And yes, I hope for a really difficult draw!!!! Like Serena, Li or Claypova in an early round. Because then Sabine will have nothing to lose, nobody expects her to win anyway and that's when she's at her best.
2011 Roland Garros R2 Zvonareva vs Lisicki Highlights http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQpxzIuZodo
Sabine played really good last year,power serve,easy sliding...just unlucky
She's playing Bettanie Mattek-Sands in the 1st round, Makarova or Stephens in the 2nd round, Cetkovska, An. Rodionova, Halep or Johansson in the 3rd round.
(1) Victoria Azarenka v Alberta Brianti
(WC) Caroline Garcia v Qualifier
Qualifier v Aleksandra Wozniak
Alize Cornet v (31) Zheng Jie
(20) Lucie Safarova v Anastasiya Yakimova
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez v Qualifier
Vania King v Galina Voskoboeva
(WC) Kristina Mladenovic v (15) Dominika Cibulkova
(12) Sabine Lisicki v Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Ekaterina Makarova v Sloane Stephens
Mathilde Johansson v Anastasia Rodionova
Simona Halep v (24) Petra Cetkovska
(27) Nadia Petrova v Iveta Benesova
Laura Pous-Tio v Chanelle Scheepers
Irina Falconi v Edina Gallovits-Hall
Elena Baltacha v (6) Samantha Stosur
Like... I know she has to win ONE match first and I don't want to jinx matters, but is it wrong I'm hoping for a Rodionova rematch? If it's to happen it needs to happen when I'm around to cheer loudly for Sabine... and against Rodiobitch.
So, und jetzt könnte man spekulieren über das Draw und dass es doch ganz freundlich lacht und so.... Und dritte Runde sei doch drin. Und alle wissen es ist besser abzuwarten und Café au Lait zu trinken.
BMS came back from an injury and is also not in great shape!
But she is a player who doesn´t give u any rhythm but she also will make many UEs, I don´t think that we will see many long rallies, Sabine just has to play smart, maybe she can take advantage of BMS´s errors this time, she just should avoid stupid UEs and has to hope that her serve works, she should win that match actually and her draw isn´t that bad in general, I hope she can improve from match to match but first round can be really ugly but once she won a match she will get more dangerous again!
I saw one match of BTM this weekend and she was really making some great winners, also some UE. If Sabine cannot avoid a lot of UE, it will be a very tough one. Hopefully she is playing good.
(...) My dark horses to make nice runs include German Sabine Lisicki and Italy’s Flavia Pennetta. I think Lisicki can and will take out #1 Victoria Azarenka in the quarterfinals. In the semis, I think Lisicki will meet up with Agnieszka Radwanska, who has had a strong few months. But Serena should take out defending champion Li Na in her semifinal match and then Radwanska in the final for her first French Open title in 10 years.