
Re: Tokyo 2012: Maria gets Fast and Furious in Tokyo
Well I'm kind of just basing this on Sam Smith mentioning in passing in commentary that Maria spent "several" weeks in Phoenix last year :lol: I don't know what her source for that is though.
Re: Tokyo 2012: Maria gets Fast and Furious in Tokyo
Maria will be up in a few minutes. I hope she'll be able to step up her game and that she has enough energy in the tank. She has pretty good chances to make it to the final if she plays well.
Come on, Masha!
Re: Tokyo 2012: Maria gets Fast and Furious in Tokyo
Maria fought but too many stupid mistakes in the end. Really thought she would take that tiebreak despite being down all those match points.
Plus I think she really would have a shot of winning this tournament after Vika's withdrawal. But I guess it just wasn't meant to be.
Play better in Beijing
Re: Tokyo 2012: Maria gets Fast and Furious in Tokyo
uhh i'm so pissed off right now about this match!!!I really thought she played so much better today compared to previously and had so many chances to win!!1Plus Vika withdrew so had she won she might have passed her in the race for Instanbul!!!God so frustrating!!!
Re: Tokyo 2012: Maria gets Fast and Furious in Tokyo
OMG Sam was incredible, she's so determined to beat Maria, played so crazily and also does not back down when faces pressure. Maria on the other hand had her chances but was uninspired to capitalize those big fat chances. Such a shame but no excuse really after such a long season, her body must be so exhausted. So be ready and get some points in Beijing!
(Vika must see this coming so she withdrew early :lol
OMG Sam was incredible, she's so determined to beat Maria, played so crazily and also does not back down when faces pressure. Maria on the other hand had her chances but was uninspired to capitalize those big fat chances. Such a shame but no excuse really after such a long season, her body must be so exhausted. So be ready and get some points in Beijing!
(Vika must see this coming so she withdrew early :lol
Yep, despite Sam's little chokes she really seems determined to give a hell of a fight against Maria.
Maria beat her so many times and so badly there was obviously gonna be a moment where she was going to fare better against Maria and I think this time has arrived.
It sucks that she lost there were a lot of points to win but hopefully it's a good wake up call cause she seriously needs to work and find a better form.
Re: Tokyo 2012: Maria gets Fast and Furious in Tokyo
Not the result I was hoping for but Im proud of the fight she put up. At least the dreadful tournament is over and hopefully she will be better come Beijing.
Re: Tokyo 2012: Maria gets Fast and Furious in Tokyo
Before shit hits the fan I want to say this simple thing:
People seem to talk about how dissappointed they are with Maria's performance and that she looks tired etc etc.
Well yeah she looks tired... so is almost every top player out there...
You see it is not just Maria that seems to be running on fumes... Kvitova seemed like dead meat out there, Li Na is out of sync, Azarenka walks over etc etc.
So yeah I think people should see the bigger picture here. Maria is tired, and that schedule needs to be amended by the WTA and ATP because they are hurting the sport really, or at least the final stages of the season.
Most of the top 10 players are already running on fumes for quite some time now.
Before shit hits the fan I want to say this simple thing:
People seem to talk about how dissappointed they are with Maria's performance and that she looks tired etc etc.
Well yeah she looks tired... so is almost every top player out there...
You see it is not just Maria that seems to be running on fumes... Kvitova seemed like dead meat out there, Li Na is out of sync, Azarenka walks over etc etc.
So yeah I think people should see the bigger picture here. Maria is tired, and that schedule needs to be amended by the WTA and ATP because they are hurting the sport really, or at least the final stages of the season.
Most of the top 10 players are already running on fumes for quite some time now.
That's exactly what I wanted to write. :yeah:
No human can be in top form in this moment of the season, after being playing so much since the start :shrug:
This is the moment where all the players who were bad for the most part of the year (no offense to other players fans!), and are more rested, come out to win some match and some tournaments. Caroline and Sam didn't have a good season and lately they're winning more (even if Sam is Maria's punchbag) for example, Aga is playing better after a sloppy summer (OG and north american part of the season)...
I'm sad for Maria losing but let's be realistic here, she and Vika had probably the best and longest season in all the tour (even Serena didn't play so much and so good until Wimbledon :shrug so probably now they're the most tired out, so they just have to hang on and save energies for the YEC.
And let me say, if you consider the 3 matches played by Maria she kept playing better after every match this week, even if she was in an awful form, so we just have to think positive for some good matches in Beijing and to find the best possible form for the end of october.
Re: Tokyo 2012: Maria gets Fast and Furious in Tokyo
Didn't watch, but can't say that it was unexpected. I gotta say, reluctantly, that for me the tennis season ends with USO. I mean, there are some big tourneys after, but they only build up for the YEC, plus all the top players look like they are gonna drop dead on the court, because they simply don't have enough energy left in their tanks... For all I care, Maria should skip Beijing and just prepare for the YEC. Although I already see the scenario of fully-rested Rena wiping the floor with the competition Please let me be wrong
Re: Tokyo 2012: Maria gets Fast and Furious in Tokyo
I know I could sound silly because I talk about my "home" tournament, but I honestly believe if we have to call a 5th and 6th slam, that would be Miami and Rome... I don't see any other tournament, slams aside, that could be better. :shrug: But really, in my eyes Tokyo and Beijing are ALMOST angel at the level of Linz or Moscow which will come just before YEC.. :lol:
I know I could sound silly because I talk about my "home" tournament, but I honestly believe if we have to call a 5th and 6th slam, that would be Miami and Rome... I don't see any other tournament, slams aside, that could be better. :shrug: But really, in my eyes Tokyo and Beijing are ALMOST angel at the level of Linz or Moscow which will come just before YEC.. :lol:
You don't sound silly, Rome is one of the best tournaments after Slams for sure. And I also love that it's a joined event. Linz and Moscow, what are those? Btw, Maria is not playing Moscow this year, is she? Because I don't know where I read that she might (or I might have just made it up in my head :lol.